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Lewis Brisbois Brings On 4 Litigators From Shuttered Firm
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has brought on the former president and three other litigators from the now-shuttered Bullivant Houser Bailey PC in Portland, Oregon, after that firm saw a series of attorney departures to other firms before closing its doors earlier this month.
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McDermott Leads Firms Riding PE Wave To Choppy Waters
McDermott Will & Schulte's confirmation that it is considering taking investment from private equity is part of a wider wave of law firms of all sizes actively exploring the novel maneuver amid mixed opinion as to whether it makes sense for BigLaw.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court took on four cases this week, mulling a prison inmate's forced haircut, immunity for a private prison operator accused of forced labor, and what can be considered when weighing a prisoner's compassionate release. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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Mayer Brown Adds Longtime Hogan Lovells Private Credit Attys
Two attorneys who both spent more than a decade each with Hogan Lovells working on deals and complex financial transactions have moved their practices to Mayer Brown LLP's Washington, D.C., office, the firm has said.
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MVP: Latham's Charles Claypoole
Charles Claypoole, an international arbitration partner at Latham & Watkins LLP whose successful representation of German bank UniCredit Bank GmbH set a new precedent for the jurisdiction of English courts over international disputes, has earned a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 International Arbitration MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Jeff Hammel
Jeff Hammel of Latham & Watkins LLP's securities litigation practice won three cases in one day in March, notching a distinctive career milestone and earning a place among the 2025 Law360 Securities MVPs.
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MVP: Reese Marketos' Andrew Wirmani
Andrew Wirmani of Reese Marketos LLP's healthcare practice helped shepherd a record False Claims Act win against Janssen Products and secured a $100 million settlement with nursing home pharmacy services provider PharMerica, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Healthcare MVPs.
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MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz
Jason C. Schwartz, co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's labor and employment practice, convinced Maryland's Supreme Court to create new case law in favor of his client Amazon clarifying the state's wage and hour statutes, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Employment MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Pardis Zomorodi
Pardis Zomorodi, partner at Latham & Watkins LLP's transactional tax practice in Los Angeles, has guided companies through the tax aspects of major complex transactions, including 2024's largest IPO and the high-profile merger between Skydance Media and Paramount Global, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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MVP: HSF Kramer's Gilbert K.S. Liu
Gilbert K.S. Liu, who helped plan Kramer Levin's merger with Herbert Smith Freehills, led a $498.5 million securitization of Tesla solar retail installment contracts and a $228.2 million securitization of Puerto Rico solar and energy storage loans, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments MVPs.
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MVP: Weil's Ronit Berkovich
Ronit Berkovich of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's bankruptcy practice ascended to co-chair of her team and helped guide Avon Products through a roughly $1.3 billion Chapter 11 case to plan confirmation, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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Why Seasoned Attys Are Attracted To GC Roles At AI Startups
Longtime general counsel and law firm lawyers who walked away from stable jobs elsewhere in the law profession to lead legal functions at AI startups say they're excited by the chance to help set policy around innovation and continue to learn in an emerging space.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sidley Austin LLP and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Washington federal jury cleared Novo Nordisk of allegations that it defrauded the state's Medicaid and Medicare systems by paying kickbacks and promoting off-label use to illegally boost prescriptions of its hemophilia drug NovoSeven.
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King & Spalding, Atty Move To End Bias Suit At 4th Circ.
King & Spalding LLP and an attorney who complained that she didn't apply to a summer associate program as a straight, white woman because the firm sought diverse applicants have agreed to end her bias case, according to a filing in the Fourth Circuit.
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Buchalter Won't Be Sanctioned For 'Hallucinated' AI Citations
An Oregon federal judge has decided not to sanction Buchalter PC and other counsel representing an environmental nonprofit in a trademark infringement dispute for submitting "hallucinated" case citations generated by an artificial intelligence tool, saying he is satisfied with "remedial actions" already done or to be taken.
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New California Bar Leader Aims To Rebuild Public Trust
After less than two weeks on the job, Laura Enderton-Speed, the California State Bar's new executive director, is already busy working to strengthen trust in the organization following the botched administration of the February bar exam.
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Ex-CFPB Atty Joins Duane Morris' DC Trial Practice
Duane Morris LLP has hired a senior litigation counsel from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who for more than three years in the agency's enforcement division litigated matters related to mortgage fraud, small-dollar lending and a range of related matters.
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No Big Boost Expected For Associate Bonuses This Year
As Thanksgiving — and bonus season — approaches, the lateral hiring market for BigLaw associates remains "very mixed," leading industry pundits to predict most law firms won't offer outsize bonuses this year.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more lateral hires and leadership changes, and one BigLaw firm exploring private equity investments.
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Weil, Akin Defend Fee Requests In Steward Health Bankruptcy
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, representing Steward Health Care in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, representing the hospital operator's committee of unsecured creditors, defended their respective professional fee requests that add up to over $304 million in response to Massachusetts' objections.
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Jenner & Block Resolves $8M Fee Fight With Sierra Leone
Jenner & Block LLP and its former client Sierra Leone have resolved their fight over unpaid legal fees and allegedly fraudulent overbilling in the nation's underlying dispute with its iron ore mining concessionaire Gerald International Ltd., according to a minute order issued Thursday in D.C. federal court.
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Quarles Names New Heads Of Three Major Practice Groups
Quarles & Brady LLP has appointed new chairs for three of its practice groups, announcing on Thursday new heads for its business law, labor & employment, and immigration & mobility practices.
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Holland & Knight Adds Education Dept. Senior Adviser In DC
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former senior adviser for the U.S. Department of Education, who joined the firm in Washington, D.C., and will provide counsel to local governments on federal policy and funding matters.
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Advent GC Returns To Ropes & Gray To Co-Lead PCT Practice
Ropes & Gray LLP announced Thursday that an attorney who left its ranks a few years ago for private equity firm Advent International Corp. is set to return to the firm at the beginning of December as the co-leader of its global private capital transactions practice.
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Withers Eyes Masterpiece US Art Practice With Historian Hire
Withers has a new senior counsel who has handled record-setting private sales and helped to place works in iconic institutions including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Thursday.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court Headwinds
Though the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.
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Law Firms Cannot Ignore Attorneys' Personal Cybersecurity
Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.
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Why Writing CLE Should Be Mandatory For Lawyers
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Though effective writing is foundational to law, no state requires attorneys to take continuing legal education in this skill — something that must change if today's attorneys are to have the communication abilities they need to fulfill their professional and ethical duties to their clients, colleagues and courts, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona.
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How To Find Your Inner Calm When Client Obligations Pile Up
In the most stressful times for attorneys, when several transactions for different partners and clients peak at the same time and the phone won’t stop buzzing, incremental lifestyle changes can truly make a difference, says Lindsey Hughes at Haynes Boone.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can I Support Gen Z Attorneys?
Meredith Beuchaw at Lowenstein Sandler discusses how senior attorneys can assist the newest generation of attorneys by championing their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance and providing the hands-on mentorship opportunities they missed out on during the pandemic.
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Law Firm Cybersecurity Should Not Get Lost In The Cloud
A recent data leak at Proskauer via a cloud data storage platform demonstrates key reasons why law firms must pay attention to data safeguarding, including the increasing frequency of cloud-based data breaches and the consequences of breaking client confidentiality, says Robert Kraczek at One Identity.
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Advice For Summer Associates Uneasy About Offer Prospects
There are a few communication tips that law students in summer associate programs should consider to put themselves in the best possible position to receive an offer, and firms can also take steps to support those to whom they are unable to make an offer, says Amy Mattock at Georgetown University Law Center.
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How Law Firms Can Cautiously Wield AI To Streamline Tasks
Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.
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Keys To Managing The Stresses Of Law School
Dealing with the pressures associated with law school can prove difficult for many future lawyers, but there are steps students can take to manage stress — and schools can help too, say Ryan Zajic and Dr. Janani Krishnaswami at UWorld.
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Can Mandatory CLE Mitigate Implicit Bias's Negative Impacts?
Amid ongoing disagreements on whether states should mandate implicit bias training as part of attorneys' continuing legal education requirements, Stephanie Wilson at Reed Smith looks at how unconscious attitudes or stereotypes adversely affect legal practice, and whether mandatory training programs can help.
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Ditch The Frills And Start Writing Legal Letters In Plain English
To become more effective advocates, lawyers need to rethink the ridiculous, convoluted language they use in correspondence and write letters in a clear, concise and direct manner, says legal writing instructor Stuart Teicher.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Negotiate My Separation Agreement?
Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey discusses how a law firm associate can navigate being laid off, what to look for in a separation agreement and why to be upfront about it with prospective employers.
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DoNotPay Cases Underscore Hurdles For AI-Fueled Legal Help
Recent legal challenges against DoNotPay’s "robot lawyer” application highlight pressing questions about the degree to which artificial intelligence can be used for legal tasks while remaining on the right side of both consumer protection laws and prohibitions against the unauthorized practice of law, says Kristen Niven at Frankfurt Kurnit.
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For The Future Of Legal Practice, Let's Learn From The Past
At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
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Why All Law Firms Should Foster Psychological Capital
Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.