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Who Is Will Scharf, The New White House Counsel Pick?
Cleary Starts Energy, Infrastructure Group With Latest Lateral
Financial Market Bolsters ABA Budget Amid Member Decline
Simpson Thacher Lands In Chicago With 5-Atty Kirkland Team
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AALS Task Force to Examine Accreditation, Bar Admission
The Association of American Law Schools has announced the formation of a national task force that will examine issues related to the accreditation of law schools and the viability of alternative ways to earn admission to the bar.
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BakerHostetler Faces Possible RICO Claim From Ex-Client
A trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice has asked a Georgia federal court to allow him to accuse the former de facto general counsel and business adviser of a nonprofit of violating the Georgia RICO Act.
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Aperture Expands Litigation Finance Platform To $1B
Alternative asset manager Aperture Investors is expanding its litigation finance platform to $1 billion in total investment capacity, mostly deployed as direct loans to plaintiffs firms.
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Hogan Lovells Adds Senior FDA Official In DC
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader said Wednesday its pharmaceuticals and biotechnology practice brought on a longtime U.S. Food and Drug Administration official who oversaw a key compliance office.
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Trial Firm Reid Collins To Award 3rd Set Of Associate Bonuses
Texas-based trial boutique Reid Collins & Tsai LLP is planning to dole out a third round of bonuses for the year to associates, raising their total bonus pay to between $130,000 and $170,000 on the year so far, with another round expected later in 2026.
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Greenberg Traurig Hires Venable Real Estate Chair In DC
Greenberg Traurig LLP has tapped former Venable LLP real estate chair Joseph W. Creech to lead its real estate team in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Hunter Vance
Hunter Vance of Susman Godfrey LLP advised a construction company in resolving billions of dollars in claims out of bankruptcy court following completion of a $10 billion liquid natural gas terminal in Texas, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Danielle B. Schulweis
Danielle B. Schulweis of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised Tishman Speyer on a combined $6.35 billion in refinancings for two well-known New York City office properties, The Spiral and Rockefeller Center, securing her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Cleary's Kylie Barza
Kylie Barza of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has advised on several billion-dollar transactions, including Alphabet's $4.75 billion acquisition of Intersect Power, which closed in 2026, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Podhurst Orseck's Pablo Rojas
Pablo Rojas of Podhurst Orseck PA was instrumental in litigation that forced insurers to recognize a $700 million claim on 23 airplanes seized by the Russian government, and also carried out a one-day trial on his own regarding a construction accident, earning him a spot among the trial lawyers under age 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Kristina Bunting
Kristina Bunting of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has secured victories for clients including General Motors, Coinbase, Snap and Goldman Sachs in some of the most closely watched securities and digital assets litigation of recent years, including a landmark U.S. Supreme Court win, earning her a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Foley Hoag's Yasmin Al Ameen
Yasmin Al Ameen of Foley Hoag LLP helps represent The Gambia before the International Court of Justice in a historic case claiming Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya people, and she also represents Armenia against Azerbaijan before the ICJ, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Davis Polk's Michael Senders
Michael Senders of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has helped ink billion-dollar deals across industries such as pharmaceuticals, sports and banking, including a private equity firm's acquisition of Walgreens, a billionaire-led purchase of the Washington Commanders and Morgan Stanley's acquisition of E-Trade — earning Senders a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Cooley's Robert Jacques
Cooley LLP insurance group lead Robert Jacques helped advise pharmaceutical giant Merck on coverage for damages from the NotPetya cyberattack, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Latham's Danielle J. McCall
Danielle McCall of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised healthcare systems, corporations, investment firms and nonprofit organizations through high-stakes investigations, compliance challenges and civil rights matters, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Cleary's Thomas Kessler
Thomas Kessler of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP guided airline Azul's Chapter 11 plan as counsel to the ad hoc secured creditor group that sponsored the plan, as well as helped crypto company Genesis repay customers in kind with cryptocurrency to generate $4 billion in creditor recoveries, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Law Grad Says Hofstra Ignored Heart Attack Mid-Bar Exam
A Fordham University School of Law graduate accused Hofstra University in New York state court of failing to intervene in time when she had a heart attack in the middle of the July 2025 Bar Exam, refusing to stop the test and discouraging her peers from rendering aid.
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Deal Reached In Class Action Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam
A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.
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Ogletree Says Equinox Owes $1.4M In Unpaid Legal Bills
Ogletree said Monday that fitness company Equinox owes nearly $1.4 million in fees and expenses for the firm's work representing it in an employment matter in Los Angeles, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.
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Calif. Subclass Added To Fox Rothschild Data Breach Suit
A California resident seeking to represent a subclass of Golden State data breach victims on Tuesday asked to add a new California Consumer Privacy Act claim to a proposed Pennsylvania class action first filed against Fox Rothschild LLP in June, after prominent ransomware group Silent Ransom Group targeted the firm.
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Kilpatrick Adds 3rd Reed Smith IP Litigator In San Francisco
Months after adding two Reed Smith LLP intellectual property attorneys in San Francisco, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP announced Tuesday that the firm has hired another Reed Smith IP litigator to further expand its patent litigation team in the Bay Area.
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Jones Day Adds Kilpatrick Atty To Cybersecurity Team
Jones Day has brought on a Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP partner in its Atlanta office, strengthening the firm's cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice.
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Rising Star: Stris & Maher's John Stokes
John Stokes of Stris & Maher LLP led a trial that secured a victory for former investors in video game studio Unknown Worlds Entertainment over a merger payout dispute with the company's buyer, earning him a spot as one of the trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?
How does your firm shape the summer associate experience and mentor new talent? Invite your summer associates to share their perspectives in this year’s Law360 Pulse Summer Associates Survey.
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Rising Star: Kirkland's William Dong
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's William Dong has served as lead tax counsel on several multibillion-dollar deals spanning industries, including a $4.75 billion sale of a data center and energy infrastructure developer to a tech giant, earning him a spot as one of the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Expert Analysis
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Build Trust With The CEO
During the early days in the general counsel role, establishing a CEO relationship that holds under pressure is dependent on earning access, communicating in business terms and advising candidly — all before a crisis arises, says Chaka Patterson, former general counsel at Adtalem Global Education.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Law Firm AI Rollouts Depend On Buy-In, Not Bigger Budgets
Recent research demonstrates that the organizational qualities that make for a good associate experience, like strong leadership, are also strengths that prove critical to successful artificial intelligence implementation, say Cait Evans at Chambers and Partners, and Vivek Mohan and Meredith Williams-Range at Gibson Dunn.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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RFP Reset: Standardize Pricing Requests
To keep up with rising legal costs amid an industry overhaul fueled by artificial intelligence, legal departments can make outside counsel requests for proposal more defensible and cost-effective by making pricing requests uniform, requiring comparable fee templates and evaluating staffing assumptions, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Making Legal Cents: Create Marketing Clients Find Useful
The law firm marketing efforts with the best return on investment are things that actively provide value to potential clients: practical business guidance, uncluttered proposals that anticipate their questions and opportunities to participate in curated industry conversations, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Law Firm Leaders Should Adopt Founding Fathers' Bold Ideas
To ensure continued success, law firm leaders helming their firms through the legal industry revolution should take inspiration from the Founding Fathers' bold decisions, such as James Madison's abandonment of the Articles of Confederation and George Washington's trust in junior officers', says Samuel Pond at Pond Lehocky.
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The AI Ownership Question Firms Can't Afford To Skip
The artificial intelligence conversation among law firm leaders has advanced from adoption to governance and business impact, but it hasn’t resolved who maintains ownership and operational responsibility, which should be determined by the range of functions that AI touches, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Practice AuthenticityAttorneys who demonstrate who they truly are and what they stand for by sharing the human impact of their results, earning the media's trust by providing accessible analysis, and providing hands-on aid to their communities can build stronger reputations than any advertising budget can buy, says Ray DeLorenzi at RebuttalPR.
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Legal AI Adoption Tips And Takeaways From Dot-Com Bubble
Legal artificial intelligence is on a similar trajectory as the internet in the dot-com era, where several internet companies failed after the initial market frenzy, but even if AI company valuations take a hit and the industry goes through a major reordering, legal leaders should note that the technology itself remains genuinely transformational for the delivery of legal services, says Gabriel Buigas at Integreon.