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  • Florida Powerhouse: Holland & Knight

    Holland & Knight LLP is an international firm, but its roots are in Florida, where the firm's attorneys continue to handle bet-the-company litigation for clients and to work on development deals reshaping urban areas.

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    Ex-Gunster Client Says Firm Can't Shake Data Breach Suit

    A former client urged a Florida federal court Tuesday to reject a bid from Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA to toss a proposed class action related to a data breach in 2022.

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    Spencer Fane Names Chief Talent And Diversity Officer

    A few months after announcing a new organizational structure, Spencer Fane LLP announced that a veteran human resources executive with 25 years of experience was hired as the firm's first chief talent and diversity officer.

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    GCs Expect Bigger Budgets And Deeper Focus On AI In 2025

    Fifty-five percent of general counsel saw a budget increase in 2024 for their legal departments, and that number is expected to rise even higher next year, according to a new report from alternative legal service provider Axiom.

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    GrayRobinson Gains Ex-Brown & Brown Leader In Orlando

    GrayRobinson PA has added an of counsel in Orlando, Florida, who spent much of his career in executive leadership roles at insurance brokerage Brown & Brown Inc.

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    Pryor Cashman Taps NY Litigator As Next Managing Partner

    A New York-based litigator will be the new managing partner of Pryor Cashman LLP starting next year, capping off a nearly 30-year journey at the firm that he began as an associate.

  • Fla. Panel Told Boies Schiller Film Co. Had Proper Fraud Claim

    A financier for the Natalie Portman movie "Jane Got A Gun" told a Florida state appellate panel Tuesday that a lower court wrongly denied a fraud claim against a co-funder, saying the law was misapplied in determining that misrepresentations couldn't be relied upon for loaning money to complete filming.

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    Sidley M&A Leader To Head Firm's Exec Committee

    Sidley Austin LLP announced Tuesday that a co-head of the firm's M&A and private equity practice will be the next chair of its executive committee, tapping an attorney who has been with the firm for more than three decades to fill the leadership post. 

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    GC Base Salaries At Big Companies On The Rise

    General counsel base salaries at companies making $5 billion or more in revenue has increased from last year, while their total compensation has decreased, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Empsight International LLC.

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    Marshall Dennehey Adds Boyd & Jenerette Workers Comp Pro

    Marshall Dennehey is growing its workers compensation practice in Florida with the addition of a former Boyd & Jenerette PA partner.

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    Better Days Ahead For Associates, Recruiters Say

    Things are looking up for associates, recruiters say, as a strong economic outlook for the legal industry appears to be driving increased demand for younger attorneys after two straight years of layoffs.

  • Florida Powerhouse: Podhurst Orseck

    Recent wins by tight-knit Miami trial and appellate boutique Podhurst Orseck PA show why firm leaders tout a reputation for "punching above our weight class," often helping plaintiffs prevail against businesses that probably hire more lawyers than the firm itself.

  • Federal Judges Beat Ethics Complaint Over Clerk Boycotts

    Two federal judges did not commit misconduct by joining in a letter with other jurists stating they would not hire students who attend Columbia University or its law school as clerks due to the university's handling of student protests over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council has found. 

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    Morgan & Morgan Can't Arbitrate Ethics Claims, Court Told

    A former client of Morgan & Morgan PA's Jacksonville, Florida, office has told a Georgia federal court to reject its bid to keep his malpractice claims out of court because, he says, the allegations fall within an "ethical grievance" exception in the parties' arbitration agreement. 

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    Fla. Jurist Who Helped Courts Navigate COVID Joins Boutique

    A well-known former Florida judge and civil justice innovator who, among other accomplishments, helped courts stay in business during the pandemic is taking her expertise to litigation boutique Bass Law.

  • Kennedys Adds 2 Knowledge Management Pros In London

    Kennedys said on Monday it has boosted its back-office technology and knowledge management teams with the hire of two experienced experts in legal procedures and practices and IT.

  • Florida Powerhouse: Smith Hulsey

    This year, Smith Hulsey & Busey closed $587 million in deals, helped uncover the biggest fraud case in local history and played a crucial role in the combination of two major healthcare facilities, firm leaders say.

  • Ex-Atty In Fla. Charged With Pilfering $650K From Estate

    A Florida attorney who was disbarred this year now faces criminal charges alleging that he embezzled nearly $650,000 from a former client's estate.

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    The 2024 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2024 Regional Powerhouses reflected the local peculiarities of their states while often representing clients in deals and cases that captured national attention.

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    Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks

    After months of a relatively steady pace of law firm mergers and acquisitions, the trio of proposed BigLaw tie-ups announced in recent days will likely spur more firms toward entertaining similar deal talks, experts say. Here, Law360 offers a snapshot of the proposed deals.

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    K&L Gates, AltaClaro Partner On Gen AI Supervisory Course

    Legal training provider AltaClaro released a generative artificial intelligence supervisory course for law firm partners that it developed with law firm K&L Gates LLP.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP attorneys and Texas litigator Richard L. Stanley lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the Federal Circuit on Monday revived a patent infringement case for their client Contour IP Holding LLC against GoPro Inc.

  • Ex-Fla. Law Prof's Retaliation Suit Moved North To Tallahassee

    A central Florida federal judge has transferred a retaliation and breach of contract case brought by a former law professor at Florida A&M University College of Law to another Florida federal district court, finding that the dispute's ties to the Tallahassee area overcame arguments for keeping the case in Orlando.

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    Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    Another BigLaw firm merger and a report about rising litigation spending rocked the second week of September. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.

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    SBSB Adds Liability Litigator From Kelley Kronenberg In Fla.

    A former Kelley Kronenberg litigator with a focus on third-party insurance defense is heading to the Boca Raton, Florida, office of SBSB Eastham.

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