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Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has nabbed a Dechert LLP regional white collar practice chair and former federal prosecutor for its Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices in the wake of Dechert's recent decision to shutter its Windy City office.
An almost 19-year veteran of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission who helped lead a group of attorneys focused on mergers has moved to private practice, joining Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as an antitrust partner in the nation's capital, the firm announced Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon, on the bench in the District of Oregon since 2011, is married to U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., and says "good faith and transparency" are key to avoiding conflicts of interest when both sides of a marriage work in legal affairs and lawmaking.
Netflix Inc. chief legal officer David Hyman added to his income by selling more than $29 million worth of company stock in August, while Apple Inc. general counsel Katherine Adams sold over $20 million worth.
Spencer Fane LLP has hired a partner from Nossaman LLP who works with nonprofits, political action committees and other clients on political and compliance law-related matters.
In the last two decades, K&L Gates LLP has quadrupled its annual gross revenue. Global strategic growth partner Craig Budner discusses growth strategy, as well as industry factors at play as the firm and its peers look to the future.
Law firms exploring artificial intelligence tools face growing hurdles in implementing those technologies effectively while dealing with pushback from clients, based on what I overheard at a recent legal technology conference.
Mayer Brown LLP announced Wednesday it is bolstering its global investigations and white collar defense practice with the addition of a U.S. Department of Justice Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit official who led more than 50 investigations under the anti-bribery law.
The former secretary-general of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and a longtime international disputes specialist at Steptoe LLP have joined forces to create a new international dispute resolution firm to be known as LKDR LLC, or Low & Kinnear Dispute Resolution LLC.
Brown Rudnick LLP has hired a former Haynes and Boone LLP partner and former Dickinson Wright PLLC member, who have joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as partners to continue representing clients on life sciences-related intellectual property matters, the firm announced Tuesday.
Holland & Knight LLP announced Tuesday the addition of a longtime Ernst & Young executive as chief business development and marketing officer, a new position where he'll be tasked with driving growth and bolstering the firm's brand.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a chief operating officer who previously filled the same role at McGuireWoods LLP.
A D.C. federal judge has rejected a host of arguments by Fugees rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel seeking a new trial on charges of assisting a Malaysian billionaire in illegally diverting funds, including claims that he was prejudiced by his former attorney's use of generative artificial intelligence to craft his closing argument.
McDermott Will & Emery on Tuesday announced the firm added litigator Alexander Southwell, a former federal prosecutor who founded and co-led the privacy, cybersecurity and data innovation practice at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Many early-stage legal tech startups don't initially meet law firms' security requirements, and instead are focused on product development and marketing, according to legal industry experts.
Attorneys who work at home or outside law firm offices can position themselves for partnership by becoming indispensable to their colleagues, as well as leveraging new technology and flexible schedules to better serve clients.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Sunday that she's seen no "persuasive reason" why members of the nation's highest court shouldn't be held to an enforceable code of conduct, becoming the second justice to publicly endorse proposed ethics reform following a year of heightened public scrutiny.
The House Judiciary Committee Republicans demanding Attorney General Merrick Garland release audiotapes of President Joe Biden's interviews over Biden's handling of classified documents while vice president "would cause significant harm to law enforcement interests," the U.S. Department of Justice has told a D.C. federal court.
The Georgia election workers who secured a $148 million judgment against former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in D.C. federal court hit him with a new lawsuit Friday, saying he is "pretending" to live in Florida in "a brazen attempt to shield his luxury Palm Beach condo" from them.
A retired managing partner of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP who died recently is being remembered as a leader who helped cement the firm's elite reputation over his 50-year career there, as well as being a generous mentor, devoted father and a pioneer in the food and drug law field.
The American Bar Association's policymaking body earlier in August passed a resolution urging all state supreme courts and bar associations to accommodate the unique needs of military spouse attorneys who must move frequently to support the nation's defense. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to members of the group that helped push the issue to the forefront.
Special counsel Jack Smith's superseding indictment of former President Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election sets a new precedent that should end ethics charges leveled against Trump administration Department of Justice attorney Jeffrey Clark, according to Clark's latest arguments.
An influx of law students in 2021 has led to an increased number of examinees taking and passing the multistate bar exam in July, according to an announcement this week from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame is no longer seeking to vacate his guilty plea that he says Manhattan federal prosecutors induced with a false promise to halt a campaign finance probe into his partner Michelle Bond, though his claims that they broke their word will still be litigated before two different judges.
Following the Supreme Court's summer 2023 ruling to strike down affirmative action in college admissions, experts warned corporate America about the wide-ranging implications that would likely take hold. Since then, several big-name brands have rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, a list that Lowe's joined this week.
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.
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Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The MarkLaw firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.
Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.
To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.
Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.
To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills?Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.