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Managed Services Organization Opensity Debuts After Merger
A new managed services organization created by the previously announced merger of three legal industry providers, backed by a private equity firm, officially launched on Tuesday.
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Meet The Lawyer Athletes Competing At The Winter Olympics
At least two lawyers are among the American athletes competing in the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, and they've both gained outsize attention — one for breaking an age record and the other for carrying a national flag in an opening ceremony watched by millions.
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Otterbourg Leaders Forum-Shopped $20M Suit, Court Told
Former Otterbourg PC partner James M. Cretella has asked a Connecticut federal judge to toss a $20 million lawsuit by two firm leaders over purportedly improper file access, arguing that chair Richard L. Stehl and president Richard G. Haddad forum-shopped their case to Connecticut because New York doesn't recognize the injury they allege.
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Berger Montague Launches Trafficking, Forced Labor Practice
Philadelphia-headquartered plaintiffs firm Berger Montague has started a new practice group focused on matters regarding the exploitation of people forced to provide labor under threat of abuse.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Kelley Drye's handling of a $700 million consulting firm acquisition and Atkinson Andelson's and Mitchell Silberberg's dueling complaints in a dispute over the iconic "Ghostface" mask lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 30 to Feb. 13.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.
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Ill. Bills Underscore Rising Scrutiny Of PE In Legal Sector
New state legislation proposed in Illinois to restrict managed service organizations and attorneys' interactions with out-of-state nonlawyer-owned alternative business structures likely signals coming efforts by regulators to grapple with the legal industry's growing interest in outside investment.
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Lowenstein Sandler Taps Finance Leader As Managing Partner
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Friday that the head of its mortgage and structured finance practice was elected the firm's new managing partner, the first change in the managing partner position in nearly 20 years.
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Raines Feldman Founder On Why Time's Up On Billable Hour
Raines Feldman Littrell LLP has used an outcome-focused billing model for 16 years. The firm is currently tweaking its model with the help of artificial intelligence. Here, firm co-founder Miles Feldman talks to Law360 Pulse about why the clock is ticking on the billable hour.
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Epstein Becker Green Adds Acting GC Of Marshals Service
Epstein Becker Green has hired the former acting general counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service, who spent over 14 ½ years with the agency and earlier in her career there litigated constitutional and specialized torts and other matters as a trial counsel, the firm announced Thursday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as firms announced new office leaders and expanded their offerings across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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IP Firms Are Navigating AI Era With Range Of Guardrails
Intellectual property law firms are taking various approaches to implementing artificial intelligence into their professional routines, with some developing their own tools, others limiting what external AI platforms that lawyers can access and one firm saying it has banned attorneys from using AI to draft legal briefs.
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McCarter & English Can't Tank $22M Suit, Insurer Says
Two insurance companies have urged a Connecticut Superior Court judge to maintain a $22.3 million professional negligence lawsuit against McCarter & English LLP, saying document production delays don't warrant killing the case less than a month before trial.
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Ballard Spahr Enters San Francisco With Benesch Litigators
Ballard Spahr LLP announced Thursday that it has launched a San Francisco office with a four-member litigation team who came aboard from Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP.
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Saul Ewing Re-Ups Managing Partner, Appoints New COO
Strong growth over the past four years has led Philadelphia-based Saul Ewing LLP's executive committee to elect the firm's managing partner to serve another term and promote a member of the executive team as the new chief operating officer.
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Robinson & Cole Names New Leader For Insurance Group
Robinson & Cole LLP has named a new chair of its insurance and reinsurance group to succeed the leader who has helmed the team dating back to 2019.
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Finding A Firm's Worth, As Private Equity Eyes The Legal Field
A novel question is arising as the legal industry weighs potential private equity interest: How do you value a law firm to buy a stake in its business operations?
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Remote LSAT Testing To Largely End Amid Cheating Concerns
Law school hopefuls will mostly need to sit for the Law School Admission Test — better known as the LSAT — in person starting in August rather than test remotely, a change designed to strengthen security after the exam provider ended remote testing in China over cheating concerns.
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Benesch Expands NY Office With Pair Of Litigators
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP announced the addition of two experienced New York-based litigation partners, enhancing its capabilities in areas such as white collar, finance and commercial litigation.
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Morgan & Morgan, Former Aide Settle Disability, Age Bias Suit
Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan PA and a former firm legal assistant have settled a Florida federal lawsuit that alleged age and disability discrimination, according to a filing in the court.
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Connell Foley Hires Former NJ Senate Dems' Chief Counsel
Connell Foley LLP announced this week that it has brought on the former chief counsel for the New Jersey Senate Majority Office as a partner on its regulatory affairs and compliance team.
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Legal Services Hiring Started New Year Off With A Bang
The legal sector is off to a good start in 2026, with 5,500 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in December, according to seasonally adjusted data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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McLaughlin & Stern Expands West With SF Boutique Tie-Up
East Coast-based full-service firm McLaughlin & Stern LLP is expanding to the West Coast, adding the lawyers and staff of San Francisco-based litigation and employment law boutique Dillingham & Murphy LLP.
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Axiom Closes Ariz. Law Firm Amid Suit Alleging PE Control
Legal staffing and services provider Axiom received approval Tuesday to shutter its Arizona law firm subsidiary, while a pending lawsuit claims the experiment was tainted by Axiom's private equity backer putting "revenue over ethics."
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Former Norwegian Cruise Lines GC Joins Kelley Kronenberg
Kelley Kronenberg announced that an experienced attorney who has worked at a number of major firms along with Norwegian Cruise Lines as general counsel has joined the firm's office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as a partner and leader of its new maritime law group.
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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.