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Cozen O'Connor leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Sixth Circuit determined that an employer can only be held liable for a customer's harassment of an employee if the company intended for the misconduct to happen.
San Francisco litigation boutique Severson & Werson PC had typically resisted offers to combine its roughly 80-year-old operation with other firms. But its onetime leader says the recent opportunity to join Stinson LLP was too good to pass up.
U.S. law firms saw, on average, modest demand growth and solid revenue increases during the first six months of 2025, outpacing expense growth, according to the results of a midyear survey by Citi Global Wealth at Work.
As major law firms step back from certain pro bono work amid the Trump administration's campaign against BigLaw, the nonprofit Lawyers for Good Government is deploying what its leaders say is an untapped resource in high-impact litigation: small firms, solo practitioners and retirees.
The legal industry had another busy week as the president of the American Bar Association began her term and attorneys took on new roles. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
Cybersecurity boutique Mullen Coughlin LLC has expanded its incident response resources at its office in the Philadelphia suburbs with the addition of an attorney specializing in data protection.
A former managing partner of her own Florida firm has moved her practice to Kelley Kronenberg to serve as business unit leader and spearhead a new health law division.
Law firm attorneys are finding it challenging to advise in-house counsel on risks associated with artificial intelligence tools when companies are taking different approaches to rolling out the technology and the regulatory landscape is continually evolving.
A former longtime Delaware Superior Court judge is being remembered for his intelligence, dedication to his home state and good sense of humor, with one lawyer recalling how he once lightened the courtroom mood by passing out jelly beans.
A former U.S. Department of Energy attorney adviser has joined Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir PC's Washington, D.C., office as a shareholder, where the firm said she'll represent clients in pipeline safety matters.
Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC has added four litigators previously with Kishner Legal PC who have expertise in areas such as commercial litigation and real estate as attorneys in its New York City office, the firm announced Wednesday.
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP announced Wednesday that an insurance defense attorney who has spent his entire career with the Boston-based firm has been named co-managing partner following his predecessor's decision to step down from the role last year.
After practicing at the firm for more than four decades, an Arnall Golden Gregory LLP partner has left to start working as an independent arbitrator and mediator in Atlanta.
A move across the country to new surroundings at Tucker Arensberg PC's Pittsburgh office has given a seasoned attorney the opportunity to expand the scope of his litigation practice into new areas.
Law firm IT teams are rethinking their strategies to address innovation challenges, develop internal talent and ensure robust succession planning, according to insights shared by industry leaders at a legal technology conference on Wednesday.
Wisconsin business attorney Michelle A. Behnke began her one-year term as president of the American Bar Association on Tuesday, saying the organization "must be ready to lead and focus on the mission of defending liberty and pursuing justice every day."
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP will pay $675,000 to settle a proposed ERISA class action from a former nonequity partner who claimed the firm improperly used her and others' retirement contributions to prop itself up as it faced financial trouble, according to a motion filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.
A longtime Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. attorney who previously served as the investment bank's deputy general counsel and director of litigation has joined Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's New York office as senior counsel, the firm announced.
The planned merger between Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP continues Taft's strategy of expanding through mergers with midmarket firms and reflects the pressures those firms face to survive.
Vedder Price PC announced Tuesday that an experienced litigator focused on complex commercial and class action matters has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a shareholder from Greenberg Traurig LLP.
A Georgia federal judge has granted Morgan & Morgan's request to send a former client's malpractice claims into arbitration, ruling that an arbitration agreement between the parties is enforceable.
The American Bar Association's policymaking body approved changes to its Constitution on Tuesday to no longer require Board of Governors seats for women, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.
Day Pitney LLP has moved its New Jersey office to a new location in Parsippany, a real estate move the firm says will spur collaboration among attorneys and results for clients.
Potomac Law Group has hired a former government attorney who has helped investigate violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and who has worked to litigate education-related civil rights violations for more than two decades, the firm announced Monday.
To mark its 40th anniversary in the Lone Star State, Gray Reed & McGraw LLP is backing a scholarship at the University of Houston Law Center in honor of late firm founder James "Jim" McGraw.
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload?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.
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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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments?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.
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.