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Sheppard Doles Out Associate Raises To Match Milbank Pay
Sheppard announced raises for U.S. associates this week, effectively matching the scale set by Milbank, where the most junior attorneys make $235,000 in base pay.
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Gordon Rees Adds 6 Partners In Florida, Tennessee
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has expanded its offerings in the Southeast with the addition of six partners in Florida and Tennessee.
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Tax Co-Leader Returns To Withers With Mentorship Mission
In what he called a "full circle moment," the former co-head of Withers' private client and tax group has returned to the firm where he cut his teeth to both practice and mentor the next generation of private client attorneys.
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Kilpatrick Adds Litigation Pro In Dallas From Kirkland
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP has strengthened its national litigation offerings with a Dallas-based partner who came aboard from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Faegre Drinker Hires Morgan Lewis Tax Specialist In Philly
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP tax associate to join its Philadelphia office as a partner working on federal income tax and other tax matters, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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A&O Shearman Pledges $1.1B To AI Buildout Led By Lawyers
A&O Shearman said on Thursday that it would invest $1.1 billion in artificial intelligence over the next five years as part of a strategy to transform how it delivers legal services across the business.
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Ogletree Adds Ex-Amazon Employment Atty To Seattle Office
A leading in-house employment attorney for Amazon has departed to join Ogletree Deakins' Seattle office, bringing expertise helping Fortune 50 companies navigate workforce challenges to the firm.
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Vedder Will Move NYC Staff To New Manhattan Office
Vedder's New York City staff will move to a new Midtown Manhattan office sometime in 2027 after the law firm signed a 49,000-square-foot lease in a 2.6-million-square-foot office tower, according to landlord Rockefeller Group.
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Midterm Dem Wins To Scramble Lit Funding Legislative Efforts
Litigation funders can rest easy, for now, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will need to rethink its approach after last night's midterm elections saw Democrats rout Republicans, scrambling a yearslong effort for federal regulation of litigation finance that's so far relied on Republicans.
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Attys Ensure Voters' 'Right To Be Heard' In Midterm Elections
From BigLaw attorneys and solo practitioners to university professors, thousands of attorney volunteers turned out for Tuesday's midterm elections to ensure American voters' ballots would be counted.
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AI Firm Bids For Weil Assets Spotlight Firm Data Value
As Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP approaches dissolution, artificial intelligence-focused law firms are making bids to scoop up some of the firm's data assets and intellectual property, putting a spotlight on the worth of a firm's internal information.
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MVP: Holland & Knight's Jennifer Weaver
Dubbed the "Queen of the False Claims Act" by an opposing counsel, Jennifer Weaver of Holland & Knight LLP convinced the government to drop its investigation into California's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and successfully defended a Puerto Rican cardiologist against FCA and kickback claims, earning her a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Healthcare MVPs.
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MVP: Paul Weiss' Brian Krause
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Brian Krause assisted drug company Metsera in its up-to-$10 billion acquisition by Pfizer and served as the lead tax counsel during Keurig Dr Pepper's $18.4 billion acquisition of coffee company JDE Peet's, earning him a place among the 2026 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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MVP: Gibson Dunn's Ted Boutrous
Ted Boutrous of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP worked numerous high-profile cases involving the media and public figures this year, including The New York Times in its challenge to the Pentagon's restrictions on journalists and NPR in its funding fight, earning him a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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MVP: Nossaman's Elizabeth Cousins
Elizabeth Cousins of Nossaman LLP led counsel for several local government agencies in California on massive water supply and transportation infrastructure projects, landing her a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Construction MVPs.
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MVP: Kirkland's Kimberly McGrath
Kimberly McGrath of Kirkland & Ellis LLP is advising a consortium of investors acquiring Aligned Data Centers LLC in a $40 billion deal and is guiding CyrusOne LP on several multibillion-dollar data center transactions, earning her a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.
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MVP: Lockridge Grindal's Brian Clark
Brian D. Clark of Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP spearheaded a pro bono effort that freed unlawfully detained immigrants in Minnesota during the early days of ICE's Operation Metro Surge, and he secured more than $116 million in a sprawling PVC pipe antitrust suit — one of many multimillion-dollar outcomes for clients — earning him a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Class Action MVPs.
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Ogletree Brings On 3 Attys In Calif. Specializing In Litigation
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has expanded two of its California offices with the recent additions of three attorneys who moved their practices to Los Angeles and San Diego.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds Partners From Constangy, Akerman
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced the arrival of two new partners — a cybersecurity attorney from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP and a real estate attorney from Akerman LLP.
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Clark Hill Taps Taft Strategy Leader As Biz Development Chief
Executive search firm The Alexander Group announced Tuesday that Clark Hill PLC has hired a veteran of the legal industry from Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP to serve as chief marketing and business development officer, touting her expertise in executive marketing and strategy leadership.
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Weil's London Wind-Down Could Outlast Partner Exits
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's proposed wind-down could leave its London partnership with continuing obligations to clients, employees and creditors long after departing lawyers have joined rival firms, legal and regulatory specialists say.
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Gibson Dunn Set To Bring On 120 Lawyers From Weil
Gibson Dunn is set to hire the U.S. and London-based private funds teams from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, bringing on 120 attorneys in the largest group move reported since Weil's management committee recommended last week that the firm wind down operations.
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Despite Industry Support, Weil Associates Face Hard Choices
Law firms, law schools and individual attorneys are offering support to affected Weil associates and law students, but some still face tough choices ahead.
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Quinn Emanuel Hiring Weil Litigator And SDNY Alumnus
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP litigator and former federal prosecutor Adam Fee is joining Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as Weil prepares to close its doors, Quinn Emanuel co-managing partner Mike Carlinsky confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Tuesday.
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MVP: Debevoise's Peter Schuur
Peter Schuur, chair of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's global tax practice, steered the tax strategy for Warner Bros. Discovery's $110 billion sale to Paramount Skydance, earning him a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Tax MVPs.
Expert Analysis
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Legal AI Adoption Tips And Takeaways From Dot-Com Bubble
Legal artificial intelligence is on a similar trajectory as the internet in the dot-com era, where several internet companies failed after the initial market frenzy, but even if AI company valuations take a hit and the industry goes through a major reordering, legal leaders should note that the technology itself remains genuinely transformational for the delivery of legal services, says Gabriel Buigas at Integreon.
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Opinion
Keeping PE Out Of Law Is Job For Courts, Not Capitols
Efforts by lawmakers in California, Colorado and Illinois seeking to bar private equity firms, hedge funds and other nonattorney investors from owning or financing law firms risk intruding on authority that state constitutions and the inherent powers doctrine have traditionally assigned to the judiciary, says attorney Felix Shipkevich.
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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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Series
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.