Latham To Bring On 3 Restructuring Pros From Ropes & Gray

By Rose Krebs

Latham & Watkins LLP announced Friday that it will be adding three restructuring partners from Ropes & Gray LLP, including one who steered that firm's business restructuring practice.

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How Frost Brown, Gibbons Merger Plans Took Root

By Emma Cueto

The proposed tie-up of Midwest-based Frost Brown Todd LLP and Northeast middle-market peer Gibbons PC is being praised as a smart combination in an increasingly competitive middle market where consolidation pressures are driving an increase in merger activity.

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Sidley Lands Ex-Acting SDNY US Attorney

By Christine DeRosa

Matthew Podolsky, the former acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has jumped to private practice at Sidley Austin LLP.

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Barton Lands Ex-BigLaw M&A Partner In NY

By Tracey Read

Barton LLP has added a former BigLaw attorney as a mergers and acquisitions partner in its New York office.

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Orrick Expands Energy, Infrastructure Growth With Tokyo Hire

By Andrea Keckley

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has made its 15th partner-level addition this year to the firm's global energy and infrastructure platform, welcoming a Tokyo-based former RWE Renewables attorney who advises on international energy projects and project finance transactions.

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Roundup

Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

Robinson & Cole's handling of a $146.5 million healthcare transaction and Munger Tolles' defense of OpenAI in a trade secrets suit lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 3 to 17. 

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Law School Bulletin: AI Partnerships, Grants and New Clinics

By Matt Perez

This week across higher education, a legal tech company hopes to have more lawyers from Pacific Northwest legal deserts through a partnership with Seattle University, an artificial intelligence startup will offer its software to law students in South Carolina, Columbia University will name a newly renovated library after an alum who made a $15 million donation, and Cardozo School of Law will transform its clinic hub in Manhattan through a $6 million donation from a graduate.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Caldwell Cassady & Curry PC and Miller Fair Henry PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury found Samsung must pay nearly $445.5 million for infringing four wireless communication patents.

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Ark. Trust 'Trying To Determine' What NY Attys Did With $20M

By Emily Sawicki

A New York law group is facing allegations that it misappropriated $20 million that was meant to facilitate a business loan transaction on behalf of an Arkansas trust.

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Federal Courts To Scale Back Operations Amid Shutdown

By Ryan Boysen

The federal court system has run out of money and will scale back operations beginning Monday as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, possibly leading to case delays.

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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Anna Sanders

This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms expanded their operations and hired C-suite executives. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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