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New York Pulse
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HSF London Partner Joins Jones Day's NY Office
Jones Day has recruited a long-serving partner from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP for its New York office, the second departure from HSF in London in a week.
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NY M&A Partner Moves Surge As Firms Target Lateral Hires
As New York continues to lead as the聽global聽epicenter of merger and acquisition activity, a new report from the legal search firm Macrae shows that top firms are increasingly betting on lateral hires to drive growth, with partner moves reaching a five-year high in 2024.
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FisherBroyles Lands Blank Rome, Gerard Fox Attys In NY, LA
FisherBroyles LLP is expanding its West Coast and East Coast presence, bringing in a Blank Rome LLP bankruptcy expert as a partner in its New York office and a Gerard Fox Law litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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BigLaw Shying Away From Some Pro Bono Work 'Out Of Fear'
Amid President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting BigLaw firms, nonprofit leaders whose organizations have long worked with the industry tell Law360 Pulse they have seen attorneys shy away from certain legal work that may be looked on unfavorably by the administration.
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'Showboating' Or Accessible? Circ. Dissents Up For Debate
Circuit court judges are increasingly authoring separate opinions for the general public rather than for their colleagues. This "showboating" could damage the federal judiciary's legitimacy, a new paper says, while others applaud these rulings' accessibility.
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Davis Wright Launches Recruitment, Retention Departments
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has created two new departments to focus on recruiting and professional development for its lawyers and business professionals, tapping two firm executives to lead those efforts and help drive the firm's growth.
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Magic Circle Hiring Surges In New York's M&A Market
Magic Circle firms have gone from making no hires to nearly a dozen a year in New York's mergers and acquisitions market, as they continue to target growth in the world's most lucrative jurisdiction, according to research published Thursday.
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Willkie IP Pros Join New York-Based Gemini Law
New York-based intellectual property firm Gemini Law LLP has announced that it has added two former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partners to enhance its capabilities to serve biotechnology, biopharmaceutical and medical technology clients.
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Dechert Tax Pro Jumps To Whiteford In NY
Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLC has added an experienced transactional tax attorney from Dechert LLP as a partner to its practice in New York, the firm announced.
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Wilson Taps Health Tech Pro For GC In Residence Program
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced that it has added a healthtech industry expert who currently chairs the board of leading drug development preclinical trial solutions provider Instem to its recently launched general counsel in residence program.
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Levine Lee Rehires Florida Federal Prosecutor
New York's Levine Lee LLP has welcomed back the first attorney it ever hired after her approximately five-year stint with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
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Thompson Hine Appeals Arbitration Denial In Harassment Suit
Thompson Hine LLP notified a New York federal court Wednesday of its plans to appeal last week's ruling that a former income partner who accused the firm of allowing a "toxic boys club" to flourish in its Manhattan office can still pursue her harassment suit outside arbitration.
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FBI Agent Denounced By OneTaste Execs Likely To Testify
An FBI agent accused of misconduct by two former OneTaste executives will likely be allowed to testify at their upcoming trial on forced labor conspiracy charges, a Brooklyn federal judge said Wednesday.
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Wigdor Can Drop Client But Must Face Black's Sanctions Bid
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday allowed Wigdor LLP to withdraw as counsel for a Jane Doe plaintiff in a sexual assault lawsuit against ex-Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black, but said the firm would remain in the case to face a sanctions motion by the billionaire.
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Susman Godfrey Latest BigLaw Firm Targeted In Trump Order
Susman Godfrey LLP became President Donald Trump's latest BigLaw target when he signed an executive order聽Wednesday revoking its access to government resources and buildings, a directive the firm immediately blasted as "unconstitutional" and vowed to fight.
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How Mid-Law Firms Are Keeping Up With Executive Orders
Amid the rapid pace of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump and subsequent legal challenges, Mid-Law firms have been experimenting with new communication methods and internal structures to keep clients up-to-date on the impacts to their businesses.
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Trade Court Judge Beats Ethics Charges Over Clerk Boycott
A U.S. Court of International Trade judge did not engage in impermissible political activity when he threatened not to hire law clerks who attended Columbia University because of the school's handling of protests over Israel's war in Gaza, the Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit has found.
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Kirkland Hires Ex-Clifford Chance Investment Funds Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced the hiring of a former Clifford Chance partner for its investment funds practice group.
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Mitchell Silberberg Hires Include Baker Donelson Labor Head
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP announced three additions to its labor and employment group from Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Washington, D.C., and from Holland & Knight LLP in New York on Wednesday, including the former head of Baker Donelson's labor relations group.
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NY Judge's Fundraising Conflicts Spur Censure And Retirement
A New York state judge was censured and agreed to retire at the end of the year after an investigation found he had failed to recuse from cases where attorneys who served as his campaign officials and fundraisers appeared before him in court, a state ethics watchdog announced Wednesday.
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Freshfields Litigation Co-Leader Joins Baker Botts In NY
A former Freshfields U.S. commercial litigation practice co-head with expertise in cross-border disputes has joined Baker Botts LLP in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Holders Of Section 8 Vouchers Sue Housing Agency Over Rent
A proposed class of people who receive Section 8 vouchers from the New York City Housing Authority are accusing the agency of unlawfully allowing certain landlords to raise their rents so high that their tenants risk being evicted.
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Ogletree Moving NYC Office To Rockefeller Center
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC is relocating its New York City office from its current midtown Manhattan location at Lexington Avenue to a larger space at Rockefeller Center.
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US Law Firm Lateral Hiring Continues Downward Trend
Lateral attorney hiring at the 200 largest law firms in the U.S. by revenue has slowed for the second quarter in a row, falling 27% compared to the third quarter of 2024, according to a new report by legal intelligence provider Firm Prospects.
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MoFo Hires Ex-Proskauer Private Equity Partner In NYC
Morrison Foerster LLP has announced the hiring of a former partner at Proskauer Rose LLP based in New York as the latest addition to its private equity group.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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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.