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    US Law Firm Lateral Hiring Continues Downward Trend

    Lateral attorney hiring at the 200 largest law firms in the U.S. by revenue has slowed for the second quarter in a row, falling 27% compared to the third quarter of 2024, according to a new report by legal intelligence provider Firm Prospects.

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    Houston's Sorrels Law Relocates To Firm-Owned Property

    Sorrels Law has relocated its Houston office to a new property fully owned by the four-year-old personal injury firm.

  • Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Seek Shutdown Of Trump Orders

    Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale on Tuesday asked Washington, D.C., federal judges for permanent court orders blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, saying the directives threaten the firms, their clients and the entire legal system.

  • Jay-Z 'Trying To Punish' Buzbee For Advocacy, Judge Told

    Counsel for personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee urged a California state judge on Tuesday to shut down Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's extortion and defamation suit over now-dismissed rape claims, saying the rapper is "a well-funded, powerful figure who's trying to punish lawyers who do what lawyers do."

  • Houston Atty Asks Court To Back $6.3M Verdict Against Rival

    A Houston attorney urged a Texas appellate court Monday to back a $6 million verdict against a rival lawyer he accused of stealing his files in an attempt to recruit clients to file malpractice suits.

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    Ex-Judge Subpoenaed In Probe Of Secret Romance With Atty

    The U.S. Trustee has given notice of a subpoena it filed for the trial testimony of former federal bankruptcy judge David Jones, after Jones said he hoped to avoid "live trial testimony" in the agency's pursuit of fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP amid the judge's undisclosed relationship with a firm attorney.

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    In Trump Order Against Perkins Coie, GCs See Harm For Cos.

    Nearly 70 current and former general counsel for companies including Apple Inc. and Starbucks filed an amicus brief Tuesday supporting Perkins Coie LLP in its suit against an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting the firm, saying the order "tramples on corporate independence, the right to counsel, and First Amendment rights."

  • Seyfarth Elevates 6 Leaders In Its Labor, Employment Practice

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP this week unveiled a slate of six newly appointed labor and employment leaders on both coasts, praising the impact they've had on the firm and its clients throughout their tenures so far.

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    Constangy Taps Dallas Atty As Whistleblower Group Co-Chair

    Labor and employment law firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP announced Tuesday that the firm's Dallas office leader has been named co-chair of the whistleblower and retaliation practice group.

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    Former Top Deputy Joins Ex-US Atty At Dykema In Dallas

    A former Northern District of Texas U.S. attorney and a former first assistant U.S. attorney from the office have joined Dykema Gossett PLLC as members in Dallas, giving the firm's government investigation and corporate compliance practice a new foothold in the Lone Star State, the firm announced Monday.

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    BigLaw Partners Form Group To Challenge Executive Orders

    As of Tuesday afternoon, 170 BigLaw partners had joined a new group aimed at rallying their collective power to push back against what they called the president's unconstitutional actions, even as large law firms largely refrain from taking a stance.

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    Litigation Firms Back Perkins Coie In Suit Over Trump Order

    A slew of midsize and small litigation firms took up Perkins Coie LLP's cause in its legal battle against an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting the BigLaw firm, arguing Monday in an amicus brief that the order is "anathema" to the justice system.

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    Bradley Arant Taps Former Butler Snow COO For Same Role

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced Monday that it has hired a new chief operating officer, who previously served in the same post at Butler Snow LLP, to oversee its administration, human resources, finance, technology and other operational functions.

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    Ex-Texas State Judge Joins Cozen O'Connor Insurance Team

    Cozen O'Connor announced Monday that a former Texas state judge with nearly four decades of legal experience has joined the firm's Houston office as a global insurance member from Germer PLLC.

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    CBRE Chief Legal Exec Raked In $3.4M As GC Last Year

    CBRE's newly crowned chief legal and administrative officer Chad Doellinger was paid $3.39 million in 2024, a year in which the executive served as the commercial real estate services firm's general counsel, per a securities filing.

  • Texas County Settles Atty's Disability Suit On Eve Of Trial

    A Texas federal court tossed an attorney's suit accusing Harris County, Texas, of failing to accommodate his leave requests and instead punishing him with a negative performance review after the parties said they reached a deal ahead of trial.

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    AT&T's GC Saw Compensation Climb Past $13M In 2024

    AT&T's legal chief saw his total compensation rise to $13.6 million in 2024, up about $1.2 million from the $12.4 million he earned in 2023, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • Whistleblowers Fired By Paxton Get $6.68M

    A Travis County judge on Friday awarded four of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's former deputies $6.68 million, ending their claims that they were fired in retaliation for reporting alleged abuses to the FBI.

  • Houston Atty Says Unethical Funding Deal Means No Fee Split

    A Houston attorney has asked a Texas state court to rule that his partner is not entitled to an equal share of his case fees, accusing his colleague of mismanaging millions in funds and entering into an unethical agreement with a hedge fund.

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    Texas Justices Eye Nixing ABA Approval In Bar Admissions

    The Texas Supreme Court indicated Friday that the justices are considering whether to alter or end a rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the Lone Star State bar.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Block & Leviton winning a bid to co-lead an investor proposed class action and Arnall Golden steering a $245 million acquisition in the energy sector lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from March 21 to April 4. 

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    Ex-CapitalG, Ivo Counsel Joins Legal AI Co. Ruli

    Austin-based legal operations startup Ruli AI announced Thursday the hiring of a general counsel who formerly worked as an in-house attorney at legal software developer Ivo and Alphabet's venture fund CapitalG.

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    Blank Rome Expands Dallas Bench With Solo Real Estate Atty

    Blank Rome LLP has added an attorney in Dallas from a solo practice, further expanding the firm's national real estate group.

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    More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus

    A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.

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    Sheppard Mullin Names 13 New Practice Group Leaders

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Friday it has appointed more than a dozen new leaders within the firm.

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Expert Analysis

  • A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms Author Photo

    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.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments? Author Photo

    In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging. 

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    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.

  • What Social Media Process Service May Look Like In Texas Author Photo

    The Texas Supreme Court's recently proposed rule change allowing substituted service through social media and email could take effect in December, and practitioners will need to know how to establish that the defendant received notice through a technological method, says Marcus Eason at McGinnis Lochridge.

  • Strategies For Associates Seeking Jobs Amid Hiring Slump Author Photo

    Law firms will be hiring conservatively well into 2021 and beyond, but associates eyeing a new firm or market can successfully make a move if they are pragmatic about their requirements, say Rebecca Glatzer and Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.

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