Mid-Law


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    Trump's Susman Godfrey 'Sword Of Damocles' Order Tossed

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday struck down as unconstitutional President Donald Trump's executive order targeting Susman Godfrey LLP, saying it was issued in retaliation for the firm's representation of clients and causes with which the president disagrees, while hanging "like the sword of Damocles" over the BigLaw firm.

  • Michael Best To Relocate NE Wisconsin Office To Green Bay

    Michael Best & Friedrich LLP announced that the firm plans to relocate its northeast Wisconsin office from the town of Manitowoc to a new development in Green Bay adjacent to the city's iconic Lambeau Field stadium.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Susman Godfrey's representation of the American Bar Association in a suit challenging the Trump administration's actions directed at law firms leads this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from June 13 to 27.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Cooley LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge determined that it was fair for Meta Platforms Inc. to train its Llama large language models with 13 bestselling authors' copyrighted material without their permission.

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    Steptoe & Johnson Adds Corporate Pro In Pittsburgh

    Steptoe & Johnson continued to grow its Pittsburgh office with its fifth addition since the start of 2025, an attorney specializing in complex transactions who joined the firm after offering consulting services for approximately nine months.

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    LGBTQ Attorneys Seek To Navigate A Changing Legal Industry

    During Pride Month 2025, LGBTQ attorneys are seeking to navigate a changing environment around their rights and shifting attitudes in the legal industry toward diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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    Office Snapshot: Ice Miller's Rapid Baltimore Growth

    About two years after first arriving in Baltimore, Ice Miller LLP is expanding to a larger space — but staying in the same building near the iconic Inner Harbor — to accommodate the firm's growing roster in the city.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry kicked off summer with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their offerings and reelected leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    McDermott, Schulte Roth Vote To Approve $2.8B Merger

    Partners at Schulte Roth & Zabel and McDermott Will & Emery have voted in favor of merging to create the combined firm of McDermott Will & Schulte, the firms announced Thursday.

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    Law Firm Real Estate Report

    June was a month for endings and beginnings as several law firms in the U.S. completed relocation plans — including Duane Morris LLP, which moved its Manhattan shop to a new office building — and launched offices, like Foley & Lardner LLP's Nashville, Tennessee, opening.

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    Gordon Rees Partner Duo Joins Whiteford In Richmond

    Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP has added a pair of experienced litigators to its Richmond, Virginia, office as partners from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.

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    Lewis Brisbois Adds Gov't Contracts Pro From Potomac Law

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has hired a partner from Potomac Law Group PLLC to enhance its capacity to handle construction matters, government contracts law and commercial litigation.

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    SEC Enforcement Atty Joins Scott+Scott In New York

    Connecticut-based securities law firm Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP announced that a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney has joined the firm's New York office as a senior associate.

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    Why ABA Is Rebooting 10-Year-Old Study On Atty Well-Being

    Mental health advocates working on the American Bar Association's newly launched study into attorney mental health say that they hope the project will not only provide an updated look at the profession a decade after the organization's last major study, but also provide more information on the best ways to tackle issues such as depression, substance abuse and burnout.

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    Litigators, Jurists And A Prosecutor Get Closer To NJ Bench

    Partners at Leary Bride Mergner & Bongiovanni PA, Costello Mains & Silverman LLC and Rainone Coughlin Minchello were among the dozen nominees advanced by the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee to the state's Superior Court bench on Thursday.

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    Pullman & Comley Adds Bankruptcy Pro From DOJ In Conn.

    Pullman & Comley LLC has grown its offerings in Connecticut with the addition of a former assistant U.S. attorney who specializes in bankruptcy and litigation matters.

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    Phillips Lytle Relocates Rochester Office To Technology Hub

    Phillips Lytle LLP has relocated its Rochester, New York, office to Innovation Square, a hub for technology, education and entrepreneurship, the firm announced.

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    Hodgson Russ Adds Ex-GC Of NY Enviro Agency

    Hodgson Russ LLP has hired the former longtime deputy commissioner and general counsel of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to bolster its environmental and energy practices and expand the reach of its Albany, New York, office.

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    Barley Snyder Names New Healthcare Group Chair

    Barley Snyder has tapped a veteran partner to use her more than 35 years of experience to lead the firm's healthcare practice.

  • Klehr Harrison Adds Atty To Philadelphia Bankruptcy Practice

    The opportunity to join a strong team at Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP's Philadelphia office was music to the ears of an attorney who moved his litigation practice after 22 years with McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP.

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    Einhorn Barbarito Names New Co-Managing Partner

    A co-lead of the appellate and family/matrimonial practices at Einhorn Barbarito Frost Botwinick Nunn & Musmanno PC is now co-managing partner, the New Jersey-based firm announced Tuesday.

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    Why Firms Are Coaching Young Lawyers On Email Writing

    As a new generation of lawyers enters the profession and artificial intelligence reshapes the practice of law, firms are increasingly turning to professional coaches to help junior attorneys adapt. One unexpected area of focus? Teaching them how to manage and respond to email.

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    Finnegan Taps Firm Veteran For Managing Partner Role

    International intellectual property law firm Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP announced Wednesday that it has selected a patent litigator with over two decades at the firm as its next managing partner.

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    ABA Announces New Research Into Attorney Mental Health

    The American Bar Association announced Tuesday it is launching a national research project on attorney mental health, which will provide an updated benchmark of the issue nearly a decade after its 2016 study.

  • Atty Wants Class Cert Ahead Of Schnader Harrison Deal OK

    A former Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP partner has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to certify a class of employees in an ERISA suit against the shuttered firm in the lead up to approval of a settlement resolving claims over retirement savings practices.

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Expert Analysis

  • Ask A Mentor: How Can I Promote Thoughtful Use Of AI? Author Photo

    Eran Kahana at Maslon discusses how partners can encourage responsible use of artificial intelligence tools within their firms by learning to spot pitfalls common to AI-generated work product and championing firmwide procedures and trainings that address the risks of uncritically relying on this powerful but imperfect technology.

  • Making Legal Cents: Firm Culture Is The New Game Plan Author Photo

    Law firm culture is often dismissed as a soft factor — merely platitudes on a website that seem disconnected from the bottom line — but by intentionally embedding a strong culture into day-to-day operations, law firms can achieve sustainable success, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.

  • 5 Questions Firms Must Ask For Successful Lateral Integration Author Photo

    To ensure that lateral partners effectively integrate their books of business, firms should design a structured transition plan based on a few fundamentals, from tracking the right data to implementing meaningful incentives, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.

  • Goldilocks Solution: Why The 4-Day Office Week Is Just Right Author Photo

    As law firms continue to wrestle with return-to-office policies, many are being pulled toward one or the other of two extremes: the rigidity of a five-day in-office schedule and the laissez-faire approach of a flexible three-day hybrid model — but a four-day in-office workweek may be the sweet spot, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • As Attys Adopt Generative AI, 3 Elements Should Be Cardinal Author Photo

    As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises Author Photo

    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections Author Photo

    One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.

  • Overcoming US Law Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market Author Photo

    Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.

  • Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year Author Photo

    While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.

  • Lessons From Developing A CTA Compliance Application Author Photo

    Corporate Transparency Act challenges pushed our firm to develop an in-house compliance solution, and for firms exploring similar initiatives, the keys are to build consensus, foster collaboration and remain adaptable to change, says David McCarville at Fennemore Craig.

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    Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm Leader Author Photo

    Reid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.

  • How Firms Can Use LinkedIn To Aid Marketing Efforts In 2025 Author Photo

    LinkedIn has several features law firms can use to showcase their capabilities and thought leadership to reach prospective and existing clients, including the Event and Live features, says Sofia Millar at Reputation Ink.

  • Talking Mental Health: Managing Emotions In Trauma Cases Author Photo

    Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm discusses what motivates her to represent victims of catastrophic injuries, how she copes with the emotional toll of such cases, and what other attorneys taking on similar cases can do to protect their mental well-being.

  • Strategies For Successful Law Firm Mergers In 2025 Author Photo

    Law firms are expected to continue consolidating in the year to come, and because these mergers require a different kind of playbook, firm leaders must carefully consider office culture nuances, professional services economics and talent retention strategy before any merger, say directors at FTI Consulting.

  • Making Legal Cents: Winning More Work In A Crowded Market Author Photo

    In a market where clients have more options, tighter budgets and higher expectations, firms must figure out how to differentiate themselves without discounting their rates, and several practical strategies for pitching, pricing and early-engagement communication can help, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.

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