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Burns White's New Delaware Leader Looks At Market Growth
Burns White recently announced that one of its longtime members, David M. McGeady, has been appointed to lead its Delaware office. Here, McGeady talks about his immediate priorities in the role and the firm’s plans for growth in Delaware.
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Hagens Berman Says Apple Smear Job Can't Stop Withdrawal
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP urged a California federal judge to allow one of its named plaintiffs to withdraw from an Apple iCloud antitrust case, saying Apple Inc.'s filed opposition is rife with "misdirection and ad hominem" attacks and not about the merits of the dispute but "smearing opposing counsel."
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McNees Wallace Names Ex-Buchanan Ingersoll Exec As CIO
Pennsylvania-based McNees Wallace & Nurick has expanded its executive team with the recent addition of a former technology director for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC to lead the mid-sized firm's digital strategy.
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Atty Withdrawals Not Limited To Fee Conflicts, ABA Says
Lawyers whose clients fail to hold up their end of valid engagement agreements are clear to cease their representation, so long as certain criteria are met, according to the American Bar Association's ethics committee's latest guidance, published Wednesday.
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Berger Singerman Expands Exec Team With New COO, CFO
Florida business law firm Berger Singerman LLP has tapped a new chief financial officer and chief operating officer in a certified public accountant and its former marketing chief, respectively.
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Michael Best Taps Jones Lang LaSalle Exec For COO Role
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP has welcomed a new chief operating officer from real estate brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., where he held senior chief operating officer and strategic leadership roles.
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Spencer Fane Adds Ex-Dickinson Wright Atty, Tech Litigator
Spencer Fane LLP has hired a former Dickinson Wright PLLC member who focuses his practice on litigation related to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and other technologies, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Chartwell Welcomes Back Workers' Comp Atty In Philly
A former in-house attorney for Allstate and public defender has recently returned to Chartwell Law Offices LLP after leaving the firm in August 2022.
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How AI Is Reshaping The Balance Between Firms And Clients
As artificial intelligence tools speed up some legal work, a panel of experts on Wednesday demonstrated that there is some agreement between law firms and clients on new billing practices and whether AI will replace lawyers.
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Spencer Fane Adds Texas Bankruptcy Partner From Dentons
Spencer Fane LLP announced that an experienced bankruptcy attorney has joined the firm's Plano, Texas, office as a partner following a stint with Dentons.
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Bass Berry Adds Crowell & Moring Healthcare Atty In DC
Bass Berry & Sims PLC has hired a former Crowell & Moring LLP partner, who in her last role represented a healthcare insurer against whistleblower claims that it participated in a kickback scheme involving Medicare Advantage customers.
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Davis Wright Adds Former Amazon Atty As Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has recruited former Amazon in-house counsel Kevin Kramer to join its Seattle office, the law firm announced Tuesday, highlighting his track record of representing the e-commerce giant in consumer class actions and other commercial disputes.
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Polsinelli Will Move Phoenix Team To New Office Campus
Polsinelli will be transferring more than 50 Phoenix employees to a four-tower office campus in the city's Biltmore neighborhood in 2027's first quarter, the firm has announced.
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Falcon Rappaport Launches AI Litigation Subscription Service
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP announced the firm is now offering a business litigation service driven by artificial intelligence technology that allows clients to pay a monthly subscription for legal services in lieu of the traditional billable hour model.
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Cooper Levenson Names Hospitality, Employment Heads In NJ
Cooper Levenson has named new chairs for its hospitality industry defense and employment practice groups, tapping a pair of Atlantic City, New Jersey, partners for the leadership roles.
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Pullman & Comley Beats Malpractice Claims In $16M Loan Suit
A Connecticut state judge has relieved Pullman & Comley LLC of malpractice, negligence, gross negligence, recklessness and fiduciary duty claims in a lender's lawsuit surrounding an allegedly unauthorized $16.2 million loan, ruling that the lender was not the law firm's client and, therefore, did not have standing to bring the claims.
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Chartwell Can't Escape Fired Atty's Muslim Bias Suit
A Florida federal judge declined Tuesday to dismiss a former Chartwell Law Offices LLP attorney's suit alleging she was fired due to anti-Muslim bias following social media posts about Israel's actions in Gaza.
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When Firms Hire Before Grades, What Drives Decisions?
For some law students, the race for summer associate jobs is ending before their grades are even posted. As firms continue to move hiring earlier, recruiters say decisions are increasingly being made with limited academic information, shifting the focus toward experience, connections and perceived fit.
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How To Ace Your Summer Associate Gig
More than 500 law students recently shared their concerns with Law360 about succeeding as summer associates. Here, legal experts offer suggestions on how students can ace their programs this summer.
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What Students Want In A Summer Associate Job
Office locations and available practice areas were the top considerations for prospective summer associates, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP retaining its position as the most coveted destination, according to Law360 Pulse's 2026 Summer Associates Survey.
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Steptoe Adds 4-Atty Team From Winston & Strawn
Steptoe LLP has hired four former Winston & Strawn LLP lawyers, who are joining in Washington, D.C., as partners to work on a range of issues involving multinational corporations, including their executives, sanctions and white collar matters.
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Spencer Fane Adds GrayRobinson Atty To Food & Bev Team
A former in-house attorney, who worked for Lyft and the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, has left her most recent role as a GrayRobinson PC attorney to join Spencer Fane LLP's newly launched food and beverage group.
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Maynard Nexsen Adds Transactional Tax Pro In NC
Maynard Nexsen PC announced that it has added a partner to the firm's tax practice group from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, adding that the Charlotte, North Carolina, hire brings expertise in transactional tax structuring and planning.
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Moritt Hock Hires Ex-Schwartz Sladkus Atty For Condo Team
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP has hired a former Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP real estate partner for a partner role on the firm's condominium and cooperative services team in Midtown Manhattan, the firm announced Monday.
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Otterbourg Leader Slams 'Faux Outrage' In Sanctions Bid
Otterbourg PC Chairman Richard L. Stehl told a Connecticut federal judge that his attorneys should not be sanctioned for adding allegedly salacious and legally unnecessary statements to a lawsuit seeking $10 million from a former law partner, slamming his "purely performative" motion and "faux outrage."
Expert Analysis
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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.