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  • Latham Promotes 19 Counsel To Partner In US, Europe & Asia

    Less than three months after electing two dozen associates to the partnership, Latham & Watkins LLP said it has elevated 19 counsel from 14 offices around the world to partner, effective March 1.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry marked another action-packed week with a bevy of BigLaw hires and a new special spring bonus. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Ex-Dechert GC Subpoenaed Over Gerrard Abuse Claims

    An imprisoned Jordanian lawyer can subpoena the former general counsel of Dechert LLP over what the leadership of the law firm knew of alleged human rights abuses committed by a former partner in the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. federal judge has ruled.

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    Bradley Arant Adds Securities, Tax Expert As Partner

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP added a former Burr & Forman LLP partner to the firm's tax group and corporate and securities group in its Birmingham, Alabama, office.

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    Weil Says Executive Partner To Retire, Adds Global Committee

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Thursday that it will be restructuring its leadership team in anticipation of its executive partner Barry Wolf's retirement in a few years.

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    Troutman Pepper Launches Tariff Task Force

    Troutman Pepper Locke LLP said it has formed a tariff task force aimed at helping clients navigate the Trump administration's tariffs.

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    Office Snapshot: Reed Smith Feels Downtown LA Energy

    When Reed Smith LLP's lease in the Wells Fargo Tower in downtown Los Angeles was up for renewal, it opted to move to new offices about two blocks away at the City National Plaza complex. The firm wasn't looking for more space, just a change of scenery.

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    Holland & Knight Adds Two To New Defense Industry Group

    Holland & Knight LLP has added two members to its new group devoted to the defense and national security industry, hiring a former U.S. Senate counsel for the subcommittee overseeing defense spending and a former Department of Defense technical director.

  • Product Liability Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

    DLA Piper convinced an Arkansas jury to clear Monsanto of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in liability relating to the herbicide Roundup and also garnered some achievements in multidistrict litigation over Ozempic, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Product Liability Groups of the Year.

  • Securities Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP won a Fifth Circuit ruling last year that repealed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would have given the agency more oversight over hedge funds and private equity funds, earning the firm a spot on the 2024 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.

  • Transportation Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP lawyers advised Boeing in an $8.3 billion acquisition of its chief supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, amid corporate tumult and intense regulatory scrutiny of the American aerospace giant, earning the law firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP earned such key victories as advising Warburg Pincus on formation of its largest-ever private equity fund of $17.3 billion and working with KPS Capital Partners LP on two funds collectively worth $9.7 billion, landing it among the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.

  • Class Action Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's class action practice group helped block Elon Musk's $55 billion compensation plan from Tesla Inc. and won more than $400 million in settlements in an investor suit over the sale of Columbia Pipeline Group to TC Energy, earning it a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Cahill Gordon

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's expertise in leveraged finance helped it execute a bevy of high-impact deals in 2024 — including its representation of financial institutions that negotiated the blockbuster, $8.4 billion merger of entertainment giants Paramount Global and Skydance Media — earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.

  • Competition Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP scored a trailblazing antitrust verdict for Epic Games when a California federal jury decided Google's Play Store illegally dominated the Android app market, making Cravath one of the 2024 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • Cannabis Group Of The Year: Dentons

    The cannabis group at Dentons led the consolidation of the American assets of marijuana giant Canopy Growth, pioneered restructuring deals to ease cannabis companies' federal tax burden and lobbied Capitol Hill to create a comprehensive federal hemp policy, making the team one of the 2024 Law360 Cannabis Groups of the Year.

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    Baker Donelson Fights Docs Request In Ponzi Scheme Suit

    Baker Donelson is pushing back on a request for documents in a lawsuit alleging the firm allowed a timber company's $164.5 million Ponzi scheme to unfold.

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    Boies Schiller Hires Ex-Dechert International Arbitrator In NY

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a former Dechert LLP associate for its international arbitration practice, the second addition to the group so far this year.

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    AI Adoption Nearly Doubled In Legal Sector After 1 Year

    Nearly 40% of surveyed legal professionals said in 2024 that their company has implemented an enterprise artificial intelligence solution like Microsoft Copilot, an increase from 20% of respondents in 2023, according to a new report.

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    Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q4

    A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the fourth quarter of the year.

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    Clifford Chance Adds White & Case Int'l Trade Atty In DC

    Clifford Chance LLP has hired a White & Case LLP international trade attorney who expands the firm's capabilities in national security and a range of foreign investment-related matters in Washington, the firm announced this week.

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    Career Telecom Attorney Joins Greenberg Traurig In DC

    A Wiley Rein LLP attorney who spent 16 and a half years working on issues related to telecommunications, media, technology and satellites has jumped to Greenberg Traurig LLP's office in Washington, D.C.

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    BakerHostetler Environmental Pro Jumps To Morgan Lewis

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has hired the former national co-chair of BakerHostetler's environmental team as a partner in its environmental litigation practice, the firm said Thursday.

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    Dechert Co-Chair On Managing A Firm And His Own Practice

    Dechert LLP co-chair Mark Thierfelder talks about balancing his practice with managing a multinational law firm, the importance of meditation, and why change is good for attorneys.

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    Akin Taps Labor And Employment Head To Lead NY Office

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP said it has named Rich Rabin, head of the firm's New York labor and employment practice, as partner-in-charge of the firm's New York office.

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