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Jones Walker Adds Atty Who Operated Litigation Boutique
Jones Walker LLP has hired an attorney who formerly operated her own litigation boutique to bolster the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring team and its capacity to handle various types of insolvency and commercial matters.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Hausfeld LLP's handling of a suit on behalf of the city of Philadelphia and Foley Hoag LLP's work on an $8 billion biotech acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 19 to Oct. 3.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Williams & Connolly LLP and Skaggs Faucette LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge issued a rare post-mistrial verdict arrangement that ordered Biogen to pay Genentech Inc. more than $88 million in royalties.
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Lippes Mathias Names First Chief Growth Officer
Lippes Mathias LLP has named a longtime partner to serve as its first chief growth officer as part of what the firm has called the "professionalization" of its C-level leadership structure, which also included naming a chief legal officer and chief advisory officer earlier this year.
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Offit Kurman Expands To Northern Calif. With Veteran Litigator
Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law has announced that the firm has expanded its California operations to include the San Francisco Bay Area and the state's Central Coast with the hire of a veteran attorney with over 30 years of commercial litigation experience.
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Fennemore Craig CEO On 140th Anniversary, Growth Strategy
In a legal environment where a number of established firms have shut down over the past few years, West Coast-based Fennemore Craig PC's 140th anniversary stands out as a milestone for a firm withstanding the tests of time.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week, with more government attorneys moving to private practice, leadership changes and artificial intelligence-related court filing mishaps. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Former Federal Prosecutor Joins Scott + Scott In San Diego
Plaintiffs firm Scott + Scott Attorneys at Law LLP is growing its West Coast team, bringing in a former U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Jackson Walker Can't Duck Judge Romance Suit, Court Told
A group of bondholders Thursday urged a Texas federal judge not to throw out its suit over a former Jackson Walker LLP partner's secret romance with a bankruptcy judge, arguing that the firm "has a problem with telling the truth" and it's "back at it again."
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Conn. Award Spotlights Day Pitney's Pro Bono Commitment
Day Pitney LLP was recently named this year’s Pro Bono Leader for Justice by the Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation in recognition of the firm’s decades-long partnership with the organization. Firm leaders, however, say the dedication to pro bono work spans across Connecticut and multiple areas of law.
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Kelley Kronenberg Launches Cyber Insurance Defense Team
Kelley Kronenberg announced that the firm has launched a team focused on handling cyber insurance defense matters in response to the fast growth and increased demand for services in the area.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 4 Partners On East, West Coasts
International firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP added four new partners to its corporate, intellectual property and litigation teams in offices in Los Angeles, Washington state, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., in September, the firm announced Thursday.
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Hall Booth Adds Workers' Comp Atty From Eraclides Gelman
Hall Booth Smith PC has added a partner to its Atlanta office from Eraclides Gelman, strengthening its workers' compensation team, the firm has announced.
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Steptoe & Johnson Moves Pa. Office, Names 2 Office Leaders
The relocation of its Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, location is one of three office changes Steptoe & Johnson PLLC made at the start of October, including new leadership in the firm's offices in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Columbus, Ohio.
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Genova Burns Lands NJ Education Vet From College GC Role
Genova Burns LLC added a longtime expert in New Jersey education law, most recently serving as general counsel for Essex County College, as of counsel, according to an announcement this week.
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Epstein Becker C-Suite Hires Talk 'Super Boutique' Ambitions
Epstein Becker Green recently built out its C-suite with two New York business and finance leaders amid its larger plans to position the midsize employment and healthcare firm as a high-value, streamlined alternative to its larger competitors.
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Snapshot: Delaware Expands Scope Of Anti-SLAPP Law
Delaware's governor recently signed into law expanded protections against lawsuits meant to discourage public participation and speech, including broadening whose speech is protected and requiring those who do file such suits to possibly pay attorney fees and damages.
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MG+M Absorbs 9-Atty Calif. Litigation Firm Berkes Crane
National litigation and trial firm Manning Gross & Massenburg LLP is expanding its ranks in California, announcing Wednesday it is bringing aboard nine attorneys from shuttering Los Angeles-based trial boutique Berkes Crane Santana & Spangler LLP.
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Mandelbaum Barrett Expands, Adding Partner In Bayonne, NJ
Mandelbaum Barrett PC is expanding into Hudson County, New Jersey, with the hire of a real estate expert with nearly 30 years of experience in Bayonne, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Tyson & Mendes Launches New Consulting Firm
Tyson & Mendes LLP announced Wednesday that it has started a consulting unit aimed at furthering the firm's efforts working with insurance clients to combat so-called "nuclear verdicts," which are jury awards exceeding $10 million typically found in personal injury or wrongful death litigation.
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Legal Tech's New Law Firm Experiment Faces Old Challenges
After years of selling software, some legal technology companies have bought or launched their own law firms or stepped further into providing legal services. What will be worth watching is whether these new firms learned from the lessons of the previous generation of would-be law firms, which mostly ended up in the tech graveyard.
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In-House Counsel Numbers Grow Much Faster Than Outside
A report from the Association of Corporate Counsel released Tuesday highlights "a dramatic and consistent rise in the number of in-house lawyers" in the U.S., showing that their numbers have nearly doubled since 2008.
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Hall Booth Adds Entertainment Co-Chair From Atlanta PE Firm
Hall Booth Smith PC has expanded its entertainment practice group with the addition of a new co-chair who is the former managing director for the media division of an Atlanta-based private equity firm.
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Robinson & Cole Adds Six-Atty Team From Norris George
Robinson & Cole LLP has added several members of Norris George & Ostrow PLLC, with two name partners from the boutique firm, which focuses on tax-exempt municipal bonds and loans transactions, joining in Washington, D.C.
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Steptoe Adds Ex-Mixhalo Prez, GC As Partner In LA
Steptoe LLP announced Tuesday it welcomed the former president of Mixhalo, who previously served as general counsel of the audio technology company, to its Los Angeles office as a new partner.
Expert Analysis
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
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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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.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
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.