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Netflix Inc.'s David Hyman sold over $63 million worth of his company's stock in early February, surpassing the combined total for top lawyers at Live Nation Entertainment, Carlyle Group and Walmart Inc., who each earned between $8.1 million and $14.1 million in stock sales.
A former Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP associate settled his lawsuit accusing the law firm of discriminating and retaliating against him after he requested accommodations for his hearing loss and urged the firm to better help attorneys with disabilities feel valued, the attorney's counsel told a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday.
Lawyers from four plaintiffs firms across the country have asked a Philadelphia judge to name them class counsel in recently filed litigation over the effects of an aircraft parts warehouse fire and also requested that the court consolidate all related lawsuits in the city.
An attorney who is a victim of a crime perpetrated by a client or prospective client may disclose client information "to the extent reasonably necessary to report a crime," the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has found in its latest ethics opinion, released Wednesday.
The court-appointed receiver for a downtown Pittsburgh office tower says in a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania state court that the defunct law office of Rothman Gordon PC owes more than $1.3 million in rent and fees.
Midsize Pennsylvania-based firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLP has boosted its resources in its Harrisburg office with the additions of two attorneys to its litigation and environmental practices.
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.
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.
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.
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.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke uses innovative techniques to manage the glut of complex cases that come through Delaware's federal court.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During PandemicThe 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.
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.