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21 AGs Back WilmerHale, Jenner & Block Over Trump Order
A coalition of 21 attorneys general Friday filed briefs in support of WilmerHale and Jenner & Block LLP as the firms challenge President Donald Trump's retaliatory executive orders in D.C. federal court, arguing that the directives unconstitutionally punish the firms for representing people and causes the president doesn't like.
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Greenspoon Marder Promotes 4 Attys To Partner
Full-service law firm Greenspoon Marder LLP promoted four attorneys in different offices to partner roles, the firm announced.
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Wilkinson Stekloff Announces Surprise Midyear Bonuses
Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP on Friday announced surprise midyear bonuses of as much as $60,000 for associates,聽plus other bonuses for聽midlevel lawyers and nonattorney staff, according to an internal email obtained by Law360 Pulse.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Murray Osorio PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court largely upheld a federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to quickly bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there.
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Did DOJ Bless A Crypto Free-For-All? Think Again, Attys Say
The Justice Department's move to scale back cryptocurrency enforcement and dissolve its crypto fraud investigations unit isn't exactly a "get-out-of-jail-free card" for industry players who commit crimes using digital assets, experts say.
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Weber Gallagher Opens In Long Island With 7 Pillinger Attys
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP has opened an office in Long Island, New York, with seven attorneys and three other legal professionals from Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP.
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5 BigLaw Firms Strike Deals With Trump Administration
The world's highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, is among a group of five BigLaw firms that have reached deals with President Donald Trump's administration to stave off executive orders that could have pulled their federal security clearances and hampered their ability to serve as legal counsel to the federal government and its contractors, according to social media posts by the president Friday.
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Littler Promotes Leaders In Marketing, Business Development
Littler Mendelson PC has elevated two longtime employees to new roles, the management-side employment and labor law firm said.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry has had another busy week with another executive order targeting a law firm, several lateral moves and notable office changes. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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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.
Expert Analysis
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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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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.