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Lowenstein Sandler Hires New Insurance Recovery Partner
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has added a new partner to its insurance recovery group who has a wide breadth of experience in not only representing corporate policyholders, but also in advising clients in general commercial cases, the firm announced Monday.
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Proskauer Welcomes Structured Credit Pro From Dechert
Proskauer Rose LLP announced another addition to its structured credit team in New York on Monday, welcoming a former Dechert LLP attorney with a strong background in structured finance insurance solutions.
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More AI-Generated Filings Could Be Coming To State Courts
As generative artificial intelligence tools get better at legal tasks, some court watchers are raising concerns about a possible surge in AI-generated legal filings overwhelming state judicial systems.
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Nutter Absorbs Calif. Trusts Boutique, Adds 13 Attys Firmwide
Boston-headquartered Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP announced Monday that it has added a total of 13 attorneys in California, New York and Hawaii, marking the single-largest growth in the firm's 146-year history.
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NY Law Mandating Judicial Fine Declared Unconstitutional
A New York state appeals court has declared unconstitutional a statute that mandates a judge forfeit $1,000 to a plaintiff if the judge refuses to issue a writ of habeas corpus.
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Willkie Taps Chicago Leader For New Americas Chair Role
Craig C. Martin, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's chief for its Americas operations, told Law360 on Friday that he is excited to serve in the newly created post to help steer the continued growth of the firm and ensure that the best services are being provided to clients.
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Ex-Partner Of Seiden & Schein Says Firm Is Scapegoating Him
A former shareholder and director of the dissolved New York City real estate law firm Seiden & Schein PC hit back at its $25 million suit accusing him of poaching clients and employees and stealing confidential information, claiming in New York state court that the case is a "calculated" attempt to "smear" him and make him a "scapegoat."
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Politics And Privacy Laws Collide 5 Years After Salas Shooting
Five years after a disgruntled litigant killed a New Jersey federal judge's son at their home, experts and judges disagree over whether the judicial privacy laws enacted following the shooting are doing much to protect jurists, while political leaders' heated rhetoric makes for an even more dangerous landscape for judges.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Epic Games Inc.'s 2023 antitrust jury trial win, along with an injunction requiring Google to open its Google Play Store to rivals.
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Mintz Welcomes Longtime Fenwick & West IP Atty In NY
Mintz said Wednesday that it has added a longtime Fenwick & West LLP lawyer who helped his former firm establish itself in New York to its intellectual property prosecution practice.
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Corporate Atty Joins Smith Gambrell From NY Boutique
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP has announced that an experienced corporate attorney with a venture capital focus has come aboard the firm's New York office as a partner from a local boutique.
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Broadfield Law Firm Opens Its First US Office In New York
Broadfield, a new global law firm with offices in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, announced Wednesday that it is setting up its first U.S. office in New York with a team of five founding partners who previously worked for Venable LLP, Dentons, Otterbourg PC and Robinson & Cole.
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Latham Adds Veteran Antitrust Litigator From Cravath
A veteran Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP antitrust litigator has made the jump to Latham & Watkins LLP in New York, the firm announced Friday.
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McDermott-Schulte Merger Closes Amid Consolidation Trend
As New York private equity heavy hitter Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP merges with McDermott Will & Emery LLP, industry observers say the tie-up is a smart and unique marriage that reflects the trend of consolidation among law firms, especially in markets like New York.
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Test-Taker's Collapse At NY Bar Exam Sparks Criticism
New York bar-takers were allegedly forced to continue the test after witnessing a Fordham University School of Law graduate suffer a medical incident and receive CPR while she took the exam, according to the school and accounts posted online by people who said they were present.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry ended July with another action-packed week as attorneys took on new firm gigs and in-house roles across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Legal Job Sector Continued 5-Month Growth Streak In July
For the fifth straight month, the U.S. legal industry experienced job growth, adding 600 positions in July, according to preliminary data released on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Latham & Watkins Signs New Manhattan Office Lease
Latham & Watkins LLP expanded its presence in midtown Manhattan by signing a 12-year lease for 12,000 square feet on two whole floors in RXR's building at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, RXR announced Thursday.
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State Justices Call For Legal Ed Reforms Amid 'Justice Gap'
State supreme courts need to address the nationwide "justice gap crisis" caused by too few attorneys, by emphasizing bar exam alternatives and more client work in law school to ensure the legal education pipeline produces new lawyers who are actually ready to practice, according to a new report.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
July was a month of debuts for a handful of firms that opened offices and expanded into new markets. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP entered the Seattle market with the help of three former K&L Gates LLP attorneys, and boutique Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP opened its first office in Washington, D.C., after launching earlier this year.
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Office Snapshot: Barclay Damon's NYC Expansion
In response to the firm's rapid expansion in New York City, Barclay Damon LLP has moved into new office space in Rockefeller Center that allows it to better accommodate the needs of its fast-growing team.
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Otterbourg Rewards Associates With $15K Midyear Bonus
Otterbourg PC is awarding all its full-time associates a $15,000 summer bonus, the firm announced Thursday.
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Babst Calland Expands To Western NY With Perkins Coie Atty
Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir PC has grown its environmental law offerings and established a presence in western New York with the addition of a longtime Perkins Coie LLP attorney.
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K&L Gates Names 14 New Practice Leaders
K&L Gates LLP announced Thursday that it has named 14 new practice leaders, calling the appointments part of the firm's "commitment to investing in its emerging leaders and establishing the next generation of management."
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Supersized Class Of 2024 Exceeds Job, Salary Predictions
The class of 2024 was the largest graduating law school class in nearly a decade, but it defied industry expectations by breaking records in overall employment rate, employment in jobs that require or anticipate bar passage, and median salaries, according to data released Thursday.