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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's real estate team guided major deals, representing Spirit Realty Capital Inc. in its $9.3 billion, all-stock acquisition by Realty Income Corp., and Public Storage's $2.2 billion acquisition of Simply Self Storage, earning it a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.
Winston & Strawn LLP represented former student-athletes who changed the shape of college sports with a $2.78 billion antitrust settlement over the NCAA's name, image and likeness compensation rules, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP lawyers advised on some of the biggest fundraises in the past year, including helping EQT establish a buyout fund that raised €22 billion ($23 billion) and guiding Lexington Partners in forming what became the largest secondaries fund to date, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP's construction attorneys advised a massive transit project valued at nearly $2 billion that the firm said will be the centerpiece of the Miami skyline when completed. That and other recent work have earned the team a spot among the 2024 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.
Jenner & Block LLP's recent work on behalf of power industry players has resulted in cutting-edge courtroom wins and boardroom deals, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Energy Groups of the Year.
Dentons attorneys represented JPMorgan in its $6 billion acquisition of Flagstar Bank's residential mortgage warehouse business, and advised the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on the issuance of $43 billion in notes as the agency acted as Silicon Valley Bank's receiver, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.
WilmerHale helped Norfolk Southern navigate a wave of class actions over the fiery derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, shepherding it to a $600 million settlement resolving claims for a class of nearly half a million people and earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.
Dykema Gossett PLLC's cannabis group has helped ink a landmark sponsorship deal between Primitiv and Detroit's Ford Field, kept a charter amendment on whether to legalize recreational cannabis in Keego Harbor, Michigan, on the ballot, and helped online platform LeafLink avoid an intellectual property suit between two of its customers, earning the group a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Cannabis Groups of the Year.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has added a litigation attorney from Cooley LLP and a private funds attorney from Ropes & Gray LLP who will both work in Boston, the firm announced Wednesday.
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Wednesday that the firm has bulked up its energy platform with three former Allen Overy Shearman Sterling attorneys who have come aboard as partners in California, Washington state and Texas.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has promoted two senior directors at the firm to the newly created positions of chief data and artificial intelligence officer and chief innovation and strategic design officer, the firm said Wednesday.
Knobbe Martens will be paying special spring bonuses to all associates and counsel based on the year of partnership consideration, the intellectual property and technology law firm said Wednesday.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Tuesday that it hired a new partner for its executive compensation and employee benefits group out of New York.
Mayer Brown LLP has added an energy regulatory partner with a decade of BigLaw experience to its growing Washington, D.C., office.
DLA Piper continues expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP commercial litigator, who previously was a professional baseball player, as a partner in its San Francisco office.
More alarm bells rang Tuesday over the Trump administration's recent remarks questioning the judiciary's authority to keep the executive branch's power in check, as more than 2,000 American lawyers and a group representing U.S. law schools voiced concern about the need to uphold the country's constitutional democracy.
A California state judge facing trial this week on charges of murdering his wife lost his bid to have jurors tour the living room of the house where she was shot to death, after a Los Angeles County judge ruled Tuesday that there's sufficient photographic evidence of the scene.
Ballard Spahr LLP announced Tuesday that it has formed a new state attorneys general consumer finance response team in response to the Trump administration's efforts to effectively shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Sidley Austin LLP is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Latham & Watkins LLP emerging companies specialist as a partner in its San Francisco Bay Area offices.
Akerman LLP has expanded its litigation capabilities in Florida with the addition of Keller Landsberg PA's founder and the firm's attorneys, Akerman said Tuesday.
The former BigLaw partner who fatally shot his wife has entered a Georgia state court dispute over the distribution of wrongful death proceeds related to her death, saying he was required to assign the proceeds to his wife's godson as part of his plea deal but took no position on the validity of that assignment.
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorneys recently represented HPS Investment Partners on a $21.1 billion direct lending fund, and advised Goldman Sachs Alternatives as it raised more than $20 billion, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its litigation bench with a partner who previously led the Austin, Texas, office of Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced on Tuesday the hiring of a four-partner registered funds team formerly with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
Following a 16-year career at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that spanned myriad leadership roles, the former deputy director of the agency's enforcement wing has moved his practice to McGuireWoods LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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.
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?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.
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?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.
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.
Attorneys can use a new predeposition meet-and-confer obligation for federal litigation — taking effect Tuesday — to better understand and narrow the topics of planned testimony, and more clearly outline the scope of any discovery disputes, says James Wagstaffe at Wagstaffe von Loewenfeldt Busch.
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Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial LawyersTo build the ranks of female trial attorneys, law firms must integrate them into every aspect of a case — from witness preparation to courtroom arguments — instead of relegating them to small roles, says Kalpana Srinivasan, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey.
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Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In LawIt falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.
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5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During PandemicThe pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.
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BigLaw Cannot Reap Diversity Rewards Without InclusionBigLaw 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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Ideas For Closing BigLaw's Diversity GapIf 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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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black AttorneysThe pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As LeadersHiring 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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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And BeyondIn 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.