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White & Case Partner Moves To A&O Shearman In DC
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has hired a career White & Case LLP partner in Washington, D.C., who had spent the past 13 years there working with antitrust and other matters, the firm announced Monday.
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Simpson Thacher Adds 2 Partners To Data Center Team
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has hired two transactional real estate attorneys who specialize in digital infrastructure deals as partners in its Washington, D.C., and New York City offices, the firm announced Monday.
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Justices Cast Doubt On Effort To Limit SEC Disgorgement
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday questioned an attempt to limit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers, with conservative and liberal justices alike seemingly skeptical of the argument that the agency has to identify victims before it can demand the return of ill-gotten gains.
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Justice Jackson Faults Quick Reversal In DC Stop Case
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday chided her U.S. Supreme Court colleagues for reversing a D.C. Court of Appeals ruling involving the Fourth Amendment, saying in a dissent that the lower court was correct and that the case "does not merit the use of our summary discretion."
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Clyde & Co. Launches Practice With Partner From Eversheds
Clyde & Co. LLP said Monday it has hired a former Eversheds Sutherland practice group leader, who is joining the firm in Washington, D.C., to help it launch a regulatory and investigations group.
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Justices Won't Consider IP Theft Allegations Against Akin
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a former Cornell University graduate student's petition trying to revive his malpractice suit against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP stemming from patent litigation against Illumina Inc. over DNA sequencing intellectual property.
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Dunn Isaacson Adds Ex-Biden WH Counsel From Latham
Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP has hired two attorneys from Latham & Watkins LLP, who have backgrounds working for former President Joe Biden on a range of policy matters, the firm announced Monday.
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Up Next At High Court: SEC And FCC Enforcement Authority
The U.S. Supreme Court's final argument session of this term kicks off Monday, when the justices will consider the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to seek disgorgement orders against alleged wrongdoers without proving investors were harmed. Here, Law360 breaks down the week's oral arguments.
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Office Snapshot: Grossman Young Moves Into The District
For Sandra Grossman, a founding partner of immigration firm Grossman Young & Hammond LLP, her firm's move from Bethesda, Maryland, to Washington, D.C., is part of an evolution that began almost two decades ago.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Winston & Strawn LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary harmed competition in the live entertainment sector by willfully monopolizing ticketing services.
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Oil Giants Among Client List Of EEOC General Counsel Pick
President Donald Trump's nominee for general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has represented some of the largest oil producers and service providers in North America, including Chevron, according to a new financial disclosure report obtained by Law360 Friday.
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How Firms Can Remain Vigilant Amid 'Silent Ransom' Attacks
Even though cybercriminal organization Silent Ransom Group has been around since 2022, law firms are still falling victim to the group’s social engineering and phishing schemes. Here’s what cybersecurity leaders say law firms need to know about the group and how to protect themselves.
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Nixon Peabody Hires McCarter & English Gov't Contracts Atty
Nixon Peabody LLP has added a government contracts and regulatory compliance attorney to its construction and real estate litigation practice who has joined the firm in Washington, D.C., as a partner from McCarter & English LLP.
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Beltway Moves: Wilson Sonsini, Covington, Ropes & Gray
More former U.S. Department of Justice attorneys headed to BigLaw firms in Washington, D.C., over the past few weeks, with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, Covington & Burling LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP all adding lawyers who recently worked at the agency.
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Furniture Cos.' $19M Captive Insurance Scam Suit Resumed
A Maryland federal court has resumed a lawsuit accusing a D.C. corporate tax attorney and his former law firm of a $19 million captive insurance scam following notification that the bankruptcy proceedings of the attorney and the firm have concluded.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Partnership promotions, BigLaw hires and firm merger votes helped make this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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High Court Sends La. Pollution Suit To Federal Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said that pollution lawsuits against Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron in Louisiana belong in federal court, agreeing with the companies that their World War II-era oil production in the state was federal in nature.
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Judiciary Panel Loves Paralegal's Idea To Modernize Briefs
An Arizona paralegal's unsolicited idea for overhauling a procedural rule governing the format of briefs found a surprisingly enthusiastic audience Thursday at a federal judiciary meeting, where prominent officials and attorneys voiced strong interest and agreed to explore the concept in earnest.
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Bondi's Contempt Defenses Are Strong, But Not Without Risk
Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi currently has some potentially powerful defenses against Congress' relatively limited abilities to force her to comply with a subpoena to be deposed under oath about the Epstein files, but her exposure to being held in criminal contempt could shift with the political winds, experts said.
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BigLaw Hiring Heats Up In Q1 As Firms Chase Partner Talent
Large U.S. law firms started 2026 with a surge in lateral moves that boosted partner hiring to the highest level in six years, but softened on associate additions, according to new data from legal intelligence provider Firm Prospects.
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Dems Call On Watchdog To Probe DOJ Antitrust Work
A group of Democratic federal lawmakers this week called on the U.S. Department of Justice's acting inspector general to investigate the possibility that lobbying has led to misconduct in the department's antitrust work, including the DOJ's recent surprise settlement with event ticketing giant Live Nation.
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Katten Partner Rejoins Epstein Becker In DC For 3rd Time
Epstein Becker Green LLP has rehired, for the third time, a healthcare transactional attorney who focuses his practice on guiding hospital systems, private equity-backed entities and professional practices on transactional matters and regulatory compliance.
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Day Pitney 'Lifer' Prepares To Lead Firm Into New Era
After joining Day Pitney LLP straight out of law school in 1987, Michael P. Byrne has been elected as the firm’s managing partner. Here, Byrne discusses his business goals for his first year on the job, the firm’s growth trajectory, and the importance of maintaining its culture.
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Katten's Profits Per Equity Partner Climb To $3.32M
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has reached several key financial growth milestones in the less than two years since litigator and former federal prosecutor Gil Soffer became chair of the Chicago-headquartered firm, without jumping into the recent law firm merger frenzy.
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Mintz Consulting Arm Hires Ex-HHS Official, Health Policy Pro
ML Strategies, a consulting subsidiary of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, has hired a former federal health policy director at consulting firm Guidehouse who brings almost a decade of experience in senior roles with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Expert Analysis
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Engage With The Media
Business development is all about awareness — and by taking existing skills and adapting them to build media relationships and thereby address today's audiences, lawyers can expand their outreach and use thought leadership to build a more complete, compelling personal brand, says Michael Goodwin at Stanton PR.
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Habits Of Great Relationship Partners
When seeking outside legal advisers, general counsel want commercially savvy lawyers who cultivate relationships of trust with their in-house counterparts, back up the GC's authority and focus on actionable advice instead of abstract legal analysis, say Andrew Dick at The L Suite and Rob Morvillo at Olo.
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Roundup
Nonprofit Launch Tips From Founders In The Legal Industry
In this season of giving, take a look back at this Law360 series featuring legal professionals who have founded industry-related nonprofits. They discussed the biggest challenges to getting started, and how to balance the launch and management of an organization along with the demands of their primary work.
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Generating Confidence In A Legal Nonprofit
I started LawWithoutWalls to change the way legal professionals see and think about their world, and it taught me the importance of giving people a reason to believe in your nonprofit mission, as well as how to achieve work-life integration, says Michele DeStefano at the University of Miami.
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Nonequity Partner Frustrations Reflect Erosion Of Opportunity
Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.
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Building Brand Awareness For A Legal Nonprofit
I co-founded the Bridging the Gap Scholarship as a way to increase minority representation in BigLaw, and my advice for other legal professionals starting a nonprofit is to focus on building brand awareness early on, and to get comfortable delegating work to a dedicated team, says Imani Maatuka at Sidley.
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Learn Your Colleagues To Cross-Sell Their Services Fearlessly
Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise Ethically
Business development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Help After Mental Health Leave?
Molly Ranns at the State Bar of Michigan suggests five ways to smooth a colleague's return to practice after short-term mental health leave, while creating a firm culture that protects employees’ emotional health.
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Tips For Attracting Stellar CLOs In A Competitive Landscape
Amid a rapidly changing regulatory environment and a fierce market for talent, companies hoping to attract the best chief legal officers must have a strong grasp of their roles’ biggest selling points, and any roadblocks that may prevent them from recruiting the strongest choice, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
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'Golden Handcuffs' May Be A Double-Edge Sword For Firms
As law firms increasingly use certain financial incentives to retain partners in a fierce lateral market, managing partners should consider the pros and cons of various deferred compensation schemes, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.
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The 10-Min. Rule For Building A Business Development Habit
Many lawyers assume that becoming a rainmaker requires a significant investment of time and effort, but the truth is that building a consistent habit of business development can start with just 10 minutes of strategic outreach a day, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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5 Pointers For Firm Leaders Communicating Tough Decisions
Certain law firm decisions — such as whether to challenge an executive order — cannot be crowdsourced, but leadership can collaboratively communicate these choices using strategies that build trust, reinforce values and preserve cohesion, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Conversations around retirement and succession can be understandably difficult, but when attorneys make a plan for the transition early and effectively, they have the opportunity to not only keep work but also increase it, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
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Looking Under The Hood Of The $3,000 Billable Hour
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In recent years, top-tier law firms have pushed hourly rates to unprecedented heights, with some partners commanding $3,000 per hour — but this eye-popping number doesn’t tell the full story, as there are numerous caveats and rigorous winnowing along the way, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.