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Ill. Gov. Signs Bill Restricting PE Role In Legal Industry
Trump's Firing Of Court-Tapped US Atty Sets Up 'Tricky' Case
Wachtell Lipton Co-Chair Joins Gibson Dunn In 6-Atty Move
High Court Specialists Raise Bar But Sideline Other Voices
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Justices To Hear Ex-Fulton County DA Aide's Bias Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for a former Fulton County District Attorney's Office aide's appeal seeking to revive her pregnancy discrimination claim against her employer.
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2 Texas Litigators Join Chartwell Law In Dallas, Houston
Chartwell Law Offices LLP announced the addition of two Texas-based litigation partners, growing its existing office in Dallas and launching a new location in Houston.
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Kahana Feld Grows In California With Sacramento Launch
Kahana Feld LLP announced that the firm has opened its seventh California office in the state capital of Sacramento, where it added an experienced litigation partner from Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP.
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Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Hunter Vance
Hunter Vance of Susman Godfrey LLP advised a construction company in resolving billions of dollars in claims out of bankruptcy court following completion of a $10 billion liquid natural gas terminal in Texas, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Kristina Bunting
Kristina Bunting of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has secured victories for clients including General Motors, Coinbase, Snap and Goldman Sachs in some of the most closely watched securities and digital assets litigation of recent years, including a landmark U.S. Supreme Court win, earning her a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Foley Hoag's Yasmin Al Ameen
Yasmin Al Ameen of Foley Hoag LLP helps represent The Gambia before the International Court of Justice in a historic case claiming Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya people, and she also represents Armenia against Azerbaijan before the ICJ, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Cooley's Robert Jacques
Cooley LLP insurance group lead Robert Jacques helped advise pharmaceutical giant Merck on coverage for damages from the NotPetya cyberattack, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Trump, DOJ Say Firing Seattle US Atty Was Within Their Rights
The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice are fighting a demand for immediate reinstatement brought by Seattle's former top federal prosecutor, who was fired within an hour of a court appointing him to the role, arguing his due process rights were not violated.
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Law Grad Says Hofstra Ignored Heart Attack Mid-Bar Exam
A Fordham University School of Law graduate accused Hofstra University in New York state court of failing to intervene in time when she had a heart attack in the middle of the July 2025 Bar Exam, refusing to stop the test and discouraging her peers from rendering aid.
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Deal Reached In California Bar Exam Class Action
A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.
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NJ Justices See No Mental State Tie To Daniel's Law Damages
The New Jersey Supreme Court held Wednesday that there is no mental state required for damages to be established under the state's judicial privacy law, answering a question that the Third Circuit said could help the federal appeals court determine the law's constitutionality.
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Immigration Atty Seeks To Nix Ex-Clients' RICO Fraud Claims
An immigration attorney who forfeited her Washington state license is seeking to narrow ex-clients' lawsuit accusing her of falsely promising to perform miracles for them and mishandling their cases, arguing the plaintiffs have recast legal malpractice allegations as a "sprawling racketeering enterprise."
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Ogletree Says Equinox Owes $1.4M In Unpaid Legal Bills
Ogletree said Monday that fitness company Equinox owes nearly $1.4 million in fees and expenses for the firm's work representing it in an employment matter in Los Angeles, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.
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Red States Back DA's Office In High Court Bias Carveout Fight
A group of mostly Republican state attorneys general backed a Georgia prosecutor's office, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a former aide's argument she wasn't covered by a Title VII exemption for the personal staff of elected officials.
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Atty Can't Represent His Securities Class Claims, Judge Says
A New Jersey federal court has prohibited an attorney from serving as class counsel in his proposed class action accusing a group of financial services companies of running a scheme driven by high commissions and undisclosed conflicts of interest, saying the suit can only be refiled if new class counsel is brought in.
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Calif. Subclass Added To Fox Rothschild Data Breach Suit
A California resident seeking to represent a subclass of Golden State data breach victims on Tuesday asked to add a new California Consumer Privacy Act claim to a proposed Pennsylvania class action first filed against Fox Rothschild LLP in June, after prominent ransomware group Silent Ransom Group targeted the firm.
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Fox Rothschild Sidesteps NJ Crash Litigation Funding Suit
Fox Rothschild LLP has escaped a New Jersey state lawsuit brought by a couple who alleged it tried to collect high-interest loans they were unlawfully steered into taking out from the firm's litigation funder client during a lawsuit over a car crash.
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Kilpatrick Adds 3rd Reed Smith IP Litigator In San Francisco
Months after adding two Reed Smith LLP intellectual property attorneys in San Francisco, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP announced Tuesday that the firm has hired another Reed Smith IP litigator to further expand its patent litigation team in the Bay Area.
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Hecht Partners Adds 3 Intellectual Property Attorneys
New York litigation boutique Hecht Partners LLP announced on Monday that it had added three experienced intellectual property attorneys.
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Rising Star: Stris & Maher's John Stokes
John Stokes of Stris & Maher LLP led a trial that secured a victory for former investors in video game studio Unknown Worlds Entertainment over a merger payout dispute with the company's buyer, earning him a spot as one of the trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?
How does your firm shape the summer associate experience and mentor new talent? Invite your summer associates to share their perspectives in this year’s Law360 Pulse Summer Associates Survey.
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Tucker Arensberg Adds Gordon Rees Litigator In Pittsburgh
Tucker Arensberg PC has grown its offerings in Pennsylvania with an experienced litigator focused on commercial disputes, employment matters, landlord-tenant litigation and breach of contract actions, the firm said Tuesday.
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LGBCoin Defendant Looks To DQ Judge From Contempt Case
The defendant who lost a default judgment last week in favor of "Let's Go Brandon" meme coin investors has now asked to disqualify a Florida federal judge from his related criminal contempt case after the judge accused him of acting "to disparage the court."
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Missed Step Could Vex Ex-Duane Morris Client's Appeal
A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel on Tuesday quizzed counsel for a businessman accusing Duane Morris LLP of legal malpractice in a trade secrets case on whether documents he claimed were privileged had been properly put before the trial judge for consideration.
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Gordon Rees Opens Its 4th Texas Office
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani announced on Monday that it is opening its fourth Texas office in San Antonio with the help of four of its attorneys.
Expert Analysis
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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Series
RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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RFP Reset: Standardize Pricing Requests
To keep up with rising legal costs amid an industry overhaul fueled by artificial intelligence, legal departments can make outside counsel requests for proposal more defensible and cost-effective by making pricing requests uniform, requiring comparable fee templates and evaluating staffing assumptions, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Making Legal Cents: Create Marketing Clients Find Useful
The law firm marketing efforts with the best return on investment are things that actively provide value to potential clients: practical business guidance, uncluttered proposals that anticipate their questions and opportunities to participate in curated industry conversations, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Law Firm Leaders Should Adopt Founding Fathers' Bold Ideas
To ensure continued success, law firm leaders helming their firms through the legal industry revolution should take inspiration from the Founding Fathers' bold decisions, such as James Madison's abandonment of the Articles of Confederation and George Washington's trust in junior officers', says Samuel Pond at Pond Lehocky.
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The AI Ownership Question Firms Can't Afford To Skip
The artificial intelligence conversation among law firm leaders has advanced from adoption to governance and business impact, but it hasn’t resolved who maintains ownership and operational responsibility, which should be determined by the range of functions that AI touches, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Practice AuthenticityAttorneys who demonstrate who they truly are and what they stand for by sharing the human impact of their results, earning the media's trust by providing accessible analysis, and providing hands-on aid to their communities can build stronger reputations than any advertising budget can buy, says Ray DeLorenzi at RebuttalPR.
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Legal AI Adoption Tips And Takeaways From Dot-Com Bubble
Legal artificial intelligence is on a similar trajectory as the internet in the dot-com era, where several internet companies failed after the initial market frenzy, but even if AI company valuations take a hit and the industry goes through a major reordering, legal leaders should note that the technology itself remains genuinely transformational for the delivery of legal services, says Gabriel Buigas at Integreon.
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Opinion
Keeping PE Out Of Law Is Job For Courts, Not Capitols
Efforts by lawmakers in California, Colorado and Illinois seeking to bar private equity firms, hedge funds and other nonattorney investors from owning or financing law firms risk intruding on authority that state constitutions and the inherent powers doctrine have traditionally assigned to the judiciary, says attorney Felix Shipkevich.
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Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.