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Judge DQs Levi & Korsinsky Over 'False Press Releases'
A California federal judge disqualified Levi & Korsinsky from serving as lead counsel in a proposed investor class action after finding that the firm issued press releases to attract clients with headlines stating it had filed certain suits when in fact, the firm hadn't actually filed those cases.
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Lagasse Branch Grows With 15 Attys From Boutique In Calif.
California firm Lagasse Branch Bell & Kinkead LLP is expanding its ranks by almost a third, adding 15 attorneys from the boutique formerly known as Bradley Gmelich & Wellerstein LLP, including one of its name partners, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 6 More Partners In US, London
Fast-growing Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced that the firm added six new partners in five U.S. markets and in its London office during the month of October.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In October? Apple, Strategy And More
Three top legal officers at tech companies in California, a Washington, D.C., suburb and Austin, Texas, hauled in big stock scores last month.
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Littler Adds Veteran In-House Atty From Amazon In California
Employment and labor law firm Littler Mendelson PC has expanded its offerings in San Francisco with a veteran in-house attorney who most recently spent over eight years at Amazon.
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Haynes Boone Hires First Chief Talent Officer
Haynes Boone announced this week that it has hired its first chief talent officer to steer attorney development and recruiting efforts as the firm continues to grow and change its senior leadership structure.
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Wilson Elser Picks Up 6-Atty Team In LA From Booth
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a six-attorney team from the now-shuttered Booth LLP in Los Angeles, including that firm's former managing partner.
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Dechert Requiring 4 Days In Office For Some Attys, All Staff
Dechert LLP joined a growing list of BigLaw firms increasing their office attendance requirements, rolling out a new policy requiring rising second-year associates and all nonattorney business professionals to work in person four days a week beginning next year.
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Ruli.ai Raises $6M In Seed Funding, Hires Ex-Pinterest GC
Amid the current race to invest in artificial intelligence-powered legal technology, legal intelligence platform Ruli.ai announced Tuesday that it has raised $6 million in seed funding, bringing its total funding to $8 million in a little more than a year.
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Boies Schiller Adds 2 Attys From Herrick Feinstein, Disney
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP this week announced two prominent hires — a Herrick Feinstein LLP attorney with a history of working on multibillion-dollar restructurings and a firm alum from The Walt Disney Co. who brings experience in copyright matters and artificial intelligence.
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Calif. Prop 65 Expert Joins Carlton Fields In Los Angeles
Carlton Fields announced Monday that an experienced defense litigator who focuses on California's Proposition 65 matters has joined the firm's Los Angeles office from Steptoe LLP.
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New Loan Forgiveness Rule Targets Trump Critics, States Say
Two lawsuits filed Monday, one by a coalition of states and the other by a group of cities, unions and advocacy organizations, are challenging a new Trump administration rule imposing "intentionally vague" and allegedly illegal restrictions on student loan forgiveness for public employees intended to stifle dissent.
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Goodwin Requiring 4 Days In Office, But Removes Tracker
Goodwin Procter LLP will stop using certain technology to monitor in-office attendance while joining a growing list of BigLaw firms requiring U.S. attorneys to work in person at least four days a week, according to a memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.
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Fisher Phillips Adds 4 Employment, Appellate Attys In Calif.
Fisher Phillips announced Monday that it has added four attorneys in California to bolster its employment litigation and appellate practices, including the former leader of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's Los Angeles office.
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Law Firms Cite 'Value' In Staffing Up On AI Expertise
Law firms are creating more internal roles to bring on professionals to lead their artificial intelligence implementation, including a push to develop AI agents. But the competition to secure such skilled personnel is stiff.
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Munger Tolles Names New Co-Managing Partners
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP announced Monday it has tapped two veteran trial lawyers, one the former U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, to be the firm's new co-managing partners.
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Ill. Judge Prefers 'Clean' Dismissal Against Ex-Girardi Attys
An Illinois federal judge told Edelson PC on Friday to either dismiss its conversion case against two former Girardi Keese attorneys in a "clean" and "unadulterated" stipulation or submit legal authority supporting its desire to condition the dismissal on him adopting side agreements the parties outlined in their filing.
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AccessLex, Southwestern Law Join Up To Study Admissions
Legal education nonprofit AccessLex Institute has announced that Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles will be the first school to go through its Admission Innovation Project, which supports and funds efforts by universities to implement and assess new approaches to selecting first-year law students.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC, Motley Rice LLC and Powell & Majestro PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit overturned a key ruling by a West Virginia federal judge in the first federal bellwether in multidistrict opioid litigation.
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Practising Law Institute Launches Legal Innovation Council
The Practising Law Institute announced Friday that it is launching its first-ever Innovation Council, which will offer guidance on the integration of emerging technological innovations into the legal industry.
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Paul Hastings Media Ace Joins Greenberg Traurig In LA
Greenberg Traurig LLP has welcomed a veteran media and entertainment attorney from Paul Hastings LLP in Los Angeles.
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'David V. Goliath' Litigation Boutique Launches In SoCal
A longtime Miller Barondess LLP trial lawyer has joined forces with a former Los Angeles federal prosecutor to launch a nationwide litigation boutique representing both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes business disputes.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of October with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms announced partner promotions and expanded their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Foley Hoag LLP's work on the acquisition of a healthcare services platform and Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP handling a trademark suit for a luxury pen brand lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 17 to 31.
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California State Judge Admonished For Acts Of Misconduct
A California state judge has been hit with a public admonishment by a judicial watchdog for "numerous acts of misconduct," including discussing litigants and pending cases "in an area of the courthouse where she could be overheard."
Expert Analysis
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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How Attys Can Guard Against Rising Settle-And-Sue Claims
Certain precautions can help lawyers avoid post-settlement malpractice claims and create a solid evidentiary defense, as settle-and-sue lawsuits rise amid pandemic-induced dispute settlements, say Bethany Kristovich and Jeremy Beecher at Munger Tolles.
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What I Learned As A Virtual Summer Associate
It is necessary in a virtual law firm summer program to think twice about asking questions you may be able to answer on your own, but this independence and other aspects of a remote internship may help to instill habits that would be useful for future full-time associates, says law student Kelley Sheehan, who interned at Patterson & Sheridan this summer.