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Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP attorneys broke new ground in intellectual property matters last year, successfully defending Cisco in three big-dollar patent infringement cases and prevailing in a trademark dispute at the U.S. Supreme Court, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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Fintech Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings LLP's fintech work has spanned the industry in the past year, from leading FTX's official committee of unsecured creditors through a historic crypto bankruptcy, to counseling Wyoming through the launch of the first state-issued stablecoin and shaping the earned wage access dialogue with its representation of EarnIn, securing its place among the 2025 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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Employment Group Of The Year: Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP helped Geico defang a sweeping collective action claiming it underpaid call center workers and defeated a harassment class action targeting tortilla maker El Milagro, allowing the companies to dodge millions in potential damages and earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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Competition Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Attorneys from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped bring long-running litigation over alleged Libor manipulation to an end, while steering Mattress Firm to a win over a challenge of its $5 billion acquisition by Tempur Sealy, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2025 Competition Groups of the Year.
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Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Cooley
Cooley LLP advised MapLight Therapeutics in its $250 million stock launch and concurrent private placement during a historic U.S. government shutdown by employing a strategy that had not been used for IPOs in nearly a century, placing the firm among the 2025 Law360 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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Banking Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's attorneys secured billions of dollars' worth of victories for major financial institutions over the past year, including a more than $282 million judgment tied to a collapsed fintech company and decisive appellate and trial wins in liability management and IPO litigation, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Banking Groups of the Year.
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Holland & Knight Adds US Atty Who Quit Amid 'Blue-Slip' Ire
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former assistant U.S. attorney who left his role as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia last year, after President Donald Trump considered firing the attorney over his reception of blue-slip approval from the commonwealth's Democratic senators.
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Occidental Petroleum Atty Joins Greenberg Traurig In Calif.
An attorney with more than three decades of experience advising clients on energy and environmental projects has moved his practice to Greenberg Traurig LLP's Sacramento, California, office after 15 years as in-house counsel for Occidental Petroleum Corp.
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Norton Rose Hires Cooley Life Sciences Duo In DC
Norton Rose Fulbright has hired two life sciences attorneys from Cooley LLP in Washington, D.C., who focus on biotech and pharmaceutical intellectual property matters, in a move the firm said is an investment in IP as a core practice.
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Kirkland Joins Growing Number Of Firms Launching In Tenn.
Kirkland & Ellis is joining a long line of firms setting their sights on Tennessee, announcing Tuesday that it would set up shop in Nashville with a team of former Butler & Snow LLP and King & Spalding LLP litigators.
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Quinn Emanuel Backs Clooney Foundation's Justice Initiative
Quinn Emanuel has signed up as the inaugural law firm for a new legal initiative that the Clooney Foundation for Justice has launched to protect the human rights of women and journalists across the globe, the foundation said on Tuesday.
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Kilpatrick Brings On Perkins Coie Trademark Duo In Chicago
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP has expanded its trademark, copyright and advertising team with two Perkins Coie LLP attorneys, including the former firmwide trademark, copyright, internet and advertising practice group chair.
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Nixon Peabody Elevates Controller To CFO Role
Nixon Peabody LLP has chosen its controller to serve as its next chief financial officer, the firm has announced.
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Legal Tech Co. Justpoint Opens Arizona-Based Law Firm
Justpoint, a justice technology company focused on public health, announced Tuesday the launch of Justpoint Law LLP, a law firm operating as an alternative business structure under Arizona law.
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DOJ's Antitrust Deputy Chief Rejoins Baker McKenzie
A former Baker McKenzie partner and global chair of its antitrust and competition practice is coming back to the law firm after serving on the leadership team of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division, the firm announced Monday.
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Banking Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's financial institutions team helped guide TD Bank to a record-setting U.S. anti-money laundering resolution while also defending Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Mastercard in high-stakes antitrust litigation, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Banking Groups of the Year.
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ABA Delegates Back Forgiving Loans For Public Interest Attys
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday encouraged student loan forgiveness for lawyers engaged in public interest employment and asked that trust and estate law be part of the NextGen bar exam.
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Ill. Legislation Targets Outside Investments In Legal Sector
Two bills introduced in the Illinois state Legislature seek to place restrictions on the use of private equity-backed managed service organizations in the legal industry and on any fee-sharing between Illinois lawyers and firms owned by nonlawyers in states like Arizona.
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BigLaw Firms Saw Increased Demand, Revenue In 2025
Last year was another strong year for U.S. law firms, with a double-digit revenue increase despite a strong expense growth environment of 9.5% over 2024, according to survey results from Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group released Monday.
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Baker Donelson Adds CFPB Founding Atty In DC
A founding member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who co-founded and spent the past 2½ years as co-leader of boutique SeldenLindeke LLP, has joined Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Washington, D.C., as a shareholder, the firm announced Monday.
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Technology Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP worked on multiple technology matters over the past year worth billions of dollars, including advising the underwriters in SailPoint's nearly $1.4 billion initial public offering and helping Qorvo on a $22 billion merger with Skyworks, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Technology Practice Groups of the Year.
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Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: ArentFox Schiff
ArentFox Schiff LLP advised the Los Angeles Lakers through a landmark $10 billion valuation and majority stake sale, and helped the rapidly expanding National Women's Soccer League award its 16th franchise in Denver, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.
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International Trade Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP's trade practice was able to assist a Toyota unit through a major U.S. emissions fraud dispute and secured several other significant resolutions for clients across a wide range of matters, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 International Trade Practice Groups of the Year.
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Product Liability Group Of The Year: Kline & Specter
Kline & Specter PC won multiple major verdicts against Bayer unit Monsanto over the company's Roundup weedkiller product over the last year, including a $78 million award in Philadelphia and a $2.1 billion verdict in Georgia, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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Fintech Group Of The Year: Cleary
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's attorneys recently secured landmark victories for leaders of some of the largest digital asset companies, defeating the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in precedent-setting enforcement actions, securing billions in recoveries in a bankruptcy and shaping regulatory frameworks for the future of fintech, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.
Expert Analysis
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As Attys Adopt Generative AI, 3 Elements Should Be Cardinal
As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Series
Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections
One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.
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Roundup
Biz Development Tip Of The Month
This year, experts shared 12 actionable strategies on building business in today's competitive legal market, from prioritizing human connections to maximizing the impact of thought leadership.
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Overcoming US Law Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market
Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year
While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.
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Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm Leader
Reid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.
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How Firms Can Use LinkedIn To Aid Marketing Efforts In 2025
LinkedIn has several features law firms can use to showcase their capabilities and thought leadership to reach prospective and existing clients, including the Event and Live features, says Sofia Millar at Reputation Ink.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Emotions In Trauma Cases
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Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm discusses what motivates her to represent victims of catastrophic injuries, how she copes with the emotional toll of such cases, and what other attorneys taking on similar cases can do to protect their mental well-being.
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Strategies For Successful Law Firm Mergers In 2025
Law firms are expected to continue consolidating in the year to come, and because these mergers require a different kind of playbook, firm leaders must carefully consider office culture nuances, professional services economics and talent retention strategy before any merger, say directors at FTI Consulting.
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Making Legal Cents: Winning More Work In A Crowded Market
In a market where clients have more options, tighter budgets and higher expectations, firms must figure out how to differentiate themselves without discounting their rates, and several practical strategies for pitching, pricing and early-engagement communication can help, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Best Practices For Implementing Firm Revenue Cycle Roles
Law firm revenue cycles are becoming more complex and time-consuming, but hiring dedicated revenue cycle personnel can help streamline the process and reduce the burden on attorneys, says Christine Indiano at Harbor Global.
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Tips For Constructing Your Small-Law Exit Strategy
By initiating planning and processes to evaluate personal retirement goals and firm value early, longtime solo practitioners and small-firm owners can unlock a range of possibilities and potential buyers, setting up for a profitable exit and a rewarding transition, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.
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Tips For Persuasive Briefs Beyond The Argument Section
When crafting an appellate brief, the focus for most lawyers is the argument section, but other sections also offer strategic opportunities to shape the court's perception of the case and favorably frame the issues, say attorneys at Frost Brown.
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Ask A Mentor: Is Secondment A Good Career Move?
Kate Driscoll at Morrison Foerster suggests six questions to help candidates evaluate whether a secondment will benefit their career.