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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week with a mega law firm merger announcement and eye-popping year-end bonuses at a handful of elite boutiques. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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E-Discovery's 'Black Box' Worry: Is This AI Prompt Privileged?
Despite the infusion of generative artificial intelligence into e-discovery tools, ethics and quality control questions loom about the use of this technology and a contrary judicial decision could set the industry back many years.
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Polsinelli Lands Glaser Weil Tax Pro In Los Angeles
Polsinelli PC is expanding its business team, bringing in a tax pro from Glaser Weil as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.
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Office Snapshot: Davis Wright Shows Growing LA Prominence
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP may have reduced its Los Angeles physical footprint in relocating to nearby California Plaza, but the move to the renowned address signaled the firm's growing importance in the Southern California legal scene.
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DLA Piper Marks AI Tool Rollout to 3,000 Lawyers With Harvey
Every DLA Piper attorney based in the United States now has access to the legal artificial intelligence assistant Harvey, the legal technology giant told Law360 Pulse exclusively on Friday.
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Nelson Mullins Partner Class Back To 18 After 2025 Jump
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP have promoted 18 attorneys to its partnership level — a class that is half the size of last year's 36 elevations.
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MVP: Pillsbury's Joseph D. Jean
Joseph Jean, a member of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's insurance recovery practice, led dozens of colleges across the country, as well as Hilton, to two state Supreme Court victories in their respective COVID-19 coverage disputes, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Insurance MVPs.
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Fisher Phillips Adds 27 Partners In Time 'Of Transformation'
Employer-side international labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has promoted 27 attorneys to partner from 13 different offices, effective Jan. 1.
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Rising Pressures Heighten Risks Of In-House Talent Flight
Mounting workload pressure has led to nearly half of in-house legal professionals either actively or passively seeking new jobs, while departments that partner with alternative legal service providers cut their attrition risk among active job seekers in half, according to a new report.
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McGuireWoods Adds Energy Restructuring Pro From DOJ
McGuireWoods LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a former senior bankruptcy counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, whose experience includes the two largest offshore oil and gas bankruptcies in U.S. history.
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$3.6B Hogan Lovells, Cadwalader Deal To Form Top 5 Firm
Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft are planning to combine, creating what the firms say will be the world's fifth-largest firm by revenue, they announced Thursday.
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Ex-Biden Tax Counsel To Chair Willkie Tax Resolution Team
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has hired a former senior tax counsel who worked in two Democratic presidential administrations to come on board as chair of the firm's tax resolution practice group, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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Ex-Celsius GC To Join Taft From Krevolin & Horst In Atlanta
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Wednesday that a lawyer with Krevolin & Horst LLC — who previously served as the first general counsel for the global beverage company Celsius Holdings Inc. — will join its Atlanta office as the firm is set to complete its merger with Morris Manning & Martin LLP on Dec. 31.
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Former Judge Eyes Return To Courtroom With Blank Rome
The retired former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is going back to private practice, joining Blank Rome LLP's Philadelphia office at the start of the new year.
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MVP: Covington's Cléa Liquard
Cléa Liquard of Covington & Burling LLP's insurance practice won big for the National Football League, opening up $40 million in coverage for Sunday Ticket antitrust litigation and defeating its insurers' motions for summary judgment in connection with concussion lawsuits, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Insurance MVPs.
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Jenner & Block Elevates 15 To Partner, Special Counsel
Jenner & Block LLP has selected 15 attorneys in five offices who will receive new titles when the new year begins, including an increase in the number of partners promoted versus last year and a slight dip among special counsel promotions.
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Bonus News: Glenn Agre, Bursor & Fisher Reveal 2025 Levels
Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP told its associates in a memo last week that it would be issuing year-end bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $115,000 and special bonuses ranging from $6,000 to $25,000 based on seniority, with the chance to receive premiums above the year-end bonuses based on "extraordinary dedication and/or performance."
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Gibson Dunn Names Largest Partner Class In Firm History
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has promoted its largest partner class in history, promoting 42 attorneys in 17 offices across the globe, effective Jan. 1, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Clifford Chance's Legal Tech Head Jumps To Slaughter & May
Slaughter and May has hired Clifford Chance LLP's director of legal technology solutions as head of innovation to spearhead its artificial intelligence and legal tech strategy, the Magic Circle firm said Wednesday.
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Spencer Fane's Latest Combo Is With Midsize NYC Firm
Spencer Fane LLP announced Wednesday that it is entering New York City's market through a combination with Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, a full-service firm of about 50 attorneys.
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Levona Says New Docs Show Reed Smith Lied In $102M Feud
Levona Holdings Ltd. is pressing a Manhattan federal court to vacate what it calls a fraudulent $102 million arbitral award issued to international shipping company Eletson, arguing that new documents released under the crime-fraud exception show that the company and its prior attorneys at Reed Smith LLP lied during the arbitration.
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Susman Godfrey Bests Market With Bonuses Of Up To $280K
Susman Godfrey LLP announced on Tuesday that it is topping New York's bonus scale with payouts that range from a median of $120,000 for first-year associates to a median of $280,000 for the most senior associates.
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Legal Ops Teams Are Feeling Executive Pressure To Adopt AI
The pressure for legal operations teams to implement generative artificial intelligence has intensified as outside counsel spend jumps and demonstrating tangible cost savings from the technology remains elusive, according to a new survey report Tuesday.
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Law School Enrollment Increased In The Fall
Enrollment in the nation's law schools increased by 4% during the 2025 fall term, with a growing number of students also enrolled in non-professional law degree programs, according to data collected by the American Bar Association.
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MVP: Wachtell Lipton's Eric Feinstein
Eric Feinstein of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's corporate practice advised the investment group led by William Chisholm in its $6.1 billion acquisition of the NBA's Boston Celtics, led the team advising businessman Marc Lore and former baseball player Alex Rodriguez in their multiyear purchase of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, and aided the NFL's Miami Dolphins in their partnership with Ares Management and other investors, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Sports & Betting MVPs.