New York Pulse


  • Clifford Chance Adds Ex-Latham Energy Financing Pro In NY

    Energy and infrastructure financing attorney Gianluca Bacchiocchi has returned to Clifford Chance LLP as a partner on its global financial markets team after a four-year run at Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • 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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    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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    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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    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.

  • Retrial In Landmark Graft Case Faces Potential Roadblocks

    A retrial in a public corruption case tied to an infrastructure initiative under former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces possible obstacles after being returned to a federal judge by the U.S. Supreme Court, with the parties awaiting further legal guidance from the justices and the defense saying the Trump administration's priorities may sink the case.

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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.

  • 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.

  • Diddy Threatened Employees, Feds Say In New Indictment

    Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a new indictment in the sex trafficking and racketeering case against Sean "Diddy" Combs, revealing new details about the hip-hop mogul's alleged practices of forcing his employees to work long hours, while subjecting them to physical and psychological harm.

  • 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.

  • Meltzer Lippe, Fired Partner Agree To End Sex Bias Suit

    Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone LLP and a former partner have agreed to end her New York federal court suit claiming she was fired from the firm after she complained about its sexist work environment, according to a Thursday court filing.

  • Adams Accuser's Bankruptcy Unlikely To End Sex Assault Suit

    A state judge on Thursday heaped skepticism on New York City's bid to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams based on the accuser filing for bankruptcy, noting a federal judge has now directed a trustee to pursue the claims.

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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.

  • Bove May Sidestep Discipline In Adams Scandal, Experts Say

    Ethics complaints piling up against acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove over his efforts to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams could result in disciplinary action at the state level, but it's highly unlikely that he'll face any consequences from the U.S. Department of Justice and its office charged with investigating attorney misconduct, experts say.

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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.

  • Fake NY Lawyer Charged With Stealing $200K From Clients

    A New York man has been indicted on charges he impersonated a lawyer and stole $200,000 from clients over the course of nearly three years, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

  • NY Court Rejects Leon Black's Malicious Prosecution Suit

    A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected a malicious prosecution suit brought by former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black against Wigdor LLP, which represented a woman in a failed lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault.

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    Steptoe Adds 'Substantial' Human Rights Team In DC, NY

    Steptoe LLP is bulking up its global business and human rights offerings with the addition of a "substantial team" of attorneys and advisers based in Washington, D.C., and New York.

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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.

  • 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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    Elsberg Baker Credits Young Attorneys For First Year Success

    In its first year of business, New York-founded litigation and trial boutique Elsberg Baker & Maruri was so successful representing clients from the financial services, real estate and tech industries that it was able to reward associates with end-of-year bonuses at 175% above the BigLaw scale.

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    McDermott Hires 2 More Schulte Roth PE Partners In NY

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP has hired two former partners from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP for its transactions practice in New York, the firm said Thursday.

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    Nixon Peabody Hires Former Sheppard Mullin Partner In NY

    Nixon Peabody LLP said Wednesday that a former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner has joined the New York office as a partner on the firm's nonprofit organizations team.

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Expert Analysis

  • The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms Author Photo

    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.

  • The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey Author Photo

    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.

  • Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors Author Photo

    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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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload? Author Photo

    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.

  • A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms Author Photo

    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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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments? Author Photo

    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. 

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    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.

  • Perspectives

    Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench Author Photo

    To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.

  • The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand Author Photo

    Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.

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