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Katten Is Latest Firm To Match Milbank Associate Pay Raise
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has joined the growing list of firms that are largely matching a new pay scale for associates set earlier this week by Milbank LLP, with attorneys set to see annual pay increases of $10,000 to $20,000.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off June with another action-packed week as firms doled out associate raises and expanded practices across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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New Keker Leader On Firm Culture For 'High Stakes Litigation'
The new managing partner of San Francisco trial boutique Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP said he is looking to preserve what makes the firm unique while supporting continued growth and finding ways to use artificial intelligence to the firm's advantage.
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Day Pitney Financial Director Named Harris Beach CFO
Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC announced that an experienced financial executive who most recently was director of financial planning and analysis at Day Pitney LLP has joined the firm as its new chief financial officer.
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Robinson & Cole Adds 4 Partners In DC, Del., Conn.
Robinson & Cole LLP recently added four partners — two in Washington, D.C., and others in Connecticut and Delaware — to bolster its capacity to handle bankruptcy matters and business litigation.
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Norris McLaughlin Adds Utilities And Energy Expert Duo In NJ
Norris McLaughlin PA added a pair of attorneys in New Jersey this week specializing in public utility and energy law with over 30 years of experience practicing in-house and in private practice.
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Quinn Emanuel, Texas Boutique Match Milbank Associate Pay
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Texas-based litigation boutique are the latest firms to match Milbank LLP's pay hikes for associates, with annual increases of $10,000 to $20,000 that top off at $455,000.
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Robins Kaplan Adds Longtime Crowell & Moring IP Litigator
Robins Kaplan LLP has announced that it has hired a longtime intellectual property litigator from Crowell & Moring LLP in New York, touting his work handling high-stakes disputes involving mechanical, electrical and software technologies.
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Maynard Nexsen Grows Dallas Roster With 4 Atty Additions
Maynard Nexsen PC has bulked up in Dallas with a new shareholder and of counsel who joined from Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, an associate who arrived from Winstead PC and an associate who has relocated from the firm's Washington, D.C., office.
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Quintairos Prieto Enters Del. With Former Lewis Brisbois Attys
Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA has launched a Delaware office by bringing on two former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP attorneys, including one who most recently operated his own firm, to field a new national business and commercial litigation practice group.
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BigLaw Gives HR More Power, And Women Hold The Reins
A Law360 Pulse examination found that women hold the vast majority of top human resources jobs in BigLaw, giving them a pivotal role in how the U.S. legal industry manages attorneys and other firm employees.
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The New Litigation Workflow: AI First, Lawyers Second
Artificial intelligence has dramatically accelerated litigation work, including depositions and document review, but a hybrid approach where lawyers remain in control is taking the lead.
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Marshall Dennehey Adds Health Atty From Burns White In Del.
Marshall Dennehey PC has hired an attorney from Burns White for its Delaware office who handles medical malpractice and other matters.
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Rocade Capital Buys LFG To Create Combined $2B Lit Funder
Rocade Capital LLC has acquired fellow litigation funder Law Finance Group LLC, creating a combined platform that has deployed more than $2.3 billion and specializes in $10 million to $50 million deals, including post-judgment financing, portfolio deals and lending to plaintiff's firms.
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BigLaw Insider Trading Defendants Have Big-Name Legal Help
An insider trading case involving nonpublic information prosecutors say was stolen from some of the largest law firms in the U.S. has ensnared more than two dozen defendants, many of whom have turned to lawyers with notable clients including Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and Luigi Mangione.
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Hueston Hennigan Follows Milbank's Lead In Associate Pay
The race to match Milbank LLP's attorney pay hikes is officially on, with trial firm Hueston Hennigan the latest to announce it will increase associate pay by $10,000 to $20,000 annually.
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Weber Gallagher Adds Hohn & Scheuerle Litigator In Philly
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP has expanded its general liability practice in Philadelphia with the addition of a partner from Hohn & Scheuerle LLC.
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Honigman IP Duo Named Practice Co-Chairs
Honigman LLP has announced that a pair of intellectual property partners with substantial leadership experience have been named the new co-chairs of its IP department.
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Burr & Forman Names Veteran Atty Firm's First Litigation Head
Burr & Forman LLP has announced that an experienced attorney who has been with the firm's Birmingham, Alabama, office for more than a decade has been named its first head of litigation.
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Father-Son Becker Duo Launch Schenck Price HOA Group
Schenck Price Smith & King LLP has unveiled a new community association practice group to be manned by a father-son pair joining as a partner and counsel in New Jersey from Becker & Poliakoff PC.
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Attorneys Blame Legal AI Vendors As Hallucinations Increase
Lawyers are increasingly naming specific legal artificial intelligence tools that they allege were involved in hallucination errors in court, pushing legal tech products into the spotlight.
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Panel Unsure Lowenstein Missed Deadline In Pot Biz Fee Row
A New Jersey appellate panel on Tuesday questioned if Lowenstein Sandler LLP ever filed the amended complaint that would trigger the allegedly missed deadline that Trif & Modugno LLC says is fatal to Lowenstein Sandler's bid for $750,000 in unpaid fees from a failed cannabis venture.
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Fennemore Craig Builds Calif. Presence With Boutique Tie-Up
Fennemore Craig PC has launched its 24th office with the addition of a 15-person team of attorneys and legal professionals from Northern California boutique Reynolds Law LLP.
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Burr & Forman Adds Williams Mullen Atty In Atlanta
Burr & Forman LLP has brought on a Williams Mullen partner in its Atlanta office, strengthening the firm's corporate and tax practice.
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BigLaw Could Tap PE Money For Advantage In Talent Wars
BigLaw firms may soon partner with private equity to gain an edge in the talent wars, potentially reshaping the U.S. legal industry despite fears that the shift could corrode firms' cultures.
Expert Analysis
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
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.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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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.
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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.