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    Fox Rothschild Employment Atty Joins Pierson Ferdinand

    Fast-growing Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced a labor and employment attorney with more than 40 years of experience has joined the firm from Fox Rothschild LLP as a partner based in New York and Princeton, New Jersey.

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    More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus

    A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.

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    Sheppard Mullin Names 13 New Practice Group Leaders

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Friday it has appointed more than a dozen new leaders within the firm.

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    Pérez-Llorca Adds Digital Transformation Lead From Deloitte

    Spanish law firm Pérez-Llorca has hired a new partner for its legal tech and digital transformation area, according to an announcement translated from Portuguese.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Clifford Chance LLP and Baker Botts LLP lead this week's legal lions for helping Caterpillar Inc. escape a $100 million verdict awarded to a defunct equipment importer that accused the construction manufacturing giant of interfering with a contract to sell equipment through an online sales platform.

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    Legal Jobs Rebound In March Despite Economic Concerns

    The U.S. legal sector appears to be on the upswing once again, with 3,700 law-related jobs added in March, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry kicked off April with another action-packed week as BigLaw added new talent and firms struck deals with the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Multiple Attorneys Have Moved Into New Stinson LA Space

    Multiple lawyers have moved into a new Stinson space in Los Angeles, former Dykema real estate attorneys who've just joined Stinson told Law360 Real Estate Authority.

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    Law Firm Mergers Lag Amid Political, Economic Uncertainties

    U.S. law firms announced 20 combinations in the first three months of 2025, fewer than nearly every other year going back a decade, according to the Law360 Pulse Merger Tracker.

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    HSF, Kramer Levin Partners Vote In Favor Of Merger

    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and Kramer Levin said Friday that their partners have voted "overwhelmingly" to approve the merger of the two law firms, adding that the combination was now expected to be completed a month later than initially anticipated.

  • Echoing EEOC, Red State AGs Target Law Firms Over DEI

    A dozen Republican state attorneys general on Thursday urged 20 law firms to fork over information the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requested last month about their workplace diversity practices, doubling down on the acting EEOC chair's claim that those practices may be unlawful.

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    Sheppard Mullin Lands Troutman Health Pro In Houston

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Thursday that it deepened its bench in Houston with the addition of a healthcare partner from Troutman Pepper Locke LLP.

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    Kirkland Investment Funds Expert Jumps To Paul Weiss In LA

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP is expanding its corporate team, bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP investment funds expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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    Davis Wright Brings On Longtime MoFo Atty As ESG Leader

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has expanded its San Francisco office with a former co-chair of Morrison Foerster LLP's environmental, social and governance practice who will serve as head of the firm's ESG and Sustainability group, the firm announced on Thursday.

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    Ex-Rimon Trio Launches Distributed Equity Model Firm

    Lucendo LLP officially launched under the leadership of three former Rimon PC partners on Thursday, breaking the mold as a distributed law firm at which attorneys can work remotely and set their own rates with an equity profit-sharing model.

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    Ex-Weil Atty To Co-Lead Sidley's Employee Benefits Team

    Sidley Austin LLP said Wednesday that a former Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner will co-lead its employee benefits and executive compensation practice from New York.

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    Baker Donelson Elevates Health Law And Public Policy Heads

    Three Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC shareholders have been tapped for leadership roles within the firm's national health law and public policy department.

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    Goodwin Procter To Leave Times Square For Flatiron District

    Goodwin Procter LLP is moving its New York City office from Times Square to Flatiron District after signing a new lease for 250,000 square feet of office space, the firm announced Thursday.

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    Mayer Brown Lures Structured Finance Duo From Kirkland

    Mayer Brown LLP has expanded its complex structured financing capabilities by bringing on two former Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorneys to its banking and finance practice, including a counsel who is also a medical doctor, the firm said in a Thursday announcement.

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    Littler Grows DC Office With Seasoned OSHA Expert

    An attorney specializing in matters involving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has closed her law office after nearly 25 years and moved her practice to Littler Mendelson PC's Washington, D.C., office.

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    Saul Ewing Brings On Ex-Hinshaw Chief Information Officer

    Saul Ewing LLP announced Thursday the hiring of the former chief information officer at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP to advise its managing partner, executive partner and executive committee on the firm's technology.

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    Former Jones Day Partner Joins Sidley Austin's M&A Practice

    Former Jones Day partner George Hunter has jumped ship to join Sidley Austin LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice in the global law firm's New York office.

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    Boutique IP Litigator Returns To Mintz In Miami

    Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC strengthened its Miami ranks with the addition of a new patent litigator from his own firm, Goma Law PLLC.

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    Ex-Cooley Partner Joins Baker McKenzie Global Dispute Team

    Baker McKenzie has hired a former tech litigation attorney from Cooley LLP who focuses her practice on a range of commercial disputes involving complex business litigation for some of the largest tech companies in the world, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • Perkins Coie Urges Court To End Trump's 'Assault' On Firm

    Perkins Coie LLP on Wednesday asked a D.C. federal judge to permanently block enforcement of President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional assault" on the firm and the rule of law, filing a summary judgment bid the same day the federal government pushed for the firm's suit to be tossed.

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Expert Analysis

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    Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law Author Photo

    It falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.

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    Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers Author Photo

    To build the ranks of female trial attorneys, law firms must integrate them into every aspect of a case — from witness preparation to courtroom arguments — instead of relegating them to small roles, says Kalpana Srinivasan, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey.

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    5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic Author Photo

    The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.

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    How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys Author Photo

    The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.

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    BigLaw Cannot Reap Diversity Rewards Without Inclusion Author Photo

    BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.

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    Ideas For Closing BigLaw's Diversity Gap Author Photo

    If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.

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    Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond Author Photo

    In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.

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    BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders Author Photo

    Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.

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    Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners Author Photo

    Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.

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