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BigLaw Hiring Heats Up In Q1 As Firms Chase Partner Talent
Higher Partner Rate Hikes Are The New Normal For GCs
White & Case Leadership Trio Join Dechert In DC
Partners Vote To Approve Perkins Coie–Ashurst Merger
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MoFo Hires Former FTC Atty From Foley & Lardner In Denver
Morrison Foerster LLP announced Thursday that it's tapped a former Foley & Lardner LLP partner with experience at the Federal Trade Commission and the Colorado Attorney General's Office to join its Denver location as a partner in the firm's antitrust law group
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Foley Hoag Adds Experienced Diplomat as Partner
Foley Hoag LLP announced on Wednesday that it had hired the former U.S. ambassador to Hungary as a partner at its New York office.
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Nixon Peabody Names Entertainment And Sports Team Heads
Nixon Peabody LLP has appointed two new leaders for its growing entertainment and sports practice, to which it also added a pair of Los Angeles-based associates.
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Katten Partner Rejoins Epstein Becker In DC For 3rd Time
Epstein Becker Green LLP has rehired, for the third time, a healthcare transactional attorney who focuses his practice on guiding hospital systems, private equity-backed entities and professional practices on transactional matters and regulatory compliance.
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PGA's Former Legal Chief Tees Up New Gig At McDermott
McDermott Will & Schulte has grown its abilities at the intersection of sports, media, governance and high-stakes deals with the addition of the former longtime legal leader of the Professional Golfers' Association of America.
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Katten's Profits Per Equity Partner Climb To $3.32M
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has reached several key financial growth milestones in the less than two years since litigator and former federal prosecutor Gil Soffer became chair of the Chicago-headquartered firm, without jumping into the recent law firm merger frenzy.
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O'Melveny Adds M&A Duo From BakerHostetler In Dallas
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Thursday that it has bulked up its mergers and acquisitions and private equity group with a pair of Dallas-based partners who came aboard from BakerHostetler, further strengthening the firm's growing presence in the Lone Star State.
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Mintz Consulting Arm Hires Ex-HHS Official, Health Policy Pro
ML Strategies, a consulting subsidiary of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, has hired a former federal health policy director at consulting firm Guidehouse who brings almost a decade of experience in senior roles with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Freshfields Names 47 New Partners Worldwide
Freshfields LLP said Thursday that it has promoted 47 lawyers to its partnership, with London-based solicitors representing around a quarter of the cohort.
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Ariz. Gov. Vetoes Shifting Atty Licensing Away From State Bar
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have shifted the responsibility to license the practice of law from the state bar to the state supreme court, amid her moratorium on signing nearly all legislation until Republican legislators reveal their state budget proposal.
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How Winston & Strawn's Growth Is Part Of Miami 'Evolution'
Just four years after first launching in the South Florida market, Winston & Strawn LLP is taking part in Miami's "evolution" with a recent move to a larger space that the office's leader said enables the firm to serve clients across the world.
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Consumer Cases Drive Class Action Spike, Report Says
Federal class action filings spiked in 2025 after nearly a decade of relative stability, fueled by a surge in consumer protection lawsuits tied to data breaches, digital commerce and online accessibility claims, according to a new report from Lex Machina.
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Arbitration Assoc. Says Monopoly Suit Poses 'Massive Risks'
The American Arbitration Association has urged an Arizona federal court to reconsider a ruling that allowed a monopoly suit against the association to proceed, saying that sustaining antitrust claims against the arbitration provider based on template arbitration clauses on its website poses "massive risks" for millions of customer arbitration contracts.
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Ex-DOJ Antitrust Atty On Google Case Joins Wilson Sonsini
A lead attorney on the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's monopolization cases against Google LLC who left the agency last week joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as a partner.
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Sotomayor Apologizes For 'Hurtful' Comments About Kavanaugh
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized Wednesday for comments she made at a University of Kansas appearance earlier this month criticizing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Vedder, WilmerHale Attys Vie To Lead DC Bar In Quieter Race
Member elections are underway for the D.C. Bar, with attorneys from Vedder and WilmerHale facing off to lead the organization in what's been a lower profile contest than last year's headline-grabbing race that included the brother of former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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Heavy Hitters File Amicus Briefs In Law Firm EO Appeal
With oral arguments scheduled next month at the D.C. Circuit on the Trump administration's 2025 executive orders targeting law firms, Law360 looks at some of the notable amicus briefs filed in recent weeks and the lead attorneys on those briefs.
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Willkie Adds O'Melveny Litigator To Los Angeles Office
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP expanded its Los Angeles office with the recent addition of a litigator who moved her practice after nearly 15 years with O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
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White & Case Hires Reed Smith M&A Partner In DC
White & Case LLP has hired a former Reed Smith LLP partner, who is joining the team in Washington, D.C., to continue her practice focused on mergers and acquisitions matters.
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Sidley Adds Another NY Capital Markets Pro From Cravath
Sidley Austin LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired another New York-based capital markets attorney from Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, touting her history advising venture capital-backed companies, founders, investors and financial institutions on a range of corporate matters.
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MoFo Brings On Former Federal Prosecutor In San Francisco
Morrison Foerster LLP announced Wednesday that it has expanded its investigations and white collar defense group with a partner in San Francisco who has served as an assistant U.S. attorney and as a deputy attorney general with the California Attorney General's Office.
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A&O Shearman's 33-Partner Round Keeps Focus In Europe
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling said Wednesday that it had promoted 33 lawyers to partnership roles, with the U.K. and Europe dominating the latest round two years after the firm's founding merger.
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Holland & Knight Adds Former Senate Counsel, DOT Adviser
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former Senate Commerce Committee counsel and adviser to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has joined the team as a partner in the public policy and regulation group.
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Hogan, Cadwalader Partners Vote To Forge Ahead With Merger
Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader said Wednesday that their partners have voted in favor of their merger ahead of the scheduled launch of the combined law firm on July 1.
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Ex-CFTC Chair Departs Willkie, Law Practice For Fintech Work
The former leader of the nation's derivatives regulator dubbed "Crypto Dad" says he's leaving his law practice at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to focus on advising fintechs and crypto firms, researching public policy issues and working with nonprofit programs.
Expert Analysis
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In-House Leaders Can Turn Contract Data Into Growth Insight
A company's contracts contain final, negotiated commercial commitments that reveal important growth, revenue and strategy insights, but for organizations that aren’t making two key structural changes, the information tends to remain within the legal department — untranslated and unused, says Shimane Smith at NerdWallet.
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PE's Path In UK Legal Market Offers Playbook For US Firms
The U.K. offers 14 years' worth of data on private equity's involvement in the legal market, demonstrating for U.S. firms what worked, what didn’t and why, and illustrating several lessons about operational readiness, cultural fit and timing, says Tom Lenfestey at The Law Practice Exchange.
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8 Mistakes That Derail Law Firms' Sector Strategies
When firms attempt to deliberately organize their expertise, client relationships, business development, and thought leadership around specific industry verticals – sometimes called industry sector programs – several missteps commonly arise, but with discipline and alignment any firm can successfully grab market share, say Heidi Gardner at Harvard Law School and David Harvey at Harvey Global Consulting.
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Making Legal Cents: A Strategic Plan For Lateral Partner Hires
Firms of all sizes are accelerating lateral hiring of experienced partners because investing in senior expertise can pay off big — but for such an investment to work, firms need a disciplined strategy for vetting candidates, supporting their integration, and ensuring they'll generate real returns, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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As AI Rewrites BigLaw Hiring, Mid-Law May Snag Edge
Similar to the way the transfer portal changed how many NCAA men’s basketball teams are built, artificial intelligence use in the legal industry is changing BigLaw’s lateral hiring market and creating a field where midmarket firms that develop their talent will hold an edge in the legal profession's next era, says Michael Ott at Ice Miller.
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5 Firm Structure Changes To Adequately Address Atty Burnout
While wellness programs, flexible schedules and mental health resources are meaningful steps toward addressing burnout in the legal industry, a more effective approach must involve a redesign of law firm incentive structures, says retired attorney Jason Ward.
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Series
Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Be An Industry Expert
Although taking the time to fully invest in a client and its industry is a big ask, it is well worth it for attorneys to understand the pressures, trends and constraints of a client's industry in order to build enduring business relationships, says Nonnie Shivers at Ogletree.
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Talking Mental Health: Fostering Cultures Where Women Excel
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Sylvie Rodrigue at Torys discusses why authenticity is essential to women's career growth, why burnout is not the result of a lack of resilience, how the legal industry can better support women's mental health needs, and how firms can address gender gaps in senior roles.
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How Clients Can Make The Most Of Law Firm Partner Moves
Outside counsel’s lateral career moves can create uncertainty and disruption for companies, but if managed strategically, in-house legal teams can leverage partner mobility for more complete service, better pricing and stronger relationships with their law firms, says Theodore Edelman at GCE Advisors.
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The Augmented Lawyer: Countering 4 AI Efficiency Myths
Perceived efficiency gains from artificial intelligence can create unsustainable workload expectations for in-house legal departments, so general counsel must proactively educate executives, reframe assumptions and tie legal judgment to business outcomes, say Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law and Catie Cambridge at Docsum.
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Roundup
Notes From A Partner-In-Charge
Law firm office managing partners share insights on navigating shifts in the legal market and the business of law issues top of mind for them right now in this Expert Analysis series.
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Series
Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Lateral Hiring Strategy
In regional recruiting, firms that stand out to laterals can articulate a clear vision that connects local insight with global opportunity, demonstrate a culture that is lived rather than stated, and offer genuine room for growth, says Jason Novak, leader of Norton Rose's San Francisco office.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Team Up With Marketing
There are several ways attorneys can engage with resources already at their fingertips in the form of their in-house law firm marketing departments, which can help you gain some visibility, earn kudos and build a solid book of business, say Ada Kase and Liz Lindley at Jaffe PR.
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Biz Dev Impostor Syndrome May Actually Be Good Judgment
Attributing lawyers’ sense of unease with business development to self-doubt or weakness may misidentify an important source of discomfort — a keen intuition that an ask isn’t yet appropriate for the relationship — and lead to advice that ultimately backfires, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Handle Unproductive Feedback?
Maggie Potter at Segal McCambridge offers advice for associates who receive unproductive criticism from superiors and tips for gently pushing back with an eye to growth and efficiency.