Maintaining Delaware's corporate law preeminence, figuring out how to best use generative artificial intelligence tools in the practice of law, and navigating another busy year in the First State's competitive market are among the issues that legal leaders are focused on for 2026.
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What Delaware Legal Leaders Are Thinking About For 2026

By Rose Krebs

Maintaining Delaware's corporate law preeminence, figuring out how to best use generative artificial intelligence tools in the practice of law, and navigating another busy year in the First State's competitive market are among the issues that legal leaders are focused on for 2026.

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Bernstein Litowitz Shakeup Brings In Ross Aronstam Atty

By Rose Krebs

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP announced Thursday it has bolstered its corporate governance practice by bringing on a Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP attorney as it reorganizes its governance department following the contentious departure of a group of attorneys for a boutique firm.

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Delaware Justice Karen L. Valihura To Retire In July

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen L. Valihura announced Monday she would leave the state's five-member top court at the end of her 12-year term in July, stepping away from one of the nation's more-important corporate law venues amid continuing political and philosophical turmoil.

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Del. State Court Admin. Retiring After Decades With Judiciary

By Rose Krebs

Delaware's state court administrator will retire next month after more than 30 years in various posts with the judiciary and helping steer the First State's courts through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Smith Katzenstein Brings On Litigation Partner In Delaware

By Rose Krebs

Delaware firm Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP has added a corporate and commercial litigator who was formerly a named partner at Pinckney Weidinger Urban & Joyce LLC.

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Practus Faces DQ Bid In Lacrosse Glove Patent Fight

By Rose Krebs

Sporting goods company STX LLC has asked a Delaware federal court to disqualify Practus LLP and one of its attorneys from representing competitor StringKing Inc. in a patent infringement case related to lacrosse gloves, arguing that the firm has a conflict of interest.

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Law Firm Real Estate Report

By James Boyle

A handful of firms in the Midwest and the East Coast finished out 2025 by completing relocation plans for offices in markets including Chicago, New York, Maryland, Philadelphia and Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Law's Merger Momentum Brings Tidings Of Mega M&A In 2026

By Aebra Coe

The second half of 2025 brought a relatively unusual uptick in U.S. law firm merger announcements as firms seek scale in an increasingly competitive legal marketplace.

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From BigLaw To Boutiques, Litigators In Hot Demand For '26

By Jack Karp

BigLaw firms and smaller trial boutiques are poised to continue ramping up hiring of litigators in 2026 due to the growing number and complexity of courtroom disputes, but economic uncertainty could complicate that picture if companies rein in their litigation spending.

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As the legal profession undergoes a dramatic period of change, experts answer questions on career and workplace conundrums in this Law360 guest article series.

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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Integrating Lateral Talent

When done thoughtfully through three strategies, bringing laterals into the fold can propel growth and create significant business opportunities that enhance the law firm's cultural fabric, says James Sullivan, leader of Alston & Bird's New York office.

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Making Legal Cents: How Firms Can Navigate 2026 Trends

From the adoption of artificial intelligence infrastructure to increasing client attrition, a number of trends will likely define the legal industry in 2026, and law firms will need to strategically lean into these shifts to gain a competitive advantage, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Akin Gump

Alston & Bird

Arnold & Porter

Ashurst LLP

Bernstein Litowitz

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Brooks Pierce

Bryan Cave

Carlton Fields

Cozen O'Connor

Dentons

Duane Morris

Faegre Drinker

Fisher & Phillips

Fox Rothschild

Frost Brown

Goggans Stutzman

Greenberg Traurig

Hahn & Hessen

Harrity & Harrity

Herrick Feinstein

Hogan Lovells

Horn Williamson

JVK Law

Jenner & Block

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Brisbois

Lowenstein Sandler

Martin LLP

Meredith Shearer & Associates

Miles & Stockbridge

Mintz Levin

Morris Nichols

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Phelps Dunbar

Pinckney Weidinger

Potter Anderson

Practus LLP

Prickett Jones

Richards Layton

Robbins Geller

Robins Kaplan

Ross Aronstam

Schwartz White

Shaw Keller

Skadden Arps

Smith Katzenstein

Taft Law Firm

Taft Stettinius

Taylor Wessing

Thompson Coburn

Troutman

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

Womble Bond

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

Association of Corporate Counsel

BigHand Ltd.

Delaware State Bar Association

FTI Consulting Inc.

Integreon Managed Solutions Inc.

LinkSquares Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

QuisLex Inc.

Rapport

Robert Half Inc.

State Bar of Michigan

Tesla Inc.

Themis Solutions Inc.

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TripAdvisor Inc.

Villanova University

Zeughauser Group LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office