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Georgia State Lawmakers Trade Barbs Ahead Of AG Election
Atty Beats Contempt For Not Identifying Herself In Ga. Court
As Climate Disasters Rise, Firms Play Vital Role In Response
Taft Moves To 'Modern' Atlanta Office Amid Growth Plans
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Justices Probe Late Defense In Ex-Aide's Pregnancy Bias Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday closely scrutinized the procedures governing late-raised legal defenses amid a former political aide's fight to reinstate her pregnancy discrimination lawsuit, with some justices hinting that the case should be sent back down for review under a different federal rule set.
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Ga. Atty Wins Bid To Revive Fee-Split Suit Against Firm
The Georgia Court of Appeals has revived an attorney's suit over compensation, finding that factual disputes should have prevented the trial court from granting summary judgment to Casino Law Group LLC.
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Arnall Golden Launches Boston Office With 4-Atty IP Team
Atlanta-headquartered Arnall Golden Gregory LLP announced Monday that it has opened its third office nationally, setting up an outpost in Boston with the addition of three partners, an associate and 12 other professionals from intellectual property firm Lando & Anastasi LLP.
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Southern Co. Legal Chief To Steer Tech, AI Strategy
Energy provider Southern Co. has expanded its chief legal officer's duties to include oversight of technology efforts, such as its artificial intelligence strategy and emerging technology governance, the Atlanta-based public company has announced.
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BigLaw Attys Step Up To Help Voters In Midterm Elections
Attorneys from several BigLaw firms are volunteering across the country to make sure voters don't run into problems casting their ballots or having those ballots counted in Tuesday's midterm elections.
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Winston Taylor, DLA Piper Match Milbank Pay Scale
Two more BigLaw firms have opted to match the new associate salary scale set by Milbank LLP in June.
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Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 89 Firms
The lawyers chosen as Law360's 2026 MVPs stand out from their peers by notching significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-setting transactions.
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Up Next At High Court: Religious Liberty & Unpled Defenses
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its November sitting by hearing oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's universal preschool program and a dispute asking the justices to settle a circuit split over whether defendants in civil lawsuits can seek summary judgment based on unpled affirmative defenses.
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Stanton Law M&A Atty Returns To Hall Booth In Atlanta
Hall Booth Smith PC has brought on a Stanton Law attorney in its Atlanta office, bringing back an alum with nearly three decades of legal experience.
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Outgoing Offit Kurman Chair Talks Succession Planning
Nearly 40 years after co-founding Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law in Baltimore, Ted Offit is preparing to step back from formal leadership roles at the firm as part of its plan to transition to a new generation, a process he says has been in the works for over a decade.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC and Smith Porsborg Schweigert Armstrong Moldenhauer & Smith lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Reserve's regulatory cap on the swipe fees that larger banks may collect on debit card transactions.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the last week of October with the death knell of a BigLaw powerhouse. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Several law firms expanded their geographic footprints in October through new office openings and combinations with smaller firms, while others relocated to larger or redesigned spaces in major markets including Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Boston and Chicago.
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How Many Support Staffers Does A Small Firm Need?
Many solo attorneys and small firm leaders hire nonlawyers to handle billing, bookkeeping and other administrative tasks, but knowing how much help they really need can sometimes be a struggle.
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Saul Ewing Brings On Smith Gambrell Pro Bono Atty In Atlanta
Saul Ewing LLP has brought on the pro bono partner for Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP in its Atlanta office, an addition to its intellectual property team that comes after the firm opened its first office in the city in September.
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Gov't Urges 11th Circ. To Lift Sanctions Over Trump-IRS Deal
A federal judge's order barring President Donald Trump, the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department from citing the agreement made to settle his $10 billion suit against the tax agency is unsupportable and should be reversed, the government told the Eleventh Circuit.
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Interim Ga. Judicial Administrative Head Gets Permanent Post
The Judicial Council of Georgia has named its interim director of the Administrative Office of the Courts to succeed the retiring director, elevating a senior staff member who has worked at the office for more than 20 years.
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Porsche Financial Names GC, Shifts Legal Chief To Operations
Porsche Financial Services Inc. has moved its lead attorney into a top operations role and has appointed its business director to be general counsel, the luxury car financing company said Wednesday.
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BakerHostetler Malpractice Case To Expand With RICO Claim
A Georgia federal judge has allowed a trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice to file an amended complaint after the trustee asked to add claims of Georgia RICO Act violations.
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CrowdStrike Says Chatty Spider Group Increased Legal Hacks
Law firms faced a 129% increase in malicious activity over the first eight months of the year compared to all of 2024, according to a report on Wednesday from Nasdaq-listed cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, with the hacker collective Silent Ransom Group, also known as Chatty Spider, leading the charge.
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Federal Student Loan Borrowers Face Pending Deadline
Millions of federal student loan borrowers face pending deadlines for changing their repayment plan, and the cost of doing nothing could lead to potentially higher monthly bills, financial experts tell Law360 Pulse.
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How Associates Can Crush Their Year-End Reviews
The days getting shorter and the approach of the holiday season are signs that another annual ritual is fast approaching: the year-end review for associates.
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Atty Who Copped To Tax-Dodging Gives Back Law License
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted an attorney's voluntary surrender of his law license, finding his removal from the state bar was appropriate after he pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges.
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AI Is Helping Firms Increase Their Billable Hours, Report Says
As more firms adopt artificial intelligence into their practices, the amount of billable hours is increasing by freeing up time to focus on more complex work and take on more matters, according to a new report by legal technology company Clio.
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State AG Elections More Competitive As AGs Play Bigger Role
Several of next week's elections for states' attorneys general have turned out to be surprisingly competitive as state enforcers have become more prominent in taking on the federal government and wading into national policy fights.
Expert Analysis
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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Local Office Culture
From encouraging innovation to boosting morale, using community building strategies to nurture a local office identity has multiple benefits for all aspects of a national law firm and its business, says Kate Heffernan, leader of Epstein Becker's Boston office.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Curate Your Web Presence.jpg)
Lawyers can tighten their business development strategy by defining a niche digital presence, translating experience into client benefits in website materials, and using LinkedIn and attorney bios to demonstrate relevant expertise before prospective clients make contact, says Michael Mellor at 742 Advisors.
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Why Women Attys Aren't Using Firm Wellness Programs
The American Bar Association recently released the first national study centered on the mental well-being of women lawyers, but their recommendations misidentify why women with access to firm wellness programs are reluctant to use them for therapy, says Annia Raja at Helm Psychology.
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Defensible Pricing Principles For Law Firm MSO Fees
As private equity investors increasingly invest in law firms using management services organizations, several Internal Revenue Code principles provide a framework for evaluating market-based pricing terms that respects fee-sharing prohibitions and mitigates investor concerns, says Perry Urken at Ryan.
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7 Ways Legal Leaders Can Foster Firmwide Stewardship
As the modern mandate for law firm leaders' responsibilities expands to become more untenable, a chairperson’s best work is reflected in teamwide judgment, the next generation's confidence and the firm's ability to act without routing every decision through one person, says Eric Belfi, chairman at Labaton Keller.
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Legal Tech Talks: Centari CEO On Shifting Atty Role
Kevin Walker, founder and CEO of Centari, discusses how new technology can expand access to information, identify issues earlier and allow attorneys to play a more continuous role in helping clients make decisions.
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Making Legal Cents: Get Better Intelligence For 2027 Planning
As strategic planning begins for the year ahead, firms must look beyond last year's numbers and ask harder questions about what is changing more broadly, what inside the firm needs to be fixed and what has to be true for the next investment or growth plan to work, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants.
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RFP Reset: In The Age Of AI, Evidence Beats Eloquence
As firms increasingly use artificial intelligence tools to quickly produce highly tailored responses to requests for proposals, polished prose alone tells clients less than it once did, so in-house teams should compare meaningful evidence and measure whether promised value is actually delivered, says Roger Rutkowski at Mercedes-Benz USA.
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The Road Map To A Law Firm MSO IPO
For managing partners considering outside capital, one potential three-phase path could allow firms to transition from a traditional limited liability partnership to a publicly traded managed services organization structure, provided they keep ethical rules and regulations top of mind, say attorneys at Winston Taylor.
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The Potential Risks Of A Law Firm MSO IPO
Though initial public offerings may represent the most efficient mechanism for recovering capital as private equity invests in law firm management services organizations, ethics rules, partner runs, shifting regulations and market pressures pose potential challenges, say attorneys at Winston Taylor.
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The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Listen Before You Lead
For a new general counsel, scheduling conversations with your new team members, the C-suite and the company’s directors — where you can listen intently and strategically — is the fastest way to understand the company's fault lines and dynamics, says Alex Dimitrief, former general counsel at GE and Sotera Health.
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The Economic Case For A Law Firm MSO IPO
As private equity investment in law firm management services organizations accelerates, initial public offerings may represent the most efficient mechanism for recovering capital at a multibillion-dollar scale, particularly if the transaction uses a tax-efficient partnership structure, say attorneys at Winston Taylor.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Simplify Networking
The hardest part of business development is building relationships without feeling awkward or transactional, but to solve this networking conundrum we ranked networking activities from the least intimidating to the most challenging and shared a small, workable action item for each, say attorneys at Irell.
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Community Is Key To Addressing Rural Legal Deserts
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Pipeline programs for current and prospective lawyers to find and build careers in legal deserts should be designed with relationships and connection uppermost in mind and priority, says Presiding New York Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Garry.
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Tech Plays An Indispensable Role In Addressing Legal Deserts
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While building the Free Legal Answers platform, we have seen how technology can overcome barriers of time and space to make it easier for lawyers to help in legal deserts, meaning we must turn to big, bold measures, or the justice gap will continue to grow, says Buck Lewis at Baker Donelson.