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Paul Weiss Hosts First Summer Associate Hackathon In NYC
International law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP hosted its first summer associate hackathon last month at its New York City office with technical support from the legal generative artificial intelligence startup Harvey.
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Epiq Lands Ex-Baker McKenzie Legal Operations Pro
Legal technology business Epiq announced Monday that its legal business advisory practice will be led by an attorney who formerly served as Baker McKenzie's first global director of legal operations and who has held in-house posts at companies such as PwC, Aon and tech developer 273 Ventures.
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McGuireWoods Adds 11 From Now-Closed Insurance Boutique
McGuireWoods said Monday that it has added 11 litigators from the now-shuttered insurance boutique Pasich LLP to its office in Century City in California, some of whom will assume practice leadership roles.
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ABA: Few Latino Attys May Lead To Less Civic Engagement
The relatively low percentage of Latinos in the legal industry may be part of the reason the ethnic group sees less engagement in civic activities nationwide and is underrepresented in civic leadership roles, according to a new American Bar Association report released Saturday.
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ABA Taskforce Urges Attys To Step Up Election Volunteering
The American Bar Association's Task Force for American Democracy, launched last year, published a 12-page report Friday outlining the importance of lawyers knowing their state's election laws and encouraging them to volunteer their time to bolster faith in elections.
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Cognizant Bribery Trial Delayed Again — Until 2025
Trial in a five-year-old case alleging two former Cognizant executives authorized a bribe to a government official in India has been delayed again, this time by six months, so prosecutors can complete necessary depositions in that country, according to a federal court order handed down Friday.
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Bar Exam Rape Disclosure Among ABA Resolutions To Watch
This coming week at its annual meeting in Chicago, the American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to discuss the "traumatic" practice of requiring would-be lawyers to disclose and discuss their experiences of sexual violence during the attorney licensure process.
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Former ABA President, Maynard Cooper Founder, Dies At 74
Alabama lawyer H. Thomas "Tommy" Wells Jr., the 2008-2009 American Bar Association president and founder of one of the firms that merged to create Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, died Wednesday. He was 74.
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Ex-Lewis Brisbois Partner's Pay Bias Suit Sent To Arbitration
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP can arbitrate its former partner's gender discrimination suit claiming she was retaliated against for raising concerns about the firm's "unethical billing practices," a California state court judge ruled Friday, staying the entire case pending arbitration.
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Steptoe Finance Chair Joins Morgan Lewis In Chicago
The chair of Steptoe LLP's financial services practice has joined Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Chicago office as a partner, the firm said Thursday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Wilkinson Stekloff LLP and Covington & Burling LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge overturned a Los Angeles jury's $4.7 billion verdict against the National Football League for violating antitrust laws with its Sunday Ticket television package.
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Legal Jobs Ticked Down Slightly In July
The legal industry shed 500 jobs in July, continuing a three-month streak of declines following a gain in April, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Sheppard Mullin's DEI Network Gets New Co-Leader
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced that a business trial partner has been named co-leader of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Attorney Network, which is a firmwide affinity group for its attorneys of color.
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Ogletree Opens 2nd German Office In Munich
U.S. law firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has opened an office in Munich, its second in Germany, in a move to expand its legal services in Europe.
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Kilpatrick Adds Government Relations Adviser In DC
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP has hired a former Cox Communications government and public affairs senior specialist, who joined the firm as a government relations adviser, to advise clients on federal funding and navigating state and federal grant programs.
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Rising Star: Cooley's Brett De Jarnette
Brett De Jarnette of Cooley LLP's unusual move of netting a dismissal of a stock drop claim during the class certification phase of a securities case, as well as the wide variety of industries he's worked in, from the biotechnology to commerce to social media, has earned him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Russell Balikian
Russell Balikian of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has helped internet service providers navigate a complex legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, earning him a spot among the telecom law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Meagan Griffin
Paul Hastings LLP's Meagan Griffin guided a global financial services company through a $1.8 billion acquisition and navigated a cryptocurrency trading platform through a wake of criminal and civil charges brought against a major shareholder, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Crowell & Moring Team Flocks To Defend Its Real-Life Mascots
Some employees from Crowell & Moring LLP, whose mascot is a rubber duck, spent the summer helping to rescue real-life ducklings who were caught in precarious situations on the firm's Washington, D.C., balconies. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to a firm wildlife expert who made it her mission to help the baby Mallards.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of July with another action-packed week of news as BigLaw made hires across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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5 Women To Be Honored By ABA As Role Models In Law
A visiting scholar, an associate judge from Maryland and a public interest lawyer are among the five attorneys who will be presented with the 2024 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award on Sunday during the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Chicago.
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Lewis Brisbois Slams RICO Claims Alleging 'Sham' Suits
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has urged a California federal judge Tuesday to toss Chinese investors' accusations that its attorneys filed lawsuits to cover their failure to read "draconian" contract terms that led the investors to lose their $92.5 million stake in a $2.5 billion Los Angeles mixed-used development.
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Sidley Launches New San Diego Office With Five Partners
Sidley Austin LLP has opened a new office in San Diego, with five partners specializing in a range of areas including mergers and acquisition, venture capital and global finance, marking the global law firm's fifth office in the Golden State, the firm announced Thursday.
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Duane Morris Atty Says White Men Get Unfair Leg Up On Pay
A Black attorney sued Duane Morris LLP in California federal court, alleging the firm systemically underpaid female and nonwhite attorneys while also engaging in an employee misclassification scheme that allowed it to offload firm expenses onto nonequity partners.
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Reed Smith Says NJ High Court Ruling Limits Ex-Atty's Claims
A recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling "dramatically changes the landscape and scope" of a former Reed Smith LLP attorney's discrimination suit, the firm has told a state court judge in a brief asking that discovery and damages be limited and one claim be dismissed.
Expert Analysis
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.