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A New York magistrate judge has declined to impose monetary sanctions on attorneys for submitting a brief containing fake citations generated by artificial intelligence in a school employment dispute, finding that the mistake was unintentional and caused by an attorney grieving the recent death of her husband.
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is set to take up a wide range of topics next week, including measures addressing the Trump administration's targeting of law firms, the growing use of artificial intelligence by law students and immigration enforcement.
Bressler's representation of Wells Fargo in a dispute with an ex-employee and Pryor Cashman's work on a pharmaceutical merger lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 25 to Aug. 8.
A New York federal judge on Friday warned all litigants in actress Blake Lively's defamation case against her "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni not to use "intemperate" language and personal attacks in court filings.
Nutter co-managing partner Michael E. Scott joined Law360 Pulse to discuss how the firm opened an office in Hawaii and greatly expanded its California presence as part of an overall strategy of following its clients and using its private client practice to create footholds in new markets.
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced Friday it hired a new chief information officer who has nearly 20 years of experience working in information technology at law firms and formerly worked in the same role at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
New York business law firm Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP has hired an attorney from Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP as a partner in its labor and employment practice group, the firm announced.
Rousso Boumel Law Firm PLLC, Singleton Schreiber LLP, Poses Law Group PA and Eaton & Wolk PL lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Miami federal jury found Tesla's autopilot product to be defective and awarded $329 million in damages following a 2019 fatal crash.
Duane Morris is the latest in BigLaw to mandate more in-office work for its lawyers, with a spokesperson for the firm confirming Friday that it will require in-person work four days a week after Labor Day weekend.
The Second Circuit said Friday that President Donald Trump's bid to substitute the federal government for him as a defendant in his defamation fight with writer E. Jean Carroll came too late, dealing him a blow after his $83.3 million jury trial loss.
What started as a way for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to support local artists during the COVID-19 quarantine has grown into what the firm says is the first arts foundation ever established by BigLaw.
The legal industry kicked off August with another action-packed week as law firms took on new attorneys and expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
According to the leaders of small law firms that have survived for generations, and whose legacies include prosecuting secessionists after the Civil War and taking on Ford Motor Co. in one of the first automobile-related product liability cases, succession planning and deep community ties have been key to their longevity.
The Second Circuit on Thursday affirmed the convictions of a former New York City law enforcement union president along with its ex-financial adviser for defrauding members out of $500,000, rejecting among contentions that one defense lawyer's abilities were impaired at trial by a fast-moving neurodegenerative disease.
As the legal industry continues to grapple with the use of artificial intelligence, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP has launched a 12-week program to train its lawyers and business professionals on integrating a law-focused generative AI assistant into their work in an ethical and effective manner.
Higher tariffs are driving higher construction costs for law firm office build-outs and renovation projects, as firms look to improve the quality of the office experience rather than increase its footprint, according to a new report by CBRE.
Charles Oakley slammed Madison Square Garden's bid for $1.5 million in attorney fees stemming from its pursuit of the former New York Knick's deleted text messages in his battery suit against the arena, claiming that only "bad faith" could justify such an "inflated" request.
Hodgson Russ LLP has announced that two former New York state and city tax professionals have joined the firm's state and local tax practice in New York City, advising the team on complex regional tax issues.
For the first time since it opened in 2009, the Connecticut-based litigation boutique Gfeller Laurie LLP has moved beyond its footprint in the Northeast to launch an office in Colorado that firm co-founder Charles Gfeller called a "really cool opportunity" for both the firm and its ski litigation work.
Two-year-old boutique Perry Law is continuing its hiring spree with the addition of a commercial litigation partner from Kasowitz LLP, the firm told Law360 Pulse on Thursday.
Milbank LLP has become the first BigLaw firm to announce summer bonuses this year, offering up to $25,000 for associates and counsel after smaller shops also unveiled midyear payouts.
Proskauer Rose LLP's chief information officer has moved to Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in the same role in New York City.
Haynes Boone has added a litigator previously with Winston & Strawn LLP who once headed the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation division as chair of its financial services investigations and enforcement practice in New York, the firm has announced.
A Manhattan judge Wednesday threw out a former WilmerHale senior associate's lawsuit alleging he was unfairly evaluated and eventually fired because he is Black, finding that the complaint doesn't plausibly allege discriminatory comments were made about his race or that employees of other races were treated better.
In the last 50 years, U.S. Supreme Court clerkships have transmogrified from a simple secretarial job for enterprising young lawyers to the legal profession's ultimate status symbol, access to which is controlled by a tiny handful of "feeder judges" who serve as "hidden gatekeepers," according to a new study.
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Generating Confidence In A Legal NonprofitI started LawWithoutWalls to change the way legal professionals see and think about their world, and it taught me the importance of giving people a reason to believe in your nonprofit mission, as well as how to achieve work-life integration, says Michele DeStefano at the University of Miami.
Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.
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Building Brand Awareness For A Legal NonprofitI co-founded the Bridging the Gap Scholarship as a way to increase minority representation in BigLaw, and my advice for other legal professionals starting a nonprofit is to focus on building brand awareness early on, and to get comfortable delegating work to a dedicated team, says Imani Maatuka at Sidley.
Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise EthicallyBusiness development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.
Molly Ranns at the State Bar of Michigan suggests five ways to smooth a colleague's return to practice after short-term mental health leave, while creating a firm culture that protects employees’ emotional health.
Amid a rapidly changing regulatory environment and a fierce market for talent, companies hoping to attract the best chief legal officers must have a strong grasp of their roles’ biggest selling points, and any roadblocks that may prevent them from recruiting the strongest choice, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
As law firms increasingly use certain financial incentives to retain partners in a fierce lateral market, managing partners should consider the pros and cons of various deferred compensation schemes, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.
Many lawyers assume that becoming a rainmaker requires a significant investment of time and effort, but the truth is that building a consistent habit of business development can start with just 10 minutes of strategic outreach a day, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
Certain law firm decisions — such as whether to challenge an executive order — cannot be crowdsourced, but leadership can collaboratively communicate these choices using strategies that build trust, reinforce values and preserve cohesion, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Create A Succession Plan​​​​​​​Conversations around retirement and succession can be understandably difficult, but when attorneys make a plan for the transition early and effectively, they have the opportunity to not only keep work but also increase it, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
In recent years, top-tier law firms have pushed hourly rates to unprecedented heights, with some partners commanding $3,000 per hour — but this eye-popping number doesn’t tell the full story, as there are numerous caveats and rigorous winnowing along the way, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
Law firms that successfully manage two-tiered partnership do so by creating a culture that treats everyone with respect and by establishing financial incentives outside their base compensation to reward performance, says Carol Morganstern at Major Lindsey.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Leverage Your Atty BioIf maintained properly, your firm bio can help attract potential clients and create authentic connections, so it's crucial to take steps to write an updated attorney profile that goes beyond a list of credentials, says Raychel Lean at Reputation Ink.
Eran Kahana at Maslon discusses how partners can encourage responsible use of artificial intelligence tools within their firms by learning to spot pitfalls common to AI-generated work product and championing firmwide procedures and trainings that address the risks of uncritically relying on this powerful but imperfect technology.