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Ex-Quinn Emanuel Atty To Lead Kirkland's Appellate Practice
Latham Hires Ex-Treasury Top Foreign Investment Atty In DC
The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms
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Justice Jackson Tops High Court Book Earnings In 2025
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson made nearly $1.2 million in book royalties last year, bringing her total to $4.14 million and making her the most highly compensated author on the high court, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.
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32 DC Firms Recognized For Access To Justice Donations
More than 30 law firms in Washington, D.C., have been recognized as part of an annual campaign that encourages financial contributions to local civil legal services organizations, the D.C. Access to Justice Commission announced.
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Greenberg Traurig Hires Nuclear Commission Veteran In DC
Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission leader, who spent 18 years there, most recently as deputy assistant general counsel for materials, fuel cycle and waste programs, the firm announced Monday.
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Honigman Adds Eversheds Sutherland Exec As New COO
Honigman LLP announced Monday that a legal executive with over 25 years of experience has joined the firm from Eversheds Sutherland as its new chief operating officer.
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DC Ethics Counsel Conflicted In Ethics Case, DOJ Atty Says
A former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is urging the D.C. federal court to disqualify the District of Columbia ethics counsel from pursuing an ethics case against him, arguing that the attorney and another lawyer from his office are conflicted and that their impartiality is in question.
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Goodwin Suffers 3rd Data Breach In 5 Years
Goodwin Procter LLP faced a data security breach in the spring, the law firm confirmed to Law360 Pulse, marking its third cybersecurity incident since the start of 2021.
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Justices Clarify Geofence Warrant Standards
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that geofence warrants, which compel technology companies to turn over users' location data to law enforcement, are "searches" under the Fourth Amendment.
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High Court OKs Late-Arriving Ballot Counts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld Mississippi's law allowing state election officials to count mail-in ballots that arrive up to five days after Election Day, paving the way for the Magnolia State and 14 others, along with the District of Columbia, to count late-arriving ballots in this year's midterm elections.
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Justices Strike Down Humphrey's Presidential Firing Limits
The president has unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major win for President Donald Trump's campaign against officials at the Federal Trade Commission and beyond.
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High Court Lets Fed's Lisa Cook Keep Job For Now
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook cannot be immediately removed from her post, a setback for President Donald Trump as he seeks to further remake the central bank's leadership.
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Justices Will Resolve Circuit Split Over Pipeline Payouts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to resolve a circuit court split over how to determine what gas infrastructure project developers should pay landowners in eminent domain proceedings, a move encouraged by the Trump administration.
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Ashurst, Perkins Coie Go Live With 950-Partner Firm
Ashurst LLP and Perkins Coie LLP said Monday that their merger has gone live, creating a transatlantic law firm with combined revenue of around $2.8 billion.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Clement & Murphy PLLC, Covington & Burling LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court handed Monsanto a win in its long-running battle over the labeling of alleged cancer risks of its bestselling weedkiller Roundup.
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High Court To Issue Big Decisions In Term's Final Days
As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules.
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Beltway Moves: Davis Polk, Kirkland, Miller & Chevalier
In some of the biggest law firm hiring moves in the nation's capital over the past two weeks, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP hired the head of Hogan Lovells' global mergers and acquisitions team, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP rehired Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's national appellate co-chair to lead its U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice.
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In-House Atty Pro Bono Work Up Slightly In 2025, Report Says
Almost half of in-house lawyers volunteered last year to provide legal services to people who could not afford them, a slight uptick from the prior year, according to a new report from the Pro Bono Institute as part of its annual Corporate Pro Bono Challenge initiative.
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Trump Reportedly Mulls FCC Attorney For DOJ Antitrust Chief
President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to nominate the Federal Communications Commission's general counsel to serve as the top antitrust official in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Bass Berry Adds 3 Members, 7 New Attys
Bass Berry & Sims PLC has announced it hired three new members for its offices in Washington, D.C., Nashville, and its newly launched Chicago shop, and additionally brought on another four lawyers in locations across its spaces in Tennessee.
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This Pride Month, LGBTQ+ Bar Leader Talks Community, Hope
In 2026, the LGBTQ+ Bar is focused on expanding programs, especially those focused on law students and younger attorneys, and building up community ties at a time of growing legal threats to LGBTQ people.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The summer wind brought in another busy week for the legal industry as firms expanded their practices and doled out extra cash for attorneys. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein Blasts 'Inflated' DOJ Tax Math
Convicted SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein and federal prosecutors are clashing again over their dramatically divergent sentencing recommendations, with the defense accusing the government of presenting a "one-dimensional caricature" of the famed lawyer in seeking an eight-year sentence, and prosecutors accusing him of potentially deleting "secret chats" with his gambling backers.
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Groombridge Wu Tops Milbank Pay Scale For Associates
Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone LLP is the latest firm to top the pay scale for associates announced earlier this month by Milbank LLP, with attorneys set to earn as much as $470,000.
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NFL Players Union, Former In-House Atty Settle Dispute
The NFL Players Association and its former longtime associate general counsel have told a federal court in Washington, D.C. that they've reached a tentative agreement to settle the former in-house lawyer's $10 million sex discrimination and retaliation suit against the association.
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Adams & Reese Head Talks Firm's 75th Anniversary
Adams & Reese LLP celebrated its 75th anniversary this week, with its managing partner attributing its history and growth to a collaborative culture, generations of succession planning, and the ability to "stay humble and stay hungry."
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Can BigLaw Find 'More Thoughtful' Approach To 1L Stipends?
Large law firms experienced public pushback this spring after implementing new stipend programs for prospective summer associates who choose to take on public interest work after their first year of law school. However, it's unclear whether firms will be moved by the criticism.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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.
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Justices Widen Path For Confiscated Cuban Property Claims
For Americans holding claims to confiscated Cuban property, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Havana Docks v. Royal Caribbean Cruises means that the expiration of their property interest is no longer a bar and that any company using such property is now a potential defendant, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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Avoiding The Changing Pitfalls Of Firm Website Redesigns
BigLaw firms about to tackle a website redesign need to understand the fundamental changes to costs, timelines, vendors and technology since their last big update so their leadership teams can steer resource management decisions away from costly potential mistakes, says Stephan Roussan at Vertical Minds.
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Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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How Firms Can Win Market For Unified Legal Client Services
Firms willing to develop a new operating model, where AI-powered legal tech is paired with deep industry expertise and a different incentive structure, can win over companies looking to consolidate their legal needs with a single provider, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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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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Series
Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge
Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.
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How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm Model
The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.
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AI-Powered Search Demands New Legal Marketing Playbook
As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.
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What Law Firm MSOs Can Learn From Accounting Co. Model
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Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.
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Series
Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush
Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.