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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.
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Atty Can't Win AI Misconduct Sanctions In Malpractice Case
A New York federal judge will not sanction a plaintiff over alleged misuse of generative artificial intelligence in a malpractice case against her former lawyer, finding the attorney seeking sanctions had also "vexatiously protracted" the nearly decade-long litigation.
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News Corp Raised GC's Pay A Million, To $6.2 Million In 2025
News Corp general counsel David Pitofsky earned $6.2 million in total compensation in fiscal 2025 — a $1.2 million increase over the previous year, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Nelson Mullins Adds 3 Constangy Attys Across Offices
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has welcomed three experienced employment attorneys from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP to its offices in New York, Miami and Atlanta.
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NY State Courts Release AI Rules For Judges, Staff
The New York State Court System on Friday released an interim policy on the use of artificial intelligence software by judges and staff, which goes into effect immediately and remains subject to change.
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Ex-Fla. Detective Cops To Lesser Charge In DEA Bribe Case
A former Florida police detective told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that he was aware of bribes being paid to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, pleading guilty to a charge of misprision of a felony after initially facing more serious bribery counts.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Ninth Circuit held that denials of California anti-SLAPP motions can no longer be appealed in the midst of litigation.
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Former Long Island EDNY Section Chief Joins Garfunkel Wild
Healthcare law firm Garfunkel Wild PC has announced the hiring of a litigation partner who formerly served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York as chief of the Long Island Division's Civil Section.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
A law firm combination and BigLaw group hires made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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NY Atty General Indicted Following Pressure From Trump
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in Virginia federal court Thursday on charges related to mortgage fraud, three weeks after President Donald Trump wrote a social media post encouraging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action because James and two other political opponents were "guilty as hell."
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Hausfeld Brings On 3 Attorneys From Government Agencies
An ex-Philadelphia prosecutor and two former federal government attorneys have moved out of the public sector and into private practice by joining Hausfeld LLP's offices in Philadelphia, New York and Washington, D.C.
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Ex-Paramount Legal Chief Named Media Biz Wasserman's CLO
The former general counsel for Paramount Global Inc. who departed the company in 2024 during its ownership transition will join sports, music and entertainment company Wasserman as its top attorney, the company said Thursday.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Impersonators Hit With NY Fraud Claims
New York Attorney General Letitia James is attempting to take down a slew of businesses whose names are variants of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, accusing them of attempting a scheme to fraudulently redirect checks meant for the global corporate law firm.
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Law Firm Mergers Accelerated In Q3 After Slow First Half
After a relatively quiet start to the year, U.S. law firms announced more combinations during the third quarter of 2025 than in any other third quarter going back five years, with the uptick driven largely by combinations between midsize and small firms.
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Ex-Manhattan ADA Joins Pryor Cashman From NY Boutique
Pryor Cashman announced Thursday that its family law group has added a former assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, who joins the firm's New York office from Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan LLP.
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Longtime Top NY State Judge In Brooklyn To Retire
Longtime New York state Judge Lawrence Knipel told Law360 that he will retire next month with plans to go into commercial law and mediation after 35 years on the bench.
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Software Co.'s Ex-Chair Faces Jurist Ire Over 'Sloppy' Practices
A New York federal judge expressed frustration with the former chairman of The Resource Group International Ltd. in his bid to challenge his ouster from the software investment company following a widely reported sexual harassment scandal, criticizing the executive's "sloppy and irresponsibly careless practices" in the proceeding.
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Thompson Hine Boosts Benefits Team With 7 Hires
Thompson Hine LLP said Wednesday it's expanding its employee benefits and executive compensation practice with seven new lawyers, including a pair of senior attorneys from the Internal Revenue Service and another from the U.S. Department of Labor.