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Hall Booth Names Longtime Leader As First COO
Hall Booth Smith PC has elevated a firm leader to serve as its first chief operations officer, promoting its chief strategy officer and chief marketing officer, who has been at the firm's Atlanta headquarters for 17 years.
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Dispensary Fights Lowenstein Sandler's Bid To Merge Suits
A cannabis dispensary has urged a New Jersey state court to reject Lowenstein Sandler LLP's bid to consolidate its malpractice suit against the firm and the firm's unpaid legal fee suit against the business, saying combining the cases would "reward Lowenstein's blatant litigation tactics."
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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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Office Snapshot: Axinn Takes Rebrand To Rockefeller Center
As part of an image rebrand unveiled last fall, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP has relocated its New York office to a more modern location within the iconic Rockefeller Center complex in midtown Manhattan.
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Hinshaw Adds Appellate Pro From Butler Weihmuller In Fla.
A longtime Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP attorney has moved her appellate practice to Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Florida.
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Herrick Feinstein Adds Commercial Litigation Partner In NY
Herrick Feinstein LLP made its third "senior" hire in 2025 for its litigation department by bringing on an experienced commercial litigation attorney who specializes in real estate as a new partner for its New York City office, the firm announced.
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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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Winstead Lands Insurance Ace From Bracewell In Houston
Winstead PC has hired the former leader of Bracewell LLP's insurance recovery practice to strengthen its business litigation practice.
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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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Bankruptcy Court's Input Sought In Judge Romance Row
A federal judge asked a Texas bankruptcy court to determine if the CEO of a now-bankrupt barge company has standing to sue over a former judge's secret romance with a Jackson Walker partner.
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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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Maron Marvel's New Leader Has Eye On Expansion
Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC's new managing shareholder told Law360 Pulse this week that he is excited to serve in the post and help steer the firm's national growth.
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Shipman & Goodwin Adds 4 Finance Attys In Connecticut
Shipman & Goodwin LLP has expanded its finance offerings in Connecticut with the addition of a partner and three associates based in the firm's Stamford office.
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Former Kaufman Dolowich Atty Settles Bias Suit Against Firm
A former Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP associate settled his lawsuit accusing the law firm of discriminating and retaliating against him after he requested accommodations for his hearing loss and urged the firm to better help attorneys with disabilities feel valued, the attorney's counsel told a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday.
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Four Firms Seek Top Roles In Pa. Warehouse Fire Litigation
Lawyers from four plaintiffs firms across the country have asked a Philadelphia judge to name them class counsel in recently filed litigation over the effects of an aircraft parts warehouse fire and also requested that the court consolidate all related lawsuits in the city.
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Insurance Litigator Moves To Barclay Damon As Partner
Barclay Damon LLP has hired a partner away from his private practice to boost its practices focused on insurance coverage and product liability defense, bringing the attorney to the firm's New York City office.
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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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Longtime DOJ Antitrust Litigator Joins Fried Frank In DC
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced that a Cooley LLP attorney who previously spent more than 15 years in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner.
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McNees Wallace Adds 2 Attys To Its Litigation, Enviro Groups
Midsize Pennsylvania-based firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLP has boosted its resources in its Harrisburg office with the additions of two attorneys to its litigation and environmental practices.
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Atty Who Repped Trump And Bannon Joins Brownstein Hyatt
Evan Corcoran, who represented President Donald Trump in his classified documents case and Steve Bannon in his contempt of Congress trial, has joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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Del. Corporate Law Bill Poses 'Grave Risk,' Plaintiffs' Firms Say
Five of Delaware's most active corporate litigation plaintiffs' firms have branded pending legislation aimed at curbing stockholder suits as a "dangerous and radical" measure that attacks the state's courts and will put Delaware's nationally known incorporation franchise "at grave risk."
Expert Analysis
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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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.