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Rising Star: Foley Hoag's Yasmin Al Ameen
Yasmin Al Ameen of Foley Hoag LLP helps represent The Gambia before the International Court of Justice in a historic case claiming Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya people, and she also represents Armenia against Azerbaijan before the ICJ, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Davis Polk's Michael Senders
Michael Senders of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has helped ink billion-dollar deals across industries such as pharmaceuticals, sports and banking, including a private equity firm's acquisition of Walgreens, a billionaire-led purchase of the Washington Commanders and Morgan Stanley's acquisition of E-Trade — earning Senders a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Latham's Danielle J. McCall
Danielle McCall of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised healthcare systems, corporations, investment firms and nonprofit organizations through high-stakes investigations, compliance challenges and civil rights matters, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Cooley's Robert Jacques
Cooley LLP insurance group lead Robert Jacques helped advise pharmaceutical giant Merck on coverage for damages from the NotPetya cyberattack, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Cleary's Thomas Kessler
Thomas Kessler of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP guided airline Azul's Chapter 11 plan as counsel to the ad hoc secured creditor group that sponsored the plan, as well as helped crypto company Genesis repay customers in kind with cryptocurrency to generate $4 billion in creditor recoveries, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Law Grad Says Hofstra Ignored Heart Attack Mid-Bar Exam
A Fordham University School of Law graduate accused Hofstra University in New York state court of failing to intervene in time when she had a heart attack in the middle of the July 2025 Bar Exam, refusing to stop the test and discouraging her peers from rendering aid.
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Deal Reached In Class Action Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam
A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.
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Ogletree Says Equinox Owes $1.4M In Unpaid Legal Bills
Ogletree said Monday that fitness company Equinox owes nearly $1.4 million in fees and expenses for the firm's work representing it in an employment matter in Los Angeles, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.
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Calif. Subclass Added To Fox Rothschild Data Breach Suit
A California resident seeking to represent a subclass of Golden State data breach victims on Tuesday asked to add a new California Consumer Privacy Act claim to a proposed Pennsylvania class action first filed against Fox Rothschild LLP in June, after prominent ransomware group Silent Ransom Group targeted the firm.
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Kilpatrick Adds 3rd Reed Smith IP Litigator In San Francisco
Months after adding two Reed Smith LLP intellectual property attorneys in San Francisco, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP announced Tuesday that the firm has hired another Reed Smith IP litigator to further expand its patent litigation team in the Bay Area.
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Who Is Will Scharf, The New White House Counsel Pick?
The attorney set to become the next top White House lawyer is a former candidate for Missouri attorney general who has aided President Donald Trump in his personal legal battles and worked to put conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jones Day Adds Kilpatrick Atty To Cybersecurity Team
Jones Day has brought on a Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP partner in its Atlanta office, strengthening the firm's cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice.
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Rising Star: Stris & Maher's John Stokes
John Stokes of Stris & Maher LLP led a trial that secured a victory for former investors in video game studio Unknown Worlds Entertainment over a merger payout dispute with the company's buyer, earning him a spot as one of the trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?
How does your firm shape the summer associate experience and mentor new talent? Invite your summer associates to share their perspectives in this year’s Law360 Pulse Summer Associates Survey.
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Rising Star: White & Case's Jeffrey L. Steinfeld
Jeffrey Steinfeld of White & Case LLP has won the dismissal of a lawsuit involving memecoins and a precedent-setting Delaware Supreme Court decision on the calculation of post-judgment interest, earning him a spot among the securities lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Miaoting Wu
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Miaoting "Mimi" Wu has advised on a range of billion-dollar deals, including Amgen's $27 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics and Sempra's simultaneous multibillion-dollar transactions in September, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Kirkland's William Dong
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's William Dong has served as lead tax counsel on several multibillion-dollar deals spanning industries, including a $4.75 billion sale of a data center and energy infrastructure developer to a tech giant, earning him a spot as one of the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Covington's Bre Jones
Bre Jones of Covington & Burling LLP guided major aircraft companies to significant wins recouping losses tied to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: King & Spalding's Jessica Beess und Chrostin
Jessica Beess und Chrostin of King & Spalding LLP helped secure a favorable outcome for Turkey in a $1 billion claim brought by Canadian mining company Alamos Gold over a nixed gold mining project, helping to land her among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Orrick's Lisa M. Lanham
Lisa M. Lanham of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised financial technology firms on bringing to market and licensing novel products that raise new regulatory questions, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Weil's Clifford Carlson
Clifford Carlson of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has been on the front lines of some of the most complex Chapter 11 cases filed in Houston's bankruptcy court in recent years as debtor's counsel to multistate hospital group Steward Health and car parts giant First Brand, earning him a spot among bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Greenberg Traurig Moving In West Palm Beach To CityPlace
Greenberg Traurig LLP plans to move its West Palm Beach, Florida, office to a new tower in the CityPlace neighborhood.
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Ice Miller Updates Pay Scales For NYC Associates
Ice Miller LLP is the latest to unveil raises for its attorneys, announcing on Monday that its New York City associates will benefit from updated salary scales at the start of next year.
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Baker Donelson Finishes NJ Push With 2nd Permanent Office
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has settled on a new, permanent office space in the Metropark area of Iselin, New Jersey, the firm announced this week, finalizing an expansion into the Garden State that began last year.
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Gordon Rees Opens Its 4th Texas Office
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani announced on Monday that it is opening its fourth Texas office in San Antonio with the help of four of its attorneys.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
Keeping PE Out Of Law Is Job For Courts, Not Capitols
Efforts by lawmakers in California, Colorado and Illinois seeking to bar private equity firms, hedge funds and other nonattorney investors from owning or financing law firms risk intruding on authority that state constitutions and the inherent powers doctrine have traditionally assigned to the judiciary, says attorney Felix Shipkevich.
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Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.
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Avoiding The Changing Pitfalls Of Firm Website Redesigns
BigLaw firms about to tackle a website redesign need to understand the fundamental changes to costs, timelines, vendors and technology since their last big update so their leadership teams can steer resource management decisions away from costly potential mistakes, says Stephan Roussan at Vertical Minds.
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Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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How Firms Can Win Market For Unified Legal Client Services
Firms willing to develop a new operating model, where AI-powered legal tech is paired with deep industry expertise and a different incentive structure, can win over companies looking to consolidate their legal needs with a single provider, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs
Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge
Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.
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How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm Model
The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.
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AI-Powered Search Demands New Legal Marketing Playbook
As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.
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What Law Firm MSOs Can Learn From Accounting Co. Model
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Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.
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Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush
Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.
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How Leaders Can Foster Professional Growth With Feedback
When law firm leaders provide work product feedback by identifying errors instead of offering guiding input, they miss a key opportunity to treat feedback as a professional development and leadership tool, but several practices can help bridge the gap between intent and impact, says Janet Jackson at Well-Law.
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Why Marketing Teams Are Vital For Law Firm AI Storytelling
Many law firms are using generic decks for multiple client presentations to articulate their artificial intelligence strategy, but in order to differentiate themselves, it's important to bring marketing teams into the fold to identify what's actually distinctive about how a firm uses AI, says Eric Greenberg at Cox Media.
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Legal Marketing Conference Highlights Pivotal Time For Firms
The Legal Marketing Association's recent annual conference underscored how advances in artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are causing law firms to evolve into more structured, data-driven businesses that place greater emphasis on strategy, implementation and measurable results, say Maria Aronson and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Build Relationship Habits
Meaningful relationships are foundational to business development, and they can be deliberately fostered through a set of habits for authentically, intentionally and consistently connecting with clients and colleagues — starting with people you already know and like, says Matthew Moran at V&E.