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Many rural attorneys, often the only lawyer in town, work until they die or simply close their practices when they retire. But small to mid-sized firms looking to expand into rural markets could help to make succession planning a real possibility for these solo practitioners.
Fox Rothschild LLP has expanded its litigation capabilities in Miami with the addition of a construction attorney from Cozen O'Connor.
A Delaware Chancery Court magistrate has denied a bid to bar a Michael Best & Friedrich LLP attorney from representing HerdDogg Inc. in litigation filed by its founder seeking to place the agricultural technology company into receivership, saying the founder hasn't shown a conflict exists to warrant disqualification.
Students who are the first in their families to attend law school have been thrown a new challenge at the beginning of their legal journeys, as BigLaw accelerates their recruitment timelines.
From learning how to come back from mistakes to cross-team collaboration, this year's summer associates came away with lessons that will help them succeed in their future careers. Here's what they want law students to know as they begin their own journeys.
Summer associate programs give law students an up-close look at changes unfolding in the legal industry, and a new Law360 Pulse survey found artificial intelligence use and pay have reached new heights.
An attorney barred from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds was denied basic due process during an audit of his work, he has argued in asking the Pennsylvania federal court to vacate his sanctions.
Latham & Watkins LLP has announced it's growing its intellectual property litigation practice with a partner in New York who joins from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, bringing years of patent and technical trade secret litigation experience and representing industry titans including Nvidia and Western Digital.
A Florida federal judge Monday accused Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials of "rank judge shopping" and refused to recuse himself from the Council for American-Islamic Relations' suit challenging legislation that allowed DeSantis to designate the Muslim civil rights nonprofit as a "terrorist organization."
Quinn Emanuel has quietly dropped its lawsuit against former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, in which it asked a court in Washington, D.C., to enforce an arbitral award of nearly $1.5 million in unpaid attorney fees and other costs.
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Monday that it has added an attorney with a decade of experience in the Employment Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.
A suspended University of Pennsylvania law professor has hired President Donald Trump's former attorney John Eastman to argue her Third Circuit bid to revive her case alleging the school disciplined her based on her race.
Big U.S. businesses and insurers like Amazon, Anthropic, Chubb and Walmart asked the federal judiciary on Monday to tighten disclosure requirements for litigation finance, claiming the lack of guardrails allows funders to operate "in the shadows."
An attorney for State Farm who filed several motions citing nonexistent cases and fabricated quotes generated by AI software must pay a $999.99 sanction, a Los Angeles judge ruled, an amount one cent below the threshold that would have triggered a mandatory notice to the State Bar of California under state law.
The former deputy director of litigation for the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, who was lead counsel for antitrust trials involving Live Nation-Ticketmaster and Google, has returned to Winston Taylor, the firm said Monday.
Divorce is often hard, but it is harder still when there’s just one lawyer in town. The story of one divorcing couple in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula illustrates the financial costs and emotional pain of living in a legal desert, and it helps explain why lawyer shortages are spreading throughout rural America. This story introduces Law360 Pulse’s special series on legal deserts.
Edward Barocas, the former longtime legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey who died Friday at the age of 59, was remembered by former colleagues for bringing a "passion for justice" in his advocacy for religious liberties, marriage equality and more in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and university officials have cited immunity defenses in urging a federal court to toss a former law school student's complaint alleging they initiated an unconstitutional disciplinary process after criminal charges stemming from "Cop City" protests in Atlanta were filed against the student.
K&L Gates LLP announced Monday that it recently added six attorneys from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP to bolster its corporate, intellectual property, litigation, and labor and employment practices.
Carlton Fields has urged a Florida federal court to adopt a magistrate judge's recommendation that the firm be allowed to intervene in a dispute involving its charging lien for unpaid legal fees in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the Miss America competition.
Jackson Lewis PC has moved a former associate's suit accusing the firm of refusing to accommodate her temporary work restrictions following her medical leave to California federal court, saying state court wasn't the right venue for dispute.
An Indiana federal judge on Friday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to sanction a local attorney $10,000 after finding that five briefs in a consumer credit case included citations to nonexistent cases.
Class action lawyers slapped with six-figure sanctions for suing Walmart Inc. based on erroneous purchase information can't yet challenge the discipline, the Ninth Circuit ruled, suggesting they may first need to arbitrate grievances over an $8 bottle of avocado oil.
King & Wood LLP has hired a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP disputes attorney to serve in an of counsel position at the firm's New York office, the lawyer has announced.
A $60 million lawsuit brought against Ryan Ryan Deluca LLP and two attorneys claims the firm failed to notify an obstetrician-gynecologist of a "reasonable" settlement offer in a medical malpractice case, subjecting the doctor and her employer to a $50 million judgment favoring a patient injured during childbirth.
Sylvie Rodrigue at Torys discusses why authenticity is essential to women's career growth, why burnout is not the result of a lack of resilience, how the legal industry can better support women's mental health needs, and how firms can address gender gaps in senior roles.
Outside counsel’s lateral career moves can create uncertainty and disruption for companies, but if managed strategically, in-house legal teams can leverage partner mobility for more complete service, better pricing and stronger relationships with their law firms, says Theodore Edelman at GCE Advisors.
Perceived efficiency gains from artificial intelligence can create unsustainable workload expectations for in-house legal departments, so general counsel must proactively educate executives, reframe assumptions and tie legal judgment to business outcomes, say Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law and Catie Cambridge at Docsum.
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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Lateral Hiring Strategy
In regional recruiting, firms that stand out to laterals can articulate a clear vision that connects local insight with global opportunity, demonstrate a culture that is lived rather than stated, and offer genuine room for growth, says Jason Novak, leader of Norton Rose's San Francisco office.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Team Up With Marketing
There are several ways attorneys can engage with resources already at their fingertips in the form of their in-house law firm marketing departments, which can help you gain some visibility, earn kudos and build a solid book of business, say Ada Kase and Liz Lindley at Jaffe PR.
Attributing lawyers’ sense of unease with business development to self-doubt or weakness may misidentify an important source of discomfort — a keen intuition that an ask isn’t yet appropriate for the relationship — and lead to advice that ultimately backfires, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
Maggie Potter at Segal McCambridge offers advice for associates who receive unproductive criticism from superiors and tips for gently pushing back with an eye to growth and efficiency.
Law firms eyeing legal services organization models, which allow outside capital to support nonlegal business functions while preserving lawyer ownership, can prepare for the expansion of private equity investment in the area by balancing commercial objectives and compliance imperatives, say attorneys at Rivkin Radler.
The small-unit leadership principles that are foundational to the U.S. Marine Corps experience — from tight feedback loops to top-down tactfulness — offer a blueprint for addressing leadership gaps that persist in the legal profession, says Edet Nsemo at Tucker Ellis.
As law firms pursue increasingly ambitious growth goals in a competitive market for talent, they should consider supplementing traditional lateral hiring due diligence with practices inspired by the venture capitalist framework, says Henry O’Connor at Jones Walker.
After a pivotal year for the legal industry, lawyers and their clients face an evolving litigation finance landscape in 2026 that will be shaped by developments ranging from new policies governing patent lawsuits to the reemergence of appellate monetization funding, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Think Like A Waiter
To convert casually interested restaurant patrons into satisfied, repeat customers, a good waiter relies on four service-oriented habits that proactive attorneys can borrow to cultivate lasting client relationships, say attorneys at Maynard Nexsen.
As demand for chief compliance officers rises among a growing range of complex issues, organizations looking to hire and retain top-notch CCOs can adopt a series of strategies including defining success metrics and allowing the CCO to build a team, says Cara Bain at Major Lindsey.
From the adoption of artificial intelligence infrastructure to increasing client attrition, a number of trends will likely define the legal industry in 2026, and law firms will need to strategically lean into these shifts to gain a competitive advantage, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Integrating Lateral Talent
When done thoughtfully through three strategies, bringing laterals into the fold can propel growth and create significant business opportunities that enhance the law firm's cultural fabric, says James Sullivan, leader of Alston & Bird's New York office.