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Leaders Of Smaller Firms Say Talent, Not Tech, Is Top Issue

By Daniel Connolly

Leaders of small to midsized law firms are expressing more concern about a long-standing problem, the cost of hiring and retaining talented attorneys, than they are about a new issue, the cost of AI and other technology, according to a survey released Wednesday.

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    Courts

    DOJ Accuses Judges Of Ethics Violations With Press Remarks

    Several Minnesota federal judges ran afoul of their ethical obligations when they commented on President Donald Trump's immigration policies in a recent news article, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a judicial misconduct complaint filed Wednesday.

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    Daily Litigation

    Sills Cummis Litigation Co-Chair Named Managing Partner

    Sills Cummis & Gross PC announced that after nearly 20 years as managing partner, R. Max Crane will transition into the role of chairman and the firm's litigation co-chair will become managing partner.

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    California Pulse

    Pierson Ferdinand Passes 300-Partner Milestone

    Less than three years after Pierson Ferdinand LLP launched with a group of breakaway attorneys from FisherBroyles LLP, the firm has reached a headcount of over 300 partners including five partner hires in September, it announced Tuesday.

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    California Pulse

    Mintz's Boston Office Head To Succeed Longtime Firm Leader

    Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC will have a new managing member as of July 1 for the first time since 2009, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    Mid-Law

    Tyson & Mendes Atty To Lead NY Office After Recent Arrival

    National insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP has picked as its New York office leader an attorney who joined the firm this past summer with 20 other attorneys from Rebar Kelly LLC and who has more than three decades of civil litigation and trial experience.

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    DC Pulse

    Akin Adds House Financial Services Staffer To Lobbying Team

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP said Tuesday a former senior staff member on the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services has joined its lobbying and public policy practice in Washington, D.C.

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    In-House

    Greenberg Traurig Adds Investment Management Pro In NY

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought on the founder of Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone LLP's investment management and funds practice as a shareholder and Long Island, New York, corporate practice and firmwide investment management group co-chair.

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    Legal Tech & AI

    Reed Smith Adds AI, Data And Cyber Partner In Chicago

    Reed Smith LLP announced Tuesday that an attorney specializing in cybersecurity and data privacy matters has moved her practice to the firm's Chicago office after more than two years with Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP.

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    In-House

    GC Of Cannabis And Beer Biz Tilray Earned $3.5M Last Year

    Tilray Brands Inc., which offers craft beer and beverages, premium spirits, medical and adult-use cannabis, and hemp wellness products, paid its top attorney $3.5 million in fiscal 2026, composed primarily of stock awards.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Japan's Mori Hamada To Grow US Presence With Texas Shops

    Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, one of Japan's Big Four law firms, is planning to enter the Lone Star State next year with offices in Dallas and Houston.

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