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    Jones Day Names 6 Office And Practice Leaders

    Jones Day announced Thursday that six of its attorneys earned new practice group or office leadership roles, including at shops in Texas and California.

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    Ex-Conn. US Atty On Melding Public Service, Private Practice

    Vanessa Roberts Avery, who recently stepped down as U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, rejoined McCarter & English LLP's office in Hartford this week. In a recent conversation with Law360 Pulse, Avery discussed her legal career and reflected on her time as the state's top federal prosecutor.

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    Nixon Peabody Adds Greenberg Glusker Cannabis Co-Chair

    Nixon Peabody LLP is boosting its West Coast litigation team, bringing in a former federal prosecutor, who was most recently the founder and co-chair of the cannabis practice at Greenberg Glusker LLP, as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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    Legal Job Satisfaction Up, Less Turnover Expected, Study Says

    Legal professionals surveyed reported high job satisfaction at the end of last year, signaling a quieter job market for the legal industry in 2025, according to a new report from recruiting firm Robert Half Inc.

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    Weil Hires PE, Sports Ace Away From Hogan Lovells

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's U.S. private equity group has brought on a former Hogan Lovells partner who advised buyers of the National Women's Soccer League's Washington Spirit and the NFL's Washington Commanders and Denver Broncos, among other major deals in the sports world, the firm has announced.

  • Davis Wright Partners With Stanford's CodeX On Legal AI

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced Thursday a new partnership with Stanford University's legal technology hub CodeX to collaborate on new artificial intelligence tools, joining other universities the past year in striking up partnerships with law firms and legal tech companies to advance research and real-world implementation of AI into law.

  • Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn LLP

    Winston & Strawn LLP was co-counsel for the athletes that reached a groundbreaking $2.78 billion settlement of their antitrust class action against the NCAA and its institutions that will bring revenue sharing to college sports for the first time, placing it among the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.

  • Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    A team of Ropes & Gray LLP attorneys helped shepherd a private equity firm's purchase of AT&T's stake in DirecTV for more than $7.5 billion and led several other deals with similarly large price tags last year, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Private Equity Groups Of The Year.

  • Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Keker

    Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP successfully secured a $62 million settlement while resolving six proposed class action suits against Google, freeing the tech giant from many consumer privacy claims and pumping vast funding to internet privacy nonprofits, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Freshfields

    Freshfields US LLP's recent work advising Johnson & Johnson on its $13.1 billion acquisition of cardiovascular device developer Shockwave Medical — the largest medical device transaction of 2024 — has earned the firm a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP played a major role in a successful bid protest of a $12 billion U.S. Air Force missile support contract for aerospace and defense giant BAE Systems, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP notched critical wins as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an Eighth Amendment challenge to a city's public camping law and gave insurers a voice in mass tort bankruptcies, making it one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.

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    AI Chatbot DeepSeek A 'Privacy Nightmare' For Legal Sector

    While Chinese startup DeepSeek's open-source generative artificial intelligence model presents some opportunities for the legal tech industry, the company's Chinese ownership is a "privacy nightmare" for law firms, according to industry experts.

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    Reed Smith Leaps Into The Future At New Downtown LA Office

    Reed Smith LLP has moved its downtown Los Angeles office to a new location, just two blocks from the previous location.

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    White & Case's PEP Earnings Hit Record $4M In 2024

    White & Case posted the strongest profits per equity partner in its history on Thursday, with top partners each taking home $4 million in 2024 and revenue in London growing twice as fast as the global business.

  • Jenner & Block Atty Leaves To Advise House Judiciary Dems

    A Jenner & Block LLP partner with experience in matters involving government controversies, public policy litigation and congressional investigations announced Wednesday that he is leaving the firm to serve as a special counsel and senior adviser to the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee.

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    Dickinson Wright Continues IP Growth With Chicago Hire

    Dickinson Wright PLLC said Wednesday that it had hired a named member of the small Illinois intellectual property firm formerly known as Bishop Diehl & Lee Ltd., marking the latest of the firm's many recent investments into the practice.

  • Nixon Peabody Taps Ex-Faegre Drinker Environmental Atty

    Nixon Peabody LLP hired a former Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP environmental attorney for the firm's New York City office.

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    MoFo Adds BraunHagey Corporate Leader In San Francisco

    Morrison Foerster LLP continues expanding its emerging companies and venture capital team, announcing Wednesday a BraunHagey & Borden LLP startup and venture capital specialist has come aboard as a partner in its San Francisco office.

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    Reed Smith Adds Ex-BCLP Exec As Chief Marketing Officer

    Reed Smith LLP has expanded its executive team with the recent addition of a marketing professional from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP with more than 20 years of experience helping law firms grow their brands.

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    Latham Adds Ex-SEC Pro, GC To NY Roster

    The former acting director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement arm and a private capital specialist with in-house and private practice experience have come aboard Latham & Watkins LLP, the firm announced Wednesday, marking the latest in a flurry of lateral hires entering Latham's New York office since fall 2024.

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    Sheppard Mullin Adds Healthcare Reg Partner From Troutman

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on Wednesday announced the arrival of a healthcare partner joining from Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, continuing a streak of recent additions to its healthcare practice.

  • Girardi Keese Trustee Sues NY Atty Who Funded Girardi

    The bankruptcy trustee for disgraced California attorney Tom Girardi's defunct law firm is suing to prevent New York attorney Joseph DiNardo from discharging $7.5 million in his own bankruptcy, claiming DiNardo received the money by helping Girardi defraud his own clients.

  • Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised on deals including Signature Bank's loan sale, two mega multifamily portfolio sales and the rise of an ultra-luxury tower in New York City in 2024, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Seyfarth Shaw

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP had the most GAO bid protest wins during a 12-month period spanning the bulk of 2024, setting precedent and prompting regulatory changes in several of those cases, earning the firm a spot among 2024 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

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