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Insurance Group Of The Year: Cohen Ziffer
Policyholder attorneys at Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna secured wins for AMC Theatres in a novel directors and officers coverage matter and for a life insurer in a suit against its own carriers, making the firm a 2025 Law360 Insurance Group of the Year.
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Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has helped lead the explosion of dealmaking in the insurance sector while guiding multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence infrastructure transactions, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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Class Action Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
WilmerHale helped Meta duck a first-of-its-kind antitrust lawsuit with more than $156 billion at stake, successfully defending the social media giant against claims it would have to pay users a "negative price" in a competitive market, once again earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.
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Holland & Knight Adds Troutman Atty In Financial Services
Holland & Knight LLP announced the hiring of a former partner at Troutman Pepper Locke LLP for its financial services practice group in New York.
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MoFo Seattle Launch Was 'Right Time With The Right People'
Morrison Foerster LLP had long considered Seattle as a potential expansion opportunity, but the firm was simply waiting for the right time to enter the hot Emerald City legal market.
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Retired NY State Supreme Court Justice Joins Phillips Nizer
Phillips Nizer LLP announced Thursday that retired Judge Arthur F. Engoron, who found President Donald Trump liable in a valuation fraud conspiracy case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, had joined the firm as a senior counsel in its litigation practice.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Fintech Pro From Sidley In Miami
Greenberg Traurig has picked up a new of counsel for its financial regulatory and compliance and blockchain and digital assets practices in Miami from Sidley Austin LLP.
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Jones Walker Equine Pro Takes Reins Of Gaming Group
Jones Walker LLP has named a Lexington, Kentucky, partner who heads the firm's equine industry practice as co-leader of its gaming industry team.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began February with another busy week as BigLaw firms shuffled their leadership and opened new offices across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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A&O Shearman US Data Privacy Leader Joins Norton Rose
Norton Rose Fulbright is boosting its West Coast team, bringing in an Allen Overy Shearman Sterling cybersecurity pro as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Kalshi Taps White & Case Alum As Enforcement Head
Kalshi announced Thursday that it has selected a former White & Case LLP associate to serve as its head of enforcement, as the prediction market expands its market surveillance and enforcement framework.
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Meet New Paul Weiss Chairman Scott Barshay
New Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP chair Scott Barshay is a rainmaker who most recently led the corporate department, guiding clients through some of the largest transactions in recent history after joining the firm's New York office a decade ago.
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Ex-Prosecutors Call For Independent Probes Of ICE Killings
A coalition of former federal prosecutors and civil rights attorneys is urging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to ensure that the U.S. Department of Justice allows for "transparent, unbiased and impartial" investigations into the killings in Minneapolis last month of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration enforcement agents.
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Insurance Group Of The Year: Rivkin Radler
Rivkin Radler LLP scored precedent-setting wins for Allianz in opioid coverage litigation before the Delaware Supreme Court and in an Ohio Supreme Court case over coverage for Sherwin-Williams' lead paint abatement fund payments, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.
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Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Sidley
Sidley Austin LLP won dismissal of key class action claims for bellwether defendant Genworth Financial in a high-profile data breach case and captured two privacy law litigation wins in the span of three months for Avantax/TaxAct, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
When it comes to private equity, Ropes & Gray LLP had one of the most impressive years ever, handling over 300 private equity deals with a total value of $175 billion, with 39 of those transactions being valued at over $1 billion each, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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Class Action Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman
Attorneys at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP resolved several long-running and complex class action matters and secured landmark settlements against high-profile defendants, including the NCAA, the National Association of Realtors and Visa, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.
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Former CFPB Counsel Joins McDermott In DC
An attorney who spent more than 15 years working at federal agencies has recently left the public sector to return to private practice, joining McDermott Will & Schulte in Washington, D.C.
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Nixon Peabody Real Estate Atty Named Rochester Office Head
Nixon Peabody LLP has selected an affordable housing and real estate partner to take over as managing partner in the firm's Rochester, New York, office.
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Cooley Adds Ex-Kirkland Corporate Real Estate Leader In NY
Cooley LLP announced it has hired the former leader of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's corporate real estate team.
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McGuireWoods, MoFo Enter Seattle With Perkins Coie Attys
McGuireWoods LLP and Morrison Foerster LLP announced Thursday that they've opened offices in Seattle with large groups of former Perkins Coie LLP attorneys.
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WilmerHale Adds Arnold & Porter Atty As Sports Co-Leader
WilmerHale is expanding its West Coast transactions team, bringing in an Arnold & Porter sports attorney to be a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Alston & Bird Hires Ex-Baker McKenzie Tech, Privacy Pro
Alston & Bird LLP has added a technology and privacy specialist previously with Baker McKenzie as a partner in its Silicon Valley office, the firm announced Thursday.
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Paul Weiss' Karp Steps Back After Epstein Email Revelations
Longtime Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP chair Brad S. Karp has resigned from his leadership role, the firm announced Wednesday, a move that comes after the U.S. Department of Justice released numerous emails between Karp and Jeffrey Epstein.
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Eversheds Sutherland Hires Paul Hastings Trial Pro
Eversheds Sutherland announced that it has added a partner to its litigation practice group, who joins the firm from Paul Hastings LLP fresh off the heels of guiding Prologis Inc. through a three-month jury trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
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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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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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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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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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
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.