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    US Lawyer Numbers Surge With Hefty 2024 Graduating Class

    The number of U.S. lawyers showed marked growth for the first time since 2020, due to a 2024 graduating class that was nearly 12% larger than any other class since 2012, a study from the American Bar Association released Monday showed.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Lieff Cabraser's handling of a lawsuit by fired federal employees involved in diversity, equity and inclusion work and Wiley's work defeating a bid challenge on behalf of a federal contractor lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Nov. 14 to Dec. 5.

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    Cullen And Dykman Launches Entrepreneurship Practice

    A new practice recently launched by Cullen and Dykman LLP pools the firm's transactional resources to focus on clients looking to buy or sell small or medium-sized businesses and provide them with legal guidance and expertise to negotiate complicated deals.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Gupta Wessler LLP and Block & Leviton LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eleventh Circuit revived a proposed class action against NextEra Energy Inc. that seeks to hold the energy company liable for a share price drop that followed political interference allegations involving a subsidiary.

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    Mass Tort Firms Targeted Over Benicar MDL Fees In NJ Suits

    Robins Kaplan LLP and Pendley Baudin & Coffin were hit with proposed class actions in New Jersey state court from former clients in multidistrict litigation over the blood pressure medication Benicar alleging that the firms overcharged on their fees.

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    Stinson Adds Bankruptcy Partners From Leech Tishman In LA

    Stinson LLP has again expanded its attorney roster in its Los Angeles office that opened earlier this year, this time adding two bankruptcy partners from Leech Tishman and a business litigation associate.

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    Quinn Emanuel Founder 'Open' To Private Equity Investment

    Quinn Emanuel's executive chair is "open" to bringing outside investors into the commercial disputes powerhouse he co-founded, he told Law360 in an exclusive interview.

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    Katten Exceeds Market Bonus Scale, Orrick Matches

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has joined a select few law firms that have gone beyond the BigLaw norm for year-end and special bonuses.

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    Shumaker Real Estate Ace Jumps To Hahn Loeser In Fla.

    Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP has grown its Sarasota office with an experienced real estate attorney from Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry kicked off December with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms continued bonus season and announced partner promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Litigation Funder Certum Expands Into Managed Services

    Litigation funder Certum Group has purchased a managed services organization that handles back-office operations and tech support for mass tort and personal injury firms, amid growing interest in the model within the legal industry.

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    Judge Nixes Hagens Berman's Recusal Bid After DOJ Referral

    Two days after referring powerhouse plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman to the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged misconduct, a Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday dismissed the firm's request that he recuse himself from the long-running product liability suit, calling the firm's arguments "absurd."

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    Mandelbaum Barrett Adds Elder Law, Litigation Pros In NJ

    Mandelbaum Barrett PC added an elder law attorney with over 50 years of experience and a litigator specializing in legal professional liability cases as partners in its Roseland headquarters this week.

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    Boies Schiller Lands Former SEC Trial Leader In LA

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has grown its securities litigation offerings in California with a former supervisory trial counsel in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Los Angeles Regional Office, the firm said Thursday.

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    Kaufman Dolowich Del. Leader Chats Goals For Future Growth

    Kaufman Dolowich announced last month that it has a new managing partner for its Delaware office. Kristen Swift, who joined the firm last year, has taken over as leader of the Wilmington office. Here, Swift chats with Law360 Pulse about her immediate goals in the role and plans for the office.

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    Shutts & Bowen Adds Hahn Loeser Litigator In Fla.

    Shutts & Bowen LLP added a veteran trial attorney to its government law practice group in Sarasota, Florida, from Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP.

  • Law Firm Real Estate Report

    The East Coast logged plenty of law firm real estate activity in November, as several firms, including Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC and Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC, moved into new offices in New Jersey, New York, Florida and Washington, D.C.

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    Burr & Forman Adds Real Estate Boutique Founder In Atlanta

    Burr & Forman LLP has brought on the managing partner at Hughes Real Estate Law LLC as counsel in its Atlanta office, strengthening its real estate practice with a commercial real estate attorney who has in-house experience.

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    Stevens & Lee Adds Meyner And Landis Litigator In NJ, NY

    Stevens & Lee has added a litigator with experience in high-stakes, complex commercial disputes in New Jersey and New York from Meyner and Landis LLP this week.

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    Vorys Grows Pittsburgh Office With Employment Litigator

    Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP's resources and established footprint in Pennsylvania and the Midwest led an employment and civil litigation attorney to move his practice to its Pittsburgh office.

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    ABA Urges Attys To Guard Confidentiality In Withdraw Motions

    The American Bar Association on Wednesday advised attorneys that they must leave information about their representation of a client out of any motions they file to withdraw as their counsel unless they have an explicit exception to existing confidentiality rules or the client's consent.

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    Berger Singerman Energy Ace Jumps To Stearns Weaver

    Stearns Weaver Miller has added a new veteran energy attorney in Tallahassee, Florida, from Berger Singerman.

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    Wiley Adds Another Federal Atty In DC, This Time From DOJ

    A U.S. Department of Justice attorney who was staffed on one of the agency's high-profile monopolization cases against Google, has joined Wiley Rein LLP as a partner, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    NJ Seeks $195M Fee Award In $2.5B DuPont PFAS Case

    New Jersey asked a Garden State federal judge this week to approve $195 million in attorney fees to its special counsel team of four firms whose six years of litigation work resulted in two landmark settlements that serve to clean up some of the state's most contaminated sites.

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    High Billers At McKool Smith To Pocket Extra Bonus Money

    McKool Smith is the latest BigLaw firm to announce extra cash for attorneys who went above and beyond with billable hours in 2025, according to an internal memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments? Author Photo

    In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging. 

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.

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