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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.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Clement & Murphy
Clement & Murphy PLLC attorneys convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old precedent that impacted how courts interpret laws, and they secured a victory in a case over how social media companies regulate content on their platforms, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Compliance Group Of The Year: Morrison Foerster
Following reports of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and other forms of workplace misconduct at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a Morrison Foerster LLP partner was appointed to serve as the independent transformation monitor of the agency, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Compliance Groups of the Year.
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Holland & Knight Adds Ballard Spahr Litigator In Philly
A former U.S. attorney with expertise on anti-money laundering and complex tax matters recently moved his litigation practice to Holland & Knight after nine years with Ballard Spahr LLP.
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Baker Botts Lands DLA Piper Atty To Head Litigation In SF
Baker Botts LLP has brought on a former federal prosecutor, most recently with DLA Piper, to serve as chair of litigation for the firm's San Francisco office.
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Nelson Mullins Adds Litigation, Biz Pros In Houston
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has bolstered its corporate and litigation offerings with new partners in Houston who came aboard from Jackson Walker LLP and Paul Hastings LLP and who bring unique international experience.
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Foley & Lardner Grows Leadership With Chief Practice Officer
Foley & Lardner LLP has installed its first chief practice officer, following the addition in December of a new chief operating officer at the firm.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Frederic Block On Resentencing
New York federal Judge Frederic Block has been on a campaign lately, arguing that state court judges should enjoy the same discretion he does to reconsider the sentences of people condemned to spend decades in prison.
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Paul Hastings Adds RE Partners From King & Spalding In DC
Two King & Spalding LLP real estate attorneys who have worked together for at least a decade have moved their practices to Paul Hastings LLP's Washington, D.C., shop, telling Law360 Pulse on Monday that they wanted to join the team because of the firm's recent growth.
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Former Weil Atty, Ex-Supreme Court Clerks On DOGE Staff
Elon Musk has named a former Trump White House official as general counsel for his U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, along with several other lawyers.
Expert Analysis
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Burnout Prevention Requires Effort From Attys And Firms
To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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How I Owned My Power As An Asian American Woman In Law
Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.
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Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.
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3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content
Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.
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Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting
To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills?
Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.
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How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture
In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.
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The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
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Opinion
CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes
Given the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.
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Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review
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.
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Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument
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.
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BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons
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?
David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.
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Law Firms Must Prioritize Mental Health In Internal Comms
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.
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Our Current Approach To Trial Advocacy Training Is Lacking
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.