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Pittsburgh-based MidLaw firm Burns White LLC announced Tuesday it is expanding its decade-old cybersecurity practice group with the introduction of a new data privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence group, helmed by two of the firm's longtime attorneys who were tapped for roles as chief privacy officers.
While hiring demand in the legal sector remains virtually unchanged from last year, more positions are going unfilled, which suggests a growing sense of caution among law firms due to broader economic uncertainty, according to a report released Tuesday by legal data company Leopard Solutions.
Harris Beach Murtha — a recently combined enterprise of Harris Beach and Murtha Cullina LLP — announced Monday that it has hired a senior counsel who joins the firm's medical and life sciences industry team after 12 years defending New York City against thousands of personal injury and civil rights cases as a member of the New York City Law Department's Special Litigation Unit.
A former senior federal prosecutor and the co-head of the global white collar defense practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has come aboard Ropes & Gray LLP in New York as a partner, the firm announced Tuesday.
The nine law firms that struck deals with the Trump administration in an effort to avoid punitive executive orders agreed to perform $940 million worth of free legal services for causes the president supports, but it's unclear how much those commitments will change pro bono practices at some of the nation's biggest firms.
A former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP energy and infrastructure finance partner has rejoined White & Case LLP in New York, the firm said Tuesday.
The process of bringing on a lateral partner, once long and arduous, has been shortened and streamlined at many law firms in an effort to gain a leg up on the competition, according to two recruiters at Major Lindsey & Africa.
The team at Munger Tolles & Olson LLP representing Susman Godfrey in its challenge to an executive order targeting the firm includes a number of litigation partners with experience handling high-profile cases and experience in the U.S. Department of Justice or the White House counsel's office, including the firm's chair and a former U.S. solicitor general.
A Westchester County, New York, judge who threw her title around while handling her daughter's traffic ticket in a neighboring town, and later tossed a different traffic ticket for her daughter's friend, has been hit with a public admonishment, the state's judicial watchdog announced Monday.
Clifford Chance LLP has grown its U.S. corporate mergers and acquisitions practice with the addition of a former White & Case LLP partner in New York, the firm said Monday.
Smith Entertainment Law Group announced Monday that the former associate general counsel at Dayglo Presents, a live music and media company led by New York promoter Peter Shapiro, has joined the boutique as senior counsel.
Specialist private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners announced that it has appointed a member of its former partner company's C-suite to fill its newly created managing director and chief legal officer role next month.
Sidley Austin LLP announced on Monday it has hired a partner from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to strengthen its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices.
The Gateway Development Commission, the body overseeing a project to create four modern rail tracks between New York and New Jersey, announced last week that it has hired the former president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro-North Railroad as its executive vice president.
Susman Godfrey LLP on Friday became the latest BigLaw firm targeted by President Donald Trump to hit back in D.C. federal court, saying his executive order revoking the firm's access to government resources needs to be shut down now before a "dangerous and perhaps irreversible precedent" is set.
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.
Full-service law firm Greenspoon Marder LLP promoted four attorneys in different offices to partner roles, the firm announced.
Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP on Friday announced surprise midyear bonuses of as much as $60,000 for associates, plus other bonuses for midlevel lawyers and nonattorney staff, according to an internal email obtained by Law360 Pulse.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Littler Mendelson PC has elevated two longtime employees to new roles, the management-side employment and labor law firm said.
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.
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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Judges Deserve Congress' Commitment To Their SafetyFollowing the tragic attack on U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' family last summer and amid rising threats against the judiciary, legislation protecting federal judges' personal information and enhancing security measures at courthouses is urgently needed, says U.S. District Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Recalcitrant Attys Use Social Media?Social media can be intimidating for reluctant lawyers but it can also be richly rewarding, as long as attorneys remember that professional accounts will always reflect on their firms and colleagues, and follow some best practices to avoid embarrassment, says Sean Marotta at Hogan Lovells.
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Firms Coach Associates Remotely?Practicing law through virtual platforms will likely persist even after the pandemic, so law firms and senior lawyers should consider refurbishing their associate mentoring programs to facilitate personal connections, professionalism and effective training in a remote environment, says Carol Goodman at Herrick Feinstein.
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload?Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.