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Gordon Rees Expands Fla. Footprint With Jacksonville Office
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP announced Monday that it has opened up shop in Jacksonville, Florida, bringing the firm's footprint to 86 offices.
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UAE Prisoner Voluntarily Drops Suit Against Ex-Dechert GC
A Jordanian lawyer imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates has permanently dropped a Philadelphia civil suit seeking discovery against Dechert LLP's former general counsel in the U.S. over what the law firm's leadership knew of alleged human rights abuses committed by a former partner.
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Foley & Lardner Brings On Cooley Litigator In San Francisco
Foley & Lardner LLP has added a former Cooley LLP partner to its San Francisco office, bolstering its commercial litigation practice and services for innovative technology and healthcare and life sciences sectors, the firm announced Monday.
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4 Things Weighing On Law Firm Leaders' Minds At Midyear
The challenges facing law firm leaders at the start of the second half of 2025 are numerous, from a tumultuous geopolitical environment, to an uncertain economy, to massive technological advances. Seven leaders reveal the biggest challenges weighing on their minds right now.
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Winston & Strawn Hires Ex-Cadwalader Transactions Atty
Winston & Strawn LLP has hired a former Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP partner as a new partner for its transactions and structured finance teams in New York City and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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'Here Is The Revised Review': AI Is Flooding Law Firm Ratings
The number of law firm reviews written by artificial intelligence has skyrocketed in recent years, a trend that could pose legal ethical challenges, according to one expert.
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NY Leveraged Finance Pros Leave Latham For Paul Hastings
A pair of Latham & Watkins LLP attorneys who represent banks and other financial institutions in complex multibillion-dollar leveraged finance transactions have joined Paul Hastings LLP as partners in New York, the firm announced Monday.
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BigLaw Firms Tap In-House Talent To Corner Finance Market
As elite law firms continue to battle to secure highly profitable legal work in the finance space, an increasing number are adding high-level in-house lawyers to their ranks, marking a departure from historic norms in which general counsel-to-law firm partner moves were less common.
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Latham Adds Ex-Senate Intelligence Atty From DLA Piper
An attorney who worked for the U.S. Senate committee that investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has joined Latham & Watkins LLP in Washington, D.C.
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Gordon Rees Leader Talks Handing Reins To New Blood
As he approached two decades at the helm of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, managing partner Dion Cominos says he knew it was time to turn over leadership of the firm to a "new generation."
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin PC and Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission's planned "click-to-cancel" rule, which would have required companies to allow customers to ditch their subscriptions with a single click.
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Reed Smith Names New Legal Personnel, Litigation Leaders
Reed Smith LLP tapped a new global head of legal personnel as well as a new chair of litigation and dispute resolution.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry continued July with another busy week as attorneys took on new roles and firms expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Legal Tech Funding Soars As AI Upstarts Take Over
Funding for legal technology companies surged 44% year-over-year to about $3.56 billion in the first half of 2025, thanks in part to general-purpose artificial intelligence platforms for lawyers.
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K&L Gates Class Action Litigator Jumps To Shook Hardy In SF
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP is boosting its litigation team with the addition of a K&L Gates LLP class action defense attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office, the firm has announced.
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Former Texas Solicitor General Returns To Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has welcomed back an Austin, Texas-based lawyer who left the firm nearly two years ago to serve as the Lone Star State's solicitor general.
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Crowell Cybersecurity Practice Co-Chair Heads To Akin In DC
A co-chair of Crowell & Moring LLP's privacy and cybersecurity group has moved to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to help lead the practice there, Akin said Thursday.
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Law Firm Data Breach Tracker: Who's At Risk?
UPDATED August 4, 2025 | Cyberattacks on law firms are rising at an alarming pace, compromising the personal, financial and health information that clients trust them to protect. Despite growing investments in cybersecurity, even the largest firms have struggled to respond quickly and transparently, with some taking months or even years to notify victims.
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Senate Confirms Gould As OCC Head
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Jones Day partner Jonathan Gould as Comptroller of the Currency in a 50-45 vote along party lines, marking his return to the agency where he spent more than two years as chief counsel.
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Wilson Elser Lands 8-Atty Insurance Team From Bullivant
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired eight attorneys from Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, in a move to bolster its insurance and reinsurance coverage practice in the Pacific Northwest.
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Mayer Brown Adds Amherst Group GC To Real Estate Group
Mayer Brown announced Wednesday that it added a real estate and private equity expert to the firm's Los Angeles office, who joins the firm as partner following stints at The Amherst Group and Nuveen Real Estate.
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Osborne Clarke Adds Ex-Wolters Kluwer Lead As AI Chief
Global firm Osborne Clarke LLP announced Wednesday the hiring of a former team lead at Wolters Kluwer Germany and director of business development at the IWW Institute for Knowledge in Business as chief of staff for the firm's artificial intelligence management board.
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Wilson Sonsini Adds Cooley Benefits Atty In San Diego
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC is expanding its corporate team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Cooley LLP compensation and benefits expert as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Calif. Atty Drops Out Of Class Action Against Avvo Inc.
One of two attorneys leveling a class action against online legal service provider Avvo Inc. over allegations it misappropriated the identities of more than 1 million attorneys to promote its legal marketing tools and referral services has moved to drop her claims.
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Armstrong Teasdale Taps Longtime Partner As Corporate Lead
Armstrong Teasdale LLP announced Wednesday that it has chosen a longtime partner with a background in the finance industry to lead its corporate services group.
Expert Analysis
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.