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Threats Against Judges 'Top Priority,' Fed. Judiciary Says
Protecting federal judges is a "top priority" as violent threats spike against a polarized political backdrop, making congressional funding for additional security measures more important than ever, the U.S. Judicial Conference said Tuesday.
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Ex-TD Bank Atty Back To Basics Of Litigation At Ballard Spahr
A former in-house attorney for TD Bank has gone back to private practice and joined Ballard Spahr LLP's Philadelphia office in a move aimed at returning his focus to the nuts and bolts of litigation.
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Seyfarth Employment Litigator Joins McGuireWoods In LA
McGuireWoods LLP is strengthening its California labor and employment team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Seyfarth Shaw LLP employment litigator as partner in its downtown Los Angeles office.
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Schulte Roth Establishes Nonequity Partnership Tier
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP has implemented a nonequity partnership tier this year, appointing 12 income partners in January, a firm spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
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Campus Interviews Out Of Favor In Quest For Summer Talent
On-campus interviewing — an outdated process that led to just 24% of all offers made by law firms last year for summer associates — is no longer the preferred recruitment method, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Former Minnesota US Atty Rejoins Jones Day
Jones Day announced Tuesday that a former U.S. attorney for Minnesota has rejoined the firm's investigations and white collar defense practice in Minneapolis.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Ex-FTC Deputy Director In Palo Alto
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced Tuesday the hiring of a former deputy director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition as a partner in its Palo Alto, California, office.
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Ex-Google AI Counsel Joins King & Spalding In San Francisco
King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired for its business litigation practice group a former Google in-house attorney who helped steer the tech giant's artificial intelligence regulatory strategy.
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Holland & Hart Taps Perkins Coie Attys For New Phoenix Office
Holland & Hart LLP announced Tuesday that it has opened its 14th office, this one in Phoenix, with two environmental partners from Perkins Coie LLP.
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As Law Firms Remain AI Cautious, Some Attys Jump In
Legal professionals are using artificial intelligence more often than last year, even as their law firms take a more measured approach, according to a new survey released on Tuesday.
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Latham's Revenue Rises To $7B Off M&A, Litigation Work
Latham & Watkins LLP's revenue increased by $1.3 billion in 2024, with profits per equity partner up nearly 30%, amid "surging" demand for its transactional and litigation services across its global platform, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Paul Hastings Adds Kirkland Atty As Global M&A Co-Chair
Paul Hastings LLP has hired a third global co-chair for its mergers and acquisitions practice who was one of the youngest M&A partners in the world to have announced well over $1 trillion in deals, the firm said Monday.
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Office Snapshot: WilmerHale's San Francisco 'Success Story'
With an unexpected nearly fourfold increase in its attorney roster in San Francisco over the past six years, WilmerHale has moved into a new two-floor space in the heart of city's financial district.
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Former Cooley Atty To Co-Lead Troutman Cybersecurity Team
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has welcomed a veteran cybersecurity and privacy attorney from Cooley LLP to co-lead its privacy and cyber team.
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Perkins Coie Adds 2 Finnegan IP Attys In Calif.
Perkins Coie LLP is growing its West Coast team, announcing Monday it is bringing in two Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP intellectual property attorneys as partners in its Silicon Valley office in Palo Alto, California.
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5 Key Takeaways From The ABA's Latest Legal Tech Survey
Last week, the American Bar Association released its 2024 legal technology survey report, which covers a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence use, courtroom technology training and law firm data breaches. Here are five key takeaways from the report.
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King & Spalding Gets Mass Torts Pro From Winston & Strawn
King & Spalding LLP announced Monday that it has hired for its Chicago office a mass torts and products liability litigation attorney who formerly was a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP.
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Commerce Dept. Telecom Atty Rejoins Akin In DC
The former deputy chief counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce group focused on telecommunications has rejoined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in Washington, the firm announced Monday.
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PierFerd Hires 2 Ex-CM Law Bankruptcy Partners
Manhattan-based Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday the hiring of two former partners at CM Law PLLC for its bankruptcy, financial restructuring and reorganization practice.
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Davis Polk Adds Debevoise M&A Co-Leader In Calif.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Monday the firm bolstered its mergers and acquisitions practice by hiring an attorney who most recently co-chaired the M&A group at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
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Loeb & Loeb Adds 5-Atty Litigation Team From Kasowitz In NY
Loeb & Loeb LLP has expanded its litigation offerings in New York with the addition of five attorneys from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, including the leaders of the firm's software litigation and real estate litigation practices.
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Paul Hastings Reelects Chair, Managing Partner To 2nd Terms
Paul Hastings LLP Chair Frank Lopez and Managing Partner Sherrese Smith have been reelected to their second three-year terms, the firm said Monday.
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Clerks May Seek Political Jobs On 'Case-By-Case Basis'
Individual federal judges may determine whether their clerks may seek political posts while employed by the judiciary, the Judicial Conference of the United States' Committee on Codes of Conduct now recommends, months after issuing guidance advising clerks to hold off seeking such roles until their clerkships end.
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Buchalter Launches FDA Regulatory Compliance Group
Buchalter PC is launching a new practice group to guide clients through the complex regulatory landscape of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and related agencies.
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Ex-Kirkland IP Atty Can't Fire Her Bias Suit Atty 'For Cause'
A former Kirkland & Ellis LLP intellectual property associate suing the firm over bias claims cannot fire her counsel at Filippatos PLLC over professional misconduct allegations, a California federal judge ruled Thursday while allowing Filippatos to withdraw as her counsel.
Expert Analysis
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.