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Securities Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP won a Fifth Circuit ruling last year that repealed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would have given the agency more oversight over hedge funds and private equity funds, earning the firm a spot on the 2024 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
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Transportation Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP lawyers advised Boeing in an $8.3 billion acquisition of its chief supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, amid corporate tumult and intense regulatory scrutiny of the American aerospace giant, earning the law firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.
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Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP earned such key victories as advising Warburg Pincus on formation of its largest-ever private equity fund of $17.3 billion and working with KPS Capital Partners LP on two funds collectively worth $9.7 billion, landing it among the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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Class Action Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's class action practice group helped block Elon Musk's $55 billion compensation plan from Tesla Inc. and won more than $400 million in settlements in an investor suit over the sale of Columbia Pipeline Group to TC Energy, earning it a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.
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Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Cahill Gordon
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.
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Competition Group Of The Year: Cravath
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.
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Cannabis Group Of The Year: Dentons
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.
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Baker Donelson Fights Docs Request In Ponzi Scheme Suit
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.
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Boies Schiller Hires Ex-Dechert International Arbitrator In NY
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.
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AI Adoption Nearly Doubled In Legal Sector After 1 Year
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.
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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.
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Clifford Chance Adds White & Case Int'l Trade Atty In DC
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.
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Career Telecom Attorney Joins Greenberg Traurig In DC
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.
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BakerHostetler Environmental Pro Jumps To Morgan Lewis
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.
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Dechert Co-Chair On Managing A Firm And His Own Practice
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.
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Akin Taps Labor And Employment Head To Lead NY Office
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.
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Holland & Knight Adds Manatt Real Estate Pro In California
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.
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McDermott Commercial Real Estate Attorneys Join Cleary
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.
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Lessons From A Landmark Year For Women Law Firm Leaders
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.
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Faegre Drinker Adds White & Case Antitrust Pro In SF
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.
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Ex-Jones Day Partner Named For Key DOJ Civil Division Post
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.
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How Gov't Attys Can Prepare For A Private Sector Job Search
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.
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McCarter & English Says 'Offensive' Post Backs Atty's Firing
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.
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Clark Hill Launches In-House Economic Consulting Group
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.
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Product Liability Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
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.
Expert Analysis
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Lawyers Can Get Ready For Space Law To Take Flight
While international agreements for space law have remained relatively unchanged since their creation decades ago, the rapid pace of change in U.S. laws and policies is creating opportunities for both new and veteran lawyers looking to break into this exciting realm, in either the private sector or government, says Michael Dodge at the University of North Dakota.
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Ask A Mentor: What Makes A Successful Summer Associate?
Navigating a few densely packed weeks at a law firm can be daunting for summer associates, but those who are prepared to seize opportunities and not afraid to ask questions will be set up for success, says Julie Crisp at Latham.
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How To Successfully Market Your Summer Associate Program
Law firms can attract the right summer associate candidates and help students see what makes a program unique by using carefully crafted messaging and choosing the best ambassadors to deliver it, says Tamara McClatchey, director of career services at the University of Chicago Law School.
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Following the tragic attack on U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' family last summer and amid rising threats against the judiciary, legislation protecting federal judges' personal information and enhancing security measures at courthouses is urgently needed, says U.S. District Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Recalcitrant Attys Use Social Media?
Social media can be intimidating for reluctant lawyers but it can also be richly rewarding, as long as attorneys remember that professional accounts will always reflect on their firms and colleagues, and follow some best practices to avoid embarrassment, says Sean Marotta at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Practicing law through virtual platforms will likely persist even after the pandemic, so law firms and senior lawyers should consider refurbishing their associate mentoring programs to facilitate personal connections, professionalism and effective training in a remote environment, says Carol Goodman at Herrick Feinstein.
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.