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DOJ Challenges ABA's Standing In Law Firm Intimidation Suit
The Trump administration is not waging an intimidation campaign against U.S. law firms, the government said Friday, calling an American Bar Association lawsuit challenging its alleged "law firm intimidation policy" as total speculation that must be dismissed due to lack of standing.
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Lawyers Hit Billable Hour Goals, But At What Cost?
As lawyers across the U.S. tally their hours and take stock of how the past year unfolded, a recent Law360 Pulse survey suggests many will meet their billable goals, but often at the expense of their mental health and work-life balance.
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Lawyers Don't Expect AI To Lower Billing Targets
Generative AI is raising questions about how time-based billing adapts when tasks become faster to complete, but most attorneys recently surveyed by Law360 Pulse are skeptical that AI will shift expectations anytime soon.
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Winston Taylor Will Eye Growth Beyond $1.75B Merger
The architects of the deal to create a major new transatlantic player called Winston Taylor say that "there's no finishing point" to their plans for expansion as they signal an openness to more deals and even external investment.
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Weil Adds Kirkland PE Ace In New York
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced on Monday that it has added its ninth lateral partner to its private equity group this year, welcoming a former corporate attorney with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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DC Firm Hiring From Government Skyrocketed In 2025
As federal lawyers left in droves this year amid President Donald Trump's return to the White House, the number of attorneys who moved from government jobs to BigLaw firms in Washington, D.C., doubled in 2025 compared to the last post-presidential election year.
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Hogan Lovells, Cadwalader's Divergent Paths Led To Deal
The blockbuster combination between Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced this past week involves two law firms that have charted very different paths in recent years. Here, a look at what events led up to the firms joining together at the deal table.
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Sidley Adds Williams & Connolly Mass Torts Trial Atty In DC
A trial attorney who spent more than two decades at Williams & Connolly LLP has moved to Sidley Austin LLP to help lead its product liability and mass torts practice.
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Hogan Lovells Seeks Repeat Merger Success With Cadwalader
The chief executive tapped to lead what will be known as Hogan Lovells Cadwalader said Friday that the deal that will create the world's fifth‑largest law firm by revenue is set to succeed, promising to repeat the success of the merger that originally founded Hogan Lovells.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Five firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the D.C. Circuit reinstated an order that blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from freezing grants for climate change projects.
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Hunton Brings On Longtime In-House Energy Atty In Houston
An experienced in-house counsel for oil and gas companies has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a new partner in its Houston office.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week with a mega law firm merger announcement and eye-popping year-end bonuses at a handful of elite boutiques. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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E-Discovery's 'Black Box' Worry: Is This AI Prompt Privileged?
Despite the infusion of generative artificial intelligence into e-discovery tools, ethics and quality control questions loom about the use of this technology and a contrary judicial decision could set the industry back many years.
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Polsinelli Lands Glaser Weil Tax Pro In Los Angeles
Polsinelli PC is expanding its business team, bringing in a tax pro from Glaser Weil as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.
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Office Snapshot: Davis Wright Shows Growing LA Prominence
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP may have reduced its Los Angeles physical footprint in relocating to nearby California Plaza, but the move to the renowned address signaled the firm's growing importance in the Southern California legal scene.
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DLA Piper Marks AI Tool Rollout to 3,000 Lawyers With Harvey
Every DLA Piper attorney based in the United States now has access to the legal artificial intelligence assistant Harvey, the legal technology giant told Law360 Pulse exclusively on Friday.
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Nelson Mullins Partner Class Back To 18 After 2025 Jump
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP have promoted 18 attorneys to its partnership level — a class that is half the size of last year's 36 elevations.
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MVP: Pillsbury's Joseph D. Jean
Joseph Jean, a member of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's insurance recovery practice, led dozens of colleges across the country, as well as Hilton, to two state Supreme Court victories in their respective COVID-19 coverage disputes, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Insurance MVPs.
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Fisher Phillips Adds 27 Partners In Time 'Of Transformation'
Employer-side international labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has promoted 27 attorneys to partner from 13 different offices, effective Jan. 1.
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Rising Pressures Heighten Risks Of In-House Talent Flight
Mounting workload pressure has led to nearly half of in-house legal professionals either actively or passively seeking new jobs, while departments that partner with alternative legal service providers cut their attrition risk among active job seekers in half, according to a new report.
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McGuireWoods Adds Energy Restructuring Pro From DOJ
McGuireWoods LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a former senior bankruptcy counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, whose experience includes the two largest offshore oil and gas bankruptcies in U.S. history.
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$3.6B Hogan Lovells, Cadwalader Deal To Form Top 5 Firm
Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft are planning to combine, creating what the firms say will be the world's fifth-largest firm by revenue, they announced Thursday.
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Ex-Biden Tax Counsel To Chair Willkie Tax Resolution Team
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has hired a former senior tax counsel who worked in two Democratic presidential administrations to come on board as chair of the firm's tax resolution practice group, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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Ex-Celsius GC To Join Taft From Krevolin & Horst In Atlanta
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Wednesday that a lawyer with Krevolin & Horst LLC — who previously served as the first general counsel for the global beverage company Celsius Holdings Inc. — will join its Atlanta office as the firm is set to complete its merger with Morris Manning & Martin LLP on Dec. 31.
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Former Judge Eyes Return To Courtroom With Blank Rome
The retired former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is going back to private practice, joining Blank Rome LLP's Philadelphia office at the start of the new year.