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Kramer Levin, Norton Rose To Match Milbank On Bonuses
Kramer Levin said its associates will receive year-end and special bonuses in line with those set by Milbank LLP ahead of its proposed merger with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.
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Norton Rose Names Energy, Tax Attys As Houston Leaders
Norton Rose Fulbright said Wednesday that it has selected a pair of attorneys who have been with the firm their entire legal careers for new leadership positions in its Houston office.
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Texas High Court Suggests Atty Discipline Case Is Too Old
The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a lawyer's claim that suspending her now for misconduct that occurred in Illinois in 2017 is barred by a four-year limitations statute and unfair.
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Spencer Fane Adds IP Ace With BigLaw, In-House Experience
Spencer Fane LLP has added a member of the trademark and copyright team at K&L Gates LLP to its intellectual property practice in its Austin, Texas, office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Former AUSA To Lead Bradley Arant's Financial Crime Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that a former assistant U.S. attorney who joined the firm in October has been named chair of its newly formed financial crime and economic sanctions practice group.
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Mid-Law, Small Firms Must Do More To Limit Data Breaches
It's happening again. More law firms are experiencing data breaches and compromising clients' information due to inadequate cybersecurity measures.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In November? Quest, Exelixis, More
Legal leaders at Quest Diagnostics, SS&C Technologies and Exelixis, among others, had plenty to be thankful for in November after making multimillion-dollar stock sales.
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Wilkinson Stekloff Exceeds BigLaw's Year-End Bonuses
Associates at trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff will receive year-end bonuses as much as $57,500 higher than those given across BigLaw on top of special bonuses matching those offered by other firms, founding partners said Tuesday.
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Norton Rose Names US Corporate, M&A And Securities Head
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Tuesday that it has tapped a New York partner to co-lead its U.S. corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities team.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Tunheim Advises Other Jurists
For more than a decade, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim has counseled judges from other countries on quandaries jurists face internationally, from artificial intelligence to court administration to judicial independence.
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Ex-Locke Lord Enviro Atty Joins Winstead After In-House Role
Winstead PC has added a Houston attorney whose experience with environmental matters while working in-house for a chemical company and in stints with the Texas state government and law firms like Locke Lord LLP will bolster the firm's real estate practice.
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Thompson Coe Settles Defamation Suit From Former Firm Atty
Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP has reached a settlement in a defamation lawsuit in Texas state court filed by a former firm attorney who was appealing its dismissal under the state's anti-SLAPP law, court records show.
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Media Photographers Group CLO Tapped As Next CEO
The American Society of Media Photographers' board of directors has elected to elevate its top lawyer to the role of chief executive after nearly four years working in-house at the professional organization, which he first joined as a high school student.
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Are Law Firms Losing Money On Generative AI?
How to leverage generative artificial intelligence to enhance the bottom line is still a question mark for the vast majority of law firms, with many making massive investments in the technology without much of a plan for how to monetize it, law firm consultants say.
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Couple Say Texas Law Firm Let Disbarred Atty Represent Them
A Texas couple say in a lawsuit filed in Harris County court that a Houston-area law firm allowed a disbarred attorney to represent them in a case against the seller of their home, alleging he botched the case and failed to prevent their eviction.
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BakerHostetler Adds Litigation Duo From Dallas Boutique
Two former name partners at litigation boutique Carter Arnett Bennett & Perez PLLC have joined BakerHostetler in Dallas, strengthening its labor and employment and litigation practices with a combined three decades of experience, the firm announced Monday.
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Healthcare Biz Atty Rejoins Dentons As Partner In Dallas
Dentons announced Monday that an attorney who spent years in-house in the healthcare industry has rejoined the firm as a partner in Dallas to enhance its efforts servicing clients in health insurance regulation and other healthcare matters.
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Norton Rose Adds US Chief People Officer From V&E
Houston-based Norton Rose Fulbright beefed up its professional team this week with the addition of a talent development expert who joined the firm after more than 17 years with Vinson & Elkins LLP.
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The Top In-House Hires Of November
Legal department moves in the last month included high-profile announcements at CSX Corp., Cohen & Steers Inc. and Pershing Square Holdings Ltd., including two general counsel joining boards of directors. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house appointments from November.
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Jackson Walker 'Extinguished' Privilege Over Judge Romance
An Oregon federal judge has said Holland & Knight LLP lawyers must turn over documents regarding their advice to Jackson Walker LLP on how to handle the "debacle" of a former firm partner's intimate relationship with a former bankruptcy judge, finding Jackson Walker has "utterly extinguished" any claim to attorney-client privilege.
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Mid-Law Firm Seward & Kissel Matching Milbank Bonus Scale
Seward & Kissel LLP, a Mid-Law firm with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., has joined the bonus bandwagon for associates by matching the year-end and special cash rewards set by Milbank LLP, according to media reports.
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Ex-Skadden Chair Retiring And Joining Legal Tech Boards
Eric Friedman, who led Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP for 15 years as chair and executive partner, is retiring from the firm at the end of the year and joining the boards of two legal tech companies.
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Mayer Brown, Gibson Dunn Match Milbank Bonuses
Mayer Brown LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP joined a chorus of other BigLaw firms in doling out extra cash for associates, matching the year-end and special bonuses set by Milbank LLP, according to media reports.
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Fla. Atty Vows To Fight Litigation Funder's Law Firm Stock Win
A Florida attorney is planning to challenge a state appellate decision issued Wednesday that he must turn over stock interest in his law firms to a litigation finance company to help cover tobacco settlement funds, asserting that the ruling must be vacated in light of a recent Texas appellate decision that invalidated an underlying judgment.
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Texas Panel Calls For 30% Pay Hikes For State Judges
A Texas judicial panel has called for state judges to receive a 30% pay hike, saying the raises are needed "in order to attract qualified candidates and retain experienced judges" in a state that ranks at the bottom for judicial pay compared to the rest of the nation.