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Magic Circle Firms Enchant Associates With Top-Tier Bonuses
U.S. associates at Linklaters LLP and Clifford Chance LLP have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, as the Magic Circle firms Wednesday became the latest to match the BigLaw standard for this year's associate bonuses.
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Mayer Brown Attys Bear Witness To Immersive Depo Training
For over two decades, Mayer Brown LLP has hosted a skills workshop for U.S. litigation and intellectual property associates designed to immerse them into the real-life world of depositions.
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Norton Rose's Year-Long Program Aims To Retain Associates
Norton Rose Fulbright has expanded a yearlong integration program that gives first-year associates, lateral attorneys and business services professionals a universal understanding of who the firm is.
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Ropes & Gray Incentivizes AI Experiments With Billable Hours
Ropes & Gray LLP is encouraging first-year associates in the U.S. to experiment with generative artificial intelligence tools by letting them use 20% of their billable time for a pilot program launched last month.
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How Vendors Are Tackling Security Issues With Agentic AI
Many legal technology companies are releasing agentic artificial intelligence tools that can access law firms' sensitive internal data, raising concerns about information leaks, misuse or the agent going rogue. Here's how companies are taking steps to prevent those security risks.
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Haynes Boone Trial Academy Sets Up Associates For The Win
A pair of Haynes Boone associates this month notched a nearly $1 million verdict for a pro bono client in a civil fraud case in Texas state court — an accomplishment they credit to the rigorous preparation they went through as members of the firm's new trial academy.
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Weil Elects 17 New Partners In US, Europe
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has elected 17 lawyers to join its partnership as part of a wider round of promotions in which the firm has also boosted its counsel numbers.
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Gordon Rees Adds Healthcare Litigator, Ex-DEI Leader In SF
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP is expanding its California team, bringing in a healthcare litigator who recently was the director of diversity, equity and inclusion in the San Franciso City Attorney's office.
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6th Circ. Largely Shoots Down Ohio Derailment Atty Fee Fight
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday largely refused to revive Morgan & Morgan's bid to halt the allocation of attorney fees from a $600 million class settlement between Norfolk Southern and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment disaster, but remanded it for a look into the firm's individual allocation amount.
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How GCs Are Turning Litigation Into Strategic Profit Tool
For most general counsel, litigation has meant playing defense to guard their corporations against outside threats. In 2025, however, a growing number have been taking on roles as quarterbacks seeking to score large policy or financial victories for their companies.
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Husch Blackwell Blasts Ex-Firm Atty's ERISA Suit
A former Husch Blackwell LLP partner's claim that the firm violated federal law by withholding monthly retirement account contributions misidentified the funds in question as participant contributions, when they were, in fact, contributions from the firm's year-end profit-sharing program.
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MVP: Simpson Thacher's Whitney Salinas
Whitney Salinas of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised real estate investment behemoth Blackstone on myriad multibillion-dollar deals in the past year, including its $16.2 billion acquisition of AirTrunk, one of Asia Pacific's largest data center businesses, scoring her a place among the 2025 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.
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MVP: Hogan Lovells' Matt Eisler
Matt Eisler of Hogan Lovells helped the PGA Tour garner $3 billion in investments from a consortium of sports owners, among many other deals, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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MVP: Paul Weiss' Ravi Purohit
Ravi Purohit of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped walk Brookfield through its $7 billion purchase of Blackstone's Hotwire Communications in a deal where his firm had clients on both sides, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Telecommunications MVPs.
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MVP: Gibson Dunn's Andrew Fabens
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Andrew Fabens guided the acquisition financing of Assured Partners in one of the largest brokerage acquisitions in insurance, advised Accenture on an offering that totaled $5 billion and successfully steered his clients through another uncertain year, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Capital Markets MVPs.
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MVP: Dechert's Brenda R. Sharton
Brenda R. Sharton of Dechert LLP successfully defended popular menstrual tracking app Flo Health at trial in one of the largest consumer class actions ever in terms of damages claimed — in excess of $38 billion — earning her a spot among one of the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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MVP: King & Spalding's Scott Greer
Scott Greer of King & Spalding LLP is advising Microsoft on a multibillion-dollar pursuit to develop data center infrastructure across the U.S. and has also guided a plethora of major construction projects for energy companies across the country, landing him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Construction MVPs.
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MVP: King & Spalding's Cory Hohnbaum
Cory Hohnbaum of King & Spalding LLP helped Boehringer Ingelheim beat $25 million in claims that the pharmaceutical company's heartburn medication caused prostate cancer, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Trials MVPs.
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MVP: Weil's Arianna Scavetti
Arianna Scavetti of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has secured wins for clients like PepsiCo Inc. and KeVita Inc., getting claims about plastic waste, ultra-processed ingredients and prebiotics dismissed, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Product Liability MVPs.
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MVP: Hogan Lovells' Mahvesh A. Qureshi
Mahvesh A. Qureshi, a life sciences partner at Hogan Lovells, advised her client through a deal to acquire Anthos Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that developed a unique stroke treatment, in a transaction that could total $3.1 billion, and led Merck on its up to $1.3 billion purchase of a novel autoimmune drug, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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Littler Names New Co-Chair Of Women's Leadership Group
The longtime co-chair of Littler Mendelson's PC's drugs and alcohol practice group has been named co-chair of the firm's Women's Leadership Initiative, succeeding a partner who is retiring after close to 32 years at the firm.
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Law Libraries Hoping To Attract Attorneys To The Profession
Staffing levels at U.S. law libraries now average nearly seven full-time equivalent positions — the highest reported in nearly a decade, according to a new American Association of Law Libraries report.
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Weil Matches Year-End And Special Bonuses For Associates
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP on Tuesday joined a cadre of other firms in matching the BigLaw standard for this year's associate bonuses.
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Ex-SEC Small Business Capital Leader Joins Michael Best
The former director of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission office that identifies and addresses capital raising issues for small businesses has joined Michael Best & Friedrich LLP as a senior counsel, the firm announced.
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Winston & Strawn Promotes 18 To Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP has elevated 18 attorneys to partner, two shy of last year's class.
Expert Analysis
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Maximize My Pro Bono Impact?
Debbie Berman at Jenner & Block offers advice on how attorneys can make a meaningful impact on their communities through pro bono work while enhancing their professional development through strengthened client-facing skills, hands-on experience and more.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Law Firm Marketer
Liz Bard Lindley at Jaffe PR shares how she went from a family law associate who helped write industry articles to a savvy legal public relations and marketing professional, and offers takeaways for any attorney who might not feel at home in their law practice and is considering alternative career paths.
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The Case For Keeping The Gas On Deputy GC Compensation
In recent years, the deputy general counsel role has expanded and become increasingly vital in organizations across the globe, and companies should consider a few ways to retain this top talent, including by offering competitive compensation that reflects projected increases, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
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Talking Mental Health: The View From Life After BigLaw
Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.
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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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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.