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    Lewis Brisbois Adds Miami Litigation Trio From Fowler White

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP added a trio of experienced litigation partners to its products liability practice in Miami from Fowler White Burnett PA.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry closed out February with another busy week as BigLaw expanded teams and practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Why Pro Bono Work Is Essential To Any Attorney's Practice

    Fordham University School of Law’s Dora Galacatos discusses the importance of civil justice work to an attorney’s practice and how law firms can design and implement successful pro bono programs.

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    Sierra Leone Accuses Jenner & Block Of Fraudulent Overbilling

    Facing an $8 million fee suit pending in D.C. federal court, the Republic of Sierra Leone on Thursday brought counterclaims accusing its former counsel from Jenner & Block LLP of fraudulently overbilling for work the firm did on its behalf between 2019 and 2022.

  • Law Firm Real Estate Report

    Building on a new report showing that leasing activity by the legal sector finally returned to prepandemic levels in 2024, a number of firms around the U.S. got in on the action as they announced new offices or relocations.

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    King & Spalding Finance Ace Jumps To Bracewell In Houston

    Bracewell LLP built out its finance team this week with a partner focusing on complex lending matters in the energy industry joining the firm in Houston from King & Spalding LLP's corporate finance and investments practice.

  • Polsinelli Blocked From Repping BCBS Settlement Opt-Outs

    An Alabama federal judge has disqualified Polsinelli PC from representing hospitals that opt out of a landmark $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement, even as other firms are licking their lips at the prospect of a multibillion-dollar bonanza of opt-out litigation.

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    Selendy Gay Names New Managing Partner, COO

    Litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC announced Thursday that it has appointed bankruptcy and insolvency lawyer Kelley Cornish as managing partner and landed the top legal head of Cinch Home Services as its new chief operating officer.

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    Ex-US Atty Philip Sellinger Talks Return To Greenberg Traurig

    Philip Sellinger rejoined Greenberg Traurig LLP in January after about three years as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey. He recently joined Law360 Pulse for a conversation about the role of U.S. attorneys, his proudest achievements as a prosecutor, and his plans for Greenberg Traurig’s litigation team.

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    KPMG Secures Arizona Approval To Operate Law Firm

    Arizona's supreme court on Thursday approved an alternative business structure license to allow accounting giant KPMG to run its own law firm in the U.S.

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    O'Melveny Adds Ex-Paul Hastings Private Funds Partner In LA

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP has hired a former Paul Hastings LLP of counsel as a Los Angeles-based partner in its asset management and private equity practice groups, the firm said Thursday.

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    Paul Weiss Revenue Grows By More Than 30%

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP reported high double-digit growth in 2024, with revenue increasing by more than 30% amid continued success on both sides of the Atlantic.

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    Cozen O'Connor Adds Carter Arnett IP Litigator In Dallas

    Cozen O'Connor has boosted its intellectual property practice with a Dallas-based litigator who came aboard from Carter Arnett PLLC.

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    Former Dechert Litigation Head Joins JAMS In San Francisco

    The alternative dispute resolution service JAMS is expanding its mediation team, announcing Wednesday it has added a retired Dechert LLP head of litigation as a neutral in San Francisco.

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    Law Firm Marketing Budgets Have Fallen Behind Firm Growth

    During a period when many law firms experienced strong revenue and headcount growth, the industry's marketing budgets did not grow at the same pace, according to the results of a survey released Thursday.

  • Legal Groups Call Out Trump's 'Outrageous' Covington Attack

    Defense attorney groups on Wednesday expressed concern over President Donald Trump's retaliation against Covington & Burling LLP attorneys for representing former special counsel Jack Smith, asking the wider legal community to join their members in condemning the president's "outrageous action."

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    Simpson Thacher Adds Partner From Wilson Sonsini

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has picked up a trial litigator from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC who helped a startup defeat a nearly $460 million trade secrets case over expert testimony involving antibody cancer treatments and secured defense victories in patent cases for companies like Google LLC and HTC Corp.

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    Ex-White House Enviro Justice Leader Joins Legal Nonprofit

    An environmental policy official from the Biden White House has joined the nonprofit Lawyers for Good Government to help lead the organization's climate change and environmental justice initiatives.

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    Foley & Lardner Can't End Claims It 'Strung Along' Recruiter

    A legal recruiting firm can continue to pursue its claim that Foley & Lardner LLP strung it along by implying it was considering a request to bump up the recruiter's fee for placing a high-value attorney at the Boston firm, a Massachusetts state court judge ruled on Tuesday.

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    Ballard Spahr Launches AI Tools Led By 'Ask Ellis' Chatbot

    National law firm Ballard Spahr will roll out a custom suite of generative artificial intelligence tools, highlighted by Ask Ellis, a chatbot named after a co-founding attorney of the 140-year-old firm.

  • Real Estate Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP served as lead real estate adviser in Home Depot's $18.3 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc. and helped shepherd an $8 billion merger between two rival amusement park companies, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

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    Dinsmore & Shohl Adds Sports Ace In Pittsburgh

    A veteran sports and entertainment industry attorney has returned to Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in Pennsylvania after expanding his practice to multiple states and the West Coast.

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    Wilson Sonsini Adds Employment Litigator In Palo Alto

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has added an employment law expert to its litigation department in Palo Alto, California, who brings with her more than 15 years of BigLaw experience including most recently at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

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    Dentons Hires Ex-DLA Piper Insurance Team And Co-Chair

    Dentons has hired two former DLA Piper partners, including the law firm's insurance co-chair, for its commercial litigation practice in New York.

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    Bradley Arant Hires SEC Enforcement Trial Atty In DC

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has hired a government investigations partner in Washington, D.C., with more than a decade of experience at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission prosecuting and probing a range of fraud.

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Expert Analysis

  • Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review Author Photo

    While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.

  • Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument Author Photo

    Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.

  • BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons Author Photo

    There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off? Author Photo

    David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.

  • Law Firms Must Prioritize Mental Health In Internal Comms Author Photo

    The traditional structure of law firms, with their compartmentalization into silos, is an inherent challenge to mental wellness, so partners and senior lawyers should take steps to construct and disseminate internal action plans and encourage open dialogue, says Elizabeth Ortega at ECO Strategic Communications.

  • Our Current Approach To Trial Advocacy Training Is Lacking Author Photo

    The key to trial advocacy is persuasion, but current training programs focus almost entirely on technique, making it imperative that lawyers are taught to be effective storytellers and to connect with their audiences, says Chris Arledge at Ellis George.

  • How Women In Law Can Advance Toward Leadership Roles Author Photo

    Female attorneys in leadership roles inspire other women to pursue similar opportunities in a male-dominated field, and for those who aspire to lead, prioritizing collaboration, inclusivity and integrity is key, says Kim Yelkin at Foley & Lardner.

  • The Case That Took Me From Prosecutor To Defense Attorney Author Photo

    Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza, now at Wilkinson Stekloff, recalls the challenges of her first case as a civil defense attorney — a multibillion-dollar multidistrict class action against Allergan — and the lessons she learned about building rapport in the courtroom and with co-counsel.

  • The Importance Of Legal Macroeconomics Education For Attys Author Photo

    Most legal professionals lack understanding of the macroeconomic trends unique to the legal industry, like the rising cost of law school and legal services, which contributes to an unfair and inaccessible justice system, so law school courses and continuing legal education requirements in this area are essential, says Bob Glaves at the Chicago Bar Foundation.

  • What ABA Student Well-Being Standards Mean For Law Firms Author Photo

    While the American Bar Association's recent amendments to its law school accreditation standards around student well-being could have gone further, legal industry employers have much to learn from the ABA's move and the well-being movement that continues to gain traction in law schools, says David Jaffe at the American University Washington College of Law.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Build Rapport In New In-House Role? Author Photo

    Tim Parilla at LinkSquares explains how new in-house lawyers can start developing relationships with colleagues both within and outside their legal departments in order to expand their networks, build their brands and carve their paths to leadership positions.

  • What Attys Should Consider Before Taking On Pro Bono Work
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    Piper Hoffman and Will Lowrey at Animal Outlook lay out suggestions for attorneys to maximize the value of their pro bono efforts, from crafting engagement letters to balancing workloads — and they explain how these principles can foster a more rewarding engagement for both lawyers and nonprofits.

  • Opinion

    NY Bar Admission Criminal History Query Is Unjust, Illegal Author Photo

    New York should revise Question 26 on its bar admission application, because requiring students to disclose any prior interaction with the criminal justice system disproportionately affects people of color, who have a history of being overpoliced — and it violates several state laws, says Andrew Brown, president of the New York State Bar Association.

  • Roundup

    Ask A Mentor Author Photo

    Experts answer questions on career and workplace conundrums in this Law360 Pulse guest column series.

  • 7 Ways Attys Can Improve Their LinkedIn Summaries Author Photo

    Lawyers can use LinkedIn to strengthen their thought leadership position, generate new business, explore career opportunities, and better position themselves and their firms in search results by writing a well-composed, optimized summary that demonstrates their knowledge and experience, says Guy Alvarez at Good2bSocial.

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