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New York Pulse
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Meridian Capital Promotes Legal Head To General Counsel
Meridian Capital Group announced Tuesday that its head of legal has been promoted to general counsel in a move that comes about a year after the firm came under new leadership.
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Pryor Cashman Adds New Real Estate Partner For NYC Office
Pryor Cashman LLP announced Wednesday that it had hired Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP attorney Paul J. Proulx for the firm's real estate and land use/zoning teams in its New York City office.
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Not A Doughnut Shop: Ex-MoFo Chair Says Firms Need Focus
As large law firms navigate an increasingly competitive marketplace, former Morrison & Foerster LLP Chair Keith Wetmore says today's firm leaders need a clear vision for what sets their firm apart and avoid trying to be everything to everybody.
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Atty Sues After His Dog-Themed Meme Coin Gets Hacked
A former BigLaw attorney who created a meme coin in honor of his pet dachshund has sued the crypto wallet provider he used to hold his tokens over "catastrophic security failures and deliberate regulatory evasion" that allegedly allowed a hacker to steal half a million dollars' worth of his meme coin and tank the value of the project in the process.
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Sheppard Mullin Brings On Troutman Energy Ace In NY
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has brought on another former Troutman Pepper Locke LLP partner in New York, bolstering its energy, infrastructure and project finance industry team again after bringing on a former Troutman partner last month, the firm said Tuesday.
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Burns White Adds Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & AI Group
Pittsburgh-based MidLaw firm Burns White LLC announced Tuesday it is expanding its decade-old cybersecurity practice group with the introduction of a new data privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence group, helmed by two of the firm's longtime attorneys who were tapped for roles as chief privacy officers.
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Unfilled Legal Jobs Up Amid Political, Economic Uncertainties
While hiring demand in the legal sector remains virtually unchanged from last year, more positions are going unfilled, which suggests a growing sense of caution among law firms due to broader economic uncertainty, according to a report released Tuesday by legal data company Leopard Solutions.
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Harris Beach Adds NYC Litigator To Life Sciences Group
Harris Beach Murtha — a recently combined enterprise of Harris Beach and Murtha Cullina LLP — announced Monday that it has hired a senior counsel who joins the firm's medical and life sciences industry team after 12 years defending New York City against thousands of personal injury and civil rights cases as a member of the New York City Law Department's Special Litigation Unit.
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Weil White Collar Co-Leader Joins Ropes & Gray In NY
A former senior federal prosecutor and the co-head of the global white collar defense practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has come aboard Ropes & Gray LLP in New York as a partner, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Will Trump Deals Change BigLaw's Pro Bono Work?
The nine law firms that struck deals with the Trump administration in an effort to avoid punitive executive orders agreed to perform $940 million worth of free legal services for causes the president supports, but it's unclear how much those commitments will change pro bono practices at some of the nation's biggest firms.
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White & Case Rehires NY Energy Partner From Orrick
A former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP energy and infrastructure finance partner has rejoined White & Case LLP in New York, the firm said Tuesday.
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From Hello To Hired In 8 Weeks: Lateral Moves Pick Up Speed
The process of bringing on a lateral partner, once long and arduous, has been shortened and streamlined at many law firms in an effort to gain a leg up on the competition, according to two recruiters at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Meet The Munger Tolles Team Fighting Susman Godfrey Order
The team at Munger Tolles & Olson LLP representing Susman Godfrey in its challenge to an executive order targeting the firm includes a number of litigation partners with experience handling high-profile cases and experience in the U.S. Department of Justice or the White House counsel's office, including the firm's chair and a former U.S. solicitor general.
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NY Judge Chided For Tossing Kid's Friend's Traffic Ticket
A Westchester County, New York, judge who threw her title around while handling her daughter's traffic ticket in a neighboring town, and later tossed a different traffic ticket for her daughter's friend, has been hit with a public admonishment, the state's judicial watchdog announced Monday.
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Clifford Chance Hires Corporate M&A Atty From White & Case
Clifford Chance LLP has grown its U.S. corporate mergers and acquisitions practice with the addition of a former White & Case LLP partner in New York, the firm said Monday.
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Former Dayglo Presents Atty Joins Entertainment Boutique
Smith Entertainment Law Group announced Monday that the former associate general counsel at Dayglo Presents, a live music and media company led by New York promoter Peter Shapiro, has joined the boutique as senior counsel.
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TSG Taps Wine Co. Duckhorn Executive For CLO Role
Specialist private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners announced that it has appointed a member of its former partner company's C-suite to fill its newly created managing director and chief legal officer role next month.
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Sidley Lands M&A, Private Equity Pro From Skadden In NY
Sidley Austin LLP announced on Monday it has hired a partner from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to strengthen its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices.
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Ex-NY Rail Official Named EVP Of Hudson Tunnel Project Body
The Gateway Development Commission, the body overseeing a project to create four modern rail tracks between New York and New Jersey, announced last week that it has hired the former president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro-North Railroad as its executive vice president.
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Susman Godfrey Calls Trump Order 'Threat' To Rule Of Law
Susman Godfrey LLP on Friday became the latest BigLaw firm targeted by President Donald Trump to hit back in D.C. federal court, saying his executive order revoking the firm's access to government resources needs to be shut down now before a "dangerous and perhaps irreversible precedent" is set.
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21 AGs Back WilmerHale, Jenner & Block Over Trump Order
A coalition of 21 attorneys general Friday filed briefs in support of WilmerHale and Jenner & Block LLP as the firms challenge President Donald Trump's retaliatory executive orders in D.C. federal court, arguing that the directives unconstitutionally punish the firms for representing people and causes the president doesn't like.
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Greenspoon Marder Promotes 4 Attys To Partner
Full-service law firm Greenspoon Marder LLP promoted four attorneys in different offices to partner roles, the firm announced.
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Wilkinson Stekloff Announces Surprise Midyear Bonuses
Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP on Friday announced surprise midyear bonuses of as much as $60,000 for associates, plus other bonuses for midlevel lawyers and nonattorney staff, according to an internal email obtained by Law360 Pulse.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Murray Osorio PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court largely upheld a federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to quickly bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there.
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Did DOJ Bless A Crypto Free-For-All? Think Again, Attys Say
The Justice Department's move to scale back cryptocurrency enforcement and dissolve its crypto fraud investigations unit isn't exactly a "get-out-of-jail-free card" for industry players who commit crimes using digital assets, experts say.
Expert Analysis
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.