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The Second Circuit has refused to rehear a doctor's defamation lawsuit against Jackson Lewis PC after the law firm sent a report detailing an internal sexual assault investigation at a Connecticut hospital to key employees at the facility, leaving intact a three-judge panel's decision freeing the firm from the claims.
Holland & Knight LLP announced Tuesday that it had brought on a client development director who previously advised at Goodwin Proctor LLP and Cooley LLP.
More and more law firms are dropping names from their brands to simply be referred to by a single name, as a number of firms have made the change over the past year.
Kessler Topaz beating out two firms to become lead counsel in a proposed class action against Wells Fargo and Fredrikson & Byron's lobbying arm's new relationship with a cooperative business interest group lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 1 to 12.
Large language models regularly give incorrect responses when asked legal questions, making it crucial for this technology to be supervised when used in law practice, according to a recently published study by researchers at Stanford University's RegLab and Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after getting Google off the hook from facing a proposed class action alleging it raked in over $2 billion from unauthorized advertisements by trespassing on website owners' property.
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms appointed new leaders and expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
A proposal being considered by the federal judiciary to do away with state bar admission requirements for U.S. district courts is likely to fail, just as similar efforts before it have, according to experts.
Retired Judge John D. Moore's long legal career — particularly a case involving a probate judge who died in the 1980s after being accused of committing a Ponzi scheme — helped lead him to his new role at Pullman & Comley LLC by showing him the power of mediation and arbitration.
Develop a personal marketing plan. Keep a strong, up-to-date LinkedIn profile. Get to know the top legal recruiters. These are a few pieces of advice from legal industry insiders to out-of-work general counsel.
With a number of large law firms only recently creating disability and neurodiversity affinity groups, the active embrace and inclusion of lawyers with neurological differences like autism, ADHD and dyslexia are still in their infancy for much of BigLaw.
Funding for legal technology companies nosedived in 2023, but experts are surprisingly upbeat about potential investments in the industry for 2024.
Littler Mendelson PC's office in New Haven, Connecticut, has a new leader after its longtime leader decided to step down.
Connecticut law firm Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP announced it has elected two of its attorneys to the firm's partnership and three to counsel.
An experienced municipal attorney who previously worked for the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been appointed by Mayor Joseph Ganim to serve as the city's next top attorney.
The court-appointed trustee of exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy court to require Kwok's daughter to reimburse $58,343 in attorney fees for discovery and deposition after providing "substantially incomplete" documents regarding the shell companies Kwok allegedly used to hide his assets.
Some 42% of corporate managing counsel — those in-house lawyers who have other attorneys reporting to them — said in a survey that they have been identified by management as a potential successor to the sitting general counsel.
The number of women and people of color among lawyers reached new all-time highs in 2023, but they remain significantly underrepresented in the partnership ranks, according to a report released Tuesday.
Newly minted lawyers and lawyers looking to change employers are increasingly asking about diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, so firms should be prepared to answer detailed questions about DEI efforts, a Jackson Lewis PC attorney said during a Quinnipiac University School of Law symposium in Connecticut on Tuesday.
As John L. Monroe Jr. begins his tenure as the new managing partner of FordHarrison LLP, the Atlanta-based attorney said the firm wants to ensure it considers hiring attorneys that reflect the "makeup of our society," saying "it's the right thing to do, and it's good for business."
The White House sent back 19 judicial nominees to the Senate on Monday evening after they were returned at the end of 2023.
Despite an upswing in lateral recruitment during the fourth quarter, the legal industry still closed 2023 with about 18% fewer hires than in 2022, according to industry data provided by Firm Prospects, which has been showing signs of recovery since the latter half of 2023.
An attorney representing wrestlers in litigation over brain injuries they suffered while working for World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a $312,000 sanctions order against him, arguing the district court went too far by levying the sanctions without giving him the chance to defend himself.
Junior associates at Lowenstein Sandler LLP will be rewarded this year with pay raises that match the prevailing Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP scale.
Covington & Burling LLP secured the top spot on this week's list of Legal Lions after a New York federal judge permanently tossed a proposed class action Tuesday against its client over a Tide laundry detergent label.