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Mid-Law Led The Way On 1st Quarter Law Firm Mergers
U.S. law firms announced 25 combinations during the first quarter of 2026, according to the Law360 Pulse Merger Tracker. Of those, the vast majority involved a midsize law firm acquiring a smaller firm.
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Law Firms Weigh ChatGPT As New Advertising Platform
New advertising options on the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT have piqued the interest of some law firms, but most are still in a wait-and-see mode as a pilot ad program remains in testing.
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Ariz. Personal Injury Firm Inks $125M MSO Deal With PE Funds
Arizona personal injury law firm Rafi Law Group is taking on $125 million in private equity money to invest in technology, buy up other law firms, and expand across the country in the largest publicly announced such deal yet.
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Carlton Fields' CEO On How Firm Has Lasted 125 Years
Earlier this year, Florida-based Carlton Fields LLP announced that the firm is celebrating its 125th anniversary, an occasion Gary Sasso, longtime president and chief executive officer, said is especially notable considering all the different historical and industry challenges that have presented themselves during that time.
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Flaster Greenberg Grows In Philly Region With Two Attys
Flaster Greenberg PC has expanded its transactional resources in the Philadelphia area with the recent addition of two attorneys specializing in corporate counsel and real estate.
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Manning Kass Names Orange County Co-Managing Partners
National litigation firm Manning & Kass Ellrod Ramirez Trester LLP has announced new leadership in its Orange County, California, office with a trial attorney with more than a decade at the firm and the office's founder teaming up to serve as co-managing partners.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Alliance Defending Freedom, Pearman Law Firm PC and attorney Barry Arrington lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Colorado ban on therapy intended to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity amounts to viewpoint discrimination against a Christian therapist.
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Legal Sector Lost 700 Jobs In March, Ending Hiring Streak
The legal sector began to slow down in March after a year and a half straight of gains, with 700 fewer people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in February, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career
How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.
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Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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Why These Senior Attorneys Can't Quit Being Lawyers
Slightly more than 1 out of 8 lawyers in the United States were age 65 or older in 2025. Law360 Pulse spoke with several senior attorneys who said they plan to continue working full time, finding the job to still be professionally and personally rewarding.
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The Gray Exit: Senior Attorneys Confront A New Legal Reality
BigLaw's upper ranks were long anchored by partners who extended their careers deep into older age. But in a post-pandemic market shaped by tighter economics and stricter succession planning, federal labor data suggest that late-career longevity has stalled.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off April with another busy week of BigLaw hires and insights about how attorneys use artificial intelligence. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Connecticut Judge Nominee Defends Domestic Incident
The co-chair of Connecticut's judiciary committee expressed "real concerns" Thursday about the way a former state lawmaker answered questions related to a 2019 disorderly conduct incident, hinting during his nomination hearing that it may affect the vote on his candidacy for a Superior Court judgeship.
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Taylor Duma Closing Reflects Atlanta's Growing Competition
The closure of Atlanta-based Taylor Duma LLP on Tuesday highlights the threat regional firms face as more and more outside firms open offices in the city, intensifying the competition for legal talent that cannot always be tackled through a merger partnership.
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GrayRobinson Food & Bev Team Joins Spencer Fane In Fla.
Spencer Fane LLP announced Thursday that five Florida-based attorneys from GrayRobinson PA have joined the firm to spearhead its launch of a food and alcoholic beverage practice group.
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Becker & Poliakoff Expands Into Philly, Adds 2 HOA Attys
Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Becker & Poliakoff has expanded its footprint into Pennsylvania with the recent launch of a new office in the Philadelphia suburbs and the addition of two attorneys specializing in advising homeowners associations and condo boards.
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Carlton Fields Adds Veteran Axinn Trial Lawyer In Conn.
Carlton Fields has grown its presence in Connecticut with the addition of an experienced trial attorney from Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP.
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Foster Garvey Taps New Leadership On Both Coasts
Foster Garvey PC announced Wednesday that it has appointed new leadership for its offices in New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
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Munsch Hardt Arrives In Fort Worth For 4th Texas Office
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC has opened a Fort Worth location, the Texas firm's fourth office overall, with a real estate finance shareholder at the helm.
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Marshall Dennehey Adds 2 Mintzer Sarowitz Casualty Pros
Marshall Dennehey PC has added two attorneys from Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris & Willis PLLC to bolster its Wilmington attorney roster and capacity to handle liability matters.
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Nine Taylor Duma Attys Join Ardis Law After Firm's Closure
After being launched by a group of Taylor Duma LLP attorneys in June, the Atlanta-based Ardis Law LLP has added nine additional Taylor Duma attorneys, including co-founder Scott Duma, following the firm's closure this week.
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McNees Opens 2 Offices With Fox Rothschild Education Team
Pennsylvania-based McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC more than doubled the size of its education law practice and expanded into new offices in the Philadelphia suburbs and Berks County with the addition of a 24-person team of attorneys and professionals from Fox Rothschild LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Hanson Bridgett Opens Office in Downtown Fresno
Hanson Bridgett LLP continues its expansion in California, announcing Wednesday it has opened an office in Fresno, the firm's eighth in the Golden State.
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As Taylor Duma Closes, 14 IP Attys Join Smith Gambrell
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP has added 14 intellectual property attorneys from the recently shuttered Taylor Duma LLP, mostly based in its Atlanta office, growing the firm's IP practice by about 37% to about 55 attorneys.
Expert Analysis
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.
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Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets
Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter
Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.