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Outgoing Indivior CLO Gets $1.1M In Supernus Merger
Indivior Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s outgoing legal chief will receive about $1.1 million plus health benefits and outstanding awards as he leaves the company following the completion of its merger with Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Monday.
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Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 89 Firms
The lawyers chosen as Law360's 2026 MVPs stand out from their peers by notching significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-setting transactions.
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Outgoing Offit Kurman Chair Talks Succession Planning
Nearly 40 years after co-founding Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law in Baltimore, Ted Offit is preparing to step back from formal leadership roles at the firm as part of its plan to transition to a new generation, a process he says has been in the works for over a decade.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC and Smith Porsborg Schweigert Armstrong Moldenhauer & Smith lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Reserve's regulatory cap on the swipe fees that larger banks may collect on debit card transactions.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the last week of October with the death knell of a BigLaw powerhouse. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Several law firms expanded their geographic footprints in October through new office openings and combinations with smaller firms, while others relocated to larger or redesigned spaces in major markets including Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Boston and Chicago.
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How Many Support Staffers Does A Small Firm Need?
Many solo attorneys and small firm leaders hire nonlawyers to handle billing, bookkeeping and other administrative tasks, but knowing how much help they really need can sometimes be a struggle.
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Akerman's New Delaware Leader Eyes More Growth
Akerman's new managing partner in Delaware told Law360 Pulse this week that her immediate goal is to continue to expand the office and the foundation put in place for its opening in 2024.
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Cole Schotz Adds Special Counsel In Delaware From Boutique
Cole Schotz PC has added a special counsel in Delaware from boutique Andrews & Springer LLC to enhance its capacity to handle corporate litigation in the First State's Chancery Court and Supreme Court.
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Albright Left Key Issue In Billion-Dollar IP Fight Unanswered
In May 2025, then-U.S. District Judge Alan Albright watched a jury hold that VLSI Technology is controlled by Fortress Investment Group, but by the time he left the bench in August 2026, the judge had yet to decide whether that ownership would let Intel avoid billions of dollars in patent infringement verdicts.
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CrowdStrike Says Chatty Spider Group Increased Legal Hacks
Law firms faced a 129% increase in malicious activity over the first eight months of the year compared to all of 2024, according to a report on Wednesday from Nasdaq-listed cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, with the hacker collective Silent Ransom Group, also known as Chatty Spider, leading the charge.
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Federal Student Loan Borrowers Face Pending Deadline
Millions of federal student loan borrowers face pending deadlines for changing their repayment plan, and the cost of doing nothing could lead to potentially higher monthly bills, financial experts tell Law360 Pulse.
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How Associates Can Crush Their Year-End Reviews
The days getting shorter and the approach of the holiday season are signs that another annual ritual is fast approaching: the year-end review for associates.
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AI Is Helping Firms Increase Their Billable Hours, Report Says
As more firms adopt artificial intelligence into their practices, the amount of billable hours is increasing by freeing up time to focus on more complex work and take on more matters, according to a new report by legal technology company Clio.
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State AG Elections More Competitive As AGs Play Bigger Role
Several of next week's elections for states' attorneys general have turned out to be surprisingly competitive as state enforcers have become more prominent in taking on the federal government and wading into national policy fights.
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Pay Up, Hours Down For BigLaw Partners
Average partner compensation rose 10% from 2023 to 2025, reaching a new high of just over $1.5 million, while at the same time average billable hours fell about 4%, according to a survey released Tuesday.
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Scholar Warns AI Pitfalls Can Go Beyond Hallucinations
The number of court cases around the world involving AI-generated errors fell in both the second and third quarters of 2026, according to new research by a legal scholar who recently warned that the risks of using artificial intelligence in litigation now go beyond so-called hallucinations.
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Atty Pushes For New Trial Against Blank Rome Lawyers
A Pennsylvania lawyer told the Third Circuit on Monday that she deserves a new trial in her suit against three Blank Rome LLP lawyers and an aircraft parts company, arguing that the trial court did not properly view all the evidence.
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Burford Affiliate Fights For Stay In Suit Over Alleged Fraud
A German Burford Capital affiliate is pressing a Delaware federal court to keep on hold a German claims aggregator's lawsuit over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration agreement, disputing the latter company's argument that a London tribunal has confirmed that the matter belongs in court.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.
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As Cyberattacks Persist, Keeping Client Trust Is Key For Firms
Law firms in the aftermath of recent data breaches — made even more complex amid what experts describe as an artificial intelligence "arms race" — are racing to contain damage, comply with notification requirements, and above all preserve client relationships.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms expanded or shifted their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Meet Attys Arguing Electronics Co.'s $48.5M Tax Fight In Del.
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP attorneys who have experience handling high-profile class actions and other litigation will next week argue to Delaware's justices a tax dispute related to electronics manufacturer Flex Ltd.'s 2024 spinoff of Nextracker Inc.
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Weil Merger Talks Spotlight Growing BigLaw Split On Scale
After dozens of partners left the firm this year, including several practice leaders, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP faced two paths: embrace a leaner footprint or merge with another law firm.
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Gordon Rees Lands Wilbraham Lawler's Delaware Leader
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP announced Thursday that it has brought on the longtime managing shareholder of Wilbraham Lawler & Buba PC's Delaware office to bolster its capacity to defend clients in mass tort, liability and other matters.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Simplify Networking
The hardest part of business development is building relationships without feeling awkward or transactional, but to solve this networking conundrum we ranked networking activities from the least intimidating to the most challenging and shared a small, workable action item for each, say attorneys at Irell.
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Community Is Key To Addressing Rural Legal Deserts
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Pipeline programs for current and prospective lawyers to find and build careers in legal deserts should be designed with relationships and connection uppermost in mind and priority, says Presiding New York Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Garry.
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Tech Plays An Indispensable Role In Addressing Legal Deserts
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While building the Free Legal Answers platform, we have seen how technology can overcome barriers of time and space to make it easier for lawyers to help in legal deserts, meaning we must turn to big, bold measures, or the justice gap will continue to grow, says Buck Lewis at Baker Donelson.
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How Firms Can Develop The Next Generation Of Lawyers
As law school graduates enter the industry after experiencing significant educational disruption due to COVID-19, firms can adapt to the new generation's unique circumstances by rethinking how they onboard and develop incoming attorneys — starting with summer associates, say attorneys at Taft.
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How In-House Lawyers Can Help Fill The Legal Aid Gap
Corporate legal departments can expand access to justice in legal deserts in ways that don't require court appearances, as many client needs can be met through advice, brief service or pro se support, say Todd Stillerman at Wells Fargo and Allison Constance at Legal Aid North Carolina.
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How Law Firms Can Advance Gender Parity Without Exclusion
Law firms can work toward eliminating workplace disparities while reducing discrimination risk by opening events to all employees, expanding caregiver support, and using mentorship, coaching and pay equity data to guide durable inclusion efforts, says Lori Mihalich-Levin at Mindful Return.
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Closing The Gender Gap In AI Adoption: A Lawyer's Guide
Amid a reported gender gap in artificial intelligence use, female lawyers should think about AI ownership as beginning with adoption, expanding into career agency and influence, and culminating in collective leadership directed toward the profession and the public good, says Tamara Kraljic at Hughes Hubbard.
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Teaching Associates To Write Well With Responsible AI Aid
Firms can help their new associates become strong writers and responsible AI users by employing a framework that ensures that use of artificial intelligence tools strengthens, rather than replaces, associates' thinking processes, say Julie Schrager at Faegre Drinker and Dawn Anderson at the University of Iowa.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Build A Strong GC Network
Taking time to build a network of general counsel thought partners is useful in the early days of the role because the value of relationships compounds over time, and approaching the process with a spirit of curiosity and generosity can be especially helpful, says Heather Stevenson, general counsel at Red Cell.