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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked mid-May with another busy week as BigLaw firms expanded their practices and presence across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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8th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Horse Breeder's Malpractice Suit
The Eighth Circuit said a federal judge was right to dismiss a malpractice suit a Minnesota horse breeder brought against Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP and one of its former attorneys for mishandling malpractice cases against three other firms.
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Foster Garvey Names New CEO, CFO In Pacific Northwest
Foster Garvey PC promoted two leaders in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, the law firm announced Thursday, naming Scott Flichtbeil as CEO and Andrew Randles as chief financial officer.
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DOJ Asserts Broad Power In BigLaw Executive Order Appeal
A Trump administration attorney told the D.C. Circuit on Thursday that the courts have no authority to review the president's decision to revoke someone's security clearance for any reason, including race, religion, or even refusal to pay a $1 million bribe.
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Sills Cummis, Ex-Client Compete To Narrow Malpractice Trial
Sills Cummis & Gross PC and the former manager of a rock musician suing the firm for malpractice sought to limit the scope of evidence in an upcoming trial over $1.2 million in damages in motions to a New Jersey state court this week.
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Parker Poe Hits Decade Of Growth In Crowded Atlanta Market
A decade after its official launch in Atlanta, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP is focused on clients and maintaining community connections to help the Southeast post thrive as competition and firm consolidation has fundamentally changed the city's legal market.
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CORRECTED: Wood Smith Brings On Litigator In Atlanta
Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP has brought on a new partner in Atlanta, adding an attorney with more than 15 years of experience whose practice focuses on catastrophic injury defense and premises liability matters.
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Del. Chancery Aims To Boost Atty Civility With New Guidelines
Delaware Chancery's Court has published guidelines aimed at promoting civility among attorneys who litigate there, after some on the bench in recent years have raised concerns that problematic "rhetoric" and vexatious behavior are creeping into legal proceedings.
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Fla. Trusts Atty Rejoins Quarles & Brady From Boutique
A trust and estate attorney in Naples, Florida, has rejoined Quarles & Brady LLP after a stint at boutique Wilson & Johnson.
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Munsch Hardt Adds Litigator From Houston Real Estate Firm
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC has added a shareholder with particular experience in real estate and construction litigation from Houston real estate law firm Wilson Cribbs & Goren.
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Meta's Legal Ops Chief Predicts Decline Of Billable Hour
Meta's global head of legal operations predicts that the billable hour will be the exception, not the rule, in five years, telling a packed room of legal ops professionals at an annual conference this week that he is already asking law firms for fixed-fee agreements for their work.
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Wiggin and Dana Adds Art Law Pro From Loeb & Loeb
Wiggin and Dana LLP has expanded its private client services department and its museum and art law practice group with the addition of a Loeb & Loeb LLP attorney.
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Seward & Kissel Adds Milbank Lawyer To Lead Credit Team
A former Milbank LLP attorney has joined Seward & Kissel LLP in New York as head of the firm's structured credit practice.
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Arbitrators See Global Stakes In Trump BigLaw EO Fight
Ahead of a D.C. Circuit hearing on Thursday in the Trump administration's effort to revive executive orders imposed against four BigLaw firms, an official at the College of Commercial Arbitrators told Law360 this week there are several things arbitrators are going to be watching for.
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Meet The Judges Hearing Trump Appeal On BigLaw EOs
When lawyers present arguments before the D.C. Circuit on Thursday over the Trump administration's 2025 executive orders targeting four law firms, they will be heard by a three-judge panel made up of two judges appointed by former President Barack Obama and one by President Donald Trump.
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Gunster Adds 1st Employment Atty In Jacksonville Market
Florida business law firm Gunster has added a shareholder from McGuireWoods LLP to its Jacksonville office, the firm's first labor and employment attorney in that market.
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Norris McLaughlin Grows In NJ With Commercial Litigator
Norris McLaughlin PA has added a litigator and outside general counsel focusing on representing midsize telecommunications and technology companies from Schumann Hanlon Margulies LLC in its Bridgewater, New Jersey, office this week.
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FisherBroyles Hires Squire Patton Patent Attorney In DC
FisherBroyles LLP has hired a patent attorney who has a doctorate degree in cellular and molecular biology, and uses that background to advise clients on a range of life science industry-focused intellectual property matters related to therapeutics, gene editing platforms and more, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Woods Rogers Opens Northern Va. Office With Wiley Hires
Virginia firm Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC has opened its first office in the northern part of the state with three new hires in Tysons, Virginia, including a partner from Wiley Rein LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Michael Best Hires Ex-Messner Reeves RE Partner In Denver
Michael Best has hired a former Messner Reeves LLP real estate transactions partner for its real estate team in Denver.
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Anti-ABA Trend May Cut Law School Costs, But With A Price
Some law schools may become more affordable, increasing the supply of attorneys, as a growing number of states nix the requirement that aspiring lawyers graduate from American Bar Association-accredited schools. But those new attorneys could be left with a patchwork system that limits where they can practice.
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Law Firms Saw Double-Digit Q1 Growth, Citi Survey Finds
Despite geopolitical uncertainties driven by an escalating Middle East conflict, surging energy prices and tariff concerns, law firms' first-quarter performance may be a positive harbinger for the legal industry, according to new survey results from Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group.
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Hinckley Allen Grows In RI With 7 Trusts And Estates Attys
Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP announced Tuesday that a team of seven trusts and estates attorneys from Cameron & Mittleman LLP will join the firm's Providence, Rhode Island, office, this summer.
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NJSBA To Partner With Lowenstein, McCarter, FBT Gibbons
The New Jersey State Bar Association announced Tuesday it expanded its sponsorship program for its 2026-2027 slate of events to include McCarter & English LLP and FBT Gibbons in addition to Lowenstein Sandler LLP, its sponsorship partner last year.
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Mullen Coughlin Grows Philly-Area Office With Litigator
Mid-sized firm Mullen Coughlin LLC has expanded its office in the Philadelphia suburbs with a litigator specializing in liability matters who moved her practice after nearly 20 years with Cipriani & Werner PC.
Expert Analysis
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.