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New ABA Leader Vows To 'Defend Liberty And Pursue Justice'
Wisconsin business attorney Michelle A. Behnke began her one-year term as president of the American Bar Association on Tuesday, saying the organization "must be ready to lead and focus on the mission of defending liberty and pursuing justice every day."
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Truist Wants Out Of Law Firm's $94K Wire Scam Suit
Truist Financial Corp. has asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss a law firm's suit over a botched real estate wire transfer, arguing in a dismissal motion that the firm named the wrong entity in its complaint, but that even if the correct Truist had been named, the claims must fail as a matter of law.
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Rising Star: Latham's Clare Nida
Clare Nida of Latham & Watkins LLP represented a client who faced scrutiny during a long-running multinational fraud investigation, ultimately helping the client to avoid prosecution and earning a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Dallas Legal Market Exploding With Rise Of 'Y'all Street'
As the Dallas region experiences a march of corporate relocations and expansions in a state enacting business-friendly policies, law firms are gearing up to meet the rising demand for legal services and get a piece of the action from the financial hub locals call "Y'all Street."
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Katten Adds King & Spalding Executive Compensation Pro
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has added an experienced executive compensation attorney from King & Spalding LLP in the nation's capital.
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Taft Continues Growth Strategy With Morris Manning Merger
The planned merger between Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP continues Taft's strategy of expanding through mergers with midmarket firms and reflects the pressures those firms face to survive.
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Holland & Knight Hires Sen. Cornyn Tax Counsel In DC
The former senior tax counsel for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who worked for the lawmaker for almost two decades on appropriations, taxation, banking and other finance-related issues, has joined Holland & Knight LLP's public policy and regulation group.
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Ogletree Adds PE Firm's Associate GC As Utah Shareholder
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has added the former associate general counsel for private equity and venture capital firm Fifth Partners as a shareholder in its Salt Lake City office.
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Rising Star: Manatt's Mike Katz
Mike Katz of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP co-led the team that represented blockchain infrastructure firm Orangefin Ventures LLC in a deal to sell three of its high-speed crypto validator systems and related assets to Sol Strategies, a Canadian company that invests in fast, low-cost decentralized networks, earning him a spot among fintech practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Sidley's Evie Whiting
Evie Whiting of Sidley Austin LLP helped in the creation of a joint venture involving Warner Bros. Discovery, which marked a historic TV and film music rights deal covering almost a century's worth of music copyrights, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Joshua Morey
Joshua Morey of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has racked up several trade wins for the U.S. domestic industry, including duty orders on aluminum sheets imported from 16 countries, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Avi Kupfer
Avi Kupfer of Mayer Brown LLP has used his unique governmental experience as a litigator and administrator to, as a private practitioner, help clients such as the U.S. Postal Service navigate the intricacies of administrative law, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Jones Day's Brinton Lucas
Brinton Lucas of Jones Day successfully challenged a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring public companies to describe their reasoning behind stock buybacks, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Breit Biniazan's Kevin Biniazan
Kevin Biniazan of Breit Biniazan PC is in the midst of handling a large case in which over 50 clients allege the medical director of a Virginia hospital sexually abused them, with the first trial in September resulting in what the firm said was the largest tort verdict in Virginia history at $360 million, earning him a place among the attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Dechert's Melissa Wollis
Melissa Wollis of Dechert LLP steered the largest collateralized loan obligation transaction in history at over $2.3 billion for Golub Capital Partners and helped create the first such transaction since the 2008 financial crisis to offer liabilities denominated in multiple currencies, earning her a spot among the complex financial instruments attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Kirkland Grows New Philly Office With Mass Tort Specialist
Kirkland & Ellis LLP continued growing its Philadelphia office months after entering the market with the recent addition of a litigator specializing in representing pharmaceutical and medical device companies in liability cases.
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U. Of Chicago Law Launches AI Course With SixFifty Founder
The University of Chicago Law School announced Monday the introduction of a new Artificial Intelligence Lab ahead of its impending fall semester, with a mandate to workshop and build a chatbot that helps renters nationwide.
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ABA Delegates Remove Diversity Requirements For Board
The American Bar Association's policymaking body approved changes to its Constitution on Tuesday to no longer require Board of Governors seats for women, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.
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Ohio Justice's Suit Over Partisan Label Rule Moves Forward
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner's challenge to a state law requiring judicial candidates to list their political party affiliations on general election ballots will go on after a federal judge ruled the justice sufficiently alleged that her First Amendment rights were violated.
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Cadwalader Nabs Sidley Real Estate Partner With CLO Focus
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has brought on a structured finance pro from Sidley Austin LLP to co-head its commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation practice, the firm announced on Friday.
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Dentons Tops List Of Firms With Biggest Water Law Teams
Dentons, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP and WilmerHale are among the large U.S. law firms that have sizable teams of lawyers that work on water matters, according to an analysis by Law360 Real Estate Authority.
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FTX Customers Aim To Beef Up Case Against Fenwick & West
New information that has emerged since customers of the now-collapsed cryptocurrency trading platform FTX Trading Ltd. sued Fenwick & West LLP over the firm's alleged role in that collapse justifies updating the complaint against the firm, those customers told a Florida federal court Monday.
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Clark Hill Adds Construction Duo From Taylor Duma In Atlanta
Clark Hill PLC has brought on a duo of Taylor Duma LLP attorneys in its Atlanta office, strengthening its construction group, the firm announced Monday.
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Why Milbank's Summer Bonuses May Catch On This Year
Top BigLaw firms hoping to stay competitive in an ever-shifting market for talent and legal services may be more inclined this year to match the special summer bonuses Milbank recently unveiled, according to experts.
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ABA Policymakers Vote To Oppose Targeting Of Law Firms
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday took a stand against the Trump administration's targeting of law firms and clarified its position on the proper use of artificial intelligence by law students.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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Roundup
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.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.