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    DLA Piper Adds Litigator And Ex-Baseball Pro From Quinn Emanuel

    DLA Piper continues expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP commercial litigator, who previously was a professional baseball player, as a partner in its San Francisco office.

  • Law Schools, Attys Defend Judiciary Amid Gov't Attacks

    More alarm bells rang Tuesday over the Trump administration's recent remarks questioning the judiciary's authority to keep the executive branch's power in check, as more than 2,000 American lawyers and a group representing U.S. law schools voiced concern about the need to uphold the country's constitutional democracy.

  • Jury Won't Tour Living Room Where Calif. Judge Shot Wife

    A California state judge facing trial this week on charges of murdering his wife lost his bid to have jurors tour the living room of the house where she was shot to death, after a Los Angeles County judge ruled Tuesday that there's sufficient photographic evidence of the scene.

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    Weakened CFPB Prompts Ballard Spahr To Form State Team

    Ballard Spahr LLP announced Tuesday that it has formed a new state attorneys general consumer finance response team in response to the Trump administration's efforts to effectively shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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    Sidley Expands In Calif. With Latham Emerging Cos. Atty

    Sidley Austin LLP is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Latham & Watkins LLP emerging companies specialist as a partner in its San Francisco Bay Area offices.

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    Akerman Brings On Florida Litigation Firm's 8 Attys

    Akerman LLP has expanded its litigation capabilities in Florida with the addition of Keller Landsberg PA's founder and the firm's attorneys, Akerman said Tuesday.

  • Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Joins Fray Over Deal Funds

    The former BigLaw partner who fatally shot his wife has entered a Georgia state court dispute over the distribution of wrongful death proceeds related to her death, saying he was required to assign the proceeds to his wife's godson as part of his plea deal but took no position on the validity of that assignment.

  • Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorneys recently represented HPS Investment Partners on a $21.1 billion direct lending fund, and advised Goldman Sachs Alternatives as it raised more than $20 billion, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.

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    Pillsbury Adds Reichman Jorgensen Trial Ace In Austin

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its litigation bench with a partner who previously led the Austin, Texas, office of Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP.

  • Simpson Thacher Adds Willkie Farr Registered Funds Team

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced on Tuesday the hiring of a four-partner registered funds team formerly with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

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    Career FERC Atty, Enforcement Leader Joins McGuireWoods

    Following a 16-year career at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that spanned myriad leadership roles, the former deputy director of the agency's enforcement wing has moved his practice to McGuireWoods LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    Int'l Arbitration Attorney Returns To Quinn Emanuel As Partner

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced Tuesday that an ace international arbitration attorney and former associate has rejoined the firm as a partner in New York.

  • Trials Group Of The Year: Keker

    Attorneys at Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP prevailed at trial last year in a $1.4 billion patent case with major implications for the global diabetes care market, one of a handful of courtroom victories that earned the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Trials Groups of the Year.

  • Transportation Group Of The Year: O'Melveny

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped Alaska Airlines obtain regulatory approval for its $1.9 billion merger with Hawaiian Airlines, securing not only a rare consolidation in the aviation industry but also landing the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • Product Liability Group Of The Year: Kline & Specter

    Kline & Specter PC's product liability practice group secured billions of dollars in verdicts in cases against Monsanto over its weedkiller Roundup and has helped to lead mass tort litigation over Elmiron's bladder drugs, earning it a place as one of the 2024 Law360 Product Liability Groups of the Year.

  • Securities Group Of The Year: Robbins Geller

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP guided investors in securing a $490 million settlement from Apple Inc. in California federal court after alleging CEO Tim Cook had misled them, and obtained a $434 million settlement with Under Armour Inc. in Maryland federal court to settle claims the company had artificially inflated stock prices, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.

  • Healthcare Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP attorneys advised Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC in its $8.9 billion acquisition, with TowerBrook, of revenue cycle management firm R1 and resolved a six-year battle involving EmblemHealth and its subsidiary Group Health Inc., earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.

  • Fintech Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP helped the first cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund get U.S. approval, persuaded a federal agency not to take enforcement action against a stablecoin issuer, and assisted Visa with creating a novel stockholder liquidity program, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP attorneys advised Goldman Sachs in a first-of-its-kind securities offering backed by capital call lines of credit and helped Sotheby's structure a groundbreaking securitization program made up of loans secured by fine art and collectibles, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.

  • Competition Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP helped pull off a stunning interception-touchdown on behalf of the NFL, convincing a California federal judge to reverse a $4.7 billion jury verdict and carving out a spot for the firm as one of the 2024 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • Class Action Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP counseled Hyundai and Kia in the face of consumer claims related to a TikTok trend involving vehicle thefts and attained a $580 million settlement for a proposed class of investors in a collusion dispute with major banks, earning it a top spot among the 2024 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • Cannabis Group Of The Year: Vicente

    A state court ruling that allowed Massachusetts cannabis businesses to ship marijuana to nearby islands and the successful conversion of a cannabis retailer into an employee stock ownership plan were among the achievements that helped Vicente LLP win recognition among the 2024 Law360 Cannabis Groups of the Year.

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    Cozen O'Connor Adds Father-Daughter Real Estate Duo

    Cozen O'Connor is expanding its real estate services in the Philadelphia office by adding a father-daughter duo that includes an attorney with more than two decades of experience who moved his practice after 19 years with Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

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    WilmerHale Adds Former US Dept. Of Education GC

    Lisa Brown, who most recently served as general counsel for the U.S. Department of Education, has entered private practice at WilmerHale, the firm said Tuesday.

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    Squire Patton Adds LA, London Partners To Global Board

    A trial lawyer and a specialist energy attorney are the two latest members elected to serve on Squire Patton Boggs LLP's global board, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Expert Analysis

  • The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey Author Photo

    Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.

  • Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors Author Photo

    Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload? Author Photo

    Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.

  • A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms Author Photo

    Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments? Author Photo

    In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging. 

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.

  • 7 Tips For Predeposition Meetings Under New Federal Rule Author Photo

    Attorneys can use a new predeposition meet-and-confer obligation for federal litigation — taking effect Tuesday — to better understand and narrow the topics of planned testimony, and more clearly outline the scope of any discovery disputes, says James Wagstaffe at Wagstaffe von Loewenfeldt Busch.

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    Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers Author Photo

    To build the ranks of female trial attorneys, law firms must integrate them into every aspect of a case — from witness preparation to courtroom arguments — instead of relegating them to small roles, says Kalpana Srinivasan, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey.

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    Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law Author Photo

    It falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.

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    5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic Author Photo

    The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.

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    BigLaw Cannot Reap Diversity Rewards Without Inclusion Author Photo

    BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.

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    Ideas For Closing BigLaw's Diversity Gap Author Photo

    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 Author Photo

    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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    Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond Author Photo

    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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    BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders Author Photo

    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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