Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

By Kevin Penton

Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.

Frontier CLO Departs With $2M Severance After Verizon Deal

By Michele Gorman

The chief legal officer at Frontier Communications is set to receive close to $2 million in severance after he and three other company executives resigned on Tuesday following Verizon's takeover of the national fiber network internet service provider.

Texas, Fla. AGs Pen Opinions On 'Unconstitutional' DEI Efforts

By Madison Arnold

The attorneys general of Florida and Texas both issued opinions calling diversity, equity and inclusion requirements and laws unconstitutional.

Womble Bond's Consumer Finance Team Eyes Growth

By Tracey Read

Womble Bond Dickinson has added a 36-person consumer financial services team from McGlinchey Stafford PLLC led by Cleveland partner Mark Edelman. Law360 Pulse talked with Edelman about why his team made the move.

Private Equity Eyes Legal Field As Alternative Paths Open Up

By Ryan Boysen

This could be the year that private equity finally cracks the ramparts of the U.S. legal sector, as the rise of alternative business structure programs and managed services organizations chip away at the long-standing ban on nonlawyer ownership of law firms.

Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2025, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

Kirkland, Ex-Judge Hit With Class Action Over Texas Romance

By Hilary Russ

An investment firm is suing Kirkland & Ellis LLP, an ex-judge, two other law firms and a lawyer for allegedly fomenting "mass corruption" in Houston's bankruptcy court and colluding to enrich themselves by controlling the outcome of large Chapter 11 cases.

Judicial Candidate Nixed From Ballot Over Text To Rival

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas judge ruled a candidate for a state judicial seat in Houston ineligible for the March primary election, finding the candidate violated the state's Election Code by trying to coerce her opponent into withdrawing from the race.

Boutiques Loomed Large In Latest Bonus Season

By Aebra Coe

Sometimes referred to as the BigLaw bonus scale, year-end associate bonuses of more than $100,000 have included prestigious boutique law firms in recent years, with a notable outpouring of large bonuses among such firms in 2025, an analysis of data compiled by Law360 Pulse shows.

Judge Yanks $41M Atty Fee Award In SPAC Merger Suit

By Katryna Perera

A Texas federal judge has rescinded an attorney fee award of over $41 million to Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP and Entwistle & Cappucci LLP after the firms became engaged in a dispute over the amount of work done and the allocation of fees, among other things.

Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

Kellogg Hansen's handling of an antitrust suit against Google and Choate's work on a $215 million acquisition of a medical device maker lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 2 to 16.

Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Sher Tremonte LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Second Circuit upheld a ruling requiring Getty Images to pay out nearly $88 million to investors who said they were blocked from purchasing shares in the company once it became public.

Do's And Don'ts For How To Handle That Year-End Bonus

By Kevin Penton

While associates' bank accounts may be flush after the recent round of year-end bonuses at many of the country's top firms, whether the money leads to additional benefits or problems hinges on how attorneys handle the influx of cash, financial experts tell Law360 Pulse.

Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Sarah Martinson

The legal industry had another action-packed week with more lateral moves, leadership changes and C-suite promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

Womble Bond Expands With 36-Person McGlinchey Team

By Tracey Read

Womble Bond Dickinson announced Friday it has added a 36-member consumer financial services team from the shuttering McGlinchey Stafford PLLC and is opening two new offices in Albany, New York, and Cleveland.

Lightfoot Franklin Names Ala. Litigator As Managing Partner

By Lynn LaRowe

Litigation law firm Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC has tapped a Birmingham, Alabama, partner with nearly two decades at the firm to serve as managing partner.

Lateral Hiring Finished 2025 Strong Despite Q4 Dip

By Xiumei Dong

Large U.S. law firms capped 2025 with higher lateral hiring totals than the year before, despite a late-year slowdown, as demand for partners and counsel remained strong, new information from legal data company Firm Prospects LLC shows.

Legal Chiefs Shift Work From Firms Amid 'Threshold Moment'

By Michele Gorman

Nearly all the chief legal officers and general counsel who participated in a recent survey said they plan to move more law firm work in-house or to alternative providers within the next two years as increasing outside counsel rates, artificial intelligence and ongoing efficiency pressure factor into how they distribute work, according to a report published Wednesday.

McGuireWoods Adds K&L Gates Energy Pro In Houston

By Lynn LaRowe

McGuireWoods LLP has boosted its offerings to clients navigating infrastructure challenges related to the artificial intelligence boom and demand for data centers with a former K&L Gates partner in Houston who brings more than a decade of experience representing energy, infrastructure and data center developers, investors and lenders.

Sens. Advance Indiana Judge Nominee Grilled Over Sermons

By Courtney Bublé

A federal judicial nominee for Indiana who came under scrutiny by a Republican senator for his past sermons as an ordained elder was voted out of committee Thursday alongside five other judicial nominees.

FBFK Law Hires Former Clinton, Whitewater Investigator

By Jack Rodgers

FBFK Law has hired the former chair of Taylor Duma LLP's white collar defense practice who, in his more than four decade legal career, served as deputy independent counsel in the Whitewater-Lewinsky investigation, where he assisted with the grand jury proceedings involving former President Bill Clinton.

Ogletree's New Data Chief Hopes AI Use Becomes Widespread

By Sarah Martinson

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC recently promoted Timothy Fox to the newly created role of chief data and artificial intelligence officer. Here, Fox spoke with Law360 Pulse about what he wants to accomplish in the role and his hopes for widespread generative AI adoption in the legal industry.

Cole Schotz Heads Celebrate 100 Years Of Continuity, Success

By Adrian Cruz

While a 100th anniversary is always cause for celebration, Cole Schotz PC reaching the milestone resonates especially strongly for a midsize firm succeeding at a time when a number of its peers have consolidated, merged or shut down altogether, its managing shareholder told Law360 Pulse.

Lynn Pinker Litigator Talks Of 'Mission' As Dallas Bar Leader

By Lynn LaRowe

In taking the reins of the Dallas Bar Association this year, Jonathan R. Childers of Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann LLP is committed to doing his part to support the organization's 2026 theme of "maintaining the mission."

Texas Justices Reject High Court Hopeful's Late Ballot Bid

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court has declined to order the state's Republican Party chair to certify an Austin, Texas, area attorney as a candidate for a seat on the court, finding that the party official is not required to accept an application amended after the filing deadline.