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Davis Wright Adds Longtime Knobbe Martens IP Duo In Seattle
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has brought in two intellectual property partners credited with helping Knobbe Martens open its Seattle office.
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Polsinelli Lands Alston & Bird Capital Markets Ace In Dallas
Polsinelli PC expanded its capital markets and commercial lending practice group Thursday with the addition of a partner of 13 years at Alston & Bird LLP bringing experience advising clients in the healthcare, telecommunications financial services and advanced manufacturing industries.
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Nelson Mullins Opens One-Stop Shop For Data Center Advice
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has launched a data center industry group to keep up with the growth of the artificial intelligence sector and the ongoing need for advanced computing power, the Columbia, South Carolina-headquartered firm announced Wednesday.
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Covington Hires Former Trump Regulations Czar In DC
Covington & Burling LLP has hired President Donald Trump's former regulations czar, who has joined as an of counsel in its Washington, D.C. office, months after the president called for an immediate suspension of security clearances for any firm attorneys who represented former special counsel Jack Smith.
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Buchalter Names Sports Agent As Sacramento Office Co-Lead
Buchalter PC has named Josh Escovedo, co-chair of its sports law industry group, as co-managing shareholder of the firm's Sacramento, California, office.
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Jenner & Block Hires Garland's Former Chief Of Staff
Matthew Klapper, who was chief of staff to former Attorney General Merrick Garland, has joined Jenner & Block LLP in the latest expansion of the firm's congressional investigations team, the firm announced Thursday.
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BigLaw Has More LinkedIn Followers, But Less Engagement
The 30 largest U.S. law firms have more LinkedIn followers, but smaller firms in the top 200 have higher engagement rates despite fewer followers on the platform, according to a report released Thursday by BTI Consulting Group.
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Gibson Dunn Launches State Attorneys General Task Force
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has created a state attorneys general task force made up of subject matter experts and former government attorneys based in offices across the country, in what the firm says is an effort to improve services for clients across a range of subject matters and industries.
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Sheppard Mullin Adds Cadwalader's Tech-Savvy CIO In NY
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has hired Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's chief information officer for that same role on its business services leadership team.
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Eckert Seamans Enters NYC With 11 Hawkins Parnell Attys
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC said Wednesday that it has launched an office in New York City with the addition of an 11-attorney team from Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, while scaling back its New Jersey presence.
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DC Judge Restores Canceled ABA Domestic Violence Grants
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday reinstated terminated federal grant funding for the American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, finding that "the First Amendment prohibits the type of reprisal DOJ appears likely to have taken."
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q1
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the first quarter of the year.
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Berkeley Law Names First Leader Of New Democracy Center
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law announced Tuesday the hiring of Catherine E. Lhamon, former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, as executive director of the school's Edley Center on Law & Democracy, a research center focused on protecting American democracy that launched last year.
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Fisher Phillips Opens Alabama Office With 6 Attorneys
Employer-side labor law firm Fisher Phillips announced Tuesday the opening of a new six-attorney office in Birmingham, Alabama, its second office opening this month.
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A&O Shearman Adds Ex-Schulte Roth Restructuring Atty
A&O Shearman has added a restructuring attorney previously with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP as a partner in New York, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Squire Patton Adds Ex-SDNY Federal Prosecutor In Ohio
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has hired a former federal prosecutor who was on the team that handled the largest-ever public corruption case in Ohio history as a partner in the government investigations and white collar practice, the firm said Wednesday.
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Holland & Knight Adds Ex-US Trade Rep Attorney To DC Team
The former assistant general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has joined Holland & Knight LLP's international trade group.
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Withers Brings On Baker McKenzie Tech Litigator In SF
Withers is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Baker McKenzie technology litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Former J&J, Moderna Exec Joins Goodwin Procter In Boston
Goodwin Procter is continuing to grow its resources in the life sciences practice with the recent addition to the Boston office of an attorney who has gone back to private practice after more than seven years as an in-house counsel for Johnson & Johnson and Moderna.
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Ga. Justices Nix Atty Immunity Doctrine, Uphold Tossing Case
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a long-standing attorney immunity doctrine that a lower court found shielded Barnes & Thornburg LLP from a legal malpractice suit, but the justices concluded that a onetime client's claims still fell short.
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Insurers Say McCarter Can't Blame NY Town In $22M Loan Suit
Two insurers asked a Connecticut judge to nix four of McCarter & English LLP's defenses in a $22.3 million lawsuit over the firm's role in crafting loans for recreational improvements in a Long Island, New York, town, saying the firm can't blame municipal officials while defending contract and malpractice claims.
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Fla. Medical Cos. Sue Akerman For Malpractice, Fight Fees Bid
After Akerman LLP filed suit against Rennova Health Inc. and medical laboratories for unpaid fees last month, the healthcare services company swung back with a motion to dismiss that case, while the labs filed their own malpractice lawsuits.
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Eckert Seamans Lands Commercial Litigator From Orrick
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC announced Tuesday that it has added a former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorney to bolster its commercial litigation practice group and its bench in Washington, D.C.
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Ex-Fed. Circ. Judge O'Malley On Striking Out On Her Own
After recently stepping away from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP to launch her own consulting practice, former Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen O'Malley told Law360 Pulse that she's looking forward to not only broadening the range of work she handles, but also to speaking out on issues including the rule of law.
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Faegre Drinker Latest To Hire Trade Atty Amid Changing Tariffs
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired another international trade attorney in Washington, D.C., announcing the addition of a partner from Husch Blackwell LLP the same week the White House signaled it would cut tariffs on most Chinese goods for 90 days.
Expert Analysis
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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7 Tips For Predeposition Meetings Under New Federal Rule
Attorneys can use a new predeposition meet-and-confer obligation for federal litigation — taking effect Tuesday — to better understand and narrow the topics of planned testimony, and more clearly outline the scope of any discovery disputes, says James Wagstaffe at Wagstaffe von Loewenfeldt Busch.
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Guest Feature
Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers
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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Guest Feature
Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law
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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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
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
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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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
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.