A California federal judge has sanctioned a solo practitioner representing the plaintiffs in a proposed wage and hour class action against clothing brand Vuori Inc. after he admitted to using about a half-dozen artificial intelligence tools to prepare a motion.
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Atty Had 6 AI Tools Check Each Other, Yet Fakes Still Cited

By Andrea Keckley

A California federal judge has sanctioned a solo practitioner representing the plaintiffs in a proposed wage and hour class action against clothing brand Vuori Inc. after he admitted to using about a half-dozen artificial intelligence tools to prepare a motion.

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Munger Tolles Overhauls Summer Associate Program

By Adrian Cruz

Munger Tolles & Olson LLP announced it has completed an overhaul of its summer associate program, driven by the accelerated recruiting timelines that have become increasingly common in the legal industry.

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Bonus Spotlight

Texas Boutique Giving Associates Bonuses Of Up To $135K

By Tracey Read

Texas complex commercial litigation boutique Vartabedian Hester & Haynes LLP announced Friday that it will reward associates with additional year-end bonuses of up to $135,000 by Dec. 31, while more firms said they'd match or exceed the prevailing BigLaw scale.

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DLA Piper Adds Fenwick Emerging Growth, VC Expert In LA

By James Mills

DLA Piper is boosting its corporate team, bringing in a Fenwick & West LLP venture capital ace as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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Mayer Brown Promotes 36 Lawyers To Partnership

By Ashish Sareen

Mayer Brown LLP has elevated 36 lawyers to its partnership, including four new partners who are based in its office in London.

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Buchanan Ingersoll Bumps 18 Attys Up To Partner For 2026

By James Boyle

More than a dozen attorneys have been recently selected to move up to the shareholder level at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC next year as the Pittsburgh-based firm reclassifies one of its title tiers.

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2025 Associate Bonus And 2026 Salary Tracker

By Law360 Staff

Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP kicked off 2025's year-end associate bonuses on Nov. 18, with lump sums for associates ranging from $15,000 to $115,000 based on seniority. Shortly after, a number of large law firms followed suit.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge rejected a Federal Trade Commission suit accusing Meta Platforms of illegally monopolizing social media through its purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram.

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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Anna Sanders

The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms kicked off year-end bonus season and announced partner promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Baker Botts

Bartimus Frickleton

Bell Nunnally

Buchalter APC

Buchanan Ingersoll

Cadwalader Wickersham

Carmichael Ellis

Cooley LLP

Cravath Swaine

DLA Piper

Davis Polk

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Fenwick & West

Fried Frank

Gibson Dunn

Goldenberg Heller

Goodwin Procter

Gray Cary

Greenberg Traurig

Hogan Lovells

Hueston Hennigan

KamberLaw

Kellogg Hansen

Knobbe Martens

Manatt Phelps

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Schulte

Milbank LLP

Munger Tolles

Otterbourg PC

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Peiffer Wolf

Piper Rudnick LLP

Proskauer Rose

Ropes & Gray

Skadden Arps

Steptoe LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell

Taxman Pollock

Vartabedian Hester

Wachtell Lipton

White & Case

Wilkinson Stekloff

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Above the Law

Allergan PLC

Amazon.com Inc.

Apple Inc.

EXACT Sciences Corp.

Instagram Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Masimo Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

National Association for Law Placement Inc.

Sandoz International GmbH

TikTok Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Vuori Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California