Modern Lawyer

Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Cahill Gordon

By Tom Zanki

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

By Christopher Cole

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

By Sam Reisman

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.

Baker Donelson Fights Docs Request In Ponzi Scheme Suit

By Emily Sawicki

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.

Boies Schiller Hires Ex-Dechert International Arbitrator In NY

By Matt Perez

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.

AI Adoption Nearly Doubled In Legal Sector After 1 Year

By Sarah Martinson

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.

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.

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

By Jack Rodgers

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.

Career Telecom Attorney Joins Greenberg Traurig In DC

By Jack Rodgers

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.

BakerHostetler Environmental Pro Jumps To Morgan Lewis

By Tracey Read

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.

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

By Anna Sanders

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.

Akin Taps Labor And Employment Head To Lead NY Office

By Tracey Read

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.

Holland & Knight Adds Manatt Real Estate Pro In California

By James Mills

Holland & Knight LLP continues expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP real estate expert as a partner in its Orange County, California, office.

McDermott Commercial Real Estate Attorneys Join Cleary

By Grace Dixon

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Wednesday that the former co-head of McDermott Will & Emery's U.S. real estate practice group and two team members have joined Cleary's real estate group.

Lessons From A Landmark Year For Women Law Firm Leaders

By Emma Cueto

In 2021, the legal industry saw a major wave of first-time women leaders. Law360 Pulse revisits that class and what experts say about the number of women in leadership positions across the legal profession.

Faegre Drinker Adds White & Case Antitrust Pro In SF

By Emily Johnson

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has brought on a former Silicon Valley office executive partner from White & Case LLP to its office in San Francisco, strengthening the firm's litigation practice with an attorney who said she has helped represent clients in multiple high-profile trials including matters involving antitrust issues.

Ex-Jones Day Partner Named For Key DOJ Civil Division Post

By Craig Clough

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump intends to nominate three people to key posts in the department, including former Jones Day partner Brett Shumate as assistant attorney general for the DOJ's Civil Division. 

How Gov't Attys Can Prepare For A Private Sector Job Search

By Alison Knezevich

As a wave of government attorneys seek private sector posts amid the Trump administration’s slashing of the federal workforce, recruiters and other industry experts in Washington, D.C., say job applicants should closely examine their skill sets, be entrepreneurial, and have patience as law firms evaluate a deluge of candidates.

McCarter & English Says 'Offensive' Post Backs Atty's Firing

By Jake Maher

McCarter & English LLP has moved to dismiss a fired ex-associate's suit alleging discrimination based on his status as a veteran, telling a New Jersey state court that it had the right to terminate the at-will attorney for an allegedly offensive LinkedIn post.

Clark Hill Launches In-House Economic Consulting Group

By Emily Sawicki

Clark Hill PLC's lobbying arm, Clark Hill Public Strategies, now includes a group dedicated to global economic consulting, the firm announced Wednesday, with the launch of Clark Hill Economics, which adds a range of economic-related forecasting, analysis and impact report services to firm clients in the U.S. and abroad.

Product Liability Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

By Jonathan Capriel

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped Koninklijke Philips negotiate a $1.1 billion settlement agreement ending sprawling litigation related to its recalled sleep breathing machines, causing company stock to jump and landing the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Product Liability Groups of the Year.

Transportation Group Of The Year: Dykema

By Linda Chiem

Dykema Gossett PLLC scored a significant trial victory for Nissan in a Texas product liability suit, and continues to advise leading developers of autonomous and electric vehicles, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.

Securities Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn

By Jessica Corso

Winston & Strawn LLP secured a unanimous victory on behalf of client Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. before the U.S. Supreme Court last year, winning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.

Real Estate Group Of The Year: Wachtell

By Isaac Monterose

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's real estate team guided major deals, representing Spirit Realty Capital Inc. in its $9.3 billion, all-stock acquisition by Realty Income Corp., and Public Storage's $2.2 billion acquisition of Simply Self Storage, earning it a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

Competition Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn

By Bryan Koenig

Winston & Strawn LLP represented former student-athletes who changed the shape of college sports with a $2.78 billion antitrust settlement over the NCAA's name, image and likeness compensation rules, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.