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Nelson Mullins Lands 17-Lawyer Shook Hardy Litigation Team
Midterm Dem Wins To Scramble Lit Funding Legislative Efforts
Williams & Connolly's Butswinkas Remembered As Trial Ace
Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking
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Posner Remembered For Wide Influence, Pragmatic Approach
The iconoclastic, shockingly prolific and hugely influential Judge Richard A. Posner is being remembered for a lifetime of relentless advocacy for a more pragmatic approach to the law and a legacy that will ripple through American jurisprudence for decades to come.
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Delaware Legal Aid Groups Take Spotlight In Documentary
From helping widows in the wake of World War II to assisting low-income renters facing eviction, the work of three legal aid organizations in Delaware over the past eight decades is celebrated in a new documentary.
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Quinn Emanuel, Atty Get Reduced Fee Awards In Buzbee Suits
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Mississippi lawyer can get a small fraction of the roughly $1.72 million in combined attorney fees they sought from prominent Houston plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee after defeating claims that they conspired with rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to retaliate against Buzbee and two of his former clients, a Texas state judge has ruled.
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Remembering Richard Posner: A Prolific Jurist
Judge Richard Posner died Tuesday at age 87, leaving a legacy as one of the most influential members of the judiciary who never served on the U.S. Supreme Court. Here, Law360 revisits its coverage over the years of the prolific retired Seventh Circuit judge, including interviews with him about his pragmatic approach to the law, his belief that the courts mistreat pro se litigants and his love of felines.
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Tyson & Mendes Expands To Carolinas With 2 Partner Hires
Tyson & Mendes LLP announced Thursday that the insurance defense firm will open new offices in North and South Carolina following the hiring of a pair of experienced attorneys as partners from Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms LLC.
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Ex-NJ US Atty Hit With Ethics Charges Over Trump Club Case
New Jersey's former acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba Mildon has been hit with an ethics complaint over an alleged conflict of interest when she advised a former Trump Organization golf club server in connection with a sexual harassment suit.
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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra
Robert Giuffra Jr. of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped overturn an $18 billion judgment against the Republic of Argentina, and represented FirstEnergy Corp. in securities litigation and Volkswagen AG in litigation stemming from its diesel emissions scandal, earning him a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Securities MVPs.
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MVPs: Latham's Janice Schneider And Stacey VanBelleghem
Janice Schneider and Stacey VanBelleghem of Latham & Watkins LLP's environmental practice won back-to-back high-stakes victories for Danish wind developer Orsted, beating federal stop-work orders at two of its U.S. offshore projects and earning them a spot as two of the 2026 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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Litigation Boutique Watstein Terepka Brings On 1st COO
Watstein Terepka LLP has brought on an Atlanta-based engineer to serve as the firm's first chief operating officer.
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The Go-To Firms For Insurance Litigation In 2026
A Florida-based law firm filed the most insurance coverage actions in the first half of 2026, primarily representing policyholders in property damage disputes, while BigLaw firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani was the most frequent choice among insurer defendants.
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Kirkland Adds Weil Partner In Munich After Dissolution Vote
Kirkland reportedly bolstered its German litigation practice on Wednesday, hiring a litigator from Weil a day after partners at the 95-year-old Wall Street firm overwhelmingly backed its dissolution following a wave of departures.
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Ex-NBA Player, Longtime Atty Settle Legal Malpractice Suit
Former NBA player Chris "Birdman" Andersen and an attorney whom he claimed failed to protect his intellectual property in a documentary film deal about his life and ruined his in-laws' crepe business have settled the legal malpractice lawsuit, a joint notice filed Tuesday in Colorado state court shows.
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Firm Must Face Suit For Including Atty Fees In Collection Bids
A New Jersey appellate court on Tuesday revived four lawsuits alleging that a state firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, finding that the firm attempted to collect attorney fees and filing fees along with rent when it represented landlords looking to collect from nonpaying tenants.
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Atty Can't Duck Sanctions Over Alleged AI Fake Citations
A California attorney on Tuesday failed to persuade a Massachusetts federal judge to walk back sanctions that included attorney fees and removing him from a case for briefs containing fictitious and inaccurate citations.
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Former GE, EY Leaders Join Wood Smith MSO Board
The managed services organization formed by Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP and Charlesbank Capital Partners has added a senior adviser with Charlesbank to the board, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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John Morgan On Why Luck Matters More Than Most Admit
John Morgan, founder of personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA, built the largest personal injury firm in the U.S., with 1,110 attorneys in 140 locations. In his new memoir, "Life Is Luck," the attorney who Forbes estimates has a net worth of $1.5 billion argues that success is about more than talent, intelligence or determination. It is also about recognizing opportunities, taking risks and capitalizing on fortunate breaks when they appear.
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Judge Again Declines Recusal Over Wife's Blank Rome Ties
The Pennsylvania state judge overseeing Philadelphia's Zantac mass tort litigation has again rejected claims that he might have a conflict of interest because his wife's firm represents a defendant in one of more than 500 such cases, pointing out that the case in question has been resolved.
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Kirkland Hires Weil DC Leader For Antitrust Team
A Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP antitrust partner who has led the dissolving firm's Washington, D.C., office is headed to Kirkland LLP.
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MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Margret Caruso
Margret Caruso of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP led the team representing OpenAI Inc. in a trademark infringement action against Open Artificial Intelligence Inc. and obtained a victory at summary judgment, earning her a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Technology MVPs.
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MVP: Beveridge & Diamond's James Auslander
Jamie Auslander of Beveridge & Diamond PC won a pair of high-profile victories against the Trump administration's offshore wind farm crackdown, leading to the vacatur of a presidential order in one and resumption of work on a wind project in the other, earning him a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Environmental MVPs.
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2 Attys Fined For AI Citation Errors But Local Counsel Spared
A Delaware federal magistrate judge said that three attorneys violated the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure after the court discovered legal authorities that were falsely generated by artificial intelligence in a brief last year, issuing $3,000 sanctions against just two of them after local counsel said he received the filing at the last minute but took responsibility for its errors anyway.
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Arnall Golden Adds Thompson Hine Enviro Atty In Atlanta, DC
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has strengthened its environmental practice with a new co-chair who came aboard from Thompson Hine LLP and previously was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
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Apple In-House Atty Rejoins Littler In Texas
Management-side employment law firm Littler Mendelson PC has added a shareholder in Austin who is rejoining the firm from Apple Inc., where he served as a senior member of the global employment law team.
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Head Of Chief Justices Group Wants Courts To Tell Their Story
As the new head of a national organization of chief justices, South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen said court leaders need to enhance their messaging efforts at a time when public confidence in the courts is at a low ebb.
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Firms Must Face RICO Claims In Asbestos Fraud Suit
An Illinois federal judge on Friday held that Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP and Sokolove Law must face racketeering claims brought by a Los Angeles industrial pipe manufacturer alleging that the firms brought baseless asbestos claims, finding that an antitrust doctrine shielding those who petition the courts does not apply.
Expert Analysis
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How Law Firms Can Respond To A Crisis Of Confidence
Weil Gotshal's recent wind down shows that a crisis of confidence can occur when attorney departures are interpreted as a firmwide problem, so firm leaders should be prepared to recognize the warning signs, understand who is shaping the story and plan for what may happen next, says Ryan McSharry at Infinite Global.
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What Investors Actually Buy In Law Firm MSO Deals
While the growing trend of private equity investing in law firms by creating management services organizations strongly echoes these funds’ earlier foray into the accounting industry, the different earnings bases of these professions mean that what investors actually acquire and how firms are valued will differ, says Tom Lenfestey at The Law Practice Exchange.
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What In-House Candidates Want To Know About Cos.' AI Plans
For legal departments competing for strong in-house talent, artificial intelligence strategy has become part of the employer value proposition, and companies should be prepared to explain it with the same rigor they expect from candidates, says Pamela Salling at Major Lindsey.
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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Local Office Culture
From encouraging innovation to boosting morale, using community building strategies to nurture a local office identity has multiple benefits for all aspects of a national law firm and its business, says Kate Gallin, leader of Epstein Becker's Boston office.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Curate Your Web Presence.jpg)
Lawyers can tighten their business development strategy by defining a niche digital presence, translating experience into client benefits in website materials, and using LinkedIn and attorney bios to demonstrate relevant expertise before prospective clients make contact, says Michael Mellor at 742 Advisors.
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Why Women Attys Aren't Using Firm Wellness Programs
The American Bar Association recently released the first national study centered on the mental well-being of women lawyers, but their recommendations misidentify why women with access to firm wellness programs are reluctant to use them for therapy, says Annia Raja at Helm Psychology.
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Defensible Pricing Principles For Law Firm MSO Fees
As private equity investors increasingly invest in law firms using management services organizations, several Internal Revenue Code principles provide a framework for evaluating market-based pricing terms that respects fee-sharing prohibitions and mitigates investor concerns, says Perry Urken at Ryan.
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Legal Tech Talks: Centari CEO On Shifting Atty Role
Kevin Walker, founder and CEO of Centari, discusses how new technology can expand access to information, identify issues earlier and allow attorneys to play a more continuous role in helping clients make decisions.
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Making Legal Cents: Get Better Intelligence For 2027 Planning
As strategic planning begins for the year ahead, firms must look beyond last year's numbers and ask harder questions about what is changing more broadly, what inside the firm needs to be fixed and what has to be true for the next investment or growth plan to work, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants.
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RFP Reset: In The Age Of AI, Evidence Beats Eloquence
As firms increasingly use artificial intelligence tools to quickly produce highly tailored responses to requests for proposals, polished prose alone tells clients less than it once did, so in-house teams should compare meaningful evidence and measure whether promised value is actually delivered, says Roger Rutkowski at Mercedes-Benz USA.
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The Road Map To A Law Firm MSO IPO
For managing partners considering outside capital, one potential three-phase path could allow firms to transition from a traditional limited liability partnership to a publicly traded managed services organization structure, provided they keep ethical rules and regulations top of mind, say attorneys at Winston Taylor.
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The Potential Risks Of A Law Firm MSO IPO
Though initial public offerings may represent the most efficient mechanism for recovering capital as private equity invests in law firm management services organizations, ethics rules, partner runs, shifting regulations and market pressures pose potential challenges, say attorneys at Winston Taylor.
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The Economic Case For A Law Firm MSO IPO
As private equity investment in law firm management services organizations accelerates, initial public offerings may represent the most efficient mechanism for recovering capital at a multibillion-dollar scale, particularly if the transaction uses a tax-efficient partnership structure, say attorneys at Winston Taylor.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Simplify Networking
The hardest part of business development is building relationships without feeling awkward or transactional, but to solve this networking conundrum we ranked networking activities from the least intimidating to the most challenging and shared a small, workable action item for each, say attorneys at Irell.
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Community Is Key To Addressing Rural Legal Deserts
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Pipeline programs for current and prospective lawyers to find and build careers in legal deserts should be designed with relationships and connection uppermost in mind and priority, says Presiding New York Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Garry.