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Epstein Fallout Unlikely To Spark Goldman Shareholder Suit
Is Goldman Sachs' decision to remain loyal to general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler despite recent revelations about her past business and social relationship with Jeffrey Epstein extreme enough to support a legal claim against the company? Legal scholars and other securities law experts say probably not.
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Greenberg Traurig Expands In NY, Philly With Nonprofit Pro
An attorney with expertise representing nonprofit organizations on tax and formation matters has moved her practice to Greenberg Traurig LLP's offices in Philadelphia and New York.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury ordered Medtronic to pay nearly $382 million to business rival Applied Medical Resources Corp. for antitrust violations.
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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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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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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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Judge Says AI Errors Show Atty Can't 'Learn' From Mistakes
A New York federal judge concluded that an attorney who repeatedly submitted filings with false AI-generated citations must be punished with case-terminating sanctions against a client he was defending in a trademark lawsuit, saying Thursday that the lawyer "has not, and apparently cannot, learn from his mistakes."
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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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Pashman Stein Eyes Atty Well-Being With Sabbatical Program
For over a decade, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC managing partner Michael Stein has been working to make his firm the "gold standard" of what a law firm can be, he says. This year, the firm is rolling out its latest move: a sabbatical program.
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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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Seward & Kissel Taps Watson Farley Atty As Maritime Leader
Seward & Kissel LLP has appointed a former Watson Farley & Williams attorney to serve as its head of maritime finance in a move the firm says positions it "for continued diversification into complementary areas of transportation finance."
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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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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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DiCello Levitt Taps SEC Vets For Whistleblower Practice
DiCello Levitt has acquired a boutique practice that represents U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblowers, bringing on a pair of former SEC attorneys whose clients have helped the government secure more than $2 billion in monetary sanctions, according to the firm.
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Clemency Was 'Broken' Long Before Trump. Can It Be Fixed?
President Donald Trump has transformed what has historically been a bureaucratic process for seeking federal pardons and commutations into a more freewheeling affair with few clear rules — and no easy solutions for reform, experts say.
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Trump Bid To Move NY Appeal Faces 'Fatal' Error, Judge Says
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday repeatedly aired doubts that President Donald Trump can upend the pending New York state appeal of his hush-money conviction by moving the case to federal court.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In January? Goldman Sachs, More
Several top legal officers welcomed the New Year by making millions of dollars in stock sales. Broadcom's top lawyer took home about $10.4 million last month, while the chief legal officer at Goldman Sachs collected $8.89 million, and Reddit's legal chief pulled in $8.1 million.
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Baker McKenzie To Downsize Business Professional Jobs
Baker McKenzie, which has a legal services hub in Tampa, Florida, is in the process of downsizing business professionals' jobs, a firm spokesperson confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.
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Wachtel Missry Settles Liability In $26M Atty Malpractice Case
A dispute over who is liable for a former Wachtel Missry LLP partner's alleged exploitation of an elderly client has been settled on the eve of trial, while the Brooklyn federal judge declined to consider recusing himself despite "inadvertently" meeting with the firm's founding partner before the matter was fully put to rest.
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Cooley, Ropes & Gray Transactional Attys Move To Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired two partners to help the firm meet evolving capital and growth demands — a Los Angeles-based emerging companies attorney from Cooley LLP and a New York-based capital markets attorney from Ropes & Gray LLP.
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Flaster Greenberg Unveils New Governance Structure
Flaster Greenberg PC is the latest major law firm to announce a remodeling of its organizational structure, saying Wednesday that the change "reflects a broader shift in the business world away from traditional hierarchical leadership models toward a more adaptive, enterprise-wide approach."
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Oakley Fights To Keep MSG Case Afloat Amid Fee Dispute
Charles Oakley has urged a federal court to not toss the lawsuit over the ex-New York Knicks player's 2017 ejection from Madison Square Garden, saying he has made good-faith efforts to pay a court-ordered $642,000 fee award.
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Palm Steakhouse Chain, Black Ex-GC Resolve Race Bias Case
The owners behind The Palm steakhouse chain and a Black former general counsel who said she was fired after being diagnosed with lung cancer have agreed to end her federal race bias lawsuit, according to a Tuesday filing in New York federal court.
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Haynes Boone Adds Ex-SDNY Atty From Winston & Strawn
Haynes Boone LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Southern District of New York prosecutor from Winston & Strawn LLP to promote the growth of its white collar and investigations practice.
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Queens Defenders Ex-Director Admits Embezzling Over $100K
The former longtime head of Queens Defenders copped to a count of fraud conspiracy in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday after prosecutors said she diverted over $100,000 intended for indigent residents and used the money for a lavish lifestyle.
Expert Analysis
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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.