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SEC Taps 2 Agency Staffers For Senior Enforcement Roles
The former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Philadelphia office has been promoted to overseeing the agency's trial team while an adviser to acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda has been given the role of associate director of enforcement, according to a pair of recent announcements.
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Adler & Stachenfeld Hires Ex-Developer Counsel As Partner
New York real estate firm Adler & Stachenfeld LLP announced Friday that commercial real estate attorney Ryan McCaffrey will join the firm as a partner after most recently serving as in-house counsel for a developer for more than a decade.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Murray Osorio PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court largely upheld a federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to quickly bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there.
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Cipriani & Werner Adds Trio Of Mullen Coughlin Attys In Philly
Cipriani & Werner PC has strengthened its cybersecurity incident response team and litigation group in Philadelphia with the addition of five attorneys to the practice, including three who moved their practices from Mullen Coughlin LLC.
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Fox Rothschild's Philly-Area Office Chief On Growth, AI Goals
As the new office managing partner of one of Fox Rothschild LLP's offices in the Philadelphia suburbs, M. Joel Bolstein says he wants to continue the growth and success he has witnessed during his more than 22 years with the firm, while also keeping an eye on the future.
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5 BigLaw Firms Strike Deals With Trump Administration
The world's highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, is among a group of five BigLaw firms that have reached deals with President Donald Trump's administration to stave off executive orders that could have pulled their federal security clearances and hampered their ability to serve as legal counsel to the federal government and its contractors, according to social media posts by the president Friday.
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Littler Promotes Leaders In Marketing, Business Development
Littler Mendelson PC has elevated two longtime employees to new roles, the management-side employment and labor law firm said.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry has had another busy week with another executive order targeting a law firm, several lateral moves and notable office changes. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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BigLaw Shying Away From Some Pro Bono Work 'Out Of Fear'
Amid President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting BigLaw firms, nonprofit leaders whose organizations have long worked with the industry tell Law360 Pulse they have seen attorneys shy away from certain legal work that may be looked on unfavorably by the administration.
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'Showboating' Or Accessible? Circ. Dissents Up For Debate
Circuit court judges are increasingly authoring separate opinions for the general public rather than for their colleagues. This "showboating" could damage the federal judiciary's legitimacy, a new paper says, while others applaud these rulings' accessibility.
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Judge On Bid To Redo Wawa Breach Atty Fees: 'I Don't Buy It'
A Third Circuit panel on Thursday considering a class member's request to reconsider a $3.2 million attorney fee award in the Wawa data breach litigation seemed unconvinced of the argument that the number was the result of side-dealing attorneys, with one judge telling counsel, "I don't buy it."
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Pond Lehocky Expands With New Lehigh Valley Office
Philadelphia-based plaintiffs' firm Pond Lehocky Giordano Inc. has expanded its footprint in Pennsylvania with the recent launch of a new office in Lehigh Valley, the firm's second location to open in the state this year.
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Faegre Drinker Adds Morgan Lewis Corporate Partner In Philly
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has announced it hired a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP corporate attorney, who is joining the firm's Philadelphia office as a partner and will continue working on a variety of business law matters.
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Why Some GCs Joined Perkins Coie's Trump Order Fight
Former and current general counsel who joined an amicus brief this week supporting Perkins Coie LLP's fight against the Trump administration say their decision to back the firm wasn't a hard one, but added they understand why many corporate legal leaders may feel their fiduciary duties keep them from signing.
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How Mid-Law Firms Are Keeping Up With Executive Orders
Amid the rapid pace of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump and subsequent legal challenges, Mid-Law firms have been experimenting with new communication methods and internal structures to keep clients up-to-date on the impacts to their businesses.
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Health Co. Deputy GC Joins Pierson Ferdinand In Philly
An attorney with more than five years of experience as an in-house counsel for behavioral healthcare providers has moved back to the law firm environment to focus on building up his practice at Pierson Ferdinand LLP's Philadelphia office.
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US Law Firm Lateral Hiring Continues Downward Trend
Lateral attorney hiring at the 200 largest law firms in the U.S. by revenue has slowed for the second quarter in a row, falling 27% compared to the third quarter of 2024, according to a new report by legal intelligence provider Firm Prospects.
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Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Seek Shutdown Of Trump Orders
Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale on Tuesday asked Washington, D.C., federal judges for permanent court orders blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, saying the directives threaten the firms, their clients and the entire legal system.
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In Trump Order Against Perkins Coie, GCs See Harm For Cos.
Nearly 70 current and former general counsel for companies including Apple Inc. and Starbucks filed an amicus brief Tuesday supporting Perkins Coie LLP in its suit against an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting the firm, saying the order "tramples on corporate independence, the right to counsel, and First Amendment rights."
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Ballard Spahr Fired Atty For Taking Medical Leave, Suit Says
A former attorney for Ballard Spahr LLP filed suit against the firm and the head of its employee benefits group Tuesday in New York federal court, claiming she was fired for taking medical leave and seeking a more flexible work schedule to deal with her epilepsy and a gastrointestinal condition.
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Bernstein Litowitz, Kessler Topaz Seek To Lead GSK Investors
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP are seeking lead counsel roles in a proposed securities class action against GSK PLC in Pennsylvania federal court, citing a long history of collaboration and billions recovered for shareholders.
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BigLaw Partners Form Group To Challenge Executive Orders
As of Tuesday afternoon, 170 BigLaw partners had joined a new group aimed at rallying their collective power to push back against what they called the president's unconstitutional actions, even as large law firms largely refrain from taking a stance.
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Litigation Firms Back Perkins Coie In Suit Over Trump Order
A slew of midsize and small litigation firms took up Perkins Coie LLP's cause in its legal battle against an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting the BigLaw firm, arguing Monday in an amicus brief that the order is "anathema" to the justice system.
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Steptoe & Johnson Adds Energy Attys In Pittsburgh, W.Va.
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC continued its recent growth with the additions of two attorneys to the energy practice in its Pittsburgh and Morgantown, West Virginia, offices.
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Saxton & Stump Grows In Lancaster With Seasoned Litigator
Pennsylvania-based mid-sized firm Saxton & Stump bolstered its litigation services at its Lancaster, Pennsylvania, office with the recent addition of an attorney who moved his practice after nearly 13 years as a co-founding partner at Brubaker Connaughton Goss & Lucarelli LLC.
Expert Analysis
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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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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.
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What Hiring Law Firms Should Consider Instead Of Grades
With law schools forgoing traditional grading due to the pandemic, hiring firms that have heavily weighted first-year grades during the on-campus interview process should turn to metrics that allow a more holistic view of a candidate, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.