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    Perkins Coie Hires Chief People Officer From Kobre & Kim

    Perkins Coie LLP announced Monday that it has brought on a global people officer from Kobre & Kim LLP who will oversee Perkins Coie's human resources operations, including benefits, recruiting, retention and employee relations.

  • Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP shepherded clients through industry-defining 2024 deals, including Mars in its $35.9 billion acquisition of Kellanova and Ozempic's manufacturer in its acquisition by the investment arm of Novo Nordisk Foundation, securing the firm's spot in the 2024 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

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    Mergers On The Rise: A Shift For Regional Law Firms

    As the legal industry grows ever more competitive, smaller regional firms are seeking new strategies to level the playing field with their larger counterparts. The solution many are turning to? Mergers.

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    Ex-Treasury GC, Former Biden Aide Rejoins Davis Polk In DC

    The general counsel of the Treasury Department, who held leadership roles in former President Joe Biden's Senate office, has returned to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to co-chair the practice he helped oversee for eight years before leaving for government, the firm announced Monday.

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    Proskauer Brings On MoFo REIT Expert As M&A Partner In DC

    Proskauer Rose LLP has added a former co-chair of Morrison Foerster LLP's real estate investment trust practice as a mergers and acquisitions partner in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Monday.

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    Doug Emhoff Heads To Willkie Post-Presidential Campaign

    After spending months on the campaign trail stumping for his wife Kamala Harris' U.S. presidential bid, now-former second gentleman Douglas Emhoff is joining Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as a partner, splitting his time between the law firm's New York and Los Angeles offices, the firm said Monday.

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    Jackson Lewis Hosts First Prompt-A-Thons With Microsoft

    Jackson Lewis PC has begun a series of prompt-a-thons, virtual competitions where participants explore generative artificial intelligence use cases and craft AI prompts using Microsoft Copilot applications.

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    Law Students Scramble As Federal Gov't Yanks Job Offers

    Law students across the country are scrambling to figure out their next steps after a range of federal agencies yanked job and internship offers this week because of the new hiring freeze imposed by the Trump administration.

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    SEC's Corporation Finance Director Joins Freshfields

    Freshfields is touting the addition of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's director of the Division of Corporation Finance, saying Friday that he will boost the firm's offerings on securities, governance, corporate and regulatory matters.

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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 that could make it easier for corporations to steer some regulatory challenges to the Fifth Circuit and another questioning the Federal Communications Commission's power to interpret the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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    Ex-McDermott Attys Head New Legal Services Platform

    Holding company LSS Strategic Partners has launched a new platform to match vetted lawyers with businesses requiring legal expertise on a temporary basis, the company announced Thursday.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Phillips Black Inc., Ridley McGreevy & Winocur PC and King & Spalding LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court revived claims from a woman on death row in Oklahoma that prosecutors unfairly sex-shamed her and relied on gender-based stereotypes to convince a jury that she had killed her estranged husband for insurance money.

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    Greenberg Traurig Health Ace Joins Polsinelli In LA

    Polsinelli PC is expanding its California team, bringing in a Greenberg Traurig LLP healthcare corporate attorney as a principal in its Los Angeles office.

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    Harter Secrest Adds Former PGT, LendingTree GC In New York

    Harter Secrest & Emery LLP has expanded its corporate law offerings in New York with the addition of the former general counsel for building materials maker PGT Innovations Inc. and co-general counsel for LendingTree.

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    Feud Heats Up Over Estate Of Wife Killed By Ex-BigLaw Atty

    The godson of a Georgia woman killed by her husband, former Fisher Phillips partner Claud "Tex" McIver, has said her cousins shouldn't get proceeds from a settlement of an underlying wrongful death suit, calling them "strangers" to her and claiming "the redistributive windfall" they're asking for "has no place in Georgia law."

  • Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP spearheaded some of the largest mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs in history throughout 2024, including Chevron's pending $60 billion acquisition of Hess Corp. and the strategic separation of General Electric into three global companies with a combined market cap of $367 billion, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • Employment Group Of The Year: Shegerian & Associates

    Shegerian & Associates won two jury trials for an oncologist in her gender discrimination lawsuit and secured a $14 million award for a bank manager who was fired for taking leave to care for her critically ill husband, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • Insurance Group Of The Year: Covington

    From cementing Merck's win in a $1.4 billion cyber coverage dispute to securing insurance coverage for Tyco in sprawling multidistrict litigation over forever chemicals, Covington & Burling LLP's work in precedent-setting cases has earned it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorneys worked some of the most notable intellectual property cases last year, including fighting off a sprawling $6 billion patent case against Intel Corp. and successfully defending a sports video game maker against copyright claims by a tattoo artist, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • Banking Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP's banking team secured the reversal of a $1 billion verdict against BMO Harris Bank over Thomas Petters' Ponzi scheme, achieved a landmark False Claims Act win for Citibank, and helped BNY Mellon beat claims over a financial crisis settlement, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Banking Groups of the Year.

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    Boies Schiller Int'l Arbitration Pro Joins Baker Botts In Texas

    A veteran international arbitration pro has jumped from Boies Schiller Flexner LLP to Baker Botts LLP in Texas.

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    Mayer Brown, 4 Others Win NY State Cybersecurity Contract

    Mayer Brown LLP, Venable LLP and three other law firms were awarded a five-year New York state contract for cybersecurity legal services including planning for cyberattacks, incident response and creating data protection policies, according to the New York State Office of General Services.

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    DLA Piper Refreshes International Board With New Appointees

    DLA Piper has refreshed its international board with the reelection of a Milan-based leader for a second term and the addition of leaders from Singapore, Dublin and Paris, the firm announced Friday.

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    Sierra Leone Must Face Jenner & Block's $8M Fee Suit

    A District of Columbia federal judge denied Sierra Leone's bid to escape a lawsuit alleging it owes Jenner & Block LLP $8 million in fees, saying the nation's arguments that it is immune from the litigation is belied by a contract term that specifically gave U.S. courts jurisdiction over disputes.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another busy week as BigLaw firms shuffled practices and President Donald Trump began his second term with a flurry of policy changes and appointments. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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