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California Pulse
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Calif. Atty, Reality TV Hopeful Gets 5 Years For Client Theft
A California lawyer who claimed to be developing a Bravo TV show about himself has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for looting his firm's client trust accounts, an offense that appears to be only one tentacle of "a larger criminal scheme."
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Frost Brown Eminent Domain Ace Joins Nossaman In Calif.
Nossaman LLP is growing its California team, bringing in a Frost Brown Todd LLP eminent domain expert as a partner in its Orange County office.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Sills Cummis and Irell & Manella's work on behalf of Johnson & Johnson and Young Conaway's work on Blink Fitness' Chapter 11 proceedings lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Feb. 21 to March 7.
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Dropbox CLO Exiting After 13 Years, New Legal Chief Named
The chief legal officer of Dropbox Inc. is resigning after 13 years with the company, and will be replaced by the current vice president of product counseling and privacy, according to a filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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California Bar Orders Investigation Of Flawed Exam
The State Bar of California is bringing on an independent investigator to look into the problem-plagued administration of the February bar exam, which left scores of test-takers feeling cheated.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Public Citizen Litigation Group and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a D.C. federal judge can require the Trump administration to release up to $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funding.
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Salesforce CFO, Former CLO, Named Direct Relief CEO
The current chief financial officer and former chief legal officer of Salesforce is set to join humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief as its new leader, the group announced Friday.
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Womble Bond Adds Foley & Lardner Corporate Ace In SF
Womble Bond Dickinson has hired a California-based attorney from Foley & Lardner who advises clients in technology, healthcare, energy and other industries on corporate and transactional matters.
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Legal Jobs Down As Gov't Work Dries Up Under Trump
Following modest gains at the beginning of the year, the U.S. legal sector lost 3,300 jobs in February, according to preliminary data released Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal sector started March with a downpour of big industry news, including leadership shuffles, office closures and group lateral moves. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Amid Court Setbacks, Trump Wants Foes To Foot Legal Bills
With judges hitting the brakes on the White House's aggressive agenda, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to up the ante with his legal adversaries by seeking legal costs and damages if his administration ultimately prevails after initial setbacks in litigation.
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East Coast Promos Lead Mid-Law Partnership Classes In 2025
While the number of Mid-Law partnership promotions remained relatively stable this year, a handful of East Coast markets saw substantial growth, while other traditional hotbeds, such as California, experienced a decline in numbers, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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2025 Mid-Law Partner Classes See Bigger Share Of Women
The percentage of women in Mid-Law partnership classes ticked upward in 2025, in what experts say may be a sign that efforts to boost women's representation in law firms are paying off, though the picture remains complicated, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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Biggest Takeaways From 2025's Mid-Law Partner Classes
Partner class sizes among Mid-Law firms held steady in 2025 from the year prior, with experts saying firm leaders are likely being cautious about promotions in the face of uncertainty around the economy and artificial intelligence, according to a Law360 Pulse analysis.
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Perkins Coie Life Sciences Ace Joins Gunderson Dettmer
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Perkins Coie LLP life sciences transactions attorney as a partner in its Northern California offices.
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Entertainment Atty Joins Pierson Ferdinand's Expanding Roster
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Wednesday a veteran entertainment attorney with more than 30 years of experience, including a stint in-house with Sony, has joined the firm's global media, entertainment and sports practice as a Los Angeles-based partner.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In February? Netflix's Scored Big
Netflix Inc.'s David Hyman sold over $63 million worth of his company's stock in early February, surpassing the combined total for top lawyers at Live Nation Entertainment, Carlyle Group and Walmart Inc., who each earned between $8.1 million and $14.1 million in stock sales.
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O'Melveny Antitrust Pro Jumps To Paul Hastings In LA
Paul Hastings LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in an O'Melveny & Myers LLP antitrust litigator as a partner in a Los Angeles office.
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Jury Mulling Judge's Murder Trial Hears More Arguments
With jury deliberations in the murder trial of a California judge who fatally shot his wife stretching into their sixth day Wednesday, the presiding judge allowed the prosecution and defense to make additional arguments addressing the jury's question about the willfulness requirement for second-degree murder.
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Justices Asked To Recuse Fitbit Judge Over Google Ties
A Silicon Valley-based patent-holding company that lost its infringement case against Fitbit is telling the U.S. Supreme Court that a California federal judge and her husband's financial ties to Fitbit parent Google are so strong that "if these circumstances do not warrant recusal ... then nothing does."
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Jay-Z, Buzbee Dispute Threats, Confession In Rape Case
The monthslong legal feud between Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and prominent plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee has reached a new pitch, as Carter claims to have evidence proving he did not rape a 13-year-old alongside disgraced rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, while Buzbee claims Carter is trying to menace the victim into silence.
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Seyfarth Names Real Estate Atty As Co-Lead In San Francisco
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has named a longtime real estate attorney to be the new co-managing partner of its San Francisco office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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ABA Says Attys Victimized By Clients May Share Certain Info
An attorney who is a victim of a crime perpetrated by a client or prospective client may disclose client information "to the extent reasonably necessary to report a crime," the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has found in its latest ethics opinion, released Wednesday.
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Weil Unveils New Leadership After Recent Departures
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Wednesday that it is shifting several leaders of its practices, departments and offices, weeks after updating its governance structure and in the wake of several recent high-profile departures.
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Ex-BigLaw Chair: 'You Can't Outgrow Your Infrastructure'
After the law firm he founded in 2001, Goldberg Segalla LLP, saw massive growth under his two decades of leadership, Richard J. "RJ" Cohen Sr. said one major lesson he learned is that law firms need to ensure they don't outgrow their infrastructure and administrative teams.
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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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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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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How Attys Can Guard Against Rising Settle-And-Sue Claims
Certain precautions can help lawyers avoid post-settlement malpractice claims and create a solid evidentiary defense, as settle-and-sue lawsuits rise amid pandemic-induced dispute settlements, say Bethany Kristovich and Jeremy Beecher at Munger Tolles.
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What I Learned As A Virtual Summer Associate
It is necessary in a virtual law firm summer program to think twice about asking questions you may be able to answer on your own, but this independence and other aspects of a remote internship may help to instill habits that would be useful for future full-time associates, says law student Kelley Sheehan, who interned at Patterson & Sheridan this summer.