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Saul Ewing Appoints Firm Veteran As Corporate Practice Chair
Saul Ewing LLP appointed a longtime firm attorney as chair of the corporate practice, according to a Friday announcement.
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Womble Bond Adds Foley & Lardner Corporate Ace In SF
Womble Bond Dickinson has hired a California-based attorney from Foley & Lardner who advises clients in technology, healthcare, energy and other industries on corporate and transactional matters.
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Former FTC Deputy Director Joins White & Case
A former senior official in the Federal Trade Commission's competition group, who helped oversee the agency's healthcare-related anticompetitive enforcement, has joined the antitrust team at White & Case LLP, the firm recently announced.
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Legal Jobs Down As Gov't Work Dries Up Under Trump
Following modest gains at the beginning of the year, the U.S. legal sector lost 3,300 jobs in February, according to preliminary data released Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal sector started March with a downpour of big industry news, including leadership shuffles, office closures and group lateral moves. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-GMU Prof Ends Defamation Suit Against Former Students
Former George Mason University Law professor Joshua Wright has ended his $108 million defamation lawsuit against two former students who accused him of sexual misconduct, dropping the suit late Thursday just four days before a jury trial in the case was set to begin.
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Amid Court Setbacks, Trump Wants Foes To Foot Legal Bills
With judges hitting the brakes on the White House's aggressive agenda, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to up the ante with his legal adversaries by seeking legal costs and damages if his administration ultimately prevails after initial setbacks in litigation.
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Trump Tells Admin To Yank Perkins Coie Security Clearance
Perkins Coie LLP is the latest law firm to face the ire of President Donald Trump, with Trump ordering on Thursday the immediate suspension of the firm's security clearances over its diverse hiring efforts and its representation of certain political figures, including former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
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Ex-Conrail CEO Blames Saul Ewing For Casino Deal Fallout
Former Conrail CEO David LeVan has sued Saul Ewing in Pennsylvania state court for legal malpractice, claiming its representation of him during the fallout of a botched deal to open a casino in Gettysburg left him open to $11 million in liability.
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Holland & Knight Adds Partner Who Was FBI General Counsel
The FBI has lost its general counsel, who has joined Holland & Knight LLP as a partner in its national security and defense industry group, the firm announced Thursday.
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Baker McKenzie Makes Splash With Miami Office Move
Baker McKenzie announced Thursday that it has a new 18,000-square-foot home in Miami's massive new high rise, 830 Brickell, a building that has already drawn in other big name tenants.
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Hunton Adds Holland & Knight Gov't Contracts Atty
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has hired a government contracts and cybersecurity and privacy law attorney to lead its government contract practice after eight years at Holland & Knight LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Steptoe Adds 'Substantial' Human Rights Team In DC, NY
Steptoe LLP is bulking up its global business and human rights offerings with the addition of a "substantial team" of attorneys and advisers based in Washington, D.C., and New York.
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Venable Hires Ex-NSC Cybersecurity Expert
Venable LLP has announced the firm further boosted its cybersecurity services by hiring a former member of the National Security Council as a senior director.
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Morgan Lewis Lands Baker McKenzie's Aviation Group Leader
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has hired the former chair of Baker McKenzie's global aviation group as a partner in Washington, D.C., who says she landed at Morgan Lewis because of its culture and focus on a full suite of aviation law-adjacent services.
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Akin Lands White & Case Energy Pro In Houston
A former senior counsel for Oasis Petroleum Inc. and partner at White & Case LLP moved his energy and infrastructure transactions practice to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Texas, the firm announced Thursday.
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4 Things To Watch As KPMG Enters The US Legal Market
Last week, the Arizona Supreme Court approved accounting giant KPMG’s application to operate a U.S. law firm, making it the first of the Big Four accounting firms to enter the American legal market. Here are four things to monitor following this development.
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McDermott Hires 2 More Schulte Roth PE Partners In NY
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has hired two former partners from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP for its transactions practice in New York, the firm said Thursday.
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O'Melveny Antitrust Pro Jumps To Paul Hastings In LA
Paul Hastings LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in an O'Melveny & Myers LLP antitrust litigator as a partner in a Los Angeles office.
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Hogan Lovells' Global Revenue Hits $3B In Record Year For UK
Hogan Lovells said Thursday that its global revenue reached nearly $3 billion in 2024, driven by strong performance on both sides of the Atlantic, including its best-ever year in the U.K.
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Nixon Peabody Hires Former Sheppard Mullin Partner In NY
Nixon Peabody LLP said Wednesday that a former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner has joined the New York office as a partner on the firm's nonprofit organizations team.
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Former EEOC Chair Yang Joins Outten & Golden In DC
A former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair has joined Outten & Golden LLP in Washington, D.C., bringing almost three decades of experience to the firm at a time when she sees an "urgent need" for private counsel to step up on behalf of workers.
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Ex-DLA Piper Data Head Launches AI-Focused Law Firm
A former partner and chief data scientist at DLA Piper has started his own artificial intelligence-focused law firm called Clarion AI Partners in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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ABA Says Attys Victimized By Clients May Share Certain Info
An attorney who is a victim of a crime perpetrated by a client or prospective client may disclose client information "to the extent reasonably necessary to report a crime," the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has found in its latest ethics opinion, released Wednesday.
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Atty Who Repped Trump And Bannon Joins Brownstein Hyatt
Evan Corcoran, who represented President Donald Trump in his classified documents case and Steve Bannon in his contempt of Congress trial, has joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
Expert Analysis
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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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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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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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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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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.