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    Emerging Hot Spots In Real Estate Practices

    New real estate practice areas are emerging as the commercial real estate lending landscape shifts, office landlords look to repurpose their buildings, distress plays out and a race to build data centers shows no sign of slowing.

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    Squire Patton Brings On Polsinelli Tax Ace In Houston

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Wednesday that a former Polsinelli PC shareholder has joined the tax strategy and benefits practice group in Houston, an addition that helps the firm address growing client needs.

  • White & Case To Halt Affiliation With Indonesian Law Firm

    White & Case LLP said Wednesday that it would no longer have a physical presence in Indonesia as of May 1, when it plans to end its exclusive association with Jakarta-based law firm Witara Cakra Advocates.

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    Katyal Leaves Hogan Lovells To Lead Milbank Appellate Team

    Veteran appellate litigator and former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal is leaving Hogan Lovells for Milbank LLP in Washington, D.C., Milbank announced Wednesday.

  • DC Courts To Adopt NextGen Bar Examination In Early 2028

    The District of Columbia Court of Appeals Committee on Admissions will administer the Next Generation bar exam developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners beginning February 2028.

  • ABA Calls Trump Admin Out For Questioning Judicial Review

    The American Bar Association expressed concerns Tuesday over recent remarks coming out of the Trump administration that raised questions on the judiciary's authority to keep the executive branch's power in check, saying that judicial review was among the "oldest and most revered precedent" in the nation's legal history.

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    Proskauer Labor Partner Heads To Skadden In NYC

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a labor and employment partner for its New York office who spent a decade at Proskauer Rose LLP, where he recently helped a slew of major universities navigate the process of their graduate student workers unionizing.

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    Beyond Averages: The Under- And Over-Performance Of Firms

    Each quarter, Law360 Pulse reports on U.S. law firms' financial results from Wells Fargo and Citibank, often highlighting industry averages. But I wanted to dive deeper into the 2024 year-end results that just came out to dissect the highs and lows of law firm performance last year.

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    Ex-Major Lindsey Employee Must Face Firm's $4.8M Claim

    A New York bankruptcy court ruled Monday that a former Major Lindsey & Africa LLC employee embroiled in over a decade of litigation with the recruiting firm cannot discharge a $4.8 million claim it filed against her.

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    Crowell & Moring Adds Two Former In-House Counsel

    Crowell & Moring LLP has hired two attorneys who most recently worked in-house in leadership roles with the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the global technology investor Naspers, now joining the firm's privacy and cybersecurity group as senior counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    Akin Gump Adds Gibson Dunn Special Situations Pro In Dallas

    A former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner rejoined the firm in Dallas after a two-year stint at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to continue his finance practice, Akin announced Tuesday.

  • Trials Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP persuaded or helped persuade trial judges to overturn two big jury losses for their clients, including AstraZeneca and the National Football League, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Trials Groups of the Year.

  • International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Freshfields

    Freshfields was able to secure a more than $470 million arbitral award against Venezuela for Irish sustainable packaging company Smurfit Westrock after its operations in the country were seized, landing the firm among the 2024 Law360 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.

  • Private Equity Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP's private equity attorneys had a banner year handling significant deals, such as SRS Distribution's $18.25 billion sale to Home Depot and advising Silver Lake in a $9.2 billion equity investment in Vantage Data Centers, making it one of the 2024 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • Healthcare Group Of The Year: Foley & Lardner

    Foley & Lardner LLP helped advise Health Care Service Corp. on a $3.3 billion agreement to buy Medicare businesses from Cigna and secured a first-of-its-kind decision that declared parts of the False Claims Act unconstitutional, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.

  • International Trade Group Of The Year: Grunfeld Desiderio

    Grunfeld Desiderio Lebowitz Silverman & Klestadt LLP notched a number of key victories for foreign exporters this year, including securing 0% dumping rates for a Turkish rebar company and defeating proposed duties of over 450% on Chinese exporters of tin products, earning the firm its second spot in as many years among the 2024 Law360 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • Energy Group Of The Year: Norton Rose

    Norton Rose Fulbright has capitalized on momentum in the energy market to help guide multiple first-of-their-kind projects, including what deal participants have called the largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • Fintech Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP played a role in multiple industry-defining cryptocurrency matters — counseling former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to a historic resolution with government authorities and acting as both an investigator and litigator in the ongoing FTX bankruptcy process — to earn the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • Appellate Group Of The Year: Clement & Murphy

    Clement & Murphy PLLC attorneys convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old precedent that impacted how courts interpret laws, and they secured a victory in a case over how social media companies regulate content on their platforms, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • Compliance Group Of The Year: Morrison Foerster

    Following reports of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and other forms of workplace misconduct at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a Morrison Foerster LLP partner was appointed to serve as the independent transformation monitor of the agency, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Compliance Groups of the Year.

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    Holland & Knight Adds Ballard Spahr Litigator In Philly

    A former U.S. attorney with expertise on anti-money laundering and complex tax matters recently moved his litigation practice to Holland & Knight after nine years with Ballard Spahr LLP.

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    Baker Botts Lands DLA Piper Atty To Head Litigation In SF

    Baker Botts LLP has brought on a former federal prosecutor, most recently with DLA Piper, to serve as chair of litigation for the firm's San Francisco office.

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    Nelson Mullins Adds Litigation, Biz Pros In Houston

    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has bolstered its corporate and litigation offerings with new partners in Houston who came aboard from Jackson Walker LLP and Paul Hastings LLP and who bring unique international experience.

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    Foley & Lardner Grows Leadership With Chief Practice Officer

    Foley & Lardner LLP has installed its first chief practice officer, following the addition in December of a new chief operating officer at the firm.

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    Approach The Bench: Judge Frederic Block On Resentencing

    New York federal Judge Frederic Block has been on a campaign lately, arguing that state court judges should enjoy the same discretion he does to reconsider the sentences of people condemned to spend decades in prison.

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