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New York Pulse
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Many NY Trial Judges Elevated In Secret, Report Finds
Hundreds of New York state judges are permanently elevated to top trial courts via a secretive appointment process, according to a report released Thursday.
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Legal Recruiters Hopeful Delayed M&A Boom Now On Horizon
Law firms are starting to make "opportunistic" hires of mergers and acquisitions lawyers as megadeals make a comeback.
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Fox Rothschild Adds Buchanan Ingersoll Litigator In Fla.
Fox Rothschild LLP expanded its litigation capabilities in both Sarasota, Florida, with the addition of a new partner from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC who will also maintain a practice in New York.
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Morrison Cohen Starts Healthcare & Wellness Practice
Morrison Cohen LLP announced the formal launch of its healthcare and wellness practice group on Thursday, citing growing client demand at the intersection of health, technology, and consumer products and services.
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ABA Says Attys Must Be Clear About Neutrality In Mediations
Attorneys who agree to work as neutral, third-party mediators must make it explicitly clear that they are not advising or holding privilege with participants, the American Bar Association has warned in its latest ethics opinion.
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NY Court Tosses Most Of Ex-Lil Wayne Atty's Contract Claims
A New York state judge has dismissed most counterclaims a former attorney for Lil Wayne pursued in a fee dispute with his ex-client, but the lawyer may still attempt to collect some funds he claims to be owed by the rap star.
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Foley Hoag Brings On New DEI Director From Paul Weiss
Foley Hoag LLP has added an attorney who previously served as inclusion director at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as its director of diversity, equity and inclusion, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Archer Adds Sports Law Duo From Cowan DeBaets In NY, Pa.
Archer & Greiner PC has expanded its Philadelphia and New York offices with the recent additions of two attorneys with expertise representing clients in the sports and entertainment industries who moved their practices from Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP.
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Ex-WH Ethics Attys Slam 'Vindictive' Comey, James Charges
Three former White House ethics attorneys have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice over what they call the "vindictive and meritless" criminal prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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Prominent NY Public Defender Joins Sher Tremonte
Sher Tremonte announced Tuesday that it has hired a prominent Federal Defenders of New York attorney who transitions to the firm as it challenges what it calls "unprecedented threats" from the federal government on issues tied to free speech and the rule of law.
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Gov't Remarks Boost Mangione Defense In Slain CEO Case
Luigi Mangione, accused of killing an insurance CEO, probably can't turn a series of "egregiously" prejudicial statements by Trump administration officials into a get-out-of-jail-free card, but the episode will likely anger the New York federal judge overseeing the murder case and boost his defense.
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NY State Court Sanctions Atty For Doubling Down On AI
A New York state court said a New Jersey-based attorney must face sanctions for both submitting filings with inaccurate and outright made-up case details written in part by artificial intelligence and for subsequently doubling down by submitting more "AI-hallucinated" material to defend his conduct.
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Latham Real Estate Leader Decamps For Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP said Monday it has hired the global chair of the real estate practice at Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner.
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Ogletree Brings On New COO From BCLP In DC
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has added a former chief operating officer for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as its chief operating officer, the firm announced Tuesday.
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V&E Adds Atty From Debevoise As Partner
An attorney who spent the majority of her legal career with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and began there as a corporate law intern has joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as a partner, where she will start practicing in the firm's Washington, D.C., office before moving to its space in New York.
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Why Former Government Attorneys Are Choosing MoFo
Morrison & Foerster LLP has hired an array of former government attorneys this year, with many of them citing the West Coast firm's "government ethos" and support for building a new book of business.
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Justices Won't Decide If 'Minute Entry' Triggers Appeal Clock
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it won't review the Second Circuit's finding that a Connecticut federal judge's oral ruling and follow-up minute entry were formal orders that triggered a 30-day countdown to appeal losses in a sales representation contract dispute worth $1.7 million.
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Paul Hastings Adds Finance Atty From Skadden
Paul Hastings LLP is continuing to add lateral talent to its global private equity and mergers and acquisitions platforms, announcing Tuesday that it has brought a prominent finance partner from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to its New York office.
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Law Firm Seeks To Uphold $6.6M Arbitral Award In Fee Dispute
A personal injury law firm embroiled in a long-running dispute over fees owed in litigation over a 1983 terrorist bombing in Lebanon urged a New York federal court to preserve a $6.59 million arbitral award it had secured for its work, arguing that tossing the arbitrator's "carefully balanced" decision would wrongly send the parties back to square one.
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Atty's Due Process Claims Challenging Disbarments Trimmed
A former attorney has had most of a due process suit fighting his disbarment in Florida and reciprocal discipline in Massachusetts and New York thrown out, with a Manhattan federal judge finding that New York lacks personal jurisdiction over out-of-state disciplinary officials.
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Retribution, Intent Claims May Defuse Bombshell James Case
The Trump administration's indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is tightly crafted and offers a straightforward presentation of the government's case, but experts say James appears to have a strong argument that she did not intend to break the law and is being unfairly targeted for what amounts to a minor offense.
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NY Immigration Partner Joins Ice Miller From UB Greensfelder
Ice Miller LLP announced that an immigration attorney with more than two decades of experience in the United States and United Kingdom has joined the firm's New York office as a partner from UB Greensfelder LLP.
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More Disciplinary Info On Atty Sent To Judge In Flores Case
An attorney representing the NFL in the racial discrimination dispute with former head coach Brian Flores has informed a New York federal judge of additional disciplinary action against the former attorney for one of Flores' co-plaintiffs, as the judge is investigating whether the lawyer misrepresented his license to practice.
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Q3 Law Firm Lateral Hiring Reflects Cautious Optimism
Lateral attorney hiring at the nation's largest law firms continued to climb in the third quarter of 2025, signaling that the legal talent market is gradually stabilizing after a sluggish start to the year, according to a new report from legal intelligence provider Firm Prospects.
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Spinoff Versant Media's GC Appoints Legal Leadership Team
The general counsel for Versant, a new, soon-to-be publicly traded company created by Comcast and composed of a portfolio of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, has named her legal leadership team.
Expert Analysis
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Series
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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Perspectives
Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.
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The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.