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Japan's Mori Hamada To Grow US Presence With Texas Shops
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, one of Japan's Big Four law firms, is planning to enter the Lone Star State next year with offices in Dallas and Houston.
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Big AI Investments Up The Ante For Law Firm Prestige
Investment in AI, including building firm-specific proprietary tools, is the latest front among top law firms to gain and maintain elite status. Law360 spoke with legal industry leaders about how firms can embrace AI innovation to keep their competitive edge.
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These Firms Are The 2026 Prestige Leaders
In the intense competition of the legal sphere, firms have to make a constant effort to stand out from the crowd. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction.
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The 2026 Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club
BigLaw's record-setting revenue streak shows no sign of slowing. Here, we highlight the firms that reported more than $1 billion in gross revenue in the latest year.
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Duane Morris Selects Energy Partner To Lead Austin Office
Duane Morris LLP has appointed a new managing partner for its location in Austin, Texas, an energy partner who helped launch the office nine years ago.
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Dallas Partner New Co-Head Of Norton Rose Healthcare Group
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Tuesday that a longtime firm veteran based in Dallas has been named co-head of the firm's U.S. healthcare practice.
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Public Defenders Of Ohio Death Penalty Cases To Get Pay Hike
The Ohio Supreme Court has announced that public defenders in the state assigned to capital punishment cases will be getting an increase in their hourly rate, in a move that the court said reflects the complexity and cost to defend a client facing the death penalty.
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Atty's Suit Over His Meme Coin Hack Sent To Arbitration
A New York federal judge Monday ruled that a crypto-focused attorney must arbitrate his claims that wallet provider Phantom Technologies Inc. enabled the hack that stole half a million dollars from his dog-themed meme coin project.
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Why Fractional GCs Are Becoming The 'Go-To' Lawyers
Senior-level lawyers are leaving the corporate world to establish firms where they're strategic partners and trusted advisers to growth-stage companies. These fractional general counsel argue that their business model will grow in popularity amid artificial intelligence expansion that's changing legal services.
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Unum Must Reinstate Morgan Lewis Atty's Disability Benefits
A Pennsylvania federal judge found Monday that the insurer for a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney abused its discretion when it terminated her long-term disability benefits after incorrectly applying criteria to evaluate her ability to return to work.
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Former Iowa Chief Of Staff Rejoins Squire Patton Boggs
The former chief of staff to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has returned to private practice, rejoining Squire Patton Boggs LLP, the firm where she started her legal career, the firm announced Monday.
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Cravath PE Leader Returns To Weil In NY
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has announced that Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's head of private equity is returning to the firm in New York, saying the move "comes at a time of significant investment and growth at the firm."
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Honigman Hires Crowell & Moring's CIO
Honigman LLP announced Monday that it has hired Crowell & Moring LLP's chief information officer, touting his more than decade-long history in executive management technology and operations roles at multiple BigLaw firms.
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O'Melveny Rehires Ex-SEC Oversight Leader In DC
O'Melveny & Myers LLP has rehired a former partner who specializes in False Claims Act matters and recently spent more than two years with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an associate general counsel for oversight and investigations.
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First NJ Solicitor General Joins Jenner & Block In New York
Jenner & Block LLP announced Monday that it has added New Jersey's first solicitor general to bolster its capacity to handle appellate matters, federal and multistate investigations, commercial disputes, and government and public policy matters.
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Holland & Knight Adds Partner In Atlanta From McDermott
A former McDermott Will & Schulte attorney has joined Holland & Knight LLP's corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities section as a partner in Atlanta, Holland & Knight announced Monday.
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Mayer Brown Expands Insurance Deals Team With Sidley Hire
A former Sidley Austin LLP partner who spent the past 12 years with the firm has moved to Mayer Brown LLP to work with corporate and securities matters and the firm's global insurance practice, according to a recent announcement.
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Cahill Gordon Joins Firms Issuing Summer Bonuses
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP is giving out bonuses that range from $6,000 for the class of 2025 to $25,000 for the class of 2018.
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K&L Gates Adds Townsend SALT Partner In New York
K&L Gates LLP added to its New York office a new corporate tax partner who specializes in complex tax planning and controversy, the firm announced.
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Legal Ed Faces Uncertain Future Amid ABA Accreditor Fight
The U.S. legal education system could soon be plunged into disarray, after politics seemed to overshadow substance during an unusual hearing this week on whether to revoke an American Bar Association council's federal status as the primary accreditor of law schools, experts told Law360 Pulse.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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IP Address Tracking: Law Firms Are In Their Big Brother Era
An increasingly competitive marketplace for legal talent and attorneys moving their platforms frequently, recruiters say firms seem to be taking a more active role in monitoring their roster, relying more increasingly on digital monitoring to try and detect whether any of their attorneys are thinking about a possible lateral move.
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Weil Hires Willkie Restructuring Leader In Latest Boomerang
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has announced that it continued its boomerang hiring streak by adding the former chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's restructuring and reorganization practice.
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Bass Berry Hires Society 54 Co-Founder To Lead Growth
The co-founder of Society 54, a business development consultancy, has joined Bass Berry & Sims PLC as chief business development and marketing officer, the Nashville-headquartered firm announced Friday.
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Holland & Knight Builds Up Team As MSO Deal Demand Rises
Holland & Knight LLP over the past year has ramped up a practice around a once-unusual proposition: that investors would take a stake in law firms' businesses.
Expert Analysis
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Be An Industry Expert
Although taking the time to fully invest in a client and its industry is a big ask, it is well worth it for attorneys to understand the pressures, trends and constraints of a client's industry in order to build enduring business relationships, says Nonnie Shivers at Ogletree.
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Talking Mental Health: Fostering Cultures Where Women Excel
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Sylvie Rodrigue at Torys discusses why authenticity is essential to women's career growth, why burnout is not the result of a lack of resilience, how the legal industry can better support women's mental health needs, and how firms can address gender gaps in senior roles.
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How Clients Can Make The Most Of Law Firm Partner Moves
Outside counsel’s lateral career moves can create uncertainty and disruption for companies, but if managed strategically, in-house legal teams can leverage partner mobility for more complete service, better pricing and stronger relationships with their law firms, says Theodore Edelman at GCE Advisors.
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The Augmented Lawyer: Countering 4 AI Efficiency Myths
Perceived efficiency gains from artificial intelligence can create unsustainable workload expectations for in-house legal departments, so general counsel must proactively educate executives, reframe assumptions and tie legal judgment to business outcomes, say Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law and Catie Cambridge at Docsum.
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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge
Law firm office managing partners share insights on navigating shifts in the legal market and the business of law issues top of mind for them right now in this Expert Analysis series.
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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Lateral Hiring Strategy
In regional recruiting, firms that stand out to laterals can articulate a clear vision that connects local insight with global opportunity, demonstrate a culture that is lived rather than stated, and offer genuine room for growth, says Jason Novak, leader of Norton Rose's San Francisco office.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Team Up With Marketing
There are several ways attorneys can engage with resources already at their fingertips in the form of their in-house law firm marketing departments, which can help you gain some visibility, earn kudos and build a solid book of business, say Ada Kase and Liz Lindley at Jaffe PR.
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Biz Dev Impostor Syndrome May Actually Be Good Judgment
Attributing lawyers’ sense of unease with business development to self-doubt or weakness may misidentify an important source of discomfort — a keen intuition that an ask isn’t yet appropriate for the relationship — and lead to advice that ultimately backfires, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Handle Unproductive Feedback?
Maggie Potter at Segal McCambridge offers advice for associates who receive unproductive criticism from superiors and tips for gently pushing back with an eye to growth and efficiency.
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How To Prep As Private Equity Starts Investing In Law Firms
Law firms eyeing legal services organization models, which allow outside capital to support nonlegal business functions while preserving lawyer ownership, can prepare for the expansion of private equity investment in the area by balancing commercial objectives and compliance imperatives, say attorneys at Rivkin Radler.
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What Legal Leaders Can Learn From Marine Corps Principles
The small-unit leadership principles that are foundational to the U.S. Marine Corps experience — from tight feedback loops to top-down tactfulness — offer a blueprint for addressing leadership gaps that persist in the legal profession, says Edet Nsemo at Tucker Ellis.
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Venture Capital Practices Can Improve Law Firm Lateral Hiring
As law firms pursue increasingly ambitious growth goals in a competitive market for talent, they should consider supplementing traditional lateral hiring due diligence with practices inspired by the venture capitalist framework, says Henry O’Connor at Jones Walker.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2026
After a pivotal year for the legal industry, lawyers and their clients face an evolving litigation finance landscape in 2026 that will be shaped by developments ranging from new policies governing patent lawsuits to the reemergence of appellate monetization funding, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Think Like A Waiter
To convert casually interested restaurant patrons into satisfied, repeat customers, a good waiter relies on four service-oriented habits that proactive attorneys can borrow to cultivate lasting client relationships, say attorneys at Maynard Nexsen.
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6 Strategies To Set Up New CCOs For Success
As demand for chief compliance officers rises among a growing range of complex issues, organizations looking to hire and retain top-notch CCOs can adopt a series of strategies including defining success metrics and allowing the CCO to build a team, says Cara Bain at Major Lindsey.