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    DLA Piper Elevates 65 Lawyers In US-Heavy Partner Round

    DLA Piper said Thursday that it has promoted 65 lawyers from across the globe to its partnership, a slight increase on the previous year's figure as the U.S. accounted for the firm's largest intake of new partners.

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    The Office Is Back, But Are Lawyers On Board?

    The tug-of-war over remote work is far from over, but the latest data from Law360 Pulse's March survey indicates law firms are more comfortable laying down rules requiring at least some office attendance — and lawyers, for the most part, are learning to live with them.

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    Pa.'s McNees Wallace Lands Offit Kurman Recruiting Pro

    Pennsylvania-based Mid-Law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC has tapped a former recruitment manager for Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law to oversee expansion efforts as the firm experiences a jump in growth with seven lateral hires since January.

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    More New Law School Grads Found Jobs Last Year

    The portion of 2024 graduates from U.S. law schools who had secured jobs making use of their degrees 10 months after graduation rose 1.7% compared to a similar analysis performed for 2023 graduates, according to data released Wednesday by the American Bar Association.

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    Associates Feel Partners' Absence In Return To Office

    While law firms continue to push return-to-office policies, recruiters say they have yet to see mass departures in response. The real friction point for associates, they noted, is with senior partners.

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    Pittsburgh Firm Accused Of Botching $3M Office Rent Row

    The owner of a Pittsburgh office building claims mistakes made by attorneys from Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP cost the company more than $3.3 million in rental income and interest payments, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court Monday.

  • Marketer Blasts Inventor's 'Cycle' Of Atty Fee Bids

    An invention marketing firm on Tuesday asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to reject Kearney McWilliams & Davis PLLC's push for more attorney fees stemming from an inventor's case over how the company handled preparations for a product launch, arguing the court already declined to increase the number.

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    Some Associates Bill $2,000 Per Hour As BigLaw Fees Rise

    Billing rates for law firms that serve corporate clients continue to increase at a historically fast clip, with the largest firms increasing their fees the fastest in 2024, according to a report out Tuesday that found some associates' billing rates are nearing $2,000 per hour.

  • NJ Atty Depo Sought For Duane Morris Malpractice Suit In Pa.

    An Indian business owner has asked a New Jersey court to force a Morristown-based McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP partner to sit for a deposition in his malpractice suit against Duane Morris LLP in Pennsylvania state court.

  • Pa. Judge Facing Fraud Charges Gets Filing Delay

    A Pennsylvania county judge indicted on charges that he misused unemployment relief funds to pay his law firm's employees during the pandemic succeeded Monday in having filing deadlines in his prosecution pushed back for more time to review discovery. 

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    McNees Wallace Adds Family Law Atty In Central Pa.

    Pennsylvania-based regional firm McNees Wallace & Nurick continued its recent growth spurt with the addition of a family law attorney to the Harrisburg office, the firm's sixth lateral hire since January.

  • Justices Won't Review Philly Atty's 5-Year Suspension

    A Philadelphia attorney's appeal of a five-year suspension deeming him a "danger to the public" will not move forward after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case, according to orders released Monday.

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    Philly Firm Leaders Form Employment, Civil Rights Boutique

    Attorneys out of Philadelphia and New Jersey have merged their practices to start a new law firm focused on employment, criminal, civil rights and survivor's rights law, the partners announced earlier this week.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP's work monitoring compliance in the T-Mobile and Sprint merger and Choate Hall & Stewart LLP's role in the $6.1 billion acquisition of the Boston Celtics lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from April 4 to 18.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Schlichter Bogard LLC and the University of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court revived a class action from Cornell University workers who said their retirement plans were saddled with excessive fees.

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    Saxton & Stump's M&A Chair Moves To Fox Rothschild

    Fox Rothschild LLP has grown its corporate offerings in Pennsylvania with the addition of Saxton & Stump LLC's former mergers and acquisitions leader, according to a Friday announcement.

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    Law Firm In-Office Policies Steady Real Estate Footprints

    Law firms' office real estate footprints are stabilizing as firms bolster their in-office attendance — through return-to-office programs and a focus on culture — and move away from space-sharing for attorneys, according to a report from CBRE.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the D.C. Bar kicked off its annual election. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • K&L Gates Bungled Crypto Co.'s Bankruptcy Claim, Suit Says

    Gryphon Digital Mining has sued its former counsel K&L Gates LLP, claiming it dropped the ball on a bankruptcy filing that cost the company millions of dollars and complicated another legal case, all while allegedly overbilling the crypto mining firm by $1 million for related matters.

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    Saxton & Stump Opens In Pittsburgh With Burns White Team

    Mid-sized firm Saxton & Stump has continued to expand its Pennsylvania footprint, recently opening a new office in Pittsburgh with a five-person legal team that moved its construction litigation practice from Burns White LLC.

  • 'Moonshine' Fudge Maker Must Pay Fees For Failed IP Claims

    The maker of "Chocolate Moonshine" fudge may have won a trade secrets case against his ex-wife and her new chocolate company, but he must pay the defendants more than $174,000 in attorney fees and costs for his unsuccessful trademark and copyright infringement claims.

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    Saul Ewing Adds Ex-Armstrong Teasdale IP Partner In Philly

    An intellectual property attorney with expertise on advising clients on their patent strategies has moved his practice to Saul Ewing LLP's Philadelphia office after six years with Armstrong Teasdale LLP, according to a Thursday announcement.

  • Magna Legal Services Combines With Court Reporting Firm

    National litigation support services company Magna Legal Services inked another merger deal this year, joining forces with Delaware-based court reporting firm Basye Santiago Reporting, according to an announcement on Thursday.

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    Seeger Weiss Adds 2 Attys From Gibson Dunn, NY AG's Office

    Plaintiffs firm Seeger Weiss LLP announced two additions to its New Jersey and Pennsylvania teams, including a counsel who joins from the Office of the New York Attorney General and an associate who joins from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

  • Pa. Judge Cuts Atty Fees To $950K In ERISA Deal Final OK

    A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that counsel representing two union elevator industry workers should be awarded $950,000 in legal fees, down from the attorneys' initial request of $1.7 million for settling a nearly 30,000-member class action over the management of a union 401(k) plan.

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Expert Analysis

  • 5 Life Lessons From Making Partner As A Solo Parent Author Photo

    Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Turn Deferral To My Advantage? Author Photo

    Diana Leiden at Winston & Strawn discusses how first-year associates whose law firm start dates have been deferred can use the downtime to hone their skills, help their communities, and focus on returning to BigLaw with valuable contacts and out-of-the-box insights.

  • Resume Gaps Are No Longer Kryptonite To Your Legal Career Author Photo

    Female attorneys and others who pause their careers for a few years will find that gaps in work history are increasingly acceptable among legal employers, meaning with some networking, retraining and a few other strategies, lawyers can successfully reenter the workforce, says Jill Backer at Ave Maria School of Law.

  • Law Firm Guardrails For Responsible Generative AI Use Author Photo

    ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose significant risks to the integrity of legal work, but the key for law firms is not to ban these tools, but to implement them responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, say Natalie Pierce and Stephanie Goutos at Gunderson Dettmer.

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    We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court Headwinds Author Photo

    Though the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.

  • Law Firms Cannot Ignore Attorneys' Personal Cybersecurity Author Photo

    Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.

  • Why Writing CLE Should Be Mandatory For Lawyers Author Photo

    Though effective writing is foundational to law, no state requires attorneys to take continuing legal education in this skill — something that must change if today's attorneys are to have the communication abilities they need to fulfill their professional and ethical duties to their clients, colleagues and courts, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona.

  • How To Find Your Inner Calm When Client Obligations Pile Up Author Photo

    In the most stressful times for attorneys, when several transactions for different partners and clients peak at the same time and the phone won’t stop buzzing, incremental lifestyle changes can truly make a difference, says Lindsey Hughes at Haynes Boone.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Support Gen Z Attorneys? Author Photo

    Meredith Beuchaw at Lowenstein Sandler discusses how senior attorneys can assist the newest generation of attorneys by championing their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance and providing the hands-on mentorship opportunities they missed out on during the pandemic.

  • Law Firm Cybersecurity Should Not Get Lost In The Cloud Author Photo

    A recent data leak at Proskauer via a cloud data storage platform demonstrates key reasons why law firms must pay attention to data safeguarding, including the increasing frequency of cloud-based data breaches and the consequences of breaking client confidentiality, says Robert Kraczek at One Identity.

  • Advice For Summer Associates Uneasy About Offer Prospects Author Photo

    There are a few communication tips that law students in summer associate programs should consider to put themselves in the best possible position to receive an offer, and firms can also take steps to support those to whom they are unable to make an offer, says Amy Mattock at Georgetown University Law Center.

  • How Law Firms Can Cautiously Wield AI To Streamline Tasks Author Photo

    Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.

  • Keys To Managing The Stresses Of Law School Author Photo

    Dealing with the pressures associated with law school can prove difficult for many future lawyers, but there are steps students can take to manage stress — and schools can help too, say Ryan Zajic and Dr. Janani Krishnaswami at UWorld.

  • Can Mandatory CLE Mitigate Implicit Bias's Negative Impacts? Author Photo

    Amid ongoing disagreements on whether states should mandate implicit bias training as part of attorneys' continuing legal education requirements, Stephanie Wilson at Reed Smith looks at how unconscious attitudes or stereotypes adversely affect legal practice, and whether mandatory training programs can help.

  • Ditch The Frills And Start Writing Legal Letters In Plain English Author Photo

    To become more effective advocates, lawyers need to rethink the ridiculous, convoluted language they use in correspondence and write letters in a clear, concise and direct manner, says legal writing instructor Stuart Teicher.

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