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ABA Mulls Repeal Of Embattled Law School DEI Standards
The American Bar Association's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has voted to move forward with a plan to repeal its diversity and inclusion standards for law schools, which have been suspended since last February amid the White House crackdown on DEI initiatives.
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Munck Wilson Adds IP Pro In Houston From K&L Gates
Munck Wilson Mandala LLP has added an intellectual property attorney with nearly three decades of experience to its Houston roster, strengthening its IP offerings in Texas and across the firm.
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Judge Tosses Fitch Suit Against Ex-Client In Malpractice Row
An Illinois federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by intellectual property law firm Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP against the co-founder of a former patent client that accused it of malpractice, saying the firm was improperly seeking a declaration on state law claims without raising a federal question.
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Crowell & Moring Nabs Robins Kaplan NY Antitrust Head
The former head of Robins Kaplan LLP's New York antitrust group has joined Crowell & Moring LLP as an antitrust and competition group partner, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Greenberg Glusker Adds Land Use, Corporate Attys In LA
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP announced Monday the firm is expanding its ranks with the addition of two new partners to its Los Angeles office: a land use whiz from Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP and a transactional ace from Prospera Law LLP.
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Becker Adds Community Associations Pro From PeytonBolin
Becker & Poliakoff PC announced Monday that it bolstered its condominium, co-op and homeowners association practice with the addition of a former partner at PeytonBolin PL in Miami.
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Lathrop GPM Absorbs California Construction Boutique
Lathrop GPM LLP announced Monday that the firm is adding five attorneys from a Northern California construction boutique, marking what the firm said was a substantial expansion of its construction practice group and continued growth in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Ferguson Braswell Adds Healthcare Practice With 2 In Texas
Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC announced Monday that it has opened a healthcare practice with a pair of new shareholders in Houston, expanding the firm's corporate platform.
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Spencer Fane Adds Quarles & Brady Labor Practice Pro
Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP has hired the former leader of Quarles & Brady LLP's Washington, D.C., labor and employment group as a partner who will work on defamation cases, class action matters and more, according to an announcement on Monday.
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McGlinchey Stafford Files Ch. 7 With Over $10M In Liabilities
New Orleans-based firm McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, which announced last month that it's winding down operations after more than half a century, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with more than $10 million in liabilities owed to former staff and attorneys, workplace vendors, financial institutions and other creditors.
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Stevens & Lee Aims To Build On Growth Playbook In 2026
Following a year marked by three mergers and notable revenue growth, Pennsylvania-based Stevens & Lee PC is looking to keep expanding its headcount and geographic footprint in 2026, finding success in a challenging environment for midsize and regional firms.
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FBT Gibbons Adds Trusts & Estates Litigator In SoCal
Recently formed firm FBT Gibbons LLP is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a trusts and estates litigator who previously ran his own firm as a partner in its Newport Beach, California, office.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Wigdor LLP and Elefterakis Elefterakis & Panek lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal judge denied the NFL's bid to force a class of National Football League coaches into arbitration.
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'Scare Tactics Work' But Hope Persists For Legal Industry DEI
The suspension of Diversity Lab's Mansfield Certification program is the latest indication that political threats against BigLaw are working, as the Trump administration targets DEI programs, observers say. Still, some supporters of legal industry diversity initiatives predict law firms will continue to pursue inclusive hiring practices — even if they don't talk about it publicly.
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Offit Kurman Grows In Atlanta With Taylor Duma RE Pro
Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law has brought on a Taylor Duma LLP partner in Atlanta who has guided developers, lenders, public entities and mission-driven organizations in commercial real estate projects for decades.
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What's Costing Legal Marketing Officers Sleep
Finding the best ways to implement artificial intelligence and maximizing employees' business development are some of the things keeping legal industry professionals up at night, according to a new report by public relations firm Greentarget.
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Pryor Cashman Appoints Bankruptcy Chair To Exec Committee
Pryor Cashman LLP announced that an experienced attorney who has served in leadership roles in his nearly 20 years with the firm has been elected to a three-year term as a member of its executive committee.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as law firms hired new talent and named new leaders across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Doc Fight Delays Trial In $22M McCarter & English Loan Suit
The delayed disclosure of thousands of documents has created "a lot of prejudice" against McCarter & English as it fights a $22.5 million professional malpractice lawsuit, and the impending trial must be pushed back again, a Connecticut state judge said Thursday.
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Pashman Stein Adds Ballard Spahr Bankruptcy Duo In Philly
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC announced this week two new Philadelphia-based attorneys on its bankruptcy team who came aboard from Ballard Spahr LLP, pushing the group up to 17 members.
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Ethics Guidance Lags Private Equity's Interest In Legal Field
More lawyers are expected to seek guidance on the ethical issues surrounding the growing interest in using managed services organizations to allow private equity investment in law firms, but thus far any input on the model from state ethics committees is in short supply.
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McElroy Deutsch Adds Ex-Del. DOJ Atty To Bankruptcy Group
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP has added a former Delaware Department of Justice attorney to its Wilmington office to bolster its capacity to handle business bankruptcy and insolvency matters.
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FBT Gibbons Adds Shackelford McKinley PE Pro In Texas
FBT Gibbons LLP has boosted its corporate law practice in Houston and expanded its private equity offerings with a partner in Houston who came aboard from Shackelford McKinley & Norton LLP.
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This Firm Nabbed The Top Spot In Patent Activity Rankings
The law firm that secured the most utility patents in 2025, with 5,242 patents, retained the lead from 2024, although it experienced a slight dip in activity, according to a new report from Harrity Patent Analytics.
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Senators Push For Transparency In Litigation Funding
Lawmakers are trying again to rein in third-party litigation financing, a multibillion-dollar industry that critics argue allows foreign entities to assert control of the U.S. legal system.
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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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.