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Haynes Boone Adds Ex-SDNY Atty From Winston & Strawn
Haynes Boone LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Southern District of New York prosecutor from Winston & Strawn LLP to promote the growth of its white collar and investigations practice.
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Tanenbaum Keale Leaders Talk Selective Growth At Trial Firm
Tanenbaum Keale LLP chair James Keale and managing partner Phil McGovern joined Law360 Pulse for discussion how a recent 10-attorney hire fits into the litigation boutique’s plans for growth as it enters its ninth year in business.
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Full Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink $162K Fee Award In Ramey Case
The Federal Circuit will not reconsider its earlier ruling upholding a $162,000 fee award against a patent owner represented by attorney William Ramey III and his firm, Ramey LLP, after a district court found Ramey had brought a "weak" patent suit against television maker Vizio.
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Thompson Hine Adds 6 Financial Services Attys In Chicago
Thompson Hine LLP has expanded its Chicago office with a six-attorney securities litigation and regulatory enforcement team from UB Greensfelder LLP.
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Squire Patton Hires Sheppard Mullin, Miller & Chevalier Attys
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has hired a corporate attorney and an antitrust litigator from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and Miller & Chevalier Chtd., respectively, who are joining the firm as partners in Washington, D.C., according to two Tuesday announcements.
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9 Winston & Strawn Attorneys Join King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that the former Dallas managing partner and eight other litigation partners from Winston & Strawn LLP have joined the firm.
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5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider nearly 30 proposals at its semiannual meeting, including several pieces of legislation addressing the intersection of today's political unrest and the law.
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Habeas Cases Flood Courts After Immigrant Detention Shift
Federal courts have been inundated with a flood of cases stemming from the Trump administration's revised approach to the detention of unauthorized immigrants, with judges routinely ruling against the government as immigration attorneys scramble to keep up.
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Manatt Appellate Star Leaves To Join Duane Morris In LA
Benjamin G. Shatz has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner at the firm's appellate division of the trial practice group in Los Angeles, after spending more than two decades at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, according to an announcement issued Monday.
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Hinshaw Adds 16 McGlinchey Attys, Launches In Cleveland
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP has opened a new Cleveland office and greatly expanded its consumer financial services practice with a group of 16 attorneys from the recently shuttered McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, the firm said Monday.
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Army Corps Contractor Says Law Firm Sent $1.3M To Hackers
A Houston-based law firm sent $1.3 million in settlement proceeds won by a government contractor to cyber thieves after failing to verify transmission details, according to a petition filed in Texas state court.
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Fenwick Reaches Deal In FTX Crypto Scam Suit
Fenwick & West LLP and victims of the infamous FTX Trading Ltd. cryptocurrency scam are working toward a settlement in a case over the firm's alleged role in the trading platform's collapse.
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Spencer Fane Expands To New Orleans With Litigation Hire
Spencer Fane LLP announced that an experienced Louisiana-based attorney from Phelps Dunbar LLP has joined the firm's litigation and dispute resolution team as a partner, marking the fast-growing firm's initial foray into the New Orleans market.
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Watchdog Renews Halligan Bar Complaint After Court Rulings
The nonprofit Campaign for Accountability on Monday once again launched a bar complaint against former interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan in Virginia, after the Virginia State Bar declined to pursue an ethics investigation against the attorney last year, calling it a matter for the courts to determine.
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Porzio Bromberg Unveils New NJ HQ, Brand Refresh
Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC announced Monday that it has moved into new headquarters in New Jersey, a move the firm's managing partner told Law360 Pulse will better enable attorneys to meet client needs in a more modern setting.
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Class Action Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP helped obtain a $167 million settlement for EQT shareholders over an overvalued acquisition and also secured a $139 million deal for Turquoise Hill Resources investors, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.
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Mintz Adds Winston & Strawn ITC Practice Co-Leader In DC
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has grown its Washington, D.C., office by bringing a Winston & Strawn LLP equity partner as its International Trade Commission practice co-chair, strengthening the firm's intellectual property services with a patent litigator with two decades of experience.
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Cozen O'Connor Adds Five Insurance Attys In Dallas, Philly
Five attorneys have expanded Cozen O'Connor's insurance litigation resources in Dallas and Philadelphia after moving their practices from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
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Plaintiff Pulls Data Breach Claims Against Brown Paindiris
The last remaining plaintiff in a proposed class action against Brown Paindiris & Scott LLP over a 2023 data breach and the law firm's response to it filed for voluntary dismissal Friday in Connecticut federal court.
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Hotel Lender Says It Had No Part In Latham's Loan Error
The lender that benefited from an allegedly botched $152 million Miami hotel loan, in a reply last week to counterclaims, said there was no error on its part and said claims against it are barred because the borrowers, two veteran real estate investors, could instead sue their attorney, a practice leader at Latham, for malpractice.
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3rd Circ. Affirms Fee Awards For Immigration Habeas Actions
A Third Circuit panel ruled federal law authorizes attorney fee awards for immigrants who successfully challenge their detention through habeas actions, affirming awards made to two noncitizens who were detained for over a year and denied bond hearings.
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Amazon Shoppers' Counsel Admit To AI Errors In Motion
Lawyers representing Amazon customers in a proposed class action over supplement labeling have apologized to a Seattle federal judge for artificial intelligence hallucinations included in a recent filing, acknowledging "certain miscitations and misquotations" resulted from a Just Food Law PLLC attorney's use of the nascent technology and a failure by Boies Schiller Flexner LLP co-counsel to catch the errors.
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Weil Launches Austin Shop With Firm's IP Co-Chair
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Monday that it has planted its flag in the Lone Star State's capital city with the firm's co-head of intellectual property, technology and life science litigation practice anchoring the new Austin shop.
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Akin Gov't Investigation Pros Move To Simpson Thacher In DC
Three former leaders of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's congressional investigations and state attorneys general practices have jumped to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in Washington, D.C.
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Litigation Funder Suit Against Janus Henderson Can Proceed
A lawsuit that claims a Janus Henderson Group subsidiary schemed to take over a mass torts litigation funder can go forward, after a Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled the funder's case was compelling enough to survive a motion to dismiss.
Expert Analysis
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Priorities For Improving The Legal Industry In Texas
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
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Leading Your Law Firm's Creation Of A New Practice Group
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
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10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Incorporating ADA Guidance Into Lawyer Wellness Movement
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?
Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
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What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
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NY's Cybersecurity CLE Rule Is A Sign Of Changing Times
New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.
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Opinion
Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The Mark
Law firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.
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A Law Student's Guide To Thriving As A Summer Associate
Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.
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Burnout Prevention Requires Effort From Attys And Firms
To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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How I Owned My Power As An Asian American Woman In Law
Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.
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Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.