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    Paul Hastings Adds Kirkland Atty As Global M&A Co-Chair

    Paul Hastings LLP has hired a third global co-chair for its mergers and acquisitions practice who was one of the youngest M&A partners in the world to have announced well over $1 trillion in deals, the firm said Monday.

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    Office Snapshot: WilmerHale's San Francisco 'Success Story'

    With an unexpected nearly fourfold increase in its attorney roster in San Francisco over the past six years, WilmerHale has moved into a new two-floor space in the heart of city's financial district.

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    Former Cooley Atty To Co-Lead Troutman Cybersecurity Team

    Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has welcomed a veteran cybersecurity and privacy attorney from Cooley LLP to co-lead its privacy and cyber team.

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    Perkins Coie Adds 2 Finnegan IP Attys In Calif.

    Perkins Coie LLP is growing its West Coast team, announcing Monday it is bringing in two Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP intellectual property attorneys as partners in its Silicon Valley office in Palo Alto, California.

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    5 Key Takeaways From The ABA's Latest Legal Tech Survey

    Last week, the American Bar Association released its 2024 legal technology survey report, which covers a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence use, courtroom technology training and law firm data breaches. Here are five key takeaways from the report.

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    King & Spalding Gets Mass Torts Pro From Winston & Strawn

    King & Spalding LLP announced Monday that it has hired for its Chicago office a mass torts and products liability litigation attorney who formerly was a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP.

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    Commerce Dept. Telecom Atty Rejoins Akin In DC

    The former deputy chief counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce group focused on telecommunications has rejoined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in Washington, the firm announced Monday.

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    PierFerd Hires 2 Ex-CM Law Bankruptcy Partners

    Manhattan-based Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday the hiring of two former partners at CM Law PLLC for its bankruptcy, financial restructuring and reorganization practice.

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    Davis Polk Adds Debevoise M&A Co-Leader In Calif.

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Monday the firm bolstered its mergers and acquisitions practice by hiring an attorney who most recently co-chaired the M&A group at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.

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    Loeb & Loeb Adds 5-Atty Litigation Team From Kasowitz In NY

    Loeb & Loeb LLP has expanded its litigation offerings in New York with the addition of five attorneys from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, including the leaders of the firm's software litigation and real estate litigation practices.

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    Paul Hastings Reelects Chair, Managing Partner To 2nd Terms

    Paul Hastings LLP Chair Frank Lopez and Managing Partner Sherrese Smith have been reelected to their second three-year terms, the firm said Monday.

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    Clerks May Seek Political Jobs On 'Case-By-Case Basis'

    Individual federal judges may determine whether their clerks may seek political posts while employed by the judiciary, the Judicial Conference of the United States' Committee on Codes of Conduct now recommends, months after issuing guidance advising clerks to hold off seeking such roles until their clerkships end.

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    Buchalter Launches FDA Regulatory Compliance Group

    Buchalter PC is launching a new practice group to guide clients through the complex regulatory landscape of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and related agencies.

  • Ex-Kirkland IP Atty Can't Fire Her Bias Suit Atty 'For Cause'

    A former Kirkland & Ellis LLP intellectual property associate suing the firm over bias claims cannot fire her counsel at Filippatos PLLC over professional misconduct allegations, a California federal judge ruled Thursday while allowing Filippatos to withdraw as her counsel.

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    Morgan Lewis Scoops Up Reed Smith Employment Atty

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius has added a seasoned employment law attorney from Reed Smith to its Chicago office, bringing on a lawyer with more than two decades of experience litigating disputes ranging from benefits law to whistleblower complaints.

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    Law Firm Hiring May Indicate 'Growing Demand,' Report Says

    Even as overall legal sector jobs declined in February nationwide, the number of open law firm positions increased by 59% compared with the year before, indicating "strong market expansion and growing demand for legal talent," according to a report released Friday by Leopard Solutions.

  • Clifford Chance Adds Ex-Latham Energy Financing Pro In NY

    Energy and infrastructure financing attorney Gianluca Bacchiocchi has returned to Clifford Chance LLP as a partner on its global financial markets team after a four-year run at Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • Ga. Court Urged To Weigh Genealogy Of Wife Killed By Ex-Atty

    The administrator of the estate of a woman killed by a former BigLaw attorney is urging a Georgia state court to reject the woman's godson's assertion that her cousins aren't her relatives, arguing that a genealogy report proves they are her family in the dispute over the proceeds from a wrongful-death suit settlement.

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    The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including one over Mexico's attempt to hold American gunmakers liable for cartel violence and another involving the storage of nuclear waste in Texas, while issuing two rulings involving the EPA's authority and veterans' disability claims appeals. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • DOJ's Criminal Division Chief Of Staff Moves To Pillsbury

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has hired the former acting chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, who is joining the firm in Washington, D.C., as counsel to work on corporate investigations and white collar defense matters.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Public Citizen Litigation Group and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a D.C. federal judge can require the Trump administration to release up to $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funding.

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    Saul Ewing Appoints Firm Veteran As Corporate Practice Chair

    Saul Ewing LLP appointed a longtime firm attorney as chair of the corporate practice, according to a Friday announcement.

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    Womble Bond Adds Foley & Lardner Corporate Ace In SF

    Womble Bond Dickinson has hired a California-based attorney from Foley & Lardner who advises clients in technology, healthcare, energy and other industries on corporate and transactional matters.

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    Former FTC Deputy Director Joins White & Case

    A former senior official in the Federal Trade Commission's competition group, who helped oversee the agency's healthcare-related anticompetitive enforcement, has joined the antitrust team at White & Case LLP, the firm recently announced.

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    Legal Jobs Down As Gov't Work Dries Up Under Trump

    Following modest gains at the beginning of the year, the U.S. legal sector lost 3,300 jobs in February, according to preliminary data released Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Expert Analysis

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    My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach Author Photo

    Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.

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    Talking Mental Health Author Photo

    Attorneys and other legal professionals share insights on mental health and well-being in this Law360 Pulse Expert Analysis series.

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    Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader Author Photo

    Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.

  • Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce Author Photo

    In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.

  • How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates Author Photo

    One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.

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    Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD Author Photo

    Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.

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    Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

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    My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian Author Photo

    Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.

  • Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations Author Photo

    Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.

  • 5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs Author Photo

    Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.

  • Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs Author Photo

    Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.

  • Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities? Author Photo

    While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.

  • Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets Author Photo

    Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.

  • Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents Author Photo

    Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.

  • General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together Author Photo

    It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.

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