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These Firms Were The Top For Their Summer Associates
Working as a summer associate is a rite of passage for many law students, and these training programs can boost aspiring attorneys' confidence in their career paths. Find out what students valued most and how they rated those experiences in a new survey from Law360 Pulse.
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Summer Associates Remain On The Fence About AI In Law
Most summer associates used generative artificial intelligence tools at their firms this year, but views on adoption were mixed. Students told Law360 Pulse the tools were useful for research and drafting, but voiced concerns over reliability, job loss and diminished writing skills.
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What Summer Associates Learned From Working At Firms
We asked this year's cohort about the most valuable lessons they learned during their summer associateship. Here's the advice they shared for those ready to jump into law firm life.
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Sotomayor Warns Civics Undereducation Leads To Bad Laws
Those looking to change the nation's laws first need to understand how they work and why they are in place, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a packed auditorium at New York Law School on Tuesday.
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Personal Injury Firm Looks To Nix $6.6M Fee Award
A personal injury law firm is seeking the annulment of a $6.59 million arbitral award issued to its co-counsel in a dispute over fees owed in long-running litigation over a 1983 terrorist bombing in Lebanon, cases that ordered Iran to pay billions of dollars to victims' families.
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Ex-Coinbase CLO, OCC Acting Chief Joins BitGo's Board
A former chief legal officer of digital asset exchange Coinbase Inc. and onetime acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has joined the board of directors of cryptocurrency custodian BitGo Inc.
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ING Atty To Lead Cahill Gordon's New Derivatives Practice
After more than two decades working in-house, a seasoned derivatives lawyer has transitioned back into private practice as a bank regulatory partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, the law firm said Monday.
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Lowenstein Sandler Unveils Tech-Centered Data Privacy Team
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has rolled out a new multidisciplinary data privacy team, bringing together attorneys with both legal and tech experience to advise on a range of data-related issues.
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Reed Smith Names Department And Practice Group Leaders
Reed Smith LLP announced Monday that it has made changes to its department and practice group leadership, including the appointment of attorneys to lead its U.S. global commercial disputes practice group and co-lead its global litigation and dispute resolution department.
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Cooley Welcomes New York SEC Enforcement Leader Home
An associate regional director for the New York office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rejoined Cooley LLP as a core member of the firm's SEC enforcement practice.
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Raines Feldman Gains 7 New Attys In Calif., NY
Raines Feldman Littrell LLP announced Friday that it has added seven new attorneys to its ranks, adding bicoastal legal talent across four different practice areas.
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Kahana Feld Adds Trio Of New Partners In Calif., NY
Kahana Feld LLP has expanded its litigation and construction practices with two new partners in California and a third in New York.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Ex-Goodwin Debt Financing Pro
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has added an attorney previously with Goodwin Procter LLP who specializes in debt financing transactions as a partner in its Boston office, the firm has announced.
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4 More Cadwalader Attys Exit In Charlotte, Head to Proskauer
Proskauer Rose LLP announced Monday that it will launch an office in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a four-partner leveraged finance team from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP.
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2nd Circ. OKs Verdict In DEA Bribe Case But Nixes Forfeiture
The Second Circuit on Friday affirmed the convictions of a pair of ex-Drug Enforcement Administration agents over a bribery scheme but overturned an order requiring both to forfeit funds, saying it would constitute a double payment for the same crime.
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Estée Lauder's New GC Earned Over $10M In 10 Months
The new general counsel at Estée Lauder Companies Inc. earned $10.89 million in total compensation in her first 10 months on the job, according to a new securities filing.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kaplan Martin LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Second Circuit upheld an $83.3 million award against President Donald Trump for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 in the wake of her sexual assault allegations, rejecting his claims of presidential immunity.
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Greenberg Traurig Co-Founder Placed Firm Above Himself
Larry J. Hoffman cared so much about the firm now known as Greenberg Traurig LLP that he wanted to remove himself from its name.
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Brownstein Hyatt Hires 4 More Attys From Crowell & Moring
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has continued to hire from Crowell & Moring LLP's Washington, D.C., and New York teams — announcing Wednesday that four intellectual property attorneys have made that move, two months after adding nine top attorneys and policy leaders from Crowell & Moring.
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Global Credit Agency Appoints Head Of Gov't Affairs
Global credit rating agency Kroll Bond Rating Agency, or KBRA, said it has tapped its deputy general counsel to serve as its global head of regulatory and government affairs.
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AI Company GCs Talk Of Being In The Belly Of The Beast
Five general counsel who are deeply involved in artificial intelligence, including from Microsoft and Anthropic, recently spoke of its impact on their legal departments, and of the ever-present need for trust, judgment and good people skills during this "inflection point with AI."
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NYC Eviction Counsel Program Struggles To Meet Its Goals
More than half the households eligible for New York City's Right to Counsel program are not receiving legal representation in eviction cases, with representation rates for all households that appear in court peaking at just over half of tenants in 2022 before falling to roughly one-third of citywide tenants in 2024, according to a report.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
A BigLaw firm naming its next managing partner and the parent company of an NBA team hiring a new legal chief were among the industry's key moves this week. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Gibson Dunn Partner On Mentoring Women In White Collar
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Jordan Estes spoke to Law360 Pulse about working as a female prosecutor, how gender inclusivity improves case outcomes and how she mentors young women attorneys today.
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Holland & Knight Taps New RE Capital Markets Group Leader
Holland & Knight has named partner Keith Brandofino to step in as leader of the firm's real estate capital markets group, replacing co-leads Mark Weibel and Bill O'Connor, the firm confirmed Sept. 11.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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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Series
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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.
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Perspectives
Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.
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The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.