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A corporate founder seeking more than $100 million in a malpractice case against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP endured a withering cross-examination in Florida state court Monday over his companies' money flows and an auditor's refusal to certify their financial statements two years after the fundraising transaction he believes the firm botched.
An attorney specializing in counseling high net worth clients with estate and business succession planning has moved his practice to Holland & Knight LLP after practicing for five years at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
Over a year into a suit by the American Bar Association challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms, the Trump administration is looking to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, alleging the firm can't act as counsel in a case where it's also a key witness.
K&L Gates LLP's former legal operations chief has left the firm to take on a similar role at Jackson Lewis PC, news that comes just days after a round of staff layoffs were confirmed at K&L Gates.
Attorneys general in 20 states have raised alarms over the U.S. Department of Justice's "unprecedented effort" to halt a disciplinary case in D.C. against former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Clark, warning the Trump administration is trying to "upend a centuries-old system of attorney discipline" and put federal government lawyers beyond the reach of local disciplinary authorities.
Sheppard announced on Monday the hiring of two former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP attorneys for its governmental practice in Chicago, where they will lead the office's white collar defense and investigations team.
A longtime finance associate at Proskauer Rose LLP has joined King & Spalding LLP's New York office as a partner, just a month after the firm added another three lawyers from her former team, the firm announced Monday.
Clifford Chance LLP announced Monday the launch of an internal knowledge management platform, which relies on artificial intelligence, developed in partnership with Epiq Advisory for Law Firms and Microsoft.
A divided D.C. Circuit panel has paused a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Defense's policy that reporters must be escorted whenever they're in the Pentagon.
The BigLaw firms that cut deals with the Trump administration last year to skirt punitive executive orders are now grappling with subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking deal-related communications and depositions of the firms' managing partners or chairs, according to Friday court filings.
As a lifelong "off and on" viewer of "Jeopardy!," regular trivia-goer and insatiable consumer of knowledge, Foley & Lardner LLP associate Lea James told Law360 she had the chance last month to live out a once-in-a-lifetime experience on the iconic game show.
The American Bar Association has begun offering a business credit card geared toward solo lawyers and small firms. The launch of the new ABA card leads to a bigger question: Should small law firms use credit cards at all, and if so, how?
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Second Circuit determined that a lower court properly found that Nielsen cannot condition media company Cumulus' access to national radio ratings data on buying its local offerings.
Dentons has added Ben Jarrard, former chief of staff for Georgia state Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte, to the firm's regulatory, public policy and government affairs practice.
A new practice group at Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC aims to serve the legal needs of religious institutions, schools, ministries and nonprofits with lawyers who understand the mission-driven nature of these clients' work, its leaders told Law360 Pulse this week.
Reed Smith LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a former Bracewell LLP attorney who focuses on debt finance and structured commodities transactions across the energy and natural resources sectors.
Chief legal officers using external service providers outside traditional law firms are barely a blip on the radar, despite the ever-rising costs of working with private practice attorneys. But a general counsel’s use of ALSPs can be more complicated than the surface level tells us.
K&L Gates LLP has cut its nonattorney and business support staff by 10% following a monthslong review of its structure, the firm told Law360 Pulse Friday.
The legal industry marked mid-July with another busy week of BigLaw hires and new insight into 2026 lateral movement. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Private equity firm Uplift Investors, which has taken aim at the legal industry through deals between its managed services organization and personal injury law firms, on Thursday announced the close of its debut fund with $670 million in capital commitments.
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has a new managing shareholder of its Washington, D.C., office, tapping a lawyer who joined the firm in 2022 only a few years removed from a career as a U.S. Department of Justice fraud prosecutor.
Ashurst Perkins Coie announced Thursday that it has bolstered its tax practice with a Los Angeles-based partner who came aboard from Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC.
Employer-side labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has announced a planned expansion into St. Louis, Missouri, along with the hiring of a former Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP partner to be regional managing partner for the prospective outpost.
Cooley LLP has further bolstered its cyber, data and privacy group, announcing the hiring of a former Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner in its New York office.
Holland & Knight LLP announced that it has hired the former U.S. co-chair of DLA Piper's industrials sector as a partner in New York.
As the legal industry faces political turmoil and economic uncertainty, the time is ripe for firms to revisit their strategic plans, ensuring they contain a few essential elements — from accountability systems to broad-based input — to achieve sustainable growth and profitability, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
As fluency in artificial intelligence becomes a competitive imperative in the legal industry, the next generation of rainmakers likely won’t be defined by their Rolodexes or club memberships, but by their ability to leverage AI business development tools effectively, says Jessica Aries at By Aries.
Law students can use artificial intelligence tools strategically throughout the job application process to review materials, prepare for interviews and navigate employers’ use of similar tools, but there are several key missteps they should be careful to avoid, says Lauren Wong at University of San Diego School of Law.
Before landing a published quote, feature or interview, law firms should articulate the content’s purpose and develop a strategic plan for repurposing it to ensure they’re aligning public relations efforts with measurable business outcomes, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
Julie LaEace at Perkins Coie offers tips for attorneys acting as pro bono coordinators, including how to choose appropriate projects, how to encourage participation and why it is important to keep in touch with legal aid partner organizations.
Amid uncertainty in the legal job market, attorneys who are considering a transition to a leadership role must fundamentally reimagine their approach to value creation and develop a new set of skills, say Stacy Bratcher at Cottage Health and Michael Watkins at Genesis Advisers.
As the legal industry increasingly looks to impose responsive guardrails for artificial intelligence use, firms and organizations’ internal use policies, outside counsel guidelines and vendor contracts can address confidentiality and data retention concerns in several ways, say attorneys at KXT Law.
Firms can develop a strong pro bono culture without hiring dedicated professionals through strategies like demonstrating active involvement by leadership, tailoring volunteer tasks to individual professional development needs and building trusted partnerships within the legal aid community, says Stacy Zinken at Paladin.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Extend Your Content's Life
Attorneys often limit the impact of their thought leadership by letting their content languish after initial publication, but through four easy strategies for retooling existing content, they can maximize its reach and further their business development goals, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
As the student debt crisis evolves under changing federal policies, firms that proactively address the burden will have significant advantages in recruiting and retaining the best young lawyers, says Brian Kabateck at Kabateck.
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Talking Mental Health: Encouraging New Attys To Find Joy
Rudene Haynes at Hunton discusses her experiences as a hiring partner, common sources of stress that newer attorneys face and steps that law firms can take to protect their attorneys' mental health and encourage personal life fulfillment.
The incident response plan developed by the Florida Bar's cybersecurity and privacy committee might not seem all that consequential, but it's a long overdue framework that could go a long way toward protecting the highly sensitive data law firms handle — and could even set a model for other professional organizations to follow, says Chris Boehm at Zero Networks.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s searing dissents this past term serve as a reminder for attorneys to analyze U.S. Supreme Court minority opinions in their thought leadership for three key reasons, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” offers a useful framework for attorneys to build relationships and develop new business, inspired by Prince Tamino’s curiosity, courage and consistency, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
As in-house legal departments are increasingly expected to do more with less, developing a thoughtful framework to measure key performance indicators can help them both maximize and demonstrate their contribution to business success, say co-founders at New Era ADR.