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BigLaw Partner Tours With Punk Band Something Corporate
Two decades after parting ways with his pop-punk band Something Corporate, Snell & Wilmer commercial finance partner Joshua Partington is going back on the road for the piano rock ensemble’s “Out of Office” reunion tour.
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UnitedLex CEO Focuses On Organic Growth, Not Acquisitions
UnitedLex CEO James Schellhase recently joined the legal services company after serving as the top executive at data management consulting firm Breakwater Solutions. He spoke with Law360 Pulse about his plans for the company.
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Guo's Crypto Venture Raised 'Red Flags,' Investigator Says
A compliance investigator at cryptocurrency wallet provider BitGo testified in Manhattan federal court Friday that he identified multiple "financial crime red flags" in the digital asset exchange promoted by Chinese dissident Miles Guo.
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Defense Atty Group Backs Law Firm In Guo Trustee Clawback
The New York Council of Defense Lawyers has slammed a Chapter 11 trustee's attempt to claw back legal fees from an Empire State law firm that represented three nondebtor entities associated with bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo, saying it "burdens the Sixth Amendment" right to counsel.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Williams & Connolly LLP and Littler Mendelson PC lead this week's edition of Law360's Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court made it tougher for the National Labor Relations Board to win injunctions against employers.
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Anatomy Of A Remote BigLaw Office: Lessons From The Link
Four years since it launched in 2020, Husch Blackwell LLP's remote office, called The Link, has grown from 50 attorneys and business professionals to more than 700, with around a quarter of the law firm's attorneys practicing as part of the office.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms expanded their reach and the U.S. Supreme Court term heated up. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Conn. Attys On How Legal Community Protects Democracy
At this year's Connecticut Legal Conference, attorneys heard from former Connecticut Bar Association presidents and two attorney-politicians on what attorneys can do to promote, protect and preserve democracy.
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Meet The Connecticut Bar Association's Upcoming Officers
The Connecticut Bar Association has announced the slate of officers who will lead the organization for the next year, including multiple who have held previous leadership positions.
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Photronics Puts GC On Leave Amid Internal Review
Photronics Inc., maker of key components used in semiconductor manufacturing, said Thursday it has placed its general counsel of 14 years on paid administrative leave while it conducts an internal review.
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BBB Attorneys Hires 2, Promotes 2 To Partner
Connecticut law firm BBB Attorneys LLC has added two personal injury litigation attorneys and promoted two of its trial lawyers to partner.
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Eckert Seamans Names IP, Litigation, Product Liability Chairs
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott has tapped attorneys in its Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Boston offices to lead the firm's intellectual property, commercial litigation and product liability practices.
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Inside The Booming Congressional Investigations Bar
A congressional investigation is a dangerous mix of litigation, politics and public relations. And with the pace of oversight increasing, Law360 explores why congressional investigations attorneys are in demand at BigLaw firms, what their job entails and how it went from an afterthought to a respected and sought-after specialty.
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BigLaw Talent Wars Reach Congressional Oversight Attys
Demand for experienced congressional investigations attorneys is at an all-time high, leading to lateral hires and the launch of new practices as firms rush to compete with the handful of established oversight market leaders.
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Behind The Scenes With The Congressional Investigations Bar
Congressional oversight is a strange beast: part litigation, part politics and part public relations. Oversight veterans spoke to Law360 about what the process looks like and the many pitfalls they try to avoid.
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Nature Abhors A Vacuum: The Creation Of The Oversight Bar
Just 15 years ago, congressional investigations were barely regarded as a full-on practice area, even in the D.C. legal world. The 2008 financial crisis — and a few pioneering attorneys — changed all of that.
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Law Grads Told To 'Ride The Waves Of Change'
In debunking a familiar quote shared by Apple's Steve Jobs and comparing working with colleagues to being NFL teammates, 2024 law school commencement speakers asked their future legal colleagues to allow space for their career aspirations to change and not underestimate the impact they can make — both individually and as a community.
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Atty's Bias Case 'Harmed' Connecticut Judiciary, Court Told
A Connecticut agency's fight on behalf of a formerly suspended civil rights attorney who made bias claims is a "grave interference" with court functions, state Attorney General William Tong's office told a state judge during a hearing Tuesday.
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Law Firms Roll Back Summer Programs In Tight Legal Market
Law firms that can't find enough work for the deluge of prospective and newly minted attorneys already on their hands are tightening their pipelines for new talent this season, rolling back their summer associate positions for 2024, according to legal industry experts.
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The 2024 Summer Associates Survey
Summer associateships are more coveted than ever, with candidates landing comparatively fewer on-campus interviews amid a tightening legal market. Find out what's in store for this year's summers, as well as which firms topped their wish lists, in the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
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What Are Summer Associates Saying?
Law360 Pulse asked prospective summer associates about how their top-choice firms distinguished themselves from their peers. Here are some of the ways.
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These Law Firms Are Where Summers Want To Work
Concerns and anxieties about future job prospects have continued to arise among law students as they find themselves facing reduced success in securing interviews for sought-after summer associateships this year, according to Law360 Pulse's 2024 Summer Associate Survey.
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2nd Circ. Remands Malpractice Suit Against DLA Piper
The Second Circuit on Monday sent back to state court a Chinese smart car technology company's malpractice suit against DLA Piper that accused the firm of mishandling a shareholder suit, with the appeals court panel saying federal court does not have jurisdiction over the suit.
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Chinese Dissident's Banker Lied About Accounts, Jury Hears
The former head of banking for Miles Guo, the prominent Chinese dissident also known as Ho Wan Kwok, testified in Manhattan federal court Monday that he lied to financial institutions about a number of investment entities that are now the subject of $1 billion fraud charges.
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FordHarrison Makes Associate Hires Across 5 Offices
FordHarrison LLP announced that it made associate hires across five of the employment law firm's office locations including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.