Stradley Ronon Chair Hands Over Reins After 27 Years

By James Boyle

William Sasso ended his 27-year run this week as Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young's chairman, moving to an emeritus position and splitting his management role between longtime partners Kevin Boyle and Jeffrey Lutsky.

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Where 5 States Stand On Nonlawyer Practice Of Law Regs

By Aebra Coe

At least five states are in various stages of consideration and implementation of new attorney regulations that would expand the universe of who can practice law — in some cases to include nonlawyers.

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'I'm Not A Cat,' Atty Assures Judge Amid Zoom Filter Mishap

By Morgan Conley

A Texas attorney went viral Tuesday after he logged into a Zoom state court hearing unknowingly sporting a cat filter as he geared up to represent Presidio County in civil forfeiture proceedings, then assured the judge he was ready to carry on despite his feline facade.

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Pa. Protesters Charged With Gluing Judges' Office Doors Shut

By Matthew Santoni

Two Pittsburgh residents were charged Tuesday with gluing the doors shut at three Pennsylvania judges' offices after failing to get enough people to stage planned demonstrations against evictions, the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office said.

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11 Tech Tips To Help Law Firms Prepare For Attys' Return

By Steven Lerner

As law firms bring their legal professionals back to the office, technology will be instrumental to ensuring a safe and productive work environment. Here are 11 ways firms can use technology to ready their offices for the new normal.

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Fisher Phillips Adds E-Discovery Partner In Philly Office

By James Boyle

National employment firm Fisher Phillips LLP has continued its Pennsylvania expansion with the addition of Wendy Hughes, its first full-time e-discovery partner at its Philadelphia office and the ninth attorney to join the firm's Pennsylvania offices in the last year.

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Goldberg Segalla Expands Liability Groups In Philly Office

By James Boyle

Goldberg Segalla LLP welcomed two attorneys to the firm's product liability and professional liability practices in its Philadelphia office.

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Video Tech Glitches, Masked Jurors Spark 'Inevitable' Appeals

By Jack Karp

Technical hiccups in videoconferencing, masked jury selection and off-screen witness coaching are some of the pandemic-related issues cropping up in a growing number of appeals attorneys call inevitable.

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Husch Blackwell's Virtual Office Now Among Firm's Largest

By Anna Sanders

Husch Blackwell LLP's virtual office has become one of the BigLaw firm's largest a year after opening during the coronavirus pandemic, with leaders saying the fully remote workspace has buoyed efforts to expand and support clients across the country.

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Do Diversity Reviews Actually Advance Progress?

By Cara Bayles

In recent years, corporate clients have been asking firms more and more for internal demographic data, in an effort to hold BigLaw to its diversity goals. But can client pressure and data gathering actually produce results?

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Mid-Law Salaries Rising Amid Pressure From Market, BigLaw

By Emma Cueto

As BigLaw firms raise associate salaries to new heights, many midsize firms are also increasing their compensation, a move driven largely by the same market pressures affecting BigLaw.

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Stevens & Lee Expands Philly Office With M&A Attorney

By James Boyle

An attorney specializing in corporate governance and capital investment is the latest addition to Stevens & Lee PC's Philadelphia office, this time on the transactional side of the firm.

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Law Firms Favor Tech Investments To Meet Clients' Needs

By Steven Lerner

Legal professionals say they are more likely to invest in practice management software than office space in the future, suggesting that law firms are changing their priorities to meet the demands of today's clients, according to a report released Tuesday.

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Biden's 2021 Push To Diversify Fed. Bench Has Mixed Results

By Aebra Coe

Even as President Joe Biden selects a historically diverse slate of federal judicial nominees, there are some areas where the president has fallen short, leaving a question mark around what the president's final legacy will be around diversity on the bench.

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Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In 2022

By Andrew Strickler

A mutating virus, melting glaciers, cars that drive themselves — there's plenty to be anxious about in 2022. But professional liability and ethics specialists have plenty of other issues to focus on.

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Bayard Atty Elected Philly Bar Association Biz Section Chair

By Rose Krebs

Bayard PA director Evan T. Miller recently took over as chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Business Law Section, the Delaware-based firm has announced.

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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its 2021 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

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SEC Litigator Joins Stradley Ronon As Partner In Philly

By James Boyle

An attorney with a career spent in public service has joined Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's Philadelphia office, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Tips For GCs To Navigate The Great Resignation

By Michele Gorman

Demonstrating gratitude and compassion to staff, providing lawyers with stretch assignments and ensuring that team members feel they're an integral part of the organization are among the strategies legal department leaders should consider this year to retain in-house counsel amid the "great resignation," according to former general counsel who spoke during a webinar Wednesday.

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Superfund Group Wants Saul Ewing DQ'd From Cleanup Row

By Humberto J. Rocha

A group of companies working to remediate an industrial site has urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to disqualify Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP attorneys from representing two defendants in a dispute over the site's cleanup costs, arguing that the firm had previously represented a group member in a similar suit.

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Exclusive

Gibson Dunn Assists In Mobilizing US Attys To Help Afghans

By Marco Poggio

Law firms scrambled to help Afghan citizens flee Taliban rule following the American troop withdrawal from their country last summer. Now, Gibson Dunn has taken a lead role in a national humanitarian program launching Friday that seeks to connect Afghan evacuees to legal counsel who could help them secure a future in the United States.

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Snapshot: The State Of The Federal Courts

By Andrew Strickler

Citing the "serious constraints" of the second year of the pandemic, the federal judiciary this week released new data showing huge drops last year in civil filings across the court systems and most areas of the law.

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Convicted Philly Union Boss Wins Defense Fee Advance

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The politically powerful former head of Philadelphia's International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, who was convicted last year on federal bribery and fraud charges, has won his case to make his insurer advance his defense costs in an upcoming extortion trial.

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Legal Industry Sees More, Smaller Mergers So Far In 2022

By Aebra Coe

Law firm combinations appear to be rebounding after a slump during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of tie-ups so far in 2022 exceeding the same period in 2019. Still, the size of those mergers continues to be small compared to past years.

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Duane Morris Will Shrink Office Footprint By 20% In 5 Years

By Kevin Penton

Duane Morris LLP plans to cut its office space by about a fifth over the next five years, as leases in various major markets expire and partners agree to having smaller offices, according to the firm.

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How Does Musk's Buying Twitter Affect Its Legal Department?

By Sue Reisinger

Despite the uncertainty and shock for Twitter employees after the company announced its pending sale to multibillionaire Elon Musk, several important tasks lie ahead for the company's in-house lawyers and their leader, chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde.

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DLA Piper Promotes 74 Attys To Partner Across The Globe

By Madison Arnold

Global firm DLA Piper has promoted 74 attorneys to its partnership ranks across the world, the firm announced Thursday.

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Law360 Names 2022's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2022, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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Why Many Women Lawyers Leave BigLaw For Good

By Xiumei Dong

Many women lawyers have no wish to return to the industry's largest law firms after having quit one in the first place, according to a recent survey from legal service provider Leopard Solutions, finding that a lack of flexibility, work and life balance, and job satisfaction are some of the key reasons that contributed to their departures. 

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Amid BigLaw Data Attacks, Breaches Surge For Smaller Firms

By Xiumei Dong

A Law360 Pulse analysis finds that law firms' data breach reports nearly doubled in 2021 compared with 2020, and have continued to rise this year. While BigLaw firms have been high-profile targets, small and midsize law firms are more likely to fall prey to cybercriminals.

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DLA Piper Promotes New Slate Of Leaders

By Rachel Rippetoe

DLA Piper is shaking up its leadership team, adding an advisory role for strategy and financial performance, bringing more partners on to the U.S. executive committee, and promoting partners to lead the firm's transactional practice and manage the Americas.

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The Big Law Firms Defending Police In Misconduct Lawsuits

By Aebra Coe

As protests over police violence and its unequal impact on Black people and other groups raged across the U.S. in 2020, many large law firms publicly vocalized their support for racial justice, particularly with regard to law enforcement. A Law360 Pulse review shows some of those same firms have defended hundreds of officers and police departments in misconduct lawsuits in the years since.

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Dilworth Paxson Welcomes Bankruptcy And Real Estate Duo

By David Holtzman

A pair of bankruptcy and real estate attorneys who have worked closely together for years are bringing their teamwork to Dilworth Paxson in Philadelphia, the firm announced on Tuesday.

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Redevelopment Pro Joins Buchanan Ingersoll In Pittsburgh

By James Boyle

An attorney who spent the last 11 years as chief legal officer for Pittsburgh's economic development agency has left city government to join Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Pittsburgh office.

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Law Firm Mergers Lagged In Q3 After Strong Start

By Aebra Coe

After starting the year with a bang, U.S. law firm combination announcements this year now lag behind 2019's numbers as recession concerns dominate headlines, with 2022 among the weakest third quarters for law firm combinations in recent history.

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Berger Montague, Glancy Prongay Seek Lottery.com Lead

By Emma Cueto

Class action boutiques Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP and Berger Montague are each vying to take the helm of a proposed investor class action in New York federal court against third-party lottery website Lottery.com Inc. and three of its former executives.

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Gawthrop Greenwood Adds Real Estate Firm

By Brent Godwin

Two veteran attorneys from a Pennsylvania real estate law firm have announced that they are merging their firm with Gawthrop Greenwood.

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Precise Inc. Offloads Trial Business To IMS Consulting

By Steven Lerner

Dispute resolution services provider IMS Consulting & Expert Services acquired the trial division of the technology-based litigation services company Precise Inc. on Tuesday.

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7th Circ. Judge Wood Named American Law Institute Director

By Tracey Read

Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood has been appointed director designate of the American Law Institute's Council — the first woman to hold the position at the independent research and advocacy group of judges, lawyers and legal scholars.

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The X-Factor For Firms In Fighting Cyber Risks? Training

By Andrew Strickler

With criminal networks targeting law firm computers and financial transactions with sophisticated deceptions, cyber experts say people are still the weak link in the defense against data breaches.

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Political Climate Is Hobbling Biz Decision Making, Report Says

By Aaron West

A polarized political environment in the U.S. is making it difficult for companies to navigate regulations and policies that can change rapidly, and many don't expect it to get better any time soon and aren't sure what to do about it, according to a new report.

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Misuse Of Client Funds Earns Pa. Atty 4-Year Suspension

By Chart Riggall

A Pennsylvania attorney has been suspended for four years by the state's Supreme Court after misappropriating thousands of dollars in client funds while failing to do work she'd been hired for as a solo practitioner in Lycoming County.

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Analysis

Law Protecting Judicial Privacy May Harm Transparency

By Jack Karp

Revelations about U.S. Supreme Court justices' lavish vacations and property sales highlight concerns that a law intended to safeguard federal judges' personal information could also make the judiciary less transparent and violate protections for free speech, warn advocates for judicial accountability.

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Flaster Greenberg Adds Three Patent Attys In NY, PA

By Adrian Cruz

Northeast firm Flaster Greenberg PC announced it has expanded its patent practice with the addition of three attorneys across its New York and Pennsylvania office locations.

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Troutman Pepper Selects New Firm Leaders

By Andrea Keckley

Troutman Pepper's managing partner is slated to become the firm's next chair.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Georgetown Law's Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic and Ellwanger Law lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the full Fifth Circuit unwound decades-old precedent that limited the scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to "ultimate employment decisions."

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Philly Atty Who 'Threw It All Away' Gets Prison For Tax Fraud

By George Woolston

A Philadelphia-based personal injury attorney was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in federal prison for not paying income tax on more than $8 million in revenue he earned and for failing to pay almost $60,000 in payroll taxes.

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Saxton & Stump Promotes Litigator To Health Care Co-Chair

By James Boyle

Mid-size firm Saxton & Stump has promoted a shareholder who has been with the firm since it launched in 2015 to co-lead its growing health care litigation practice.

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Ex-Pa. Athlete Settles With Firm That Offered To Be Sued

By Christine DeRosa

A former Gannon University student athlete has settled her legal malpractice suit against a law firm that failed to file a lawsuit within the statute of limitations but recommended an attorney who could sue it to atone for its error.

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How Tech Platforms Are Shaping The Next Generation Of Attys

By Steven Lerner

As part of a trend hastened by the pandemic, more law firms say they've adopted third-party digital learning platforms to make associate training more efficient and to meet the learning needs of today's junior attorneys.

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Lamb McErlane Adds Pa. AG Hopeful Outside Philly

By James Boyle

A former Philadelphia-area district attorney and federal prosecutor started her first day at Lamb McErlane PC on Monday by officially announcing that she was joining the race to become Pennsylvania's next attorney general.

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Latham & Watkins Most Social Media-Savvy US Firm In 2023

By Andrea Keckley

Latham & Watkins LLP was deemed the most social media-savvy BigLaw firm in the U.S. this year by an annual analysis, released Thursday, of the top 200 U.S. firms' social media performance.

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A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's Survey Of Law Firm Pay

By Xiumei Dong

Compensation at law firms across the U.S. can vary widely even with a competitive market for talent, with firm size, partnership status and gender all contributing to differences in pay, according to a new report out Tuesday.

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Attys Violating Solicitation Rules In OT Suit, Energy Co. Says

By Rachel Rippetoe

A Pennsylvania coal company facing an overtime compensation suit is accusing the plaintiffs' counsel of circumventing the court by soliciting other employees for the collective action claim before gaining certification, according to a brief filed Monday.

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ABA Passes Historic Law School Free Speech Proposal

By Tracey Read

The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday adopted a proposal to require ABA-approved law schools to have free speech policies, the first resolution of its kind, along with a slate of other new regulations.

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These Cos. Are In The Hot Seat As Proxy Season Approaches

By Sue Reisinger

At least four high-profile corporations and their general counsel are gearing up for a tougher-than-usual 2024 proxy season — those three months in the spring when most companies hold their annual meetings.

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These Are The Hottest Trends In Law Firm Design

By Tracey Read

Out with the law library and in with Zoom rooms? Law360 Pulse recently talked to architects and legal employers to find out what the biggest trends are in law firm design.

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Royer Cooper Adds Former Philly Bar Leader

By James Boyle

One of Philadelphia's most prominent mass tort and business litigators, who also once served as the head of the Philadelphia Bar Association, said Friday he moved his practice to Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC and reunited with several of his colleagues from the recently closed Fineman Krekstein & Harris.

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Law360 Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Mitchell Law PLLC, Gessler Blue LLC and Dhillon Law Group Inc. lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that states can't bar former president Donald Trump from running for reelection this year based on a 14th Amendment provision.

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Attys Laud Pa. Succession Rule, Urge Tweaks For Small Firms

By James Boyle

A proposed rule that would require Pennsylvania attorneys to file written succession plans for their practices has been largely welcomed as necessary to protect clients, but experts acknowledge it may require changes to address the burden it would place on smaller firms and solo practitioners.

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How Senior Associates Can Build Their Books Of Business

By Kevin Penton

As associates grow into their positions, there can come a point at which they realize that mastering the art of the legal brief or the deposition is not enough: They also need to learn how to attract and retain clients.

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Once A Standard, US News Rankings Now 'Entirely Irrelevant'

By Alison Knezevich

Once "the bellwether of the legal academy," the annual law school rankings published by U.S. News & World Report don't matter to today's prospective law students, a pair of law professors say in a new study.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sonosky Chambers Sachse Endreson & Perry LLP, Jenner & Block LLP, Sidley Austin LLP and Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal government is required to reimburse two Native American tribes millions of dollars in administrative healthcare costs.

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Roundup

Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

Beveridge & Diamond PC's successful pursuit of a writ of certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court in a Clean Water Act case and Farella Braun & Martel LLP's work on a cannabis company business loan lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from May 24 to June 7.

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Ex-Philip Morris, US Steel GC Added To Flooring Co.'s Board

By Michele Gorman

A former Philip Morris general counsel and experienced independent director has joined the board of directors for Ecore International, the flooring manufacturer said Wednesday, her second board appointment in a month.

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Atty Fined For Missing 'Every Deadline' Since Feb. In Bias Suit

By Matthew Santoni

A Philadelphia-based attorney has missed so many deadlines in a federal race bias lawsuit against a Penn State University branch campus that the senior circuit judge assigned to his case issued sanctions and a stern warning that a large caseload is no excuse on Thursday.

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Marshall Dennehey Adds Co-Chair Of Disciplinary Practice

By James Boyle

An attorney with more than 30 years of experience representing professionals in malpractice and liability matters has moved his practice to Marshall Dennehey PC after more than 17 years with Catalano Gallardo & Petropoulos LLP.

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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 BigLaw made big hires and Donald Trump's legal woes continued. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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Kline & Specter, Ex-Firm Atty Partially Resolve Legal Battle

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The legal battle between Kline & Specter and an attorney who formerly worked at the firm, Thomas Bosworth, has eased somewhat with the settlement of three lawsuits involving the parties.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Fillmore Law Firm LLP, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center and the Business Roundtable lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal judge blocked a Federal Trade Commission ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts.

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Cozen O'Connor Reelects CEO Michael Heller To Fifth Term

By James Boyle

Cozen O'Connor's continuous steady growth over the last 12 years has prompted the firm's leadership to reelect its current chief executive for another three-year term.

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Outgoing JAMS CEO On Raising Profile, Revenues Of ADR Biz

By James Mills

Law360 Pulse caught up with Chris Poole to discuss his tenure as CEO of JAMS and why he stepped down after 17 years at the helm of the alternative dispute resolution service.

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Clark Hill Gets Ex-Elliott Greenleaf Litigator In Del.

By Rose Krebs

Clark Hill PLC has added an attorney who previously led Elliott Greenleaf PC's Delaware office to help bolster the firm's litigation team and its work handling corporate litigation in the First State's esteemed Chancery Court.

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Bonus Spotlight

Mid-Law Firm Seward & Kissel Matching Milbank Bonus Scale

By Tracey Read

Seward & Kissel LLP, a Mid-Law firm with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., has joined the bonus bandwagon for associates by matching the year-end and special cash rewards set by Milbank LLP, according to media reports.

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Circuit-By-Circuit Guide To 2024's Most Memorable Moments

By Jeff Overley

One judge said a litigant's position would cause "an effing nightmare," and another decried the legal community's silence amid "illegitimate aspersions." Public officials literally trashed one court's opinion, and fateful rulings dealt with controversial politicians, social media and decades of environmental policy. Those were just a few appellate highlights in 2024, a year teeming with memorable moments both substantive and sensational.

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Ballard Spahr Seeks To End Paralegal's Age Discrimination Suit

By James Boyle

Longtime issues with her performance and a disparaging remark made about a client to a firm partner led to Ballard Spahr LLP's decision to terminate a paralegal's employment, the firm said has said, and it asked a Pennsylvania federal court to dismiss the former employee's age and gender discrimination complaint.

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These Issues Will Be Top Of Mind For Small Firms In '25

By Daniel Connolly

As the calendar turns from 2024 to 2025, small-firm attorneys and solo practitioners across the U.S. are facing a constellation of new and old issues, from dealing with new regulations to confronting the longstanding challenges of keeping a small business alive.

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Federal Judges Fear Slower Courts After 'Devastating' Veto

By Jack Karp

The president's veto of legislation that would have added dozens more federal judgeships has stunned and disappointed top jurists around the country, leaving them worried that the "devastating" move means backlogs on court dockets will continue to delay cases, hurt litigants and undermine confidence in the judicial system.

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Are Law Firm Office Mandates Missing The Point?

By Aebra Coe

Creating a workplace that fosters community, connection, collaboration and a clearly defined culture cannot be accomplished through office mandates alone, and, in fact, a lack of flexibility when it comes to remote work options could backfire on that goal, according to the author of a new book out this month.

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What Lawyers Really Think About Working In-House

Law360 Pulse asked corporate counsel to identify some common misconceptions about working in-house and share their thoughts on the rewards and challenges of their jobs. Here's what they said.

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Paul Weiss Chair Defends Trump Deal Amid Outcry

By Aebra Coe

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP Chairman Brad Karp explained to the law firm's personnel on Sunday his decision to strike a deal with the Trump administration to avoid retribution related to the firm's selection of clients and DEI practices, a decision that has prompted public outcry among legal industry pundits and firm alumni.

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Fox Rothschild Welcomes Back Litigator To Philly Area Office

By James Boyle

An attorney who spent over a year with plaintiffs firm Eisenberg Rothweiler Winkler Eisenberg & Jeck PC on the other side of the aisle has gone back to the defense side with his recent return to Fox Rothschild LLP's office in the Philadelphia suburbs.

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McNees Wallace Adds 2 To Growing Office In York, Pa.

By James Boyle

Mid-Law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC is growing its office in York, Pennsylvania, with the addition of two attorneys to the firm's litigation and real estate groups.

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Roundup

Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP's work monitoring compliance in the T-Mobile and Sprint merger and Choate Hall & Stewart LLP's role in the $6.1 billion acquisition of the Boston Celtics lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from April 4 to 18.

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DLA Piper Hires New CFO From Knight Frank

By Ashish Sareen

DLA Piper said Monday that it has appointed Knight Frank's group chief financial officer to take on a similar role as it looks to achieve its goals for growing the business.

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Feature

How A Small Pa. Firm Defended A Huge Fraud Case

By P.J. D'Annunzio

When attorneys at Grail Law took on representation of one of three defendants facing trial for their purported roles in a $22 million healthcare fraud, the team knew it was up against the federal government's robust resources, and in a case that had already netted a string of guilty pleas.

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ABA Leader Says Silence 'Not An Alternative' On Trump EOs

By Jack Rodgers

While American Bar Association President Bill Bay says he's seen no shortage of criticism and even threats for publicly opposing the Trump administration's executive orders targeting law firms, he told attendees at an ABA ethics conference that being silent was not a viable alternative.

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Exiting US Steel GC To Leave With Over $18M After Nippon Deal

By Sue Reisinger

U.S. Steel Corp.'s former general counsel Duane Holloway will leave his special adviser job on July 18 more than $18.5 million from stock -- plus several million more from a golden parachute -- thanks to the company's recent sale to Nippon Steel, according to a recent company filing.

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Flaster Greenberg Adds IP Ace In Philly

By James Boyle

A former BakerHostetler attorney recently moved his patent practice to Flaster Greenberg's Philadelphia office as the firm continues to expand its intellectual property team.

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Tracking The Footprints Of Law360 Pulse's Global Leaders

By Sam Bell and Ben Jay

The law firms in this year's Law360 Pulse Global Leaders ranking have built networks that span the globe. Visualize the reach of those 50 firms with our interactive map.

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Bonus Spotlight

Axinn Veltrop's Bonuses Reach Up To $240K

By Andrea Keckley

Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP is giving out bonuses of up to $240,000 for its associates, according to an in-house memo seen by Law360 Pulse.

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Stevens & Lee Expands SALT Team In Philly With Tax Attorney

By James Boyle

A seasoned tax attorney has made his first foray into private practice with his recent move to Stevens & Lee PC's Philadelphia office after four years as a managing director for Big Four accounting firm KPMG.

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Drug Cos. Want Rethink Of DQ Bid Targeting Ex-Prosecutor  

By Aaron Keller

More than two dozen pharmaceutical companies accused of fixing generic-drug prices have again asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to disqualify a former Connecticut assistant attorney general now in private practice from representing insurers Humana Inc. and Molina Healthcare Inc. in a sprawling multidistrict litigation proceeding.

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Drugmakers Say Hagens Berman Responsible For Costs

By Emma Cueto

Drugmakers including GSK and Sanofi have told a Pennsylvania federal court that plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP should bear the costs for the special master tasked with sorting out long-running disputes in a since-dropped product liability suit.

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AI Disruptions Raise Questions On Legal Judgment's Value

By Steven Lerner

Artificial intelligence could disrupt business as usual for law firms and legal departments, but a panel of experts on Monday showed there are varying differences of opinion on the importance of human judgment in legal matters.

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Trump Taps 6 Judges, Including Picks Needing Blue Slips

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced six judicial nominees on Monday, including picks for the Eighth and Tenth Circuits and two district court picks that needed support from Democrats.

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How AI Is Reshaping The Balance Between Firms And Clients

By Steven Lerner

As artificial intelligence tools speed up some legal work, a panel of experts on Wednesday demonstrated that there is some agreement between law firms and clients on new billing practices and whether AI will replace lawyers.

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Experienced Hires Overtook Law School Recruiting In 2025

By Tracey Read

Most associate hiring occurred at the experienced level last year rather than from law schools, a marked shift from previous years, according to a white paper released Wednesday by legal data company Firm Prospects.

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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs

Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.

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7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs

Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.

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