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  • Ga. IP Boutique Says Md. Firm Copied Its 'Founders' Mark

    A Georgia-based law firm that does business as Founders Legal on Monday sued a similarly named Maryland firm and its founder for allegedly infringing its federally registered marks in a way that is likely to confuse prospective and current legal clients.

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    MendenFreiman's New Leader Talks 'Balanced Lives'

    As Lance G. Einstein takes the helm of Atlanta boutique MendenFreiman LLP, he says he wants to ensure that firm attorneys have "balanced lives."

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    5 Key Takeaways From The ABA's Latest Legal Tech Survey

    Last week, the American Bar Association released its 2024 legal technology survey report, which covers a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence use, courtroom technology training and law firm data breaches. Here are five key takeaways from the report.

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    Paul Hastings Reelects Chair, Managing Partner To 2nd Terms

    Paul Hastings LLP Chair Frank Lopez and Managing Partner Sherrese Smith have been reelected to their second three-year terms, the firm said Monday.

  • Ga. PFAS Liability, DEI Bills Among Those To Not 'Crossover'

    Georgia lawmakers failed to push forward legislation that would have reduced corporate liability for PFAS contamination, would have given voters a say on whether to legalize sports betting and curbed diversity initiatives in schools, after having previously passed bills to advance the governor's tort reform agenda.

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    Law Firm Hiring May Indicate 'Growing Demand,' Report Says

    Even as overall legal sector jobs declined in February nationwide, the number of open law firm positions increased by 59% compared with the year before, indicating "strong market expansion and growing demand for legal talent," according to a report released Friday by Leopard Solutions.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Sills Cummis and Irell & Manella's work on behalf of Johnson & Johnson and Young Conaway's work on Blink Fitness' Chapter 11 proceedings lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Feb. 21 to March 7.

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    Hall Booth Names Longtime Leader As First COO

    Hall Booth Smith PC has elevated a firm leader to serve as its first chief operations officer, promoting its chief strategy officer and chief marketing officer, who has been at the firm's Atlanta headquarters for 17 years.

  • Ga. Court Urged To Weigh Genealogy Of Wife Killed By Ex-Atty

    The administrator of the estate of a woman killed by a former BigLaw attorney is urging a Georgia state court to reject the woman's godson's assertion that her cousins aren't her relatives, arguing that a genealogy report proves they are her family in the dispute over the proceeds from a wrongful-death suit settlement.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Public Citizen Litigation Group and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a D.C. federal judge can require the Trump administration to release up to $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funding.

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    Legal Jobs Down As Gov't Work Dries Up Under Trump

    Following modest gains at the beginning of the year, the U.S. legal sector lost 3,300 jobs in February, according to preliminary data released Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal sector started March with a downpour of big industry news, including leadership shuffles, office closures and group lateral moves. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Amid Court Setbacks, Trump Wants Foes To Foot Legal Bills

    With judges hitting the brakes on the White House's aggressive agenda, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to up the ante with his legal adversaries by seeking legal costs and damages if his administration ultimately prevails after initial setbacks in litigation.

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    East Coast Promos Lead Mid-Law Partnership Classes In 2025

    While the number of Mid-Law partnership promotions remained relatively stable this year, a handful of East Coast markets saw substantial growth, while other traditional hotbeds, such as California, experienced a decline in numbers, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.

  • Ga. Attys Fight Bid To 'Hijack' $44M Realtor Settlement

    Attorneys hoping to finalize a $44 million class action settlement in Georgia with four real estate brokerages urged a federal judge Thursday to reject a bid to "hijack" their litigation by the lawyers behind the series of landmark settlements with the National Association of Realtors and various brokerages over their fee inflation practices.

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    2025 Mid-Law Partner Classes See Bigger Share Of Women

    The percentage of women in Mid-Law partnership classes ticked upward in 2025, in what experts say may be a sign that efforts to boost women's representation in law firms are paying off, though the picture remains complicated, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.

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    Biggest Takeaways From 2025's Mid-Law Partner Classes

    Partner class sizes among Mid-Law firms held steady in 2025 from the year prior, with experts saying firm leaders are likely being cautious about promotions in the face of uncertainty around the economy and artificial intelligence, according to a Law360 Pulse analysis.

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    Atlanta-Based Gray Media Elevates In-House Atty To GC

    Atlanta-headquartered Gray Media Inc. has elevated its deputy general counsel to serve as its general counsel, promoting an attorney who served as the former general counsel of Raycom Media before it merged with Gray Media's predecessor in 2019.

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    In Ballard Spahr Return, Former US Atty Eyes Changes At DOJ

    As she returns to Ballard Spahr LLP, former U.S. Attorney Jill Steinberg of the Southern District of Georgia says she'll be watching what the U.S. Department of Justice says are its priorities and what that means in terms of what's prosecuted.

  • Which GCs Sold Stock In February? Netflix's Scored Big

    Netflix Inc.'s David Hyman sold over $63 million worth of his company's stock in early February, surpassing the combined total for top lawyers at Live Nation Entertainment, Carlyle Group and Walmart Inc., who each earned between $8.1 million and $14.1 million in stock sales.

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    Ga. Judicial Ethics Watchdog Shuffles Members

    Georgia's Supreme Court has moved a member of the state's 10-person judicial ethics watchdog to its investigative panel to replace a judge who has stepped down, and filled the vacated seat on the hearing panel.

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    ABA Says Attys Victimized By Clients May Share Certain Info

    An attorney who is a victim of a crime perpetrated by a client or prospective client may disclose client information "to the extent reasonably necessary to report a crime," the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has found in its latest ethics opinion, released Wednesday.

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    How Eversheds Sutherland Drew 12-Atty Tax Team In Atlanta

    New Eversheds Sutherland partner Hale E. Sheppard joined Law360 Pulse to discuss how he helped lead a team of 12 tax controversy attorneys to join the firm in Atlanta from Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry PC.

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    Bradley Arant Adds Parker Hudson Bankruptcy Ace In Atlanta

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has brought on a Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP partner, who is based in Atlanta, to strengthen its bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice.

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    Ex-BigLaw Chair: 'You Can't Outgrow Your Infrastructure'

    After the law firm he founded in 2001, Goldberg Segalla LLP, saw massive growth under his two decades of leadership, Richard J. "RJ" Cohen Sr. said one major lesson he learned is that law firms need to ensure they don't outgrow their infrastructure and administrative teams.

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