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    First-Gen Students Pressured By Earlier BigLaw Recruiting

    Students who are the first in their families to attend law school have been thrown a new challenge at the beginning of their legal journeys, as BigLaw accelerates their recruitment timelines.

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    The 2026 Summer Associate Experience: AI Led The Way

    Summer associate programs give law students an up-close look at changes unfolding in the legal industry, and a new Law360 Pulse survey found artificial intelligence use and pay have reached new heights.

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    What Summer Associates Learned From Working At Firms

    From learning how to come back from mistakes to cross-team collaboration, this year's summer associates came away with lessons that will help them succeed in their future careers. Here's what they want law students to know as they begin their own journeys.

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    Simpson Thacher Hires McGuireWoods, Ex-DOJ Antitrust Atty

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has hired a former McGuireWoods LLP partner who previously spent over 10 years with the U.S. Department of Justice working on antitrust matters involving price fixing and bid rigging.

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    Trump Taps Ex-DOL Official To Serve As EEOC Top Cop

    The White House nominated a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney who previously led the U.S. Department of Labor's contractor compliance arm to serve as the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

  • Supreme Court Blocks USPS Mail Ballot Rules For Midterms

    The U.S. Postal Service cannot enforce new mail-in ballot regulations ahead of this year's midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, agreeing with an earlier First Circuit order that maintained a prohibition on the purported election integrity measures taking effect.

  • Quinn Emanuel Ends Ex-Binance CEO Suit Over $1.5M Bill

    Quinn Emanuel has quietly dropped its lawsuit against former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, in which it asked a court in Washington, D.C., to enforce an arbitral award of nearly $1.5 million in unpaid attorney fees and other costs.

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    Sanford Heisler Hires Ex-DOJ Litigator As Partner In DC

    Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Monday that it has added an attorney with a decade of experience in the Employment Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.

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    Former DOJ Antitrust Leader Rejoins Winston Taylor

    The former deputy director of litigation for the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, who was lead counsel for antitrust trials involving Live Nation-Ticketmaster and Google, has returned to Winston Taylor, the firm said Monday.

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    One County, One Lawyer: Legal Deserts Take A Human Toll

    Divorce is often hard, but it is harder still when there’s just one lawyer in town. The story of one divorcing couple in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula illustrates the financial costs and emotional pain of living in a legal desert, and it helps explain why lawyer shortages are spreading throughout rural America. This story introduces Law360 Pulse’s special series on legal deserts.

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    Morgan & Morgan Plans $1B In AI Spending, Unveils Platform

    Personal injury firm Morgan & Morgan formally announced Monday that it has been running a proprietary artificial intelligence platform over the past few years while also committing to spend at least $1 billion on AI and technology improvements over the next decade.

  • Former Trump Assistant To Co-Lead Covington Policy Practice

    Covington & Burling LLP said Monday the firm has hired a former assistant to President Donald Trump, who served in the president's first administration as director of the Domestic Policy Council and most recently owned a federal consulting business in Washington, D.C.

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    McGuireWoods Consulting Adds New Energy Group Co-Head

    McGuireWoods Consulting LLC, the lobbying subsidiary of law firm McGuireWoods LLP, has hired a longtime energy industry government affairs leader who most recently worked as co-leader of Arnold & Porter LLP's energy and infrastructure industry group, the firm announced Monday.

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    ABA Cyber Task Force Co-Chair Eyes AI Education Boost

    With the legal industry presenting a more and more enticing target for cyberattacks, it's becoming increasingly important for practitioners to know how to best protect clients' data and most effectively use emerging artificial intelligence tools — a task that the American Bar Association's Cybersecurity Legal Task Force is well positioned to assist with, its incoming co-chair recently told Law360.

  • Trial Errors 'Crippled Goldstein's Defense,' 4th Circ. Hears

    Appellate luminary Tom Goldstein unveiled a sweeping and forceful critique aimed at erasing his felony fraud convictions, telling the Fourth Circuit that prosecutors were hell-bent on convicting him "no matter the facts or law," disregarded a star witness "incompetence" and benefited from a trial judge's "inexplicable" rulings.

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    Anti-Trans Care Push Continues Despite Big Proxy Losses

    While conservative investor groups filed at least six shareholder proposals focused on transgender care coverage for minors during the 2025-2026 proxy season, all have been overwhelmingly defeated — with the most recent coming this week at Nike Inc.

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    Midterm Wins Could Help Dems Probe Trump's BigLaw Deals

    If the Democrats take back one or both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections, a big item on their oversight agenda will be to step up ongoing investigations of the deals that nine major law firms cut with the Trump administration last year.

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    Greenberg Traurig, Eckert Seamans Hit By Data Breaches

    Greenberg Traurig LLP and Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC have publicly revealed that they've been hit by data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents U.S. law firms have suffered this year.

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    Honigman Hires Miles & Stockbridge Gov't Contracts Atty

    Honigman LLP has hired a former Miles & Stockbridge PC principal who spent about 3.5 years there working to advise government contractors on various federal procurement matters, the firm recently announced.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Elias Law Group LLP and Stinson LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Missouri cannot use a newly drawn congressional map that favors Republicans in the midterms.

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    Atty Joins Faegre Drinker In DC From Amazon Health Services

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired a former Amazon Health Services senior corporate counsel, who in her previous role was a lead legal adviser to One Medical.

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    Law Firm Leasing Marks Record In Second Quarter Of 2026

    The second quarter of 2026 was a record quarterly high for law firm leasing, with 7.3 million square feet of office space leased from April to June in the U.S. legal sector, according to a new report from commercial real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another busy week as Law360 released new diversity data exploring the representation of women and people of color at U.S. law firms. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Bankman-Fried Asks Justices To Review His Fraud Conviction

    Incarcerated FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to review the Second Circuit's decision affirming his fraud conviction and $11 billion forfeiture order, saying now is the time to resolve whether evidence of fraud victims' losses belongs in fraudulent-inducement prosecutions and whether his "crushing fine" is constitutional.

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    Boutique Bellementis Brings On Ex-FINRA Enforcer

    A former senior Financial Industry Regulatory Authority enforcement attorney has joined the boutique firm Bellementis PLLC as a partner in Washington, D.C.

Expert Analysis

  • How Firms Can Develop The Next Generation Of Lawyers Author Photo

    As law school graduates enter the industry after experiencing significant educational disruption due to COVID-19, firms can adapt to the new generation's unique circumstances by rethinking how they onboard and develop incoming attorneys — starting with summer associates, say attorneys at Taft.

  • How In-House Lawyers Can Help Fill The Legal Aid Gap Author Photo

    Corporate legal departments can expand access to justice in legal deserts in ways that don't require court appearances, as many client needs can be met through advice, brief service or pro se support, say Todd Stillerman at Wells Fargo and Allison Constance at Legal Aid North Carolina.

  • How Law Firms Can Advance Gender Parity Without Exclusion Author Photo

    Law firms can work toward eliminating workplace disparities while reducing discrimination risk by opening events to all employees, expanding caregiver support, and using mentorship, coaching and pay equity data to guide durable inclusion efforts, says Lori Mihalich-Levin at Mindful Return.

  • Closing The Gender Gap In AI Adoption: A Lawyer's Guide Author Photo

    Amid a reported gender gap in artificial intelligence use, female lawyers should think about AI ownership as beginning with adoption, expanding into career agency and influence, and culminating in collective leadership directed toward the profession and the public good, says Tamara Kraljic at Hughes Hubbard.

  • How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes Author Photo

    Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.

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    RFP Reset: Start With Client Service Author Photo

    As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.

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    Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value Author Photo

    Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.

  • How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work Author Photo

    Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.

  • Teaching Associates To Write Well With Responsible AI Aid Author Photo

    Firms can help their new associates become strong writers and responsible AI users by employing a framework that ensures that use of artificial intelligence tools strengthens, rather than replaces, associates' thinking processes, say Julie Schrager at Faegre Drinker and Dawn Anderson at the University of Iowa.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game Author Photo

    Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.

  • 5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan Author Photo

    Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

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    The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Build A Strong GC Network Author Photo

    Taking time to build a network of general counsel thought partners is useful in the early days of the role because the value of relationships compounds over time, and approaching the process with a spirit of curiosity and generosity can be especially helpful, says Heather Stevenson, general counsel at Red Cell.

  • 5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility Author Photo

    As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.

  • Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane Author Photo

    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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    RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise Author Photo

    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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