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Ameriprise Chief Privacy Officer Joins Fisher Phillips

By Adrian Cruz

A chief privacy officer at Ameriprise Financial Services LLC has joined Fisher Phillips in Detroit as a data privacy and cybersecurity of counsel, the firm has announced.

Saul Ewing Adds 2 Employee Benefits Attys On East Coast

By Christine DeRosa

Saul Ewing LLP announced Wednesday that it has grown its employee benefits and executive compensation practice on the East Coast with two attorneys, one from Ivins Phillips & Barker and another from Hogan Lovells.

Public Interest Firm Adds K&L Gates Ex-Partner As Managing Atty

By James Boyle

The Fairness Center, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based nonprofit legal services organization representing public-sector union employees against union officials, has expanded its leadership team this week by adding a former K&L Gates partner as a managing attorney.

Rising Star: Kirkland's James Clark

By Andrew McIntyre

James Clark of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has for years worked on one of the world's largest development and infrastructure projects — a Herculean undertaking in Saudi Arabia — and in the process has earned a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

Cadwalader Can't Cloak Cyberattack Coverage Suit, Court Told

By Hayley Fowler

A Lloyd's of London syndicate wants to unseal a complaint by Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP seeking coverage for a November 2022 data breach, saying it was never given a chance to oppose, and the firm otherwise failed to show why the suit should stay under wraps.

Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Robert A. Braun

By Matthew Perlman

Robert A. Braun of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has helped home sellers reach about $1 billion in settlements over real estate broker commissions and has also helped land deals for buyers in antitrust cases involving pharmaceuticals and electronic components, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

Rising Star: McGuireWoods' Emilie McNally

By Madeline Lyskawa

Emilie McNally of McGuireWoods LLP has guided NiSource Inc. through the $2.15 billion sale of a minority stake in its subsidiary to Blackstone, and represented Dominion Energy Inc. in its $14 billion sale of three local natural gas distribution companies, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

Rising Star: Hueston Hennigan's Sourabh Mishra

By Jonathan Capriel

Sourabh Mishra was one of the attorneys on the Hueston Hennigan LLP trial team representing Monster Energy Co. against the makers of Bang Energy drink, helping score a record-breaking $293 million false advertising judgment and earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

Rising Star: Fried Frank's Julianne Befeler

By Georgia Kromrei

Julianne Befeler of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has been a key adviser on complex commercial real estate transactions for heavy hitters including Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Properties and Blackstone Inc., earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Sam Rudik

By Charlie Innis

Sam Rudik, a recently promoted partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, guided Blackstone on several billion-dollar transactions over the past three years, including a handful of major development deals and acquisitions involving data centers, landing him a spot among real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

Eversheds Sutherland Launches Arbitration Practice In Poland

By Kevin Penton

Eversheds Sutherland has launched an arbitration and complex commercial disputes practice in its Warsaw, Poland, office, bringing over three attorneys previously with Kochanski & Partners to operate it.

Winston & Strawn Adds Chief Information Officer From Cooley

By Tracey Read

The longtime chief information officer at Cooley LLP has taken on the same role at Winston & Strawn LLP.

How Associates Can Navigate Risks Of Social Media

By Anna Sanders

Experts say associates should use social media with extreme caution, weighing any benefits against the impact that their online presence may have on their law firms, practice, clients and future employment.

Building Resilience: Tips For Junior Attys Amid M&A Rebound

By Xiumei Dong

For many junior transactional lawyers, the past few years have been a rollercoaster of fortunes tied to the cyclical nature of the deals market. Many were recruited by large firms during periods of intense deal-making, only to face layoffs when the market slowed.

Delta Hires Boies Schiller To Recoup Outage-Related Damages

By Bonnie Eslinger

Delta Air Lines has retained Boies Schiller Flexner LLP to help it pursue potential damages from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft in the wake of the mid-July global tech outage that left passengers stranded, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to Law360 on Tuesday.

Office Snapshot: Buchalter's Salt Lake City Digs

By Christine DeRosa

Since Buchalter PC opened its Salt Lake City office in the fall of 2021, the location's attorney roster has continued to grow, leading the firm to move to a larger space last October.

Lewis Brisbois Settles One LA Bias Suit, Another Continues

By Emily Sawicki

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has ended a former partner's race and disability bias suit, announcing a settlement in Los Angeles Superior Court, while continuing to push for arbitration in a separate discrimination suit, also filed in Los Angeles, where a former equity partner has accused the firm of gender discrimination and "unethical billing."

MoFo Lands Akin Gump Appellate Pro In San Francisco

By James Mills

Morrison Foerster LLP is expanding its litigation team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a former San Francisco city attorney most recently with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in its San Francisco office.

'AI Is Here To Stay,' Co-Editor Of New ABA Book Says

By Sarah Martinson

The American Bar Association has released a book on artificial intelligence, addressing a wide range of topics involving the technology including intellectual property, employment and privacy. Here, one of the book’s co-editors spoke with Law360 Pulse about the project and key takeaways.

Baker McKenzie Names IT Vet As Chief Information Officer

By Adrian Cruz

The chief digital and technology officer at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP has joined Baker McKenzie as its new chief information officer, the firm announced Monday.

Husch Blackwell Hires UB Greensfelder Partner In St. Louis

By Jack Rodgers

Several years after Husch Blackwell LLP's newest partner, Garrett Reuter Jr., graduated from law school, he joined Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC to work alongside his late father. Now, he's bringing clients he grew up watching his father work with, to a new platform.

Greenberg Traurig Atty Joins Semiconductor Co. As GC

By Michele Gorman

An established BigLaw attorney who carved out a niche representing some of the largest Asia-based technology companies doing business in the U.S. this month moved in-house to ACM Research Inc., the semiconductor company said Monday.

Approach The Bench: Judge Dillard Boosts Ga. Court Access

From cameras in the courtroom to explanatory law review articles to posts on social media, Judge Stephen Dillard uses every tool at his disposal to improve transparency at the Georgia Court of Appeals.

Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q2

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 second quarter of this year.

O'Melveny Adds Ex-Winston & Strawn Trial Partner In Houston

By Tracey Read

O'Melveny & Myers LLP has hired the former head of Winston & Strawn LLP's Houston litigation practice as a partner in its general litigation and energy industry practice groups, it announced on Tuesday.