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  • Senate Committee Sets June Hearing For Trump's EBSA Pick

    The Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing in early June on President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration, according to a news release Thursday.聽

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    High Court Restores Federal Approval Of Utah Oil Railway

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the federal government's approval of a rail project intended to haul crude oil out of Utah's Uinta Basin.

  • Justices Told Del. Expert Law Doesn't Apply In Federal Court

    A retired attorney who claims he was negligently injured by healthcare providers urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to hold that a Delaware federal court need not apply a state statute requiring an expert affidavit for all medical malpractice suits.

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    FERC's Ex-GC Joins Wilson Sonsini's DC Energy Team

    The former general counsel at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's energy and climate solutions practice in Washington, D.C., as a partner, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • DC Circ. Denies Steve Bannon's Bid For En Banc Rehearing

    Right-wing media figure Steve Bannon, who was a chief strategist during the first Trump administration, has been rebuffed in his bid for an en banc rehearing at the D.C. Circuit on his contempt of Congress conviction, a move his legal team deemed "overriding politicalization."

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    Trump Nominates Ex-Personal Atty Emil Bove For 3rd Circ.

    President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he is nominating Emil Bove, his former criminal defense attorney who served as acting deputy attorney general, for the Third Circuit.

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    Rate Hikes May Be Masking BigLaw's Financial Vulnerabilities

    Revenue and profits have both been on a strong upward trajectory in recent years for large U.S. law firms, but those strides may not tell the whole story when considering factors like inflation and the role that aggressive rate hikes, which some say are unsustainable, have played in the increases.

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    Cooley Adds Ex-FDA Attorney To DC Life Sciences Group

    Cooley LLP has hired a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration attorney, who for the majority of her public service career worked as an associate chief counsel, trying civil actions and criminal prosecutions against those accused of violating regulations for a range of products.

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    Law Firms Slow To Adopt $225K Associate 1st-Year Salaries

    First-year associate salaries of $225,000 may make headlines, but they aren't yet the reality at most law firms surveyed for a new report by the National Association for Law Placement.

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    Gibson Dunn Helps 1st-Year Associates Connect With 'Pods'

    At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP launched a unique virtual program to connect first-year associates with other young attorneys in different U.S. offices. Five years later, the 鈥淣ew Associate Pods鈥� program is still going strong.

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    Hamilton Miller Tops New Ranking Of Midsize Law Firms

    Miami-based Hamilton Miller & Birthisel LLP has topped the inaugural ranking of the leading 200 midsize law firms from legal software provider SurePoint Technologies, which scored firms based on factors such as gender and ethnic diversity, and attorney roster growth.

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    Trump's WilmerHale Order Struck Down In Forceful Decision

    A D.C. federal judge struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting WilmerHale in an impassioned opinion Tuesday, writing that Trump's entire order is unconstitutional, and "to rule otherwise would be unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers!"

  • Justices Will Consider Judges' Limits Under First Step Act

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear arguments in a case that could determine how much discretion trial judges have when considering whether to reduce defendants' sentences聽under the First Step Act.

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    Meet The 4 Ex-Paul Weiss Attys Who Left To Launch New Firm

    The four partners who announced their exit from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP last week to form their own firm have worked together for years representing tech giants in high-stakes litigation, and also undertook court battles against white supremacist groups.

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    WilmerHale Starts FCA Task Force Amid Trump Order Suit Win

    WilmerHale announced a new task force Tuesday to represent clients facing threats from a recently launched federal initiative to use the False Claims Act to crack down on antisemitism and diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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    ArentFox Schiff Adds BCLP International Trade Pro In DC

    ArentFox Schiff LLP has grown its international trade offerings with the addition of a longtime Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP attorney in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.

  • FisherBroyles Adds Litigator And Patent Atty In DC

    Virtual law firm FisherBroyles LLP announced Tuesday that a pair of experienced attorneys have joined the firm in Washington, D.C., as partners, enhancing its capabilities in the litigation and intellectual property spaces.

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    K&L Gates Names New Managing Partner, Committee Chair

    K&L Gates LLP has kicked off a leadership transition process that will continue through next summer and will include the appointment of a new managing partner in July and a management committee chair by June 2026.

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    Jack Smith Deputy To Lead Internal Probes At Scale LLP

    National dispersed law firm Scale LLP announced Tuesday that it has added former federal prosecutor Matthew B. Burke, who assisted with special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 investigation, to steer its internal investigations practice.

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    Winston & Strawn Adds McDermott Supreme Court Co-Head

    Winston & Strawn LLP has hired the former co-leader of McDermott Will & Emery LLP's U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice, who has represented a range of clients before appellate courts throughout the country for more than 15 years, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    'I Need To Be Careful': Judge Wades Into Musk-Firm Conflict

    A New York federal judge questioned his authority to weigh in on Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's hiring decisions after it sought permission to employ a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney who Elon Musk claims could disadvantage him in a shareholder lawsuit, asking the firm and Musk to brief him on what may be an issue of first impression.

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    Wilson Sonsini Adds Ex-HHS, Crowell & Moring Leader In DC

    A former policy director at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services who later helped Crowell & Moring LLP launch its healthcare consulting group has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's Washington, D.C., team, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • Justices Skip Law Firm's TM Appeal Over Rival's Google Ads

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday聽denied an appeal from personal injury law firm Lerner & Rowe PC to review a Ninth Circuit decision that a rival did not infringe its trademarks by using the firm's name in keyword advertising with Google.

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    Why Training Partners To Supervise AI Is Now A Priority

    As law firms integrate generative artificial intelligence into their operations and teach attorneys to use it, some are getting their partners up to speed by training them specifically in how to supervise the use of these tools.

  • Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

    This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.

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Expert Analysis

  • Yada, Yada, Yada: The Magic Of 3 In Legal Writing Author Photo

    Attorneys should take a cue from U.S. Supreme Court justices and boil their arguments down to three points in their legal briefs and oral advocacy, as the number three is significant in the way we process information, says Diana Simon at University of Arizona.

  • How Firms Can Stop Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data Security Author Photo

    In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.

  • 5 Life Lessons From Making Partner As A Solo Parent Author Photo

    Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Turn Deferral To My Advantage? Author Photo

    Diana Leiden at Winston & Strawn discusses how first-year associates whose law firm start dates have been deferred can use the downtime to hone their skills, help their communities, and focus on returning to BigLaw with valuable contacts and out-of-the-box insights.

  • Resume Gaps Are No Longer Kryptonite To Your Legal Career Author Photo

    Female attorneys and others who pause their careers for a few years will find that gaps in work history are increasingly acceptable among legal employers, meaning with some networking, retraining and a few other strategies, lawyers can successfully reenter the workforce, says Jill Backer at Ave Maria School of Law.

  • Law Firm Guardrails For Responsible Generative AI Use Author Photo

    ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose significant risks to the integrity of legal work, but the key for law firms is not to ban these tools, but to implement them responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, say Natalie Pierce and Stephanie Goutos at Gunderson Dettmer.

  • Opinion

    We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court Headwinds Author Photo

    Though the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry鈥檚 recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.

  • Law Firms Cannot Ignore Attorneys' Personal Cybersecurity Author Photo

    Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.

  • Why Writing CLE Should Be Mandatory For Lawyers Author Photo

    Though effective writing is foundational to law, no state requires attorneys to take continuing legal education in this skill 鈥� something that must change if today's attorneys are to have the communication abilities they need to fulfill their professional and ethical duties to their clients, colleagues and courts, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona.

  • How To Find Your Inner Calm When Client Obligations Pile Up Author Photo

    In the most stressful times for attorneys, when several transactions for different partners and clients peak at the same time and the phone won鈥檛 stop buzzing, incremental lifestyle changes can truly make a difference, says Lindsey Hughes at Haynes Boone.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Support Gen Z Attorneys? Author Photo

    Meredith Beuchaw at Lowenstein Sandler discusses how senior attorneys can assist the newest generation of attorneys by championing their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance and providing the hands-on mentorship opportunities they missed out on during the pandemic.

  • Law Firm Cybersecurity Should Not Get Lost In The Cloud Author Photo

    A recent data leak at Proskauer via a cloud data storage platform demonstrates key reasons why law firms must pay attention to data safeguarding, including the increasing frequency of cloud-based data breaches and the consequences of breaking client confidentiality, says Robert Kraczek at One Identity.

  • Advice For Summer Associates Uneasy About Offer Prospects Author Photo

    There are a few communication tips that law students in summer associate programs should consider to put themselves in the best possible position to receive an offer, and firms can also take steps to support those to whom they are unable to make an offer, says Amy Mattock at Georgetown University Law Center.

  • How Law Firms Can Cautiously Wield AI To Streamline Tasks Author Photo

    Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.

  • Keys To Managing The Stresses Of Law School Author Photo

    Dealing with the pressures associated with law school can prove difficult for many future lawyers, but there are steps students can take to manage stress 鈥� and schools can help too, say Ryan Zajic and Dr. Janani Krishnaswami at UWorld.

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