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Ex-Acting DC US Atty Joins Munger Tolles
An experienced trial attorney has joined Munger Tolles & Olson LLP's Washington, D.C., office after a short stint as acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, the firm announced Monday.
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Wiley Hires Former FBI, Mandiant, Google Cloud Leader In DC
Wiley Rein LLP has hired a former senior cybersecurity executive from Google who also worked on cyber and national security issues with the FBI, the firm announced Monday.
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Law School Bulletin: AI Partnerships, Grants and New Clinics
This week across higher education, a legal tech company hopes to have more lawyers from Pacific Northwest legal deserts through a partnership with Seattle University, an artificial intelligence startup will offer its software to law students in South Carolina, Columbia University will name a newly renovated library after an alum who made a $15 million donation, and Cardozo School of Law will transform its clinic hub in Manhattan through a $6 million donation from a graduate.
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Smith Gambrell Atlanta Head Eyes Building On Firm's Legacy
After starting with Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP over 25 years ago, the firm's new Atlanta office leader said he feels like he's been a part of the firm's evolution, which includes the firm doubling its revenue in the last decade.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Robinson & Cole's handling of a $146.5 million healthcare transaction and Munger Tolles' defense of OpenAI in a trade secrets suit lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 3 to 17.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Caldwell Cassady & Curry PC and Miller Fair Henry PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury found Samsung must pay nearly $445.5 million for infringing four wireless communication patents.
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Utah Fires Motley Rice From Opioid Case
The state of Utah has fired Motley Rice LLC from representing it in long-running litigation over the opioid crisis, a spokesperson for the Utah attorney general's office confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Friday.
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Stearns Weaver Adds Phelps Real Estate Ace In Tampa
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA has picked up a new of counsel for its Tampa office, adding an attorney from Phelps Dunbar LLP who is experienced in transactional real estate matters.
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How Frost Brown, Gibbons Merger Plans Took Root
The proposed tie-up of Midwest-based Frost Brown Todd LLP and Northeast middle-market peer Gibbons PC is being praised as a smart combination in an increasingly competitive middle market where consolidation pressures are driving an increase in merger activity.
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Barton Lands Ex-BigLaw M&A Partner In NY
Barton LLP has added a former BigLaw attorney as a mergers and acquisitions partner in its New York office.
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AI Offers Class Action Firms An Edge — At A Price
Generative artificial intelligence is helping smaller class action firms gain an edge over well-monied BigLaw competitors, but litigation attorneys say the advantages come with several catches.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms expanded their operations and hired C-suite executives. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Cooper Levenson Names NJ Atty As New Cannabis Leader
Cooper Levenson has tapped an Atlantic City and Cherry Hill, New Jersey-based partner with eight years of experience at the firm and a background in healthcare law to lead its cannabis industry practice group.
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Law Firms Using 'Creative Ways' To Fund Operations
Law firms are using "creative ways" to fund their business operations under existing legal regulations, David Perla, vice chair at financial services company Burford Capital, said during a panel at the Chicago Athletic Association.
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Parker Poe Adds Onetime Stites & Harbison Office Leader
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP has brought on the former leader of Stites & Harbison PLLC's Atlanta office to its own office in the city, bolstering its real estate and finance services with an attorney who brings four decades of legal experience.
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Legal Recruiters Hopeful Delayed M&A Boom Now On Horizon
Law firms are starting to make "opportunistic" hires of mergers and acquisitions lawyers as megadeals make a comeback.
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Kendall Brill Adds Ex-Prosecutor Who Quit Over Plea Deal
Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP has added a former federal prosecutor in California who resigned earlier this year after her objection to a proposed plea deal for a convicted sheriff's deputy, the firm has announced.
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Keesal Young Litigator Moves To Frost Brown In SF
Frost Brown Todd LLP announced that an experienced litigator who spent over 20 years with Keesal Young & Logan has joined the firm's San Francisco office as a partner.
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Real Estate Attorney Joins Harris Beach In Hartford, Conn.
Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC has expanded its Hartford, Connecticut, office with the recent addition of a real estate attorney specializing in commercial property transactions.
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Thompson Hine Adds 8 UB Greensfelder Immigration Pros
Thompson Hine LLP has brought on an eight-member team of immigration professionals from UB Greensfelder led by a former adviser to the Biden-Harris presidential transition team on matters related to immigration law and policy.
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Musick Peeler Adds Legal Tech And E-Discovery Lead
California-based law firm Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP announced on Tuesday the hiring of a former project manager at Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP in a newly-created role as head of legal technology and e-discovery.
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ABA Says Attys Must Be Clear About Neutrality In Mediations
Attorneys who agree to work as neutral, third-party mediators must make it explicitly clear that they are not advising or holding privilege with participants, the American Bar Association has warned in its latest ethics opinion.
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Broadfield Rolls Out AI Platform Harvey Across Global Offices
Broadfield revealed Thursday that it selected the legal platform Harvey to power its technology-services delivery model, becoming the latest law firm to adopt the growing artificial intelligence tool.
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McDonald Hopkins Co-Presidents Share Recipe For Success
McDonald Hopkins LLC Co-Presidents James Giszczak and James Stief joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the success of their joint leadership model and plans for their second term.
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Chicago's Much Shelist Hires 6 Attys From LA Healthcare Firm
Chicago midsize law firm Much Shelist PC has hired six attorneys and two staff members from small California healthcare-focused law firm Fenton Jurkowitz, a move that helps the larger firm expand in Los Angeles.
Expert Analysis
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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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.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
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.