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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Morris Manning Real Estate Team
In the latest example of the mass exodus from Morris Manning & Martin LLP, five real estate attorneys, including two partners from the struggling Atlanta firm, have made the move to Barnes & Thornburg LLP, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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Watson Farley Atty Will Lead Seward & Kissel Transpo Team
An 18-year veteran of London-headquartered Watson Farley & Williams LLP, who worked with that firm's New York asset and structured finance group, has moved her practice to Seward & Kissel LLP, where she'll lead its transportation finance team, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Atty Sues Leech Tishman Over Referral Amid Girardi Scandal
An attorney at Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Darling & Mah Inc. has sued Leech Tishman聽Nelson Hardiman in California state court for allegedly refusing to pay her a $300,000 referral fee after she convinced her CEO father to hire the firm to represent him.
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Associates Who Master AI Can Fast-Track Their Careers
As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of the way the legal industry does business, associates who incorporate lessons in using the technology into their daily work lives stand to differentiate themselves from other young attorneys, legal experts tell Law360 Pulse.
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Why Law Firms' Future IT Support Desks Might Be AI
When a lawyer's computer crashes, a call goes out to a human help desk technician. But some experts believe that law firms in the future might rely less on people and more on artificial intelligence to keep systems running.
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Jackson Walker Gets Another Deal On Judge-Romance Claims
Jackson Walker LLP has reached another settlement with former bankruptcy clients to resolve fee disputes related to the concealed romance of a former partner with the firm and former Texas bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones, according to a motion filed Tuesday in Texas federal court.
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Atty Says NC Firm Wants 'Free Pass' In Workers' Comp Case
A former trial lawyer with Cranfill Sumner LLP is contesting the notion that he stands to gain double the workers' compensation he's allowed should an intermediate appeals court ruling stand, saying there are no far-reaching consequences in the case that merit review by North Carolina's top court.
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Clifford Chance Finance Atty Joins Hughes Hubbard In NY
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP has announced that an experienced finance attorney with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean has joined the firm's New York office from Clifford Chance LLP.
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Munsch Hardt Adds Construction Litigator In Dallas
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC has added a construction and commercial litigator in Dallas who most recently served as a partner with Texas regional firm Griffith Davison PC.
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How Maynard Nexsen Arrived In Atlanta With Boutique Merger
After moving into the Atlanta market via a merger with real estate boutique Miller Lavoie LLP, Maynard Nexsen PC is already looking to grow the new office and hit the ground running in its latest Southeast location.
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Foley Hoag Adds Ex-Saul Ewing Atty And Life Sciences GC
A 12-year veteran of Saul Ewing LLP, who before his most recent role in private practice spent time in-house at a software technology company and a biotechnology company, has joined Foley Hoag LLP's teams in Boston and Washington, D.C., the firm announced.
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Spencer Fane Adds IP Ace In Austin From Solo Shop
Spencer Fane LLP has boosted its intellectual property practice group with a partner in Austin, Texas, who previously operated his own firm for more than a decade.
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Lowenstein Sandler Lands Kasowitz Litigator, Ex-Prosecutor
Lowenstein Sandler LLP expanded its white collar team in New York City with a former federal prosecutor from the Eastern District of New York and cybercrime expert, the firm announced Monday.
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Jones Walker Launches In Minnesota With Tax Partner Hire
Jones Walker LLP announced its first expansion into the state of Minnesota with the hire of an experienced tax partner from Fredrikson & Byron PA who also spent nearly a decade with PwC.
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Magistrate Won't DQ McKool Smith In Headwater IP Case
A Texas magistrate judge has rejected Headwater Research LLC's bid to disqualify McKool Smith LLP from representing AT&T in a wireless patent infringement suit, determining that its attorneys weren't exposed to confidential information while working with a potential business partner.
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Jackson Walker Settles Judge Romance Claims For $485K
Jackson Walker LLP has reached a $485,000 settlement with two former bankruptcy clients to resolve a dispute related to the concealed romance of a former partner and former Texas bankruptcy judge David R. Jones, according to a motion filed Friday.
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ChatGPT Convos Aren't Privileged, Legal Experts Emphasize
Legal experts are weighing in on comments OpenAI Inc. CEO Sam Altman made during an interview last week about ChatGPT exchanges not having legal privilege, saying information put into the publicly available chatbot are discoverable during litigation.
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Longtime NJ Defense Atty Joins Connell Foley
New Jersey criminal defense lawyer Brian Neary, who has practiced since the 1970s and is known for his signature bow ties, is folding his small Hackensack law firm into midsize law firm Connell Foley LLP, a move that gives the larger firm a foothold in Bergen County, a wealthy, densely populated area.
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Cohen Seglias Creates New Role To Lead AI Implementation
Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC has created a new position of artificial intelligence partner, shifting its former chair of its government contracting group into the role, it announced Monday.
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4-Atty Schulte Roth IP Litigation Team Joins Kasowitz In NY
Kasowitz LLP announced Monday that it picked up a New York-based, four-partner intellectual property team from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
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Prince Lobel Opens In Texas With Six Dickinson Wright Attys
Prince Lobel Tye LLP announced Monday that it is expanding with its first Texas office in Austin, a six-member team of patent and intellectual property litigators who came aboard from Dickinson Wright PLLC.
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Honigman Lands Litigator In Chicago From DLA Piper
Honigman LLP continued to expand its Chicago team with the recent addition of an attorney specializing in commercial litigation who moved his practice from DLA Piper.
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Some Law Firms Cite Staff, Not Tech, As Hardest To Modernize
Some law firms find that people are the hardest part of their business to modernize, not technology and processes, according to staffing agency Forrest Solutions Legal's 2025 Future of Work Survey Report.
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Messner Reeves Taps Jan. 6 Civil Suit Atty For New DC Office
A lawyer who sued President Donald Trump for his alleged role helping incite the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on behalf of Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and the partner of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick has joined Messner Reeves LLP's team to launch its first office in the nation's capital.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds Corporate Trio From Denver Boutique
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday that it has continued the expansion of its corporate practice with the additions of two partners in Denver and one in Chicago who come aboard from Fortis Law Partners LLC.
Expert Analysis
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts 鈥� 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 鈥� which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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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聽work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.聽
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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.