Lewis Brisbois Liability Group Co-Chair To Join PI Boutique

By James Mills

Personal injury boutique firm Banafsheh Danesh & Javid PC will add a longtime Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP defense trial attorney, who co-chaired its general liability practice, as a partner at the start of the new year, the firm announced Thursday.

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Unlockd Is Latest Google Foe To Seek Judge's Recusal

By Andrea Keckley

Unlockd Media has become at least the second Google antitrust foe to seek the recusal of U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. over his close relationship with Google's vice president for litigation and discovery.

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Bonus Spotlight

Law Firms Begin Upping The Ante For Associate Bonuses

By Tracey Read

Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP is exceeding the year-end associate bonus scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, announcing bonuses late Wednesday that are 150% of market.

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9th Circ. Says Jury Needs To Review Fired Atty's ADA Suit

By Grace Elletson

A split Ninth Circuit panel said Thursday that a law firm must face a fired attorney's disability bias suit claiming she was forced to work beyond a lighter schedule that helped her manage medical conditions, ruling a jury should decide whether the business has enough employees to be sued.

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Kahana Feld Names First Chief People Officer

By James Mills

Irvine, California-based Kahana Feld LLP continues expanding its executive leadership team, bringing in as its new human resources head a former Deloitte HR managing director who most recently was the chief human resources officer of Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.

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Kaufman Dolowich Grows Conn. Office As Leader Looks West

By Christine DeRosa

Kaufman Dolowich's office in New Haven, Connecticut, is seeing some major changes as its managing partner sets her sights on a new leadership role for the firm in California and it welcomes a new professional liability partner.

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Williams Mullen Securities Partner Moves To Passco CLO Role

By Grace Dixon

California-based Passco Cos. announced Thursday that it had tapped a securities pro to step in as the real estate investment firm's new chief legal officer, who will join the firm from a partner role at Williams Mullen.

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Willkie Hikes Up Partnership Promotions With 30-Atty Class

By Rose Krebs

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has announced that 30 of its attorneys from offices around the globe, who focus on a variety of practice areas, will be promoted to partner Jan. 1, more than its 19-member 2025 partner class.

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Delayed Report Says 1,100 Legal Jobs Added In September

By Alison Knezevich

The number of jobs in the U.S. legal industry ticked up this fall, with the sector adding 1,100 positions in September, according to preliminary data in the long-awaited jobs report released Thursday.

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Law Firms' Share Of US Office Leasing Grows To 10.5%

By Charlie Innis

The legal sector's presence in the broader U.S. office leasing market grew to 10.5% in the third quarter — over double what it was about seven years ago — with Moore & Van Allen PLLC and Latham & Watkins LLP signing three of the biggest deals, according to a Wednesday report from Savills.

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A Deep Dive Into In-House Counsel Pay

By Michele Gorman

Total compensation packages for in-house counsel at different levels of the typical corporate legal department can vary significantly.  Find out how corporations are leveraging salaries, bonuses and other incentives to attract top talent. 

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In-House v. Associate Life: Who's Really Got It Better?

By Michele Gorman

Most in-house counsel who responded to Law360 Pulse's survey cited factors such as shaping business strategy and the absence of billable hours as motivations for joining corporate legal departments. Law360 Pulse spoke with in-house counsel and law firm associates about the pros and cons of their respective roles and the facets of their legal peers' positions that are, or are not, appealing.

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For In-House Attys, Bonuses Come Easy, But Equity Less So

By Sue Reisinger

The vast majority of in-house counsel at all levels received pay bonuses in 2024, while a smaller share — but still a majority — received long-term incentives, according to a new survey.

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