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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Ballard Spahr LLP and WilmerHale lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Manhattan federal jury rejected former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's libel claims against The New York Times over a 2017 editorial linking her to political violence.
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Attorney Ignites Curiosity With Family-Run History Podcast
They didn't start the fire — but this former BigLaw partner and her family hope to ignite curiosity with their children's history podcast inspired by the Billy Joel tune.
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GrayRobinson Adds Fla. Former Engineer From Talem IP Law
GrayRobinson PA announced Friday that it bolstered its ranks with a patent attorney and engineering professional in Gainesville, Florida, from Talem IP Law LLP.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as attorneys took on new roles and BigLaw firms expanded their offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Lucosky Brookman Grows In NY With Marshall Dennehey Team
Lucosky Brookman LLP announced Thursday that the firm has expanded its New York operations with a new office in Westchester County following the addition of four insurance defense attorneys from Marshall Dennehey, including its former transportation practice co-chair.
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Michael Best Adds Holland & Knight Client Development Head
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is expanding its client engagement team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in a Holland & Knight LLP director of client development in Los Angeles to spearhead the effort, especially in the emerging company and venture capital markets.
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Margolis Edelstein Accused Of Botching Malpractice Coverage
Margolis Edelstein is facing a malpractice suit in New Jersey state court alleging a Berkeley Heights-based partner negligently settled an insurance-related case based on "theoretical damages" for over $2 million.
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Law Firms Saw Both Associate Hiring, Attrition Rise In 2024
Both associate hiring and departures rose in 2024 from the year before, with the attrition rate lower at large firms, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Law Placement.
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With Pro Bono Award, Del. Atty Sees 'Great Power' In Lawyers
As he prepares to receive a national pro bono service award, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP partner Richard A. DiLiberto Jr. said lawyers have a responsibility to help clients in need and those who have been wronged.
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Klehr Harrison Launches Atty Professional Liability Group
Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP recently launched a new practice group within the firm's litigation department dedicated to representing attorneys and law firms facing malpractice accusations.
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Tariffs Are 'A Compelling Event' For Legal Tech Adoption
Legal technology's ability to track and quickly analyze regulatory changes makes it a compelling solution for organizations that are abruptly navigating new tariffs, and experts say both vendors and law firms should quickly embrace these tools.
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Philly Firm's Real Estate Chair Brings Expansion To Nashville
Philadelphia-based boutique corporate firm Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC is launching a new Nashville, Tennessee, office, with the firm's real estate practice group leading the expansion.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Georgia was the destination for several law firms in April as they opened or relocated offices in the Peach State.
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Lewis Brisbois Atty Jumps To Shipman & Goodwin In Hartford
Shipman & Goodwin LLP has fortified its school law practice group with a partner in Hartford who came aboard from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.
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Susman Godfrey Seeks Permanent Shut Down Of Trump Order
Susman Godfrey LLP on Wednesday urged a D.C. federal court to permanently block President Donald Trump's executive order revoking the law firm's access to government resources, chiding the order as a clear case of "unconstitutional retaliation" and an obvious bid to "chill protected advocacy."
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Pryor Cashman Atty, Telebrands Beat RICO Suit Over Hose IP
A Florida federal judge tossed Tristar Products' lawsuit claiming a Pryor Cashman LLP lawyer and his client Telebrands schemed to usurp a hose company's rights to a patent portfolio while also defrauding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, finding none of the conduct alleged "comes even close to racketeering."
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Iraq's Counsel Can Stay In $120M Award Fight, DC Circ. Says
The D.C. Circuit has declined to nix Pierson Ferdinand LLP's appearance as counsel for Iraq in an appeal challenging the enforcement of a $120 million arbitral award issued to a Cypriot construction and engineering firm, rejecting the company's allegations that Iraq engaged in "gamesmanship."
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More Midsize Law Firms Say They're Adopting AI
Most midsize law firms view artificial intelligence as high-value, according to a report published Wednesday by legal practice management software company Actionstep, with 36% of surveyed respondents using it for legal research, 33% for document drafting and 33% for workflow and task automation.
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The Office Is Back, But Are Lawyers On Board?
The tug-of-war over remote work is far from over, but the latest data from Law360 Pulse's March survey indicates law firms are more comfortable laying down rules requiring at least some office attendance — and lawyers, for the most part, are learning to live with them.
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Constangy Names Atty Trio To Co-Lead AI Practice Group
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP announced it has named three experienced attorneys as the new co-chairs of its artificial intelligence practice group.
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Ex-CEO Fires Back At Jackson Walker's Standing Argument
The former CEO of a defunct barge company is fighting to keep alive his lawsuit blaming the company's downfall on the judicial secret romance scandal that has consumed the Texas bankruptcy courts, claiming Jackson Walker LLP is using its own misdeeds to shield itself from liability.
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Pa.'s McNees Wallace Lands Offit Kurman Recruiting Pro
Pennsylvania-based Mid-Law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC has tapped a former recruitment manager for Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law to oversee expansion efforts as the firm experiences a jump in growth with seven lateral hires since January.
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Commercial Foreclosure Atty Joins Offit Kurman's NYC Office
Offit Kurman said Wednesday that it had added David Yohay, a veteran real estate attorney with expertise advising lenders on commercial foreclosures, to its commercial litigation practice group in New York City.
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Investment Fund Insists On DQing Connell Foley From Bias Suit
A Black-owned investment company asked a New Jersey federal court to overturn a magistrate judge's decision denying its bid to disqualify a Connell Foley LLP attorney from representing the state in the investment firm's bias case.
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More New Law School Grads Found Jobs Last Year
The portion of 2024 graduates from U.S. law schools who had secured jobs making use of their degrees 10 months after graduation rose 1.7% compared to a similar analysis performed for 2023 graduates, according to data released Wednesday by the American Bar Association.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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.