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Maynard Nexsen PC announced Tuesday that after over a decade with UBS Financial Services, its longtime associate general counsel of legal and compliance has joined the firm's New York office as a shareholder.
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.
The Second Circuit pushed back Tuesday on arguments by two New Jersey businessmen convicted of bribing former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., after they asked for bail pending the outcome of their appeals, with the men pointing to a laptop used by jurors that contained excluded evidence.
New York real estate firm Adler & Stachenfeld LLP has welcomed six attorneys and support staff from real estate boutique Seiden & Schein PC, including name and founding partner Alvin Schein, Adler & Stachenfeld said Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dentons has hired a veteran real estate attorney, who has represented clients such as developers and property owners in real estate projects for more than a decade, for a partner role in one of its New York offices, the firm announced Monday.
A New York state judge Monday revealed details in former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black's ongoing arbitration battle with co-founder-turned-nemesis Josh Harris, as the court unsealed three related subpoena enforcement suits.
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday it has added a derivatives-focused corporate partner based in New York and Washington, D.C., and who previously worked at FisherBroyles LLP before Pierson Ferdinand was formed by former partners of the fellow remote-based firm.
Sidley Austin LLP announced Monday it has added a trio of banking and financial services attorneys from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in Dallas and New York.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Monday that the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York has rejoined the firm to co-lead its litigation group and enhance its capacity to handle white collar cases, commercial litigation and other matters.
Madison Square Garden has urged a New York federal judge to reject former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley's motion for spoliation sanctions amid his assault suit, arguing missing emails were lost due to a Microsoft glitch, and that Oakley did not suffer prejudice because key evidence had been preserved through other sources.
A New York federal judge refused Friday to toss charges against Sean "Diddy" Combs, rejecting the hip-hop mogul's contention that federal prosecutors targeted him in a racketeering and sex trafficking suit for being Black.
Former Fox News host and judge Jeanine Pirro will soon take the helm of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia after more than a decade at the network where she was a figure in high-profile defamation cases.
Former clerks of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter are heartbroken over the death of a man many of them remember more for his conscientiousness, humility, kindness and disdain for the spotlight than for his undeniable brilliance as a jurist.
Hofstra University, a private school with about 10,000 students at its Long Island, New York, campus, on Friday announced it hired Jason King as senior vice president for legal affairs and general counsel.
The legal industry marked another busy week with a flurry of attorneys taking on new legal roles and law firm practice expansions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
Winston & Strawn LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jones Day lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after an Illinois federal judge held in a bellwether case in multidistrict litigation that Abbott Laboratories isn't liable for the death of a baby who consumed Similac baby formula.
Holland & Knight LLP has announced the hiring of a former partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP as the latest addition to its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities group and who brings experience in international transactions with South Korea-based companies.
Bond Schoeneck & King just consolidated its two Long Island offices into a new, larger space. Law360 Pulse takes a closer look at the new digs and what they provide the growing firm.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP said Friday that it was wrapping up a deal to join forces with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to create a law firm with more than $2.8 billion in global revenue, the latest merger in an increasingly competitive legal landscape.
Elon Musk is opposing a move by plaintiff-side firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP to hire the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's former chief litigation counsel, arguing in a court filing that the lawyer "played a personal and substantial role" in suing Musk while at the SEC.
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to deny a request from former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's wife, Nadine Menendez, to delay her sentencing on bribery charges for three months, saying she had not provided any "real information" about the request.
Opinion
CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning OutcomesGiven the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.
There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off?David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.
The traditional structure of law firms, with their compartmentalization into silos, is an inherent challenge to mental wellness, so partners and senior lawyers should take steps to construct and disseminate internal action plans and encourage open dialogue, says Elizabeth Ortega at ECO Strategic Communications.
The key to trial advocacy is persuasion, but current training programs focus almost entirely on technique, making it imperative that lawyers are taught to be effective storytellers and to connect with their audiences, says Chris Arledge at Ellis George.
Female attorneys in leadership roles inspire other women to pursue similar opportunities in a male-dominated field, and for those who aspire to lead, prioritizing collaboration, inclusivity and integrity is key, says Kim Yelkin at Foley & Lardner.
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza, now at Wilkinson Stekloff, recalls the challenges of her first case as a civil defense attorney — a multibillion-dollar multidistrict class action against Allergan — and the lessons she learned about building rapport in the courtroom and with co-counsel.
Most legal professionals lack understanding of the macroeconomic trends unique to the legal industry, like the rising cost of law school and legal services, which contributes to an unfair and inaccessible justice system, so law school courses and continuing legal education requirements in this area are essential, says Bob Glaves at the Chicago Bar Foundation.
While the American Bar Association's recent amendments to its law school accreditation standards around student well-being could have gone further, legal industry employers have much to learn from the ABA's move and the well-being movement that continues to gain traction in law schools, says David Jaffe at the American University Washington College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Build Rapport In New In-House Role?Tim Parilla at LinkSquares explains how new in-house lawyers can start developing relationships with colleagues both within and outside their legal departments in order to expand their networks, build their brands and carve their paths to leadership positions.
Piper Hoffman and Will Lowrey at Animal Outlook lay out suggestions for attorneys to maximize the value of their pro bono efforts, from crafting engagement letters to balancing workloads — and they explain how these principles can foster a more rewarding engagement for both lawyers and nonprofits.
Opinion
NY Bar Admission Criminal History Query Is Unjust, IllegalNew York should revise Question 26 on its bar admission application, because requiring students to disclose any prior interaction with the criminal justice system disproportionately affects people of color, who have a history of being overpoliced — and it violates several state laws, says Andrew Brown, president of the New York State Bar Association.
Lawyers can use LinkedIn to strengthen their thought leadership position, generate new business, explore career opportunities, and better position themselves and their firms in search results by writing a well-composed, optimized summary that demonstrates their knowledge and experience, says Guy Alvarez at Good2bSocial.