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King & Spalding Hires Paul Hastings Finance Pro
King & Spalding LLP has appointed Paul Hastings LLP finance expert Peter Schwartz as partner in its London office in a bid to boost its European corporate practice.
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Firms Trimmed Entry-Level Hiring Amid Demand Shifts In 2023
As the legal market adjusted from the post-pandemic hiring surge, law firms across the U.S. scaled back their recruitment efforts for entry-level associates last year, a result of firms realigning talent strategies to better serve clients' demands over the long term, a report Tuesday from the National Association for Law Placement found.
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Anatomy Of Attrition: A Look At Law's Biggest Mergers
After a law firm announces it's adding 100 or more lawyers via a merger, what does that then look like a year, two years or more later? How many lawyers stay with the merged firm? How many leave?
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Civil Cases On The Rise In Federal Courts
The number of civil cases filed in the federal courts jumped significantly in fiscal 2023, led by disputes between multiple states' citizens and personal injury suits, after a decrease in civil filings the year before, the federal judiciary said Tuesday.
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Davis Wright Adds 3rd MoFo Litigator This Month In Calif.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has added its third litigator this month from Morrison Foerster LLP with the addition of an employment and labor partner in Los Angeles, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Steptoe Adds 5 From Holland & Knight, Covington In NY & DC
Steptoe LLP has hired a Holland & Knight LLP partner, a former Holland & Knight practice group leader and a trio of Covington & Burling LLP attorneys to help boost its New York and Washington, D.C.-based practices focused on energy matters.
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Womble Bond Adds Calif. Litigators From Severson & Werson
Womble Bond Dickinson has bolstered its business litigation group with a pair of cyber-savvy attorneys focused on the financial sector who joined in Irvine, California, from Severson & Werson.
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Saul Ewing Taps Over A Dozen New Practice, Dept. Leads
Saul Ewing LLP unveiled its newest slate of leadership appointments on Tuesday, spanning two departments and seven practices.
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Insider Trader Cites 'Carelessness' Of BigLaw Ex-Girlfriend
A former FBI trainee who kickstarted an insider trading scheme by looking at the confidential files of his then-girlfriend, a Covington & Burling LLP associate, has told a sentencing judge he isn't trying to downplay the seriousness of his actions by pointing to her "carelessness."
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BigLaw Firms Join Effort Targeting Anti-Muslim Bias
Several law firms including Jenner & Block LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP are banding together to address a recent surge in anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hate crimes and discrimination by sparking conversations in the legal community and shoring up resources for pro bono work, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Latham & Watkins Atty In Chicago
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has hired as a partner in its Chicago office an attorney who formerly worked for accounting firm KPMG and also spent 18 years at Latham & Watkins LLP.
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White & Case Posts Strong Global Revenue Despite UK Dip
White & Case LLP said Tuesday that robust activity in the financial restructuring and insolvency sectors pushed up its global revenue in 2023, although persistent uncertainty in the market led financial performance in London to dip slightly.
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Covington Holdout Drops SEC Cyberattack Appeal
The anonymous Covington & Burling LLP client who objected to a demand that they reveal themselves to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a victim of a 2020 hack on the law firm agreed on Monday to drop the appeal of the subpoena enforcement action.
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Magnet Co. Says Feds' Leak On PACER Bars ITAR Charges
A rare-earth magnets manufacturer and executives facing an April criminal conspiracy trial asked a Kentucky federal judge Monday to trim charges that they violated the International Traffic in Arms Regulations by sending sensitive technical data to a Chinese company, arguing that prosecutors recently disclosed the allegedly sensitive materials in court filings.
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Sidley Gains Finance Ace From Paul Hastings In California
Sidley Austin LLP has strengthened its global finance practice with the addition of a partner who came aboard after practicing at Paul Hastings LLP for more than two decades and will be based in the firm's office in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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Ex-K&L Gates Atty Wants Out Of Prison In Cyberstalking Case
A former K&L Gates LLP partner sentenced to two years in prison for cyberstalking and harassing his colleagues has moved for compassionate release seven months before his release date, citing his deteriorating health and poor living conditions behind bars.
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Accounting Oversight Board Trial Atty Joins King & Spalding
The top trial attorney for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has joined King & Spalding LLP's special matters and government investigations group in Washington, D.C., as a partner, the firm announced Monday.
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Willkie Adds DOJ Antitrust Lead In LA, DC
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Monday the hiring of a former antitrust section chief at the U.S. Department of Justice as a partner in its Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices.
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Steptoe Adds Dentons' Ex-Global Security Chief As Partner
Steptoe LLP has added a security and threat analysis expert who previously served as Dentons' global chief security officer as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
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Weil Adds Ex-SEC Private Funds Atty As Partner In DC
A longtime U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney has returned to private practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP after more than a decade in government service, the firm said Monday.
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O'Melveny Lands Private Equity Ace From Kirkland In Calif.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Monday that it has strengthened its private equity group with the addition of a Century City-based partner who came aboard from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Transportation Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped Stellantis shut down a racketeering lawsuit from rival automaker General Motors and defended Volkswagen against lingering claims tied to its 2015 "clean diesel" emissions scandal, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Transportation Groups of the Year.
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White Collar Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn
Winston & Strawn LLP is serving as lead counsel to Hunter Biden in several different legal matters, including a federal gun charge and a congressional inquiry, and won full acquittal for Matthew Grimes, a former assistant to Trump ally Thomas Barrack, on charges that he'd assisted in a foreign influence campaign in the U.S., earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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Hughes Hubbard Splits Leadership Role As Firm Head Retires
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP elected Neil Oxford and Robb Patryk to succeed current chair and managing partner Ted Mayer, splitting the leadership role as the head of the firm retires this year.
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With Rising State AG Action, BigLaw Responds By Beefing Up
This year Covington & Burling LLP formalized its government litigation practice group, following others in what appears to be a race by large law firms to formalize, market and grow their state attorney general practices as the nature of the office has shifted in recent years.