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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has added the former head of the tax practice at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP as a partner this week, who brings to the role experience in deals like 21st Century Fox's $71 billion acquisition by Disney and the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.
The National LGBTQ Bar Association, an organization for LGBTQ lawyers, law students and legal professionals with 1,700 members, is focused in 2024 on increasing representation of LGBTQ people on the bench, supporting LGBTQ attorneys in their workplaces and connecting attorneys via its annual conference.
This June, LGBTQ+ attorneys around the country at law firms big and small shared with Law360 how they — and their firms — are celebrating Pride Month.
DLA Piper has hired a technology-focused finance partner in its Oslo, Norway, office as its first female country managing partner in the Nordic region, the firm said Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Justice would like a New Jersey federal court to throw out a subpoena compelling trial testimony from a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner regarding an investigation into an alleged bribe the government believes two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives supplied to an Indian company.
Holland & Knight LLP's new diversity partner, O'Kelly E. McWilliams III, never sought out opportunities to serve in the diversity, equity and inclusion space, but the chance to serve in those roles presented themselves throughout the years.
Morrison Foerster LLP will "transition to a flexible office space model" at the end of the year in Miami after its current lease expires, a firm spokesperson told Law360 Pulse on Thursday.
Holland & Knight LLP has brought on a veteran lobbyist and lawyer in Austin, who previously led the government affairs group at Spencer Fane LLP, to helm the firm's new Texas government advocacy team.
Roberta Kaplan, the intrepid litigator who has won landmark victories for LGBTQ+ couples, survivors of white supremacist violence and a writer who accused former President Donald Trump of sexual assault, announced Wednesday that she is leaving Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP to launch a new boutique with two former prosecutors and a veteran of complex litigation.
Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a three-attorney private wealth services team, comprising two shareholders and an associate, from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York.
While some new attorneys earn top dollar right out of their Juris Doctor program, that isn't actually the norm, according to a new study from Georgetown University, which found that when factoring in student loan debt, the median earnings for all law graduates land at just $72,000 four years after graduation.
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that it expects to adopt a new bar examination beginning in July 2028 after considering public comments.
A former deputy general counsel at communications infrastructure-focused real estate investment trust Uniti Group Inc. is moving to Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP in Washington, bringing with him his multiple decades of governmental and regulatory experience.
The chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has requested information in a letter to the president of George Mason University and its law school's dean regarding the institution's response to sexual misconduct allegations against former professor Joshua Wright, who is also a former Federal Trade Commission commissioner.
Knowing many teenagers only interact with the law through the criminal justice system, Baker Donelson and Tractor Supply Co. attorneys have partnered with the nonprofit Street Law to bring a taste of the legal profession to diverse students in metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee, one of many such programs Street Law has established throughout the country.
Blank Rome LLP's lobbying unit hired an experienced public policy advocate with over 25 years of experience working in the federal government as a new principal based in Washington.
Months after global law firm Kennedys announced its expansion into Florida with the opening of a Fort Lauderdale office, the insurance law giant is continuing to grow its Sunshine State offerings with the addition of a new partner, special counsel and associate, the firm announced Wednesday.
While BigLaw's suicide prevention efforts emphasize open communication around mental health, firms are largely less transparent about how they'd respond to the suicide of an employee.
Baker McKenzie said Wednesday that 66 lawyers are being promoted to partnerships in 2024, its smallest yearly intake of newly elevated partners in a decade, though it has also hired nearly 50 partners over the past year.
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has started an official practice to handle clients' most sensitive and complex internal investigations and enforcement matters.
Mayer Brown LLP elevated a deputy director of the National Economic Council under former President Donald Trump to its top leadership post in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Wednesday.
Just eight years after joining Jones Walker LLP as an associate, construction lawyer William Underwood is now leading the firm's Atlanta office. Here, Underwood talks to Law360 Pulse about his quick climb up the career ladder.
Not every BigLaw associate is interested in making partner, and there comes a time in each associate's career when they need to begin deciding whether they want to pursue the partner track, or branch off in another direction with their professional lives.
Litigation-focused firms McKool Smith PC and Hueston Hennigan LLP have kicked off the summer by offering midyear bonuses to their hardworking attorneys. However, given the uneven demand across legal services, recruiters do not anticipate that major law firms will immediately follow suit.
Clearbrief, maker of a Microsoft Word add-in that helps attorneys with legal writing, raised an additional $4 million on Wednesday.