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Law Firm Hiring May Indicate 'Growing Demand,' Report Says
Even as overall legal sector jobs declined in February nationwide, the number of open law firm positions increased by 59% compared with the year before, indicating "strong market expansion and growing demand for legal talent," according to a report released Friday by Leopard Solutions.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Sills Cummis and Irell & Manella's work on behalf of Johnson & Johnson and Young Conaway's work on Blink Fitness' Chapter 11 proceedings lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Feb. 21 to March 7.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Public Citizen Litigation Group and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a D.C. federal judge can require the Trump administration to release up to $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funding.
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Saul Ewing Appoints Firm Veteran As Corporate Practice Chair
Saul Ewing LLP appointed a longtime firm attorney as chair of the corporate practice, according to a Friday announcement.
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Legal Jobs Down As Gov't Work Dries Up Under Trump
Following modest gains at the beginning of the year, the U.S. legal sector lost 3,300 jobs in February, according to preliminary data released Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal sector started March with a downpour of big industry news, including leadership shuffles, office closures and group lateral moves. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Amid Court Setbacks, Trump Wants Foes To Foot Legal Bills
With judges hitting the brakes on the White House's aggressive agenda, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to up the ante with his legal adversaries by seeking legal costs and damages if his administration ultimately prevails after initial setbacks in litigation.
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Del. Corporate Law Rework Under Pressure At Tulane
An attorney whose firm largely represents investors and consumers told a corporate law conference in New Orleans on Thursday that the list of plaintiff-friendly rulings that would be effectively overturned by a pending corporation law bill in Delaware "will probably be just as long as the bill itself."
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East Coast Promos Lead Mid-Law Partnership Classes In 2025
While the number of Mid-Law partnership promotions remained relatively stable this year, a handful of East Coast markets saw substantial growth, while other traditional hotbeds, such as California, experienced a decline in numbers, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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Meet Attys Facing Off Over $199M Ruling In Del. Merger Dispute
Attorneys from Mayer Brown LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP are set to face off next week before the Delaware Supreme Court on TC Energy Corp.'s challenge to a lower court ruling ordering the business to pay $199 million in damages to former Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. shareholders in connection with a 2016 merger.
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2025 Mid-Law Partner Classes See Bigger Share Of Women
The percentage of women in Mid-Law partnership classes ticked upward in 2025, in what experts say may be a sign that efforts to boost women's representation in law firms are paying off, though the picture remains complicated, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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Biggest Takeaways From 2025's Mid-Law Partner Classes
Partner class sizes among Mid-Law firms held steady in 2025 from the year prior, with experts saying firm leaders are likely being cautious about promotions in the face of uncertainty around the economy and artificial intelligence, according to a Law360 Pulse analysis.
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Wilmington Univ. Law School In Del. Gets ABA Approval
Wilmington University School of Law has received a provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association, meaning its first class of graduates next year will be able to sit for bar examinations to pursue their legal careers.
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Maron Marvel's New Leader Has Eye On Expansion
Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC's new managing shareholder told Law360 Pulse this week that he is excited to serve in the post and help steer the firm's national growth.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In February? Netflix's Scored Big
Netflix Inc.'s David Hyman sold over $63 million worth of his company's stock in early February, surpassing the combined total for top lawyers at Live Nation Entertainment, Carlyle Group and Walmart Inc., who each earned between $8.1 million and $14.1 million in stock sales.
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ABA Says Attys Victimized By Clients May Share Certain Info
An attorney who is a victim of a crime perpetrated by a client or prospective client may disclose client information "to the extent reasonably necessary to report a crime," the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has found in its latest ethics opinion, released Wednesday.
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Del. Corporate Law Bill Poses 'Grave Risk,' Plaintiffs' Firms Say
Five of Delaware's most active corporate litigation plaintiffs' firms have branded pending legislation aimed at curbing stockholder suits as a "dangerous and radical" measure that attacks the state's courts and will put Delaware's nationally known incorporation franchise "at grave risk."
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Approach The Bench: Judge Christopher Burke On Efficiency
U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke uses innovative techniques to manage the glut of complex cases that come through Delaware's federal court.
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What Attorneys Really Think Of AI
More attorneys seem to be using generative AI tools and view it positively compared with last year, but lawyers are still concerned about legal ethics and client confidentiality when it comes to the technology, according to the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
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These Attys Are AI 'Power Users' Reinventing Legal Work
A growing divide is emerging between lawyers who frequently use generative AI for legal tasks and those who engage in these tools more casually, Law360 Pulse's new survey has found.
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BigLaw Leaps Ahead In Generative AI Training
Large law firms are leading the pack in training their attorneys to use generative AI, eager to benefit from the technology and avoid associated risks like fake case citations in court filings.
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The Top In-House Hires Of February
Sports general counsel were a hot item in February, with the NBA players union, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners all naming new legal chiefs. So were goodbyes, as Bristol-Myers Squibb, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and California berry producer Driscoll all saw longtime legal chiefs announce their retirements.
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Paul Weiss Latest To Mandate 4 Days In Office
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP is requiring lawyers and business professionals to return to the office four days a week starting April 30, the firm confirmed Monday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP and Kontnik Cohen LLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that cases dismissed voluntarily can later be eligible for special judicial relief and reopening, even if a statute of limitations would typically block the lawsuit.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry closed out February with another busy week as BigLaw expanded teams and practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.