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MVP: Cooley's Tiana Demas
Cooley LLP partner Tiana Demas helped Google-owned YouTube stave off a proposed class action over its content moderation practices and steered Marsh McLennan and Ethos Technologies through high-stakes legal challenges following data breaches, earning her a place among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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Eversheds Sutherland Names Atty Trio To Leadership Posts
Eversheds Sutherland has named the U.S. co-head of its litigation practice to serve on the firm's U.S. executive committee, while also elevating partners in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., to help lead the firm's litigation and capital markets practices.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 3 Partners In NYC Area, California
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday it has added three new partners in New York; Palo Alto, California; and Princeton, New Jersey, marking the 80th partner the fast-growing firm has hired since the start of 2025.
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Cravath Int'l Security Atty Joins Davis Polk In New York
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has hired a Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP national security lawyer who spent years in public service with the Treasury Department and who served as director for international trade and investment at the National Security Council and the National Economic Council, the firm announced Monday.
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Simpson Thacher Opens San Francisco Office
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is expanding its California presence, announcing Monday it has opened an office in San Francisco.
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Average Quinn Emanuel Partner Payouts Rise To $9.5M
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP saw a 10% uptick in its profits per equity partner in 2025, bringing the firm's average partner pay up over $9 million last year amid an active litigation market, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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LDF Appoints New Leaders, Kirkland Alum As GC
The Legal Defense Fund announced Monday that it has hired the former chief administrative officer and general counsel at the education nonprofit New Leaders.
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McGuireWoods Appoints Longtime CTO As Chief Info Officer
McGuireWoods announced Friday the appointment of its long-time chief technology officer to chief information officer, overseeing the firm's information systems, including legal, operational, client management, administrative, financial, marketing and human resources.
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FBT Gibbons Starts With New, Expanded Post-Merger Teams
Gibbons PC and Frost Brown Todd LLP finalized their merger at the beginning of 2026 to launch FBT Gibbons LLP, creating a nationwide mid-market firm whose capabilities include a new life sciences team and an expanded white collar team, its leaders announced Monday.
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Law's Merger Momentum Brings Tidings Of Mega M&A In 2026
The second half of 2025 brought a relatively unusual uptick in U.S. law firm merger announcements as firms seek scale in an increasingly competitive legal marketplace.
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MoFo US Offices Lead 2026 Partner Promotions
More than a dozen attorneys at Morrison Foerster LLP have started the new year with new titles following the firm's Monday announcement of its partner promotions for 2026.
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V&E Brings On Kilpatrick Atty To Help Lead IP Practice
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that it has hired an attorney who helped steer Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's patent litigation team to co-lead its IP litigation practice and bolster its capacity to handle patent infringement and other cases.
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Norton Rose Hands Out Special Bonuses To Kick Off New Year
Norton Rose Fulbright will pay out special bonuses to nearly everyone at the firm after winning a large contingent fee case, the firm confirmed to Law360 Pulse Monday.
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Gibson Dunn Adds Sidley Tax Pro In Silicon Valley
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Monday that it has bulked up its tax practice group with a partner in Palo Alto, California, who previously co-led the global tax practice and headed up the West Coast tax group at Sidley Austin LLP.
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Marc Mukasey Shutters Boutique To Move Team To Seyfarth
Attorney Marc Mukasey, known for representing high-profile clients including Donald Trump and Sam Bankman-Fried, is closing the boutique firm he ran alongside Torrey Young to join Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
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Spencer Fane Merges With Global IP Counselors In DC
The Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP has announced its second merger in as many months, growing with a dozen patent and trademark attorneys and patent agents, from Washington, D.C.-based Global IP Counselors LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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From BigLaw To Boutiques, Litigators In Hot Demand For '26
BigLaw firms and smaller trial boutiques are poised to continue ramping up hiring of litigators in 2026 due to the growing number and complexity of courtroom disputes, but economic uncertainty could complicate that picture if companies rein in their litigation spending.
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14 Bold Legal Technology Predictions For 2026
Tech and innovations will simultaneously improve and destabilize the legal industry in a way that is expected to transform the business permanently.
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His Client Got A Pro Se Suit. Then The AI Filings Started.
Employment attorneys say the increased use of AI by pro se plaintiffs has the potential to clog dockets, drag out cases and make litigation significantly more expensive.
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Paul Hastings Adds Hogan Lovells Duo To Life Sciences Team
Two longtime Hogan Lovells partners, including the head of its pharmaceutical and biotechnology regulatory practice, have joined Paul Hastings LLP in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
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2026 Could Bring US-Driven PE Investment In Law
Private equity investment in U.K. law firms has largely focused on regional players and consumer-facing practice areas, but 2026 could bring a U.S.-driven shift with investors targeting bigger firms and injecting capital on an unprecedented scale, experts say.
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Taft Names Atlanta, DC Leaders After Morris Manning Merger
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Morris Manning & Martin LLP have begun the New Year after completing their merger and the combined firm has named a trio of Morris Manning partners to lead its offices in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., and recruit attorneys to grow their presence.
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BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year
Rapid business growth, cultural changes caused by remote work and generative AI are creating challenges and opportunities for law firm leaders going into the New Year. Here, seven top firm leaders share what’s running through their minds as they lie awake at night.
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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025
Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.
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Alston & Bird Doles Out Associate Bonuses
Alston & Bird LLP has reportedly unveiled its year-end associate bonus tiers, matching the market scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP this fall.
Expert Analysis
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6 Essential Skills For Summer Associates To Land An Offer
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With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health
Attorneys and other legal professionals share insights on mental health and well-being in this Law360 Pulse Expert Analysis series.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.