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Cozen O'Connor Adds Ex-Saul Ewing Personal Wealth Atty
An attorney who specializes in estate and trust management for high net worth clients has recently moved his practice to Cozen O'Connor's Philadelphia office from Saul Ewing LLP as he looks to expand his business in the Florida market.
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Ex-BigLaw Chair: 'You Can't Outgrow Your Infrastructure'
After the law firm he founded in 2001, Goldberg Segalla LLP, saw massive growth under his two decades of leadership, Richard J. "RJ" Cohen Sr. said one major lesson he learned is that law firms need to ensure they don't outgrow their infrastructure and administrative teams.
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Littler Expands In Philly With Ex-Greenberg Traurig Atty
Employment and labor-focused firm Littler Mendelson PC has expanded its Philadelphia office with the recent addition of an attorney who moved his practice after four years with Greenberg Traurig LLP.
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Kline & Specter Adds Appellate Pro In Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh attorney with expertise in the appellate courts has left his boutique practice to join Kline & Specter's office in the Steel City and to help the firm manage its appeals docket.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Christopher Burke On Efficiency
U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke uses innovative techniques to manage the glut of complex cases that come through Delaware's federal court.
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What Attorneys Really Think Of AI
More attorneys seem to be using generative AI tools and view it positively compared with last year, but lawyers are still concerned about legal ethics and client confidentiality when it comes to the technology, according to the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
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These Attys Are AI 'Power Users' Reinventing Legal Work
A growing divide is emerging between lawyers who frequently use generative AI for legal tasks and those who engage in these tools more casually, Law360 Pulse's new survey has found.
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BigLaw Leaps Ahead In Generative AI Training
Large law firms are leading the pack in training their attorneys to use generative AI, eager to benefit from the technology and avoid associated risks like fake case citations in court filings.
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Saul Ewing Wants Out Of Home Care Co. Asset Transfer Suit
Saul Ewing LLP told a Pennsylvania state court that merely being an "accessory" to a family accused of hiding assets from potential judgment wasn't enough to sustain a claim against the law firm under the Pennsylvania Uniform Voidable Transfers Act, since the law only allows claims against "transferees."
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The Top In-House Hires Of February
Sports general counsel were a hot item in February, with the NBA players union, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners all naming new legal chiefs. So were goodbyes, as Bristol-Myers Squibb, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and California berry producer Driscoll all saw longtime legal chiefs announce their retirements.
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Eckert Seamans Will Pay $38M To Par Funding Investors
A Florida federal judge has signed off on a $38 million deal resolving legal malpractice claims against Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC by investors who fell victim to a Ponzi scheme carried out by Par Funding, which enlisted the firm to help create the business model the lender ultimately used in the scheme.
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Trio Of Ex-US Attys Join McGuireWoods In Pa., Atlanta And NC
Three former U.S. attorneys are heading to private practice as they join McGuireWoods LLP's white collar and government investigations practice in the firm's Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Atlanta offices.
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Saxton & Stump Absorbs Pa. Firm, Expands To York County
Saxton & Stump is making a big splash into the Pennslyvania's York County area with a planned combination with Stock & Leader that will give the firm two new offices and at least 14 attorneys with expertise in real estate, estate law and local government relations.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP and Kontnik Cohen LLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that cases dismissed voluntarily can later be eligible for special judicial relief and reopening, even if a statute of limitations would typically block the lawsuit.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry closed out February with another busy week as BigLaw expanded teams and practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Why Pro Bono Work Is Essential To Any Attorney's Practice
Fordham University School of Law’s Dora Galacatos discusses the importance of civil justice work to an attorney’s practice and how law firms can design and implement successful pro bono programs.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Building on a new report showing that leasing activity by the legal sector finally returned to prepandemic levels in 2024, a number of firms around the U.S. got in on the action as they announced new offices or relocations.
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Financial Services Group Taps WilmerHale Atty As GC
Pennsylvania-based financial services company Ascensus LLC has brought onboard an attorney who formerly practiced at WilmerHale to serve as the company's top in-house attorney in the Boston-area office.
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Law Firm Marketing Budgets Have Fallen Behind Firm Growth
During a period when many law firms experienced strong revenue and headcount growth, the industry's marketing budgets did not grow at the same pace, according to the results of a survey released Thursday.
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Ballard Spahr Launches AI Tools Led By 'Ask Ellis' Chatbot
National law firm Ballard Spahr will roll out a custom suite of generative artificial intelligence tools, highlighted by Ask Ellis, a chatbot named after a co-founding attorney of the 140-year-old firm.
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Pashman Stein Enters Philly Market With Duane Morris Atty
New Jersey-based firm Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC is crossing state lines again with this week's launch of a new Philadelphia office led by a former Duane Morris LLP attorney specializing in commercial litigation and cannabis matters.
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Sherrard German Adds Ex-Saul Ewing M&A Atty In Pittsburgh
An attorney specializing in mergers and acquisitions has moved her practice to Sherrard German & Kelly PC's Pittsburgh office, after two years with Saul Ewing LLP, to expand her platform and client resources.Â
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Dinsmore & Shohl Adds Sports Ace In Pittsburgh
A veteran sports and entertainment industry attorney has returned to Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in Pennsylvania after expanding his practice to multiple states and the West Coast.
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4 Tips To Hit Billable Hours Out Of The Park This Year
Early in the year is the best time to start to think about billable hour targets and strategies for how to meet them, according to partners and attorney career coaches. Here are four strategies those experts say will help associates hit a home run this year.
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Attys Seek $1.7M Fees For Union 401(k) Plan Case Settlement
Lawyers for two elevator company employees who settled a proposed class action against their union's retirement plan for $5 million asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to approve about $1.7 million in attorney fees, saying it represents the standard one-third fee dispensed in these cases.
Expert Analysis
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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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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.
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What Hiring Law Firms Should Consider Instead Of Grades
With law schools forgoing traditional grading due to the pandemic, hiring firms that have heavily weighted first-year grades during the on-campus interview process should turn to metrics that allow a more holistic view of a candidate, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.