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How Legal Teams Evaluate Tech In The Age Of AI
Legal teams feeling pressure to adopt artificial intelligence tools should focus more on solving problems and getting feedback from stakeholders across the organization, experts advised during a recent panel.
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Holland & Knight Adds Real Estate Specialist In Texas
Holland & Knight LLP announced it has deepened its real estate bench with an Austin, Texas-based partner who brings decades of experience and previously practiced with Husch Blackwell LLP.
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Foley Hoag Taps K&L Gates Insurance Pro To Lead Group
Foley Hoag LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a longtime K&L Gates LLP attorney to chair its insurance recovery practice and enhance its ability to advise clients about insurance coverage matters.
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AI Disruptions Raise Questions On Legal Judgment's Value
Artificial intelligence could disrupt business as usual for law firms and legal departments, but a panel of experts on Monday showed there are varying differences of opinion on the importance of human judgment in legal matters.
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Transportation Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP advised Union Pacific on its proposed $85 billion mega-merger with Norfolk Southern, and secured notable court wins for major airlines, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.
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Dechert Lands Ex-Microsoft, Google Atty In San Francisco
Dechert LLP announced Tuesday that it has added an attorney who has held in-house posts at Microsoft and Google to bolster its cyber, privacy and AI practice and help clients navigate risks and challenges in an ever-evolving technology landscape.
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Sidley Hires Career Kirkland Government Contracts Attorney
Sidley Austin LLP has hired a Kirkland & Ellis LLP government contracts lawyer, who is joining the team as a partner in Washington, D.C., to work on government contracts and national security matters.
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Mayer Brown Adds 6 McGuireWoods Attys In Houston, DC
Mayer Brown announced Tuesday that it has hired six attorneys from McGuireWoods LLP for its litigation and dispute resolution and corporate and securities practices, including the former office managing partner of that firm's Houston office.
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Ex-Assistant US Atty Joins BakerHostetler In Orlando
A former assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida will now serve as a partner at BakerHostetler, the firm where he got his start as an associate.
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KPMG Law Wants 'Unglamorous' Work, New Legal Chief Says
Big Four accounting giant KPMG LLP is hoping to stay in its own lane and build on its existing suite of services as it moves forward with its year-old law firm subsidiary KPMG Law US, the company's newly appointed U.S. legal chief, Christian Athanasoulas, told Law360 Pulse this week.
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Former HWG Partner Launches Legal Ethics Firm In DC
A former HWG LLP partner is launching a legal ethics-focused firm that will advise law firms and lawyers on professional responsibility issues and represent attorneys facing disciplinary proceedings, regulatory investigations and malpractice matters.
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DLA Piper Can't Rep Itself At Bias Trial, Fired Atty Says
DLA Piper should not be permitted to represent itself at trial in a pregnancy discrimination case brought by a senior associate who was fired in 2022, lawyers for the plaintiff told a Manhattan federal judge.
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Bradley Arant Launches New Outside General Counsel Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that its new outside general counsel services team is up and running with a recently hired Dallas-based partner at the helm.
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Alston & Bird Adds Deals Pro From Proskauer To Tax Team
Alston & Bird LLP announced on Tuesday that it has welcomed a tax attorney from Proskauer Rose LLP, saying that his hire will benefit its transactional team and its private equity clients.
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Legora Secures $550M To Boost US Expansion
Legora said Tuesday that it has raised $550 million as the company looks to press the accelerator on its expansion in the U.S., following recent office openings in Houston and Chicago.
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Baker Botts Adds King & Spalding M&A Whiz In Silicon Valley
Baker Botts LLP continues its California expansion, announcing Tuesday it is adding a King & Spalding LLP corporate attorney as a partner in its Silicon Valley office and as its West Coast mergers and acquisitions chair.
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Ex-DLA Piper Atty Alleging Rape Can't Remain Anonymous
A former Boston-based DLA Piper associate cannot use a pseudonym to pursue a lawsuit alleging she was raped by one of the firm's former partners, a Massachusetts judge ruled, noting that she already publicly revealed her identity in a related suit against the accused attorney.
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Reed Smith, Greenberg Traurig Fight Gas Feud Sanctions
Both Reed Smith LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP provided nothing more than "zealous advocacy" for their respective clients amid an international petroleum shipping dispute between Eletson Holdings and Levona Holdings Ltd., the two law firms have argued in separate opposition briefs fighting sanctions motions stemming from the matter.
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Cravath Partner Launches Corporate Investigations Boutique
A Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner and former federal prosecutor who spent years representing Novartis and other big corporate clients and who argued a U.S. Supreme Court case in November has left to launch a new boutique law firm, the firm announced this week.
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Costs Are Pushing Law Firms In A Corner Amid Consolidation
A growing mismatch between revenue-driving demand and expenses among U.S. law firms could drive more firms to either be acquired or fold.
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Holland & Knight Picks M&A Expert To Run Tampa Office
Holland & Knight LLP has named a 15-year veteran of the firm and a mergers and acquisitions expert to lead its Tampa office, the firm announced Monday.
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Transportation Group Of The Year: O'Melveny
Long-standing relationships with clients and the depth and breadth of O'Melveny & Myers' transportation practice group netted major wins staving off class actions against American Airlines and Southwest Airlines, as well as first-of-their-kind mergers and transactions, earning the group a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Clement & Murphy
Last year, Clement & Murphy PLLC attorneys again remade environmental and administrative law, this time by scoring a favorable U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding a Utah oil railway, and by talking the justices out of making major changes to the nondelegation doctrine in a telecom case — earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Kirkland Adds Ex-DOJ Criminal Division Leader In New York
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired the former head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, who most recently helped oversee corporate enforcement matters, cases dealing with foreign bribery, fraud, sanctions and more, the firm announced on Monday.
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds 4 More Ballard Spahr Attys
Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced Monday that it has welcomed four more former Ballard Spahr LLP lawyers in a move that comes on the heels of Barnes & Thornburg hiring 35 public finance attorneys from Ballard Spahr last month.
Expert Analysis
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6 Essential Skills For Summer Associates To Land An Offer
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With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health
Attorneys and other legal professionals share insights on mental health and well-being in this Law360 Pulse Expert Analysis series.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.