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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.

Venable Wants Out Of 'It Ends With Us' Subpoena

By Ali Sullivan

Venable LLP asked a D.C. federal judge to toss a subpoena of the firm stemming from litigation between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over the movie "It Ends with Us," accusing Baldoni and his production company of embarking on an "unwarranted fishing expedition."

Ex-FERC Chair And His Chief Of Staff Join Holland & Knight

By Jack Rodgers

The former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and his former chief of staff and legal adviser at the agency have joined Holland & Knight LLP's public policy and regulation practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced on Tuesday.

Faster Pace, More Stress, On Path To A Summer Associate Gig

By Rachel Rippetoe

The path to securing a summer associate position at a law firm has changed significantly over the past few years, adding new pressures for students reaching for those coveted positions and new challenges for law firms trying to find top talent, according to Law360 Pulse's 2025 Summer Associate Survey.

AI Is Uncharted Territory In Summer Associate Job Hunt

By Sarah Martinson

About 20% of law students used artificial intelligence to assist them with their summer associate job hunt, leaning on the new technology to help navigate new challenges and shifting timelines, according to Law360 Pulse's 2025 Summer Associates Survey.

What Do Summer Associates Want? These Firms

By Xiumei Dong

As the competition to recruit future lawyers heats up, law firms are making summer associate offers earlier than ever. But even as the timeline shifts, law students' favorites have stayed largely the same, according to Law360 Pulse's 2025 Summer Associate Survey.

Justice Souter: Who He Was And How He Shaped The Law

Retired Justice David Souter died last week at age 85. Here, Law360 looks at the former U.S. Supreme Court justice's legacy — not just through his legal work, but in his mentoring of clerks and friendships with peers.

Legal AI Co. Trellis Partners With Fisher Phillips On Case Data

By Matt Perez

Legal analytics company Trellis announced Tuesday a new partnership with employer-side labor law firm Fisher Phillips LLP that will see its generative artificial intelligence software used for daily case alerts at the firm.

Employee Benefits Partner Joins Seyfarth From McDermott

By Tracey Read

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has added an employee benefits partner in Chicago who spent the past 19 years at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-Dechert Registered Funds Pro In NY

By Kevin Penton

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has added a registered funds specialist who previously served over 20 years with Dechert LLP as a partner in its New York office, the firm announced Tuesday.

Cahill Gordon Recruits Fried Frank Digital Assets Co-Leader

By Tracey Read

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has added the former co-head of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's digital assets and blockchain practice as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday. 

DC Judge Grapples With Jurisdiction In ABA Grant Row

By Ali Sullivan

A D.C. federal judge wrestled with his court's jurisdiction Monday as the American Bar Association sought a court order reviving terminated federal grant funding for its Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence.