How Associates Can Maximize Their New Pay Raises

By Kevin Penton

For the first time in over two years, many associates have seen their base pay rise by at least $10,000 and some by as much as $45,000 annually. Here's what financial experts say young lawyers should do with the extra income.

Quinn Emanuel's NY Pro Bono Head On Revamped Platform

By Andrea Keckley and Emily Sawicki

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is investing in an effort to professionalize its pro bono services. Marc Greenwald, partner in charge of the firm's New York pro bono practice, talked to Law360 Pulse about what drove the changes.

High Court's Cisco Ruling Is A Win For Multinational Cos.

By Y. Peter Kang

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Tuesday clearing Cisco in an Alien Tort Statute suit alleging it helped the Chinese government violate international law is a win for companies that do business in regions with possible human rights issues, experts tell Law360.

Trump Picks Miller & Chevalier Attorney For IRS Chief Counsel

By Kat Lucero

President Donald Trump nominated a Miller & Chevalier attorney Tuesday to be chief counsel at the IRS, seeking to fill a post that has lacked a Senate-confirmed leader since January 2025.

Ex-AT&T Counsel Charged Over Disclosing Privileged Info

By Sue Reisinger

A former in-house attorney for AT&T, accused of leaking privileged information to opposing counsel while seeking a share of financial gains from a lawsuit filed 18 years ago against the company, has been charged with violating attorney professional conduct rules.

Judge Who Denied Goldstein Retrial Says It Wasn't Close Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A Maryland federal judge has elaborated on her decision to deny SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, saying that the evidence presented at trial either supersedes or invalidates his claims of issues with jury instructions and insufficient or excluded evidence.

New York Mask Ban For Federal Agents Sparks Dueling Lawsuits

By Jack Karp

New York state and the U.S. Department of Justice have filed dueling lawsuits over the state's new laws banning federal law enforcement officers from wearing face masks and seeking to rein in immigration enforcement in the Empire State.

Ropes & Gray Picks Up Paul Weiss Financial Services Pro

By Emily Johnson

Ropes & Gray LLP has brought over a lawyer from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to lead its financial services group, adding an attorney with private practice and in-house experience to its office in the nation's capital, the firm said Tuesday.

McGuireWoods Adds Reed Smith Healthcare Atty In DC

By Jack Rodgers

McGuireWoods LLP has hired a Reed Smith LLP healthcare and life sciences lawyer, who worked earlier in his career as a senior counsel at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, the firm announced Tuesday.

BCLP Taps Corporate Atty As Managing Partner In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has named a new managing partner in Washington, D.C., who joined the firm about 7½ years ago from Crowell & Moring LLP and who was made a BCLP partner in 2022. 

Associates Unhappy Over Leave, Firm Leadership

By Kevin Penton

Associates are dissatisfied over the lack of transparency at their law firms, what they perceive to be limited opportunities for advancement and how their leaders communicate, Law360 Pulse found in its sixth annual Lawyer Satisfaction Survey.

What Attorneys Really Think About Their Profession

Law360 Pulse asked attorneys for their thoughts on what being an attorney is actually like — what they love about their job, what they see as the biggest misconceptions about a career in law and what advice they have for new lawyers. Here's what they said.

Are Attorneys Happy At Work? Depends Who You Ask

By Alison Knezevich

Most lawyers are satisfied with their careers, but their happiness at work varies depending on their rank, a new Law360 Pulse survey found.

Shook Hardy Atty Joins Cybersecurity Co. Shift5 As CLO

By Christine DeRosa

Shift5, a cybersecurity and predictive maintenance company for U.S. defense and transportation systems, has found its legal leader in a Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP partner, the company said Tuesday.

Office Snapshot: Summer Brings Move For Lathrop GPM In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Lathrop GPM LLP is set to move its office in the nation's capital this summer, leaving the Watergate complex near George Washington University for a smaller space in a building just blocks from the White House.

Axinn Giving $25K Bonuses As Glenn Agre Matches Milbank

By Tracey Read

Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP will match the Milbank LLP base pay scale for associates, while Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP — which was already paying above-market salaries — will hand out special summer bonuses of up to $25,000, the boutiques told Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

'Rubber-Stamp' Doc Sealing In Federal Civil Cases 'Run Amok'

By Jake Maher

Most sealing motions in federal civil litigation are granted, often without proper review, blocking important information from public view, a team of law professors and researchers found in a new study.

High Court Tosses Rastafarian's Haircut Suit

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ended a Rastafarian's bid to hold Louisiana prison guards responsible for allegedly violating his religious rights by forcibly shaving off his dreadlocks, ruling a law aimed at preventing religious discrimination at state and local levels can't be used to sue government officials in their individual capacities without their consent.

Justices Say Cisco Can't Be Sued Under Alien Tort Statute

By Y. Peter Kang

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Ninth Circuit was wrong to reinstate an Alien Tort Statute suit alleging that Cisco helped the Chinese government's allegedly unlawful crackdown on the Falun Gong religious movement, saying federal courts lack authority to create causes of action for alleged violations of international law.

Justices Back Parole For Charged Green-Card Holders

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday held that green-card holders with pending criminal charges should be paroled rather than admitted into the country when returning from abroad.

Blanche, Pirro Can't Be DQ'd From Trump DC Shooting Case

By Craig Clough

A D.C. federal judge held Monday that the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner can't disqualify U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from prosecuting him because of their presence at the dinner.

Crowell & Moring Adds CIO From Cadwalader

By Christine DeRosa

Crowell & Moring LLP said Monday that it has hired Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's chief information officer, marking the latest departure from Cadwalader as the firm prepares for a merger next week.

Broadway Financial Hires Ex-Invesco General Counsel As CLO

By Christine DeRosa

Broadway Financial Corp., the parent company of City First Bank, has found its new legal leader in a financial services veteran who most recently served as general counsel at Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.

Investors Nearly Unanimously Reject Anti-Diversity Proposals

By Sue Reisinger

An anti-diversity proxy campaign has submitted shareholder proposals at almost 90 companies in 2025 and 2026, and so far investors have rejected them almost unanimously two years in a row, according to a new report.

Fighting Cyber Threats: What Law Firms Need To Do Now

By Sarah Martinson

Law firms, especially small and midsize ones, are increasingly becoming victims of cyberattacks. Here are some practical tips for firms to thwart cyberattacks and reduce damage when breaches occur.