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BakerHostetler Names New LA, NY Leaders, Litigation Head
BakerHostetler is starting off the new year with new leaders, announcing on Monday the appointment of new office managing partners for its Los Angeles and New York offices, plus a new head of its litigation practice group.
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Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Cravath Tax Pro To Growing M&A Team
After adding 20 partners to its mergers and acquisitions platform over the past two years, Paul Hastings LLP announced on Tuesday that it has hired a former Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner who advises on the tax elements of mergers and acquisitions.
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MVP: Cooley's Tiana Demas
Cooley LLP partner Tiana Demas helped Google-owned YouTube stave off a proposed class action over its content moderation practices and steered Marsh McLennan and Ethos Technologies through high-stakes legal challenges following data breaches, earning her a place among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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Eversheds Sutherland Names Atty Trio To Leadership Posts
Eversheds Sutherland has named the U.S. co-head of its litigation practice to serve on the firm's U.S. executive committee, while also elevating partners in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., to help lead the firm's litigation and capital markets practices.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 3 Partners In NYC Area, California
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday it has added three new partners in New York; Palo Alto, California; and Princeton, New Jersey, marking the 80th partner the fast-growing firm has hired since the start of 2025.
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Cravath Int'l Security Atty Joins Davis Polk In New York
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has hired a Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP national security lawyer who spent years in public service with the Treasury Department and who served as director for international trade and investment at the National Security Council and the National Economic Council, the firm announced Monday.
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Simpson Thacher Opens San Francisco Office
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is expanding its California presence, announcing Monday it has opened an office in San Francisco.
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Average Quinn Emanuel Partner Payouts Rise To $9.5M
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP saw a 10% uptick in its profits per equity partner in 2025, bringing the firm's average partner pay up over $9 million last year amid an active litigation market, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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LDF Appoints New Leaders, Kirkland Alum As GC
The Legal Defense Fund announced Monday that it has hired the former chief administrative officer and general counsel at the education nonprofit New Leaders.
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McGuireWoods Appoints Longtime CTO As Chief Info Officer
McGuireWoods announced Friday the appointment of its long-time chief technology officer to chief information officer, overseeing the firm's information systems, including legal, operational, client management, administrative, financial, marketing and human resources.
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FBT Gibbons Starts With New, Expanded Post-Merger Teams
Gibbons PC and Frost Brown Todd LLP finalized their merger at the beginning of 2026 to launch FBT Gibbons LLP, creating a nationwide mid-market firm whose capabilities include a new life sciences team and an expanded white collar team, its leaders announced Monday.
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Law's Merger Momentum Brings Tidings Of Mega M&A In 2026
The second half of 2025 brought a relatively unusual uptick in U.S. law firm merger announcements as firms seek scale in an increasingly competitive legal marketplace.
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MoFo US Offices Lead 2026 Partner Promotions
More than a dozen attorneys at Morrison Foerster LLP have started the new year with new titles following the firm's Monday announcement of its partner promotions for 2026.
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V&E Brings On Kilpatrick Atty To Help Lead IP Practice
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that it has hired an attorney who helped steer Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's patent litigation team to co-lead its IP litigation practice and bolster its capacity to handle patent infringement and other cases.
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Norton Rose Hands Out Special Bonuses To Kick Off New Year
Norton Rose Fulbright will pay out special bonuses to nearly everyone at the firm after winning a large contingent fee case, the firm confirmed to Law360 Pulse Monday.
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Gibson Dunn Adds Sidley Tax Pro In Silicon Valley
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Monday that it has bulked up its tax practice group with a partner in Palo Alto, California, who previously co-led the global tax practice and headed up the West Coast tax group at Sidley Austin LLP.
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Marc Mukasey Shutters Boutique To Move Team To Seyfarth
Attorney Marc Mukasey, known for representing high-profile clients including Donald Trump and Sam Bankman-Fried, is closing the boutique firm he ran alongside Torrey Young to join Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
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Spencer Fane Merges With Global IP Counselors In DC
The Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP has announced its second merger in as many months, growing with a dozen patent and trademark attorneys and patent agents, from Washington, D.C.-based Global IP Counselors LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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From BigLaw To Boutiques, Litigators In Hot Demand For '26
BigLaw firms and smaller trial boutiques are poised to continue ramping up hiring of litigators in 2026 due to the growing number and complexity of courtroom disputes, but economic uncertainty could complicate that picture if companies rein in their litigation spending.
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14 Bold Legal Technology Predictions For 2026
Tech and innovations will simultaneously improve and destabilize the legal industry in a way that is expected to transform the business permanently.
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His Client Got A Pro Se Suit. Then The AI Filings Started.
Employment attorneys say the increased use of AI by pro se plaintiffs has the potential to clog dockets, drag out cases and make litigation significantly more expensive.
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Paul Hastings Adds Hogan Lovells Duo To Life Sciences Team
Two longtime Hogan Lovells partners, including the head of its pharmaceutical and biotechnology regulatory practice, have joined Paul Hastings LLP in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
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2026 Could Bring US-Driven PE Investment In Law
Private equity investment in U.K. law firms has largely focused on regional players and consumer-facing practice areas, but 2026 could bring a U.S.-driven shift with investors targeting bigger firms and injecting capital on an unprecedented scale, experts say.
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Taft Names Atlanta, DC Leaders After Morris Manning Merger
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Morris Manning & Martin LLP have begun the New Year after completing their merger and the combined firm has named a trio of Morris Manning partners to lead its offices in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., and recruit attorneys to grow their presence.
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BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year
Rapid business growth, cultural changes caused by remote work and generative AI are creating challenges and opportunities for law firm leaders going into the New Year. Here, seven top firm leaders share what’s running through their minds as they lie awake at night.