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Arnold & Porter Adds Amazon, K&L Gates Duo On West Coast
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has grown its real estate offerings on the West Coast with the addition of an in-house lawyer from Amazon and a K&L Gates LLP attorney.
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BakerHostetler Names New LA, NY Leaders, Litigation Head
BakerHostetler is starting off the new year with new leaders, announcing on Monday the appointment of new office managing partners for its Los Angeles and New York offices, plus a new head of its litigation practice group.
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Jeffer Mangels Names A New Hospitality Chair As 3 Attys Exit
As a trio of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP lawyers — including a founding partner — are in the process of decamping, the law firm said Friday it has named a new chair of global hospitality.
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Ex-Microsoft CLO Lands At AI Co. ServiceNow
Artificial intelligence company ServiceNow said Monday that it has hired the former chief legal officer of Microsoft Inc. as its new president and chief legal officer.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 3 Partners In NYC Area, California
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday it has added three new partners in New York; Palo Alto, California; and Princeton, New Jersey, marking the 80th partner the fast-growing firm has hired since the start of 2025.
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Simpson Thacher Opens San Francisco Office
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is expanding its California presence, announcing Monday it has opened an office in San Francisco.
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Average Quinn Emanuel Partner Payouts Rise To $9.5M
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP saw a 10% uptick in its profits per equity partner in 2025, bringing the firm's average partner pay up over $9 million last year amid an active litigation market, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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Law's Merger Momentum Brings Tidings Of Mega M&A In 2026
The second half of 2025 brought a relatively unusual uptick in U.S. law firm merger announcements as firms seek scale in an increasingly competitive legal marketplace.
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MoFo US Offices Lead 2026 Partner Promotions
More than a dozen attorneys at Morrison Foerster LLP have started the new year with new titles following the firm's Monday announcement of its partner promotions for 2026.
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V&E Brings On Kilpatrick Atty To Help Lead IP Practice
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that it has hired an attorney who helped steer Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's patent litigation team to co-lead its IP litigation practice and bolster its capacity to handle patent infringement and other cases.
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Norton Rose Hands Out Special Bonuses To Kick Off New Year
Norton Rose Fulbright will pay out special bonuses to nearly everyone at the firm after winning a large contingent fee case, the firm confirmed to Law360 Pulse Monday.
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Gibson Dunn Adds Sidley Tax Pro In Silicon Valley
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Monday that it has bulked up its tax practice group with a partner in Palo Alto, California, who previously co-led the global tax practice and headed up the West Coast tax group at Sidley Austin LLP.
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From BigLaw To Boutiques, Litigators In Hot Demand For '26
BigLaw firms and smaller trial boutiques are poised to continue ramping up hiring of litigators in 2026 due to the growing number and complexity of courtroom disputes, but economic uncertainty could complicate that picture if companies rein in their litigation spending.
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California Law Firms Eye Litigation, AI Growth In 2026
Nearly a year after wildfires devastated the Los Angeles area, California law firms are working through the continued fallout from the tragedy as they enter 2026, while also eyeing potential increases in transaction activity, litigation and the use of artificial intelligence.
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Calif. ABS Fee Sharing Ban Cleared To Kick Off In 2026
A new California law banning alternative business structure fee sharing with out-of-state law firms owned by nonattorneys has been allowed to go into effect after a Los Angeles federal court rejected an attorney's bid to temporarily block its enforcement ahead of the new year.
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Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In 2026
Federal judges will continue tackling notable ethics issues in 2026, including a U.S. Justice Department battling former federal prosecutors in court and an immigration justice system in upheaval.
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BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year
Rapid business growth, cultural changes caused by remote work and generative AI are creating challenges and opportunities for law firm leaders going into the New Year. Here, seven top firm leaders share what’s running through their minds as they lie awake at night.
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Walmart Gets $623K As Sanction Award In Avocado Oil Suit
A California federal judge has ordered two attorneys from a Santa Monica-based law firm to pay Walmart $623,000 in attorney fees as a sanction in their client's decertified class action that accused Walmart of falsely labeling its avocado oil as containing only avocado oil despite allegedly containing other oils.
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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025
Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.
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Alston & Bird Doles Out Associate Bonuses
Alston & Bird LLP has reportedly unveiled its year-end associate bonus tiers, matching the market scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP this fall.
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4 Judges Who Battled Criminal Charges In 2025
A number of high-profile cases in 2025 found judges taking on the role of criminal defendants over a wide range of allegations, from murder and sexual assault to corruption and interfering with an ICE arrest.
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Calif. Chamber Of Commerce Counsel Rejoins Jackson Lewis
A former California Chamber of Commerce senior employment law counsel has rejoined Jackson Lewis PC as a principal, returning to the firm where she has already done a five-year stint, the firm announced.
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Ex-Oura CEO Pushes To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Firing Suit
The onetime CEO of fitness tracker company Oura Health is pushing to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing the smart ring maker in his compensation suit, telling a San Francisco federal judge that he shared confidential information when he consulted with the firm about his claims prior to filing suit.
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McGlinchey Stafford Leaders Tout Equity-Driven Firm Culture
While the traditional idea of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace is often appearance-based, a group of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC leaders told Law360 Pulse that its approach to DEI goes further, embedding itself in the firm's cultural and operational ethos.
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LawFirms.com Beats LegalForce's TM Suit After Bench Trial
A California judge has concluded that a company that operates LawFirms.com did not infringe a law firm's trademarks for LegalForce, saying that during a four-day bench trial in October the court found "no one was actually confused or misled."