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MoFo Adds 2 Paul Weiss Attys, Including Biz Litigation Leader
Morrison Foerster announced the addition of two litigators from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP on Thursday as partners in New York, including a returning partner who will lead the firm's business litigation and disputes team.
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Ashurst Perkins Hires Freshfields Investigations Co-Lead
Ashurst Perkins Coie has hired the co-leader of Freshfields LLP's congressional investigations team, who makes the move just a week before the U.S. midterm elections to advise clients on congressional inquiries and other government investigations.
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Davis Wright Launches Peer-Learning Pilot To Grow AI Use
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced a new training program Wednesday that will bring a group of firm attorneys together to explore how to incorporate artificial intelligence into the practice of law.
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FBT Gibbons Hires Real Estate, Tax Pros As NYC Partners
FBT Gibbons LLP has hired a former Michelman & Robinson LLP partner who specializes in commercial real estate deals and a former Baker McKenzie tax partner for partner roles in its New York City office.
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BigLaw Tip Middleman To Admit Role In $3.5M Trading Scheme
An alleged middleman in a sweeping scheme to trade off of deal information stolen from major law firms has agreed to plead guilty and potentially faces a prison term of nearly a decade, according to a plea agreement filed Wednesday in Massachusetts federal court.
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Weil To Wind Down As Top Attorneys Abandon Firm
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, the restructuring powerhouse that led Lehman Brothers, Enron and General Motors through bankruptcy, told Law360 Pulse Wednesday that the firm is preparing to wind down operations.
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Womble Bond Names DC Partner White Collar Group Head
Womble Bond Dickinson has tapped a partner of 5½ years to lead its white collar defense and criminal investigation team, which includes a group of former federal prosecutors and regulatory lawyers, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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BakerHostetler Malpractice Case To Expand With RICO Claim
A Georgia federal judge has allowed a trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice to file an amended complaint after the trustee asked to add claims of Georgia RICO Act violations.
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CrowdStrike Says Chatty Spider Group Increased Legal Hacks
Law firms faced a 129% increase in malicious activity over the first eight months of the year compared to all of 2024, according to a report on Wednesday from Nasdaq-listed cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, with the hacker collective Silent Ransom Group, also known as Chatty Spider, leading the charge.
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Simpson Thacher Set To Add Another Weil Partner In London
Another London-based finance partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges is set to join colleagues who moved to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, as the Wall Street firm continues to lose rainmakers on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Ex-Dickinson Wright Partner, Prosecutor Starts Litigation Firm
A Dickinson Wright PLLC partner who has more than 30 years of legal experience is launching his own firm near Washington, D.C., focused on representing businesses, executives and employees in a range of matters.
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Federal Student Loan Borrowers Face Pending Deadline
Millions of federal student loan borrowers face pending deadlines for changing their repayment plan, and the cost of doing nothing could lead to potentially higher monthly bills, financial experts tell Law360 Pulse.
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How Associates Can Crush Their Year-End Reviews
The days getting shorter and the approach of the holiday season are signs that another annual ritual is fast approaching: the year-end review for associates.
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ArentFox Schiff Fellows Program Centers On Group Dynamics
ArentFox Schiff recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the firm's three-year AFS Fellows Program, an initiative to develop the next generation of leaders who drive results.
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King & Spalding Adds Clifford Chance Real Estate Pro In NYC
King & Spalding LLP said it has hired an experienced commercial real estate transactions attorney from Clifford Chance LLP as a partner on the firm's real estate and funds team in New York City.
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DLA Piper Hires Ex-IRS Program Director To Bolster Tax Team
DLA Piper has hired an Internal Revenue Service veteran to help multinational clients with tax issues that cross borders, the firm said this week.
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AI Is Helping Firms Increase Their Billable Hours, Report Says
As more firms adopt artificial intelligence into their practices, the amount of billable hours is increasing by freeing up time to focus on more complex work and take on more matters, according to a new report by legal technology company Clio.
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Hogan Lovells Taps Ex-Spain Ambassador For Disputes Team
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has added a former U.S. ambassador to Spain under the Biden administration to the global law firm's disputes team, where she will focus on government investigations and congressional inquiries, as well as cross-border disputes.
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Weil Loses 2 Regulatory Partners To Skadden In NY, DC
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Tuesday it has hired two attorneys from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, as partner exits from that firm continue in the days following news of failed merger discussions with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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SEC Counsel Joins Venable Team, Former Boss In DC
Venable announced Tuesday it has hired a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who spent the past 10 years in myriad legal roles at the agency and most recently had a senior position in the SEC Division of Trading and Markets' legal review office.
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Fenwick & West To Match $235K Salary Scale For Associates
Fenwick & West LLP is reportedly the latest firm that will raise associate pay in the new year.
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Cleary Adds PE Veteran From Simpson Thacher In NY
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Tuesday that a former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney has joined the firm as a partner in its Americas mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions groups.
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McDermott Taps 36 Partners In Sharp Drop From 2025
McDermott Will & Schulte has promoted 36 lawyers to the role of partner, approximately half the 74 it announced in 2025, as the firm looks to grow its numbers in New York and strengthen its private capital business.
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Pay Up, Hours Down For BigLaw Partners
Average partner compensation rose 10% from 2023 to 2025, reaching a new high of just over $1.5 million, while at the same time average billable hours fell about 4%, according to a survey released Tuesday.
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Dugout Divided: Foley & Lardner Clients Clash In World Series
The World Series matchup between Foley & Lardner LLP clients, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays, has pitted partners against one another as the firm enjoys a good-natured intrasquad rivalry during the Fall Classic.
Expert Analysis
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Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.
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Avoiding The Changing Pitfalls Of Firm Website Redesigns
BigLaw firms about to tackle a website redesign need to understand the fundamental changes to costs, timelines, vendors and technology since their last big update so their leadership teams can steer resource management decisions away from costly potential mistakes, says Stephan Roussan at Vertical Minds.
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Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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How Firms Can Win Market For Unified Legal Client Services
Firms willing to develop a new operating model, where AI-powered legal tech is paired with deep industry expertise and a different incentive structure, can win over companies looking to consolidate their legal needs with a single provider, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs
Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge
Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.
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How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm Model
The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.
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AI-Powered Search Demands New Legal Marketing Playbook
As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.
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What Law Firm MSOs Can Learn From Accounting Co. Model
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Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.
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Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush
Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.
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How Leaders Can Foster Professional Growth With Feedback
When law firm leaders provide work product feedback by identifying errors instead of offering guiding input, they miss a key opportunity to treat feedback as a professional development and leadership tool, but several practices can help bridge the gap between intent and impact, says Janet Jackson at Well-Law.
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Why Marketing Teams Are Vital For Law Firm AI Storytelling
Many law firms are using generic decks for multiple client presentations to articulate their artificial intelligence strategy, but in order to differentiate themselves, it's important to bring marketing teams into the fold to identify what's actually distinctive about how a firm uses AI, says Eric Greenberg at Cox Media.
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Legal Marketing Conference Highlights Pivotal Time For Firms
The Legal Marketing Association's recent annual conference underscored how advances in artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are causing law firms to evolve into more structured, data-driven businesses that place greater emphasis on strategy, implementation and measurable results, say Maria Aronson and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Build Relationship Habits
Meaningful relationships are foundational to business development, and they can be deliberately fostered through a set of habits for authentically, intentionally and consistently connecting with clients and colleagues — starting with people you already know and like, says Matthew Moran at V&E.
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Legal Leaders Are Asking The Wrong Questions About AI
Artificial intelligence is already woven into everyday work for attorneys, so beyond questioning whether AI was used and approving such tools, legal leaders need to create a shared foundation for what good AI use looks like on their team, says Alex Denniston at Factor.