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Retired 11th Circ. Judge Joins JAMS In Georgia
Ballard Spahr IP Pro Jumps To Taylor English In Atlanta
Ga. Law School Unveils Programs To Fill Rural Justice Jobs
Squire Patton Litigator Jumps To Fox Rothschild In Atlanta
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of summer with another action-packed week as BigLaw snagged new talent and lawmakers sought an increase in federal judgeships. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Legal Industry Split On Regulating AI's Use In Profession
Nearly half of the participants in a survey examining the impact of artificial intelligence said they support regulation around the technology's use in the legal profession, according to a recently released report from the International Bar Association and the Center for AI and Digital Policy.
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Chevron's Demise May Not Bring Deluge Courts Had Feared
Though the death of Chevron deference has opened a door to attacking administrative decisions, the expected uptick in litigation probably won't threaten to clog federal courts, numerous administrative law experts told Law360.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Covington & Burling LLP and Pisanelli Bice PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Nevada Green Party's request to have Jill Stein's name reinstated on the state's presidential ballot Friday.
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Drew Eckl Battles Ex-Firm Attys Over Fees Arbitration
Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP and breakaway firm Burke Moore Law Group LLP filed competing briefs with the Georgia Court of Appeals this week, as Drew Eckl fought to uphold a trial court's ruling that Burke Moore must arbitrate a dispute over fees earned by its name partners when they left to start their own shop.
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Georgia Powerhouse: Alston & Bird
Over the past year, Alston & Bird LLP attorneys have assisted the U.S. Soccer Federation in the creation of its national training center at Trilith in metro Atlanta and represented Mohawk Industries, the world's largest flooring company, in its U.S. public offering of $600 million senior notes.
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Taylor English Adds Ex-Boutique Leader To IP Team In Atlanta
Taylor English Duma LLP has brought on the former managing partner of Herman Jones LLP in Atlanta, strengthening its intellectual property practice with a litigator who handles disputes involving IP and commercial claims as well as class actions, the firm announced Thursday.
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Georgia Powerhouse: Dentons
The attorneys at Dentons' Atlanta office have racked up an impressive list of accomplishments in the past year, from helping the city of Atlanta avoid punitive damages over its revitalization of an old railway corridor into a beltline trail park, to shepherding statewide anti-hate litigation into law.
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Law Firm Bottom Lines Likely To Benefit From Fed Rate Cuts
Average U.S. law firm revenue rose at a historic clip during the first half of 2024, but law firm financial experts are predicting a further influx of business for midsize and large firms primarily as a result of increased transactional activity following Wednesday's interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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House Seeks To Increase Judgeships After Senate OKs Bill
The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts has introduced new judicial staffing legislation, a month after the Senate passed its own version of a bipartisan bill that seeks to create 66 new and temporary judgeships over the next decade in an effort to ease pressure on the overburdened federal judiciary.
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Georgia High Court Won't Hear Missed Patent Deadline Case
The highest court in Georgia has decided not to take up an appeal from a neurosurgeon in his nearly $102 million lawsuit, letting stand a lower court's finding that a patent docketing contractor used by remote law firm FisherBroyles can't be held liable for a missed patent application deadline.
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Georgia Powerhouse: Eversheds Sutherland
Eversheds Sutherland had a busy year guiding Oglethorpe Power Corp. on a $20 billion expansion project that made a Georgia nuclear power plant the country's largest source of clean energy, favorably settling a construction cost-related dispute for Oglethorpe and helping another client secure financing for a facility to manufacture electric vehicles.
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Real Estate Atty Pleads Guilty To Ga. COVID Funds Fraud
The former operator of a Georgia-based real estate law firm has pled guilty to two fraud charges totaling about $500,000, including fraudulently obtaining nearly $300,000 in COVID-19 government relief funds, as part of an agreement that blocks the U.S. attorney in Atlanta from bringing any additional related charges.
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Sidley Can't Escape Malpractice Suit In Ga. Over Tax Scheme
A Georgia federal judge has found that Sidley Austin LLP must face its former clients' legal malpractice claims alleging they participated in a tax scheme under the firm's guidance, but threw out indemnity claims seeking reimbursement for paying the IRS $7 million over the scheme.
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GCs Expect Bigger Budgets And Deeper Focus On AI In 2025
Fifty-five percent of general counsel saw a budget increase in 2024 for their legal departments, and that number is expected to rise even higher next year, according to a new report from alternative legal service provider Axiom.
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GC Base Salaries At Big Companies On The Rise
General counsel base salaries at companies making $5 billion or more in revenue has increased from last year, while their total compensation has decreased, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Empsight International LLC.
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Ga. Atty Disbarred For Mishandling Injury Settlement Funds
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday stripped an Atlanta attorney of his law license for mishandling personal injury settlement funds in three cases, including by using some of the money for his personal use and failing to promptly pay a medical clinic for its related claims.
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Better Days Ahead For Associates, Recruiters Say
Things are looking up for associates, recruiters say, as a strong economic outlook for the legal industry appears to be driving increased demand for younger attorneys after two straight years of layoffs.
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Eversheds US Chief-Elect Talks Firm Goals, DC Move Plans
Eversheds Sutherland named Lino Mendiola III the chief executive-elect for the U.S. side of the firm on Monday. Here, Mendiola talks to Law360 about his goals, his plans to continue the firm’s culture of innovation and why he’s transferring from Austin, Texas, to Washington, D.C., with the promotion.
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Georgia Powerhouse: Kilpatrick
Atlanta's Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP continues to be a go-to firm for corporate work in an ever-competitive legal market, having guided RaceTrac Inc.'s acquisition of some 1,200 Gulf Oil filling stations across the Northeast and Delta Air Lines' multibillion-dollar overhaul of LaGuardia Airport.
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Federal Judges Beat Ethics Complaint Over Clerk Boycotts
Two federal judges did not commit misconduct by joining in a letter with other jurists stating they would not hire students who attend Columbia University or its law school as clerks due to the university's handling of student protests over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council has found.
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Morgan & Morgan Can't Arbitrate Ethics Claims, Court Told
A former client of Morgan & Morgan PA's Jacksonville, Florida, office has told a Georgia federal court to reject its bid to keep his malpractice claims out of court because, he says, the allegations fall within an "ethical grievance" exception in the parties' arbitration agreement.
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Georgia Powerhouse: Troutman Pepper
Over the last year, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP attorneys in Georgia won approval for a $5 billion electric vehicle plant, defeated a Constitutional challenge to the incorporation of a new city west of Atlanta and fought off the indictment of an environmental technology company and its owner.
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Eversheds Elects New Co-Chiefs To Start In 2025
Eversheds Sutherland announced Monday it has elected a pair of new chief executives whose roles will start in 2025, with one overseeing the U.S. arm of the firm and the other overseeing the international offices.
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Why Ballard Spahr Leaned On An AI Startup For Litigation
While initially hesitant about using generative artificial intelligence because of confidentiality concerns, Ballard Spahr LLP eventually adopted an AI tool from a startup that cut down on time spent in litigation.
Expert Analysis
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.