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    White & Case Leadership Trio Join Dechert In DC

    Dechert LLP has hired the heads of White & Case LLP's practices in trials, sports and gaming, and U.S. government contracts to work in Washington, D.C., with its enforcement and investigations group.

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    DLA Piper Defeats Fired Associate's Claims Of Pregnancy Bias

    A federal jury in Manhattan declined to award damages Monday to a former associate who says DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant, absolving the BigLaw firm hours after tense closing arguments.

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    Cooley Adds Ex-Silver Lake Leader To Private Equity Team

    Cooley LLP has strengthened its private equity offering by adding Silver Lake's former legal director of fund formation as a New York-based partner, the firm announced Monday.

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    DOJ Urges DC Circ. To Revive Trump EOs Targeting Firms

    The D.C. Circuit should individually review each section of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting four law firms, allowing certain portions to stand if others are blocked, the U.S. Department of Justice argued in a new filing urging the court to revive the measures.

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    Lowenstein Sandler Lands 4-Atty Polsinelli Bankruptcy Team

    Lowenstein Sandler LLP expanded its newly launched Wilmington, Delaware, office this week with the addition of a four-attorney bankruptcy team from Polsinelli PC, including the former co-chair of Polsinelli's bankruptcy practice.

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    FBT Gibbons Launches 2nd Fla. Office With Dentons Attys

    FBT Gibbons announced Monday that it launched a new office in Naples, Florida, with the hiring of a former Dentons Cohen & Grigsby shareholder and his estate planning, trusts and probate administration team.

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    Arnold & Porter Moves Into Popular Chicago Skyscraper

    After more than doubling the size of its Chicago team over the past decade, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has officially relocated its office in the city to a skyscraper in the River North neighborhood that has attracted several BigLaw teams in recent months, the firm announced on Monday.

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    Weil Adds Kirkland, DLA Piper Attys To Private Funds Platform

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced two additions to its private funds platform on Monday, one from Kirkland & Ellis and the other from DLA Piper.

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    Akin Hires Navy Strategic Systems Counsel In DC

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has hired a former counsel from the Navy office responsible for developing, producing and maintaining nuclear missiles fired from the sea, the firm announced Monday.

  • Atty Says Ogletree Can't Litigate Against Her In 2 Similar Cases

    A Georgia attorney said Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC should be disqualified from serving as defense counsel in a discrimination suit she's working on while simultaneously litigating against her on behalf of her ex-employer in a similar matter.

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    King & Spalding Brings On CFO From Hogan Lovells

    King & Spalding LLP announced Monday that it has hired Hogan Lovells' global chief financial officer to be its CFO.

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    Peloton Safety Program Lead Moves To Potomac Law Group

    The former head of Peloton's global product safety, ethics and compliance program has joined Potomac Law Group as a partner, where he'll continue advising global companies on product safety and government enforcement matters.

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    In Study, AI Helped Law Students Without Hurting Reasoning

    Using artificial intelligence to analyze legal issues can help law students and junior attorneys, even when the technology is no longer available later on, according to a new study.

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    Partners Vote To Approve Perkins Coie–Ashurst Merger

    Perkins Coie and Ashurst said on Monday that the partners at both their firms had voted "overwhelmingly" in favor of a merger, paving the way for a new transatlantic firm with revenue of around $2.8 billion.

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    Taft Enters New York City With Steptoe Energy Team

    Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Monday that it has opened its first New York City office and brought on an energy, infrastructure and project finance group from Steptoe LLP.

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    Barnes & Thornburg Adds 12 Lowenstein Insurance Attys

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced on Friday that it has taken on 12 insurance recovery attorneys from Lowenstein Sandler LLP, touting their work for policyholders across the East Coast.

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    Jackson Lewis Hires Ex-K&L Gates COO

    Labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC continued expanding its leadership ranks this year, hiring former K&L Gates LLP Chief Operating Officer Gavin Gray to serve in the same role at the firm.

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    Business of law headlines this week included a major law firm combination, a hefty GC paycheck, and data on Mid-Law's appetite for growth. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Legal Tech Roundup: Haast, LegalMation, Latitude

    A new investment for a compliance tool tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.

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    Perkins Coie's New San Diego Leader Aims To Pay It Forward

    When patent litigator Patrick McKeever helped launch Perkins Coie LLP's San Diego office in 2010, he was quickly thrown into the deep end, with challenging assignments that helped him learn to become a lawyer. Now the office's leader, McKeever intends to make sure young lawyers have the same opportunities that he did.

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    Greenberg Traurig Adds Sidley Trial Pro In Dallas

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has expanded its litigation and intellectual property and technology practices with a Dallas-based trial lawyer who came aboard from Sidley Austin LLP.

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    Winston & Strawn Adds 2nd Chicago Partner In A Week

    Winston & Strawn LLP has grown its Chicago ranks this week by adding a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP debt finance partner and bringing back a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

  • Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Two personal injury firms in Michigan lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions for their work to secure a more than $300 million verdict against a prison health services provider and one of its doctors for refusing to approve a 34-year-old man's surgery while he was detained at a local jail.

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    DLA Piper Partner Rejects Pregnant Atty's Account Of Firing

    The DLA Piper partner who fired a pregnant associate said she did so lawfully, telling a Manhattan federal jury her former employee was "in over her head" and disputing that the associate raised pregnancy bias concerns on a termination call.

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    Goodwin Joining BigLaw Firms Embracing AI-Native Trend

    Goodwin Procter LLP is trying to become an "AI-native" law firm by providing access to artificial intelligence tools to all its employees and having 90% of those workers using the technology in their everyday work by the end of 2026.

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Expert Analysis

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Retire Without Creating Chaos? Author Photo

    Retired attorney Vernon Winters explains how lawyers can thoughtfully transition into retirement while protecting their firms’ interests and allaying clients' fears, with varying approaches that turn on the nature of one's practice, client relationships and law firm management.

  • Why I Went From Litigator To Law Firm Diversity Officer Author Photo

    Narges Kakalia at Mintz recounts her journey from litigation partner to director of diversity, equity and inclusion at the firm, explaining how the challenges she faced as a female lawyer of color shaped her transition and why attorneys’ unique skill sets make them well suited for diversity leadership roles.

  • For Asian American Lawyers, Good Mentorship Is Crucial Author Photo

    Navigating the legal world as an Asian American lawyer comes with unique challenges — from cultural stereotypes to a perceived lack of leadership skills — but finding good mentors and treating mentorship as a two-way street can help junior lawyers overcome some of the hurdles and excel, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • Coping With Secondary Trauma From Pro Bono Work Author Photo

    As the need for pro bono services continues to grow in tandem with the pandemic, attorneys should assess their mental well-being and look for symptoms of secondary traumatic stress, while law firms must carefully manage their public service programs and provide robust mental health services to employees, says William Silverman at Proskauer.

  • How Firms Can Benefit From Creating Their Own ALSPs Author Photo

    As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.

  • Modernizing Legal Education Through Hybrid JD Programs Author Photo

    Amid pandemic-era shifts in education, law schools and other stakeholders should consider the wide geographic and demographic reach of Juris Doctor programs with both online and in-person learning options, and educators should think through the various ways hybrid programs can be structured, says Stephen Burnett at All Campus.

  • How BigLaw Can Mirror Small Firm Attorney Engagement Author Photo

    BigLaw has the unique opportunity to hit refresh post-pandemic and enhance attorney satisfaction by adopting practices that smaller firms naturally employ — including work assignment policies that can provide junior attorneys steady professional development, says Michelle Genet Bernstein at Mark Migdal.

  • Ditch The Annual Review To Boost Attorney Job Satisfaction Author Photo

    In order to attract and retain the rising millennial generation's star talent, law firms should break free of the annual review system and train lawyers of all seniority levels to solicit and share frequent and informal feedback, says Betsy Miller at Cohen Milstein.

  • How Attorneys Can Narrow LGBTQ Gap In The Judiciary Author Photo

    Lawyers can take several steps to redress the lack of adequate LGBTQ representation on the bench and its devastating impact on litigants and counsel in the community, says Janice Grubin, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee at the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York.

  • Employers Must Heed Rising Attorney Stress And Alcohol Use Author Photo

    Krill Strategies’ Patrick Krill, who co-authored a new study that revealed alarming levels of stress, hazardous drinking and associated gender disparities among practicing attorneys, highlights how legal employers can confront the underlying risk factors as both warnings and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 era.

  • Lawyers Can Get Ready For Space Law To Take Flight Author Photo

    While international agreements for space law have remained relatively unchanged since their creation decades ago, the rapid pace of change in U.S. laws and policies is creating opportunities for both new and veteran lawyers looking to break into this exciting realm, in either the private sector or government, says Michael Dodge at the University of North Dakota.

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    Ask A Mentor: What Makes A Successful Summer Associate? Author Photo

    Navigating a few densely packed weeks at a law firm can be daunting for summer associates, but those who are prepared to seize opportunities and not afraid to ask questions will be set up for success, says Julie Crisp at Latham.

  • How To Successfully Market Your Summer Associate Program Author Photo

    Law firms can attract the right summer associate candidates and help students see what makes a program unique by using carefully crafted messaging and choosing the best ambassadors to deliver it, says Tamara McClatchey, director of career services at the University of Chicago Law School.

  • Opinion

    Judges Deserve Congress' Commitment To Their Safety Author Photo

    Following the tragic attack on U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' family last summer and amid rising threats against the judiciary, legislation protecting federal judges' personal information and enhancing security measures at courthouses is urgently needed, says U.S. District Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Recalcitrant Attys Use Social Media? Author Photo

    Social media can be intimidating for reluctant lawyers but it can also be richly rewarding, as long as attorneys remember that professional accounts will always reflect on their firms and colleagues, and follow some best practices to avoid embarrassment, says Sean Marotta at Hogan Lovells.

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