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A&O Shearman Ups IVF, Adoption Benefits For US Employees
A&O Shearman has increased the benefits it offers U.S.-based personnel, with unlimited in vitro fertilization treatment and $40,000 in adoption or surrogacy services, the firm said.
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Morgan Lewis, Patent Specialist End Age, Race Bias Suit
A discrimination complaint filed by a former patent prosecution specialist against her former employer, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, has been dismissed from Washington, D.C., federal court after both sides reached a settlement agreement.
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Winthrop & Weinstine Brings In Tax Counsel Duo As Co-Chairs
Minneapolis-based Winthrop & Weinstine PA has added tax attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Shartsis Friese LLP to become shareholders of the firm and co-chairs of its tax practice, the firm announced Wednesday.
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DOJ Exits Continue As Fraud Atty Leaves, Rejoins DLA Piper
A U.S. Department of Justice attorney, who most recently was the principal assistant deputy chief of the Criminal Division's fraud section, is among the latest lawyers to leave the agency, rejoining DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.
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Sidley Litigator Tapped For Treasury GC Post
President Donald Trump has nominated Sidley Austin LLP regulatory litigation and white collar partner Brian P. Morrissey to become the U.S. Department of the Treasury's top lawyer, which would mark a return to the department where he was previously the number two lawyer.
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Munger Tolles Coaxes Corporate Pro Out Of Retirement
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP announced Wednesday that it has added a mergers and acquisitions specialist with 30 years of experience to its roster at its Los Angeles headquarters, in a role that will have him spearheading the expansion of the firm's corporate practice to meet clients' growing needs.
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Advisory Firm Aprio To Combine With Radix Law In Arizona
Atlanta-based advisory and accounting firm Aprio is planning to combine with full-service law firm Radix Law as an alternative business structure under the name Aprio Legal LLC in Arizona, the firms said Wednesday.
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Emerging Hot Spots In Real Estate Practices
New real estate practice areas are emerging as the commercial real estate lending landscape shifts, office landlords look to repurpose their buildings, distress plays out and a race to build data centers shows no sign of slowing.
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Squire Patton Brings On Polsinelli Tax Ace In Houston
Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Wednesday that a former Polsinelli PC shareholder has joined the tax strategy and benefits practice group in Houston, an addition that helps the firm address growing client needs.
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White & Case To Halt Affiliation With Indonesian Law Firm
White & Case LLP said Wednesday that it would no longer have a physical presence in Indonesia as of May 1, when it plans to end its exclusive association with Jakarta-based law firm Witara Cakra Advocates.
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Katyal Leaves Hogan Lovells To Lead Milbank Appellate Team
Veteran appellate litigator and former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal is leaving Hogan Lovells for Milbank LLP in Washington, D.C., Milbank announced Wednesday.
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DC Courts To Adopt NextGen Bar Examination In Early 2028
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals Committee on Admissions will administer the Next Generation bar exam developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners beginning February 2028.
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ABA Calls Trump Admin Out For Questioning Judicial Review
The American Bar Association expressed concerns Tuesday over recent remarks coming out of the Trump administration that raised questions on the judiciary's authority to keep the executive branch's power in check, saying that judicial review was among the "oldest and most revered precedent" in the nation's legal history.
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Proskauer Labor Partner Heads To Skadden In NYC
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a labor and employment partner for its New York office who spent a decade at Proskauer Rose LLP, where he recently helped a slew of major universities navigate the process of their graduate student workers unionizing.
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Beyond Averages: The Under- And Over-Performance Of Firms
Each quarter, Law360 Pulse reports on U.S. law firms' financial results from Wells Fargo and Citibank, often highlighting industry averages. But I wanted to dive deeper into the 2024 year-end results that just came out to dissect the highs and lows of law firm performance last year.
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Ex-Major Lindsey Employee Must Face Firm's $4.8M Claim
A New York bankruptcy court ruled Monday that a former Major Lindsey & Africa LLC employee embroiled in over a decade of litigation with the recruiting firm cannot discharge a $4.8 million claim it filed against her.
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Crowell & Moring Adds Two Former In-House Counsel
Crowell & Moring LLP has hired two attorneys who most recently worked in-house in leadership roles with the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the global technology investor Naspers, now joining the firm's privacy and cybersecurity group as senior counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Akin Gump Adds Gibson Dunn Special Situations Pro In Dallas
A former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner rejoined the firm in Dallas after a two-year stint at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to continue his finance practice, Akin announced Tuesday.
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Trials Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP persuaded or helped persuade trial judges to overturn two big jury losses for their clients, including AstraZeneca and the National Football League, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Trials Groups of the Year.
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International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Freshfields
Freshfields was able to secure a more than $470 million arbitral award against Venezuela for Irish sustainable packaging company Smurfit Westrock after its operations in the country were seized, landing the firm among the 2024 Law360 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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Private Equity Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP's private equity attorneys had a banner year handling significant deals, such as SRS Distribution's $18.25 billion sale to Home Depot and advising Silver Lake in a $9.2 billion equity investment in Vantage Data Centers, making it one of the 2024 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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Healthcare Group Of The Year: Foley & Lardner
Foley & Lardner LLP helped advise Health Care Service Corp. on a $3.3 billion agreement to buy Medicare businesses from Cigna and secured a first-of-its-kind decision that declared parts of the False Claims Act unconstitutional, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.
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International Trade Group Of The Year: Grunfeld Desiderio
Grunfeld Desiderio Lebowitz Silverman & Klestadt LLP notched a number of key victories for foreign exporters this year, including securing 0% dumping rates for a Turkish rebar company and defeating proposed duties of over 450% on Chinese exporters of tin products, earning the firm its second spot in as many years among the 2024 Law360 International Trade Groups of the Year.
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Energy Group Of The Year: Norton Rose
Norton Rose Fulbright has capitalized on momentum in the energy market to help guide multiple first-of-their-kind projects, including what deal participants have called the largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Energy Groups of the Year.
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Fintech Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP played a role in multiple industry-defining cryptocurrency matters — counseling former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to a historic resolution with government authorities and acting as both an investigator and litigator in the ongoing FTX bankruptcy process — to earn the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.