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Wiggin Hires Trump Classified Docs DOJ Atty
Wiggin and Dana LLP has hired a career U.S. Department of Justice litigator, who most-recently helped bring a case against President Donald Trump for allegedly retaining classified national security documents at Mar-a-Lago and obstructing government investigators.
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Ex-Missouri Governor GC Joins Armstrong Teasdale
Armstrong Teasdale LLP has announced that the general counsel to former Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has been brought aboard the firm's Jefferson City, Missouri, office as counsel in the firm's litigation group.
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Recently Retired NJ Justice Joins Archer & Greiner
Mid-Atlantic firm Archer & Greiner PC announced Monday that a recently retired New Jersey Supreme Court justice who's spent decades in state government has joined the firm as a business litigation of counsel.
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Orrick Lands 13-Atty VC Team From Gunderson Dettmer In LA
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Monday that it has hired a 13-attorney team from Gunderson Dettmer, including the co-founders of its Los Angeles office, to bolster its tech company and venture capital services.
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Herrick Adds 2 Trademark Attorneys From Moses & Singer
Herrick Feinstein LLP has hired two Moses & Singer LLP attorneys to bolster the firm's intellectual property and tech bench, according to an announcement.
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How Law Firms Are Helping Their Partners Generate Wealth
As U.S. law firms look back at another year of strong profits, many partners are left with a good deal of cash in their bank accounts and little time to think about how to invest it.
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Legal Sector Gains 900 Jobs In January Amid Data Revisions
The U.S. legal sector started the year with a modest boost, adding 900 jobs in January, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday following the agency's annual employment data revision that also lifted earlier job figures from the past year.
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Pullman & Comley Escapes Ex-Tech CEO's Legal Ethics Claim
A Connecticut state judge ruled that the former CEO of WorldQuant Predictive Technologies LLC cannot sue Connecticut law firm Pullman & Comley LLC over the loss of $6 million in WorldQuant stock, determining that he should have raised those concerns earlier in the termination process.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Lawyers from Latham & Watkins LLP and Proskauer Rose LLP kick off this week's Law360 Legal Lions, with a jury decision ending a $500 million antitrust lawsuit against their clients, U.S. Soccer and Major League Soccer.
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Adams And Reese Atty Talks Bringing Super Bowl To NOLA
Adams and Reese LLP counsel Philip Sherman joined Law360 Pulse to discuss his role in bringing Super Bowl LIX to New Orleans on Sunday.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Robbins Geller's work on a proposed shareholder class action against an Nvidia supplier and Greenspoon Marder's work on behalf of the maker of an AI-powered grocery service lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 24 to Feb. 7.
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BigLaw Firms Saw Double-Digit Profit Growth In 2024
Last year was "one of the strongest years on record" for U.S. law firm financial results, according to Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group head Gretta Rusanow, with a survey by the bank of mostly large law firms showing a 16.6% increase in profits and a 12.3% increase in revenue over 2023.
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Pierson Ferdinand Taps Founding Partner As GC
The rapidly-growing firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Friday that it selected one of its Philadelphia-based founding partners to serve as the firm's global general counsel.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off February with another action-packed week as attorneys took on new roles in BigLaw and the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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DLA Piper Business Litigator Jumps To Hanson Bridgett In SF
Hanson Bridgett LLP is boosting its litigation team, bringing in a DLA Piper trial attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Steptoe & Johnson Adds IP Attorney To Pittsburgh Office
An intellectual property attorney specializing in assisting clients with patents in the electrical, mechanical and software fields has recently moved her practice to Steptoe & Johnson PLLC's Pittsburgh office.
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Legal Job Satisfaction Up, Less Turnover Expected, Study Says
Legal professionals surveyed reported high job satisfaction at the end of last year, signaling a quieter job market for the legal industry in 2025, according to a new report from recruiting firm Robert Half Inc.
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Kaufman Dolowich Adds 4-Atty Obermayer Team In Conn., NY
Kaufman Dolowich LLP announced Thursday that it added a four-person employment law team based in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York City from Northeast firm Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP.
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Snell & Wilmer Grows DC Office With Ex-McDermott Partner
Snell & Wilmer LLP strengthened its litigation services in Washington, D.C., with the recent addition of an attorney specializing in representing clients in federal compliance and civil and criminal enforcement matters.
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Armstrong Teasdale Lands Former Troutman Litigation Trio
Armstrong Teasdale LLP has added three attorneys from Troutman Pepper Locke LLP in New York City to enhance its litigation practice group and strengthen its efforts in mass tort, complex commercial and product liability matters.
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AI Chatbot DeepSeek A 'Privacy Nightmare' For Legal Sector
While Chinese startup DeepSeek's open-source generative artificial intelligence model presents some opportunities for the legal tech industry, the company's Chinese ownership is a "privacy nightmare" for law firms, according to industry experts.
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Arnall Golden Hires Home Care & Hospice CEO In DC
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has hired the former head of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, to join its Washington, D.C., office after nearly 40 years with the organization, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Experienced Capital Markets Atty Joins Procopio In Calif.
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP announced Wednesday that an experienced capital markets and securities attorney, who most recently practiced at Barton LLP, has joined the firm's office in Orange County, California.
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Michael Best Remembers Utah 'Legend' After Sudden Death
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP announced that a senior partner who spent over 50 years practicing law in Salt Lake City died along with his wife late last month in what the firm called a "tragic accident."
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McNees Moves Philadelphia Office After 4 Years
Four years after taking its first steps into the Philadelphia region, McNees Wallace & Nurick has expanded its footprint with the relocation of its office to a larger space.
Expert Analysis
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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.