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Polsinelli Lands Alston & Bird Capital Markets Ace In Dallas

By Jake Maher

Polsinelli PC expanded its capital markets and commercial lending practice group Thursday with the addition of a partner of 13 years at Alston & Bird LLP bringing experience advising clients in the healthcare, telecommunications financial services and advanced manufacturing industries.

Nelson Mullins Opens One-Stop Shop For Data Center Advice

By Tracey Read

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has launched a data center industry group to keep up with the growth of the artificial intelligence sector and the ongoing need for advanced computing power, the Columbia, South Carolina-headquartered firm announced Wednesday.

Covington Hires Former Trump Regulations Czar In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Covington & Burling LLP has hired President Donald Trump's former regulations czar, who has joined as an of counsel in its Washington, D.C. office, months after the president called for an immediate suspension of security clearances for any firm attorneys who represented former special counsel Jack Smith.

Buchalter Names Sports Agent As Sacramento Office Co-Lead

By Tracey Read

Buchalter PC has named Josh Escovedo, co-chair of its sports law industry group, as co-managing shareholder of the firm's Sacramento, California, office.

Jenner & Block Hires Garland's Former Chief Of Staff

By Alison Knezevich

Matthew Klapper, who was chief of staff to former Attorney General Merrick Garland, has joined Jenner & Block LLP in the latest expansion of the firm's congressional investigations team, the firm announced Thursday.

BigLaw Has More LinkedIn Followers, But Less Engagement

By Sarah Martinson

The 30 largest U.S. law firms have more LinkedIn followers, but smaller firms in the top 200 have higher engagement rates despite fewer followers on the platform, according to a report released Thursday by BTI Consulting Group.

Gibson Dunn Launches State Attorneys General Task Force

By Emily Sawicki

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has created a state attorneys general task force made up of subject matter experts and former government attorneys based in offices across the country, in what the firm says is an effort to improve services for clients across a range of subject matters and industries.

Sheppard Mullin Adds Cadwalader's Tech-Savvy CIO In NY

By Tracey Read

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has hired Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's chief information officer for that same role on its business services leadership team.

Eckert Seamans Enters NYC With 11 Hawkins Parnell Attys

By Christine DeRosa

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC said Wednesday that it has launched an office in New York City with the addition of an 11-attorney team from Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, while scaling back its New Jersey presence.

DC Judge Restores Canceled ABA Domestic Violence Grants

By Emily Sawicki

A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday reinstated terminated federal grant funding for the American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, finding that "the First Amendment prohibits the type of reprisal DOJ appears likely to have taken."

Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q1

A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the first quarter of the year.

Berkeley Law Names First Leader Of New Democracy Center

By Matt Perez

The University of California, Berkeley School of Law announced Tuesday the hiring of Catherine E. Lhamon, former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, as executive director of the school's Edley Center on Law & Democracy, a research center focused on protecting American democracy that launched last year.

Fisher Phillips Opens Alabama Office With 6 Attorneys

By Matt Perez

Employer-side labor law firm Fisher Phillips announced Tuesday the opening of a new six-attorney office in Birmingham, Alabama, its second office opening this month.

A&O Shearman Adds Ex-Schulte Roth Restructuring Atty

By Kevin Penton

A&O Shearman has added a restructuring attorney previously with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP as a partner in New York, the firm announced Wednesday.

Squire Patton Adds Ex-SDNY Federal Prosecutor In Ohio

By Tracey Read

Squire Patton Boggs LLP has hired a former federal prosecutor who was on the team that handled the largest-ever public corruption case in Ohio history as a partner in the government investigations and white collar practice, the firm said Wednesday.

Holland & Knight Adds Ex-US Trade Rep Attorney To DC Team

By Jack Rodgers

The former assistant general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has joined Holland & Knight LLP's international trade group.

Withers Brings On Baker McKenzie Tech Litigator In SF

By James Mills

Withers is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Baker McKenzie technology litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.

Former J&J, Moderna Exec Joins Goodwin Procter In Boston

By James Boyle

Goodwin Procter is continuing to grow its resources in the life sciences practice with the recent addition to the Boston office of an attorney who has gone back to private practice after more than seven years as an in-house counsel for Johnson & Johnson and Moderna.

Ga. Justices Nix Atty Immunity Doctrine, Uphold Tossing Case

By Emily Johnson

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a long-standing attorney immunity doctrine that a lower court found shielded Barnes & Thornburg LLP from a legal malpractice suit, but the justices concluded that a onetime client's claims still fell short.

Insurers Say McCarter Can't Blame NY Town In $22M Loan Suit

By Aaron Keller

Two insurers asked a Connecticut judge to nix four of McCarter & English LLP's defenses in a $22.3 million lawsuit over the firm's role in crafting loans for recreational improvements in a Long Island, New York, town, saying the firm can't blame municipal officials while defending contract and malpractice claims.

Fla. Medical Cos. Sue Akerman For Malpractice, Fight Fees Bid

By Madison Arnold

After Akerman LLP filed suit against Rennova Health Inc. and medical laboratories for unpaid fees last month, the healthcare services company swung back with a motion to dismiss that case, while the labs filed their own malpractice lawsuits.

Eckert Seamans Lands Commercial Litigator From Orrick

By Rose Krebs

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC announced Tuesday that it has added a former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorney to bolster its commercial litigation practice group and its bench in Washington, D.C.

Ex-Fed. Circ. Judge O'Malley On Striking Out On Her Own

By Alison Knezevich

After recently stepping away from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP to launch her own consulting practice, former Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen O'Malley told Law360 Pulse that she's looking forward to not only broadening the range of work she handles, but also to speaking out on issues including the rule of law.

Faegre Drinker Latest To Hire Trade Atty Amid Changing Tariffs

By Jack Rodgers

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired another international trade attorney in Washington, D.C., announcing the addition of a partner from Husch Blackwell LLP the same week the White House signaled it would cut tariffs on most Chinese goods for 90 days.

BCLP Adds 4 Atty Litigation Team From Lewis Brisbois

By Grace Dixon

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP announced that the firm has hired a four-member litigation team from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, who will join the firm's class action and mass torts practice group.