McDermott Will & Emery LLP said Friday that it was wrapping up a deal to join forces with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to create a law firm with more than $2.8 billion in global revenue, the latest merger in an increasingly competitive legal landscape.
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McDermott, Schulte Roth Unveil Plans To Join For $2.8B Firm

By Marialuisa Taddia

McDermott Will & Emery LLP said Friday that it was wrapping up a deal to join forces with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to create a law firm with more than $2.8 billion in global revenue, the latest merger in an increasingly competitive legal landscape.

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Office Snapshot: Bond Schoeneck's New Long Island Digs

By Emily Sawicki

Bond Schoeneck & King just consolidated its two Long Island offices into a new, larger space. Law360 Pulse takes a closer look at the new digs and what they provide the growing firm.

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Q&A

Constangy's New Atlanta Office Leader On Client Service

By Emily Johnson

At Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP, the firm's new Atlanta leader, Darrick L. McDuffie, said the national firm doesn't take a "one-size-fits-all approach" to client service.

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Recently Retired Texas Chief Justice Joins Jackson Walker

By Lynn LaRowe

The longest-serving Texas Supreme Court justice and former chief of the court is taking his decades of experience to Texas law firm Jackson Walker LLP, the firm announced Friday.

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Law Firms Sued For Malpractice In NJ Over Ice Cream Venture

By Jake Maher

A Florida doctor has launched a legal malpractice suit against Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP and a number of attorneys, including one described as a "lifelong trusted friend," in New Jersey state court alleging they cost him over $3 million by mishandling an ice cream business project.

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Shutts & Bowen Eyes Sanctions Over Country Club Sale Suit

By Madison Arnold

Florida firm Shutts & Bowen LLP is continuing its pushback against a real estate corporation's malpractice lawsuit alleging it sank the sale of a country club, this time serving a motion for sanctions in the state court.

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Lucosky Brookman Faces Malpractice Suit Over NYC Site Sale

By Grace Dixon

Lucosky Brookman LLP, a boutique corporate finance and securities firm, was hit with a malpractice suit in New Jersey state court by a former client alleging the firm failed to warn it about a decades-old agreement that would restrict its ability to build on a New York City site.

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Crisis Management Team Joins Adams & Reese In Tenn.

By Adrian Cruz

Adams & Reese LLP announced Friday that a four-person team of crisis management attorneys led by a father and son duo from a local boutique firm has come aboard its Nashville, Tennessee, office.

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Steptoe & Johnson Adds Marshall Dennehey Atty In Pa.

By James Boyle

An attorney specializing in assisting clients in the oil and gas industry has brought her practice back to Steptoe & Johnson PLLC's Meadville, Pennsylvania, office, after leaving the firm six years ago.

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Why Rule Of Law Actions Can Help Ease Anxieties

By Aebra Coe

As anxieties soar across the profession amid attacks on law firms and the rule of law, taking action can be a strong antidote to ease stress and foster a sense of meaning and well-being, according to panelists who spoke Thursday during an Institute for Well-Being in Law event.

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Analysis

Souter's Clerks Remember Him As Humble, Kind And Caring

By Jack Karp

Former clerks of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter are heartbroken over the death Thursday of a man many of them remember more for his conscientiousness, humility, kindness and disdain for the spotlight than for his undeniable brilliance as a jurist.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Winston & Strawn LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jones Day lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after an Illinois federal judge held in a bellwether case in multidistrict litigation that Abbott Laboratories isn't liable for the death of a baby who consumed Similac baby formula.

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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Anna Sanders

The legal industry marked another busy week with a flurry of attorneys taking on new legal roles and law firm practice expansions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

'Golden Handcuffs' May Be A Double-Edge Sword For Firms

As law firms increasingly use certain financial incentives to retain partners in a fierce lateral market, managing partners should consider the pros and cons of various deferred compensation schemes, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Adams & Reese

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Arnold & Itkin

Bond Schoeneck

Buchalter APC

Constangy Brooks

Davis Polk

Donahue Goldberg

Fox Rothschild

Goodwin Procter

Greenbaum Rowe

Haynes Boone

Herbert Smith Freehills

Jackson Walker LLP

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kline & Specter

Kramer Levin

Latham & Watkins

Lucosky Brookman

Marshall Dennehey

McDermott Will & Emery

Neal & Harwell

Norris McLaughlin

Paul Weiss

Reed Smith

Schenck Price

Schulte Roth

Shutts & Bowen

Sidley Austin

Simon Law Group LLC

Skadden Arps

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Troutman

Wilkinson Stekloff

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3G Capital

Abbott Laboratories

Activision Blizzard Inc.

American Bar Association

Bayer AG

Boston University

Bridgestone Corp.

Duke University

Fordham University

Georgia State University

LinkedIn Corp.

Marathon Oil Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Michaels Stores Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Monsanto Co.

Ryan LLC

San Francisco 49ers

UCLA School of Law

Yale University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Trade Commission

New Jersey Court

New Jersey Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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

U.S. Navy

U.S. Supreme Court