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Cooley Inks 20-Year Lease For New DC Office
Cooley LLP is planning to move its Washington, D.C., office after signing a 20-year, 126,000-square-foot lease for a property owned by real estate company BXP, the firm and the company announced Thursday.
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Harvard Seeks To Move 'Swiftly' In $2B Fund Freeze Suit
Harvard University is seeking to move as quickly as possible to get to the merits of its suit challenging the Trump administration's $2.2 billion funding freeze, asking a Massachusetts federal judge to expedite discovery and briefing.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Georgia was the destination for several law firms in April as they opened or relocated offices in the Peach State.
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Fox Rothschild Welcomes 29 New Partners
Fox Rothschild LLP has elevated 29 attorneys in 19 cities and 11 practice groups to partner, and promoted four associates to counsel, the firm announced.
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DLA Piper Elevates 65 Lawyers In US-Heavy Partner Round
DLA Piper said Thursday that it has promoted 65 lawyers from across the globe to its partnership, a slight increase on the previous year's figure as the U.S. accounted for the firm's largest intake of new partners.
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DC Judges Doubt Feds' Rationale For Orders Against Firms
Two D.C. federal judges on Wednesday expressed skepticism toward the Trump administration's justifications for targeting WilmerHale and Perkins Coie LLP with executive orders, with one judge invoking a comparison to the Red Scare.
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Morgan Stanley's Capital Markets Lead Joins A&O Shearman
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has hired the former head of capital markets legal at Morgan Stanley as a partner in its capital markets practice in New York City, the firm recently announced.
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SCOTUSblog Sold Amid Goldstein's Criminal Case
SCOTUSblog has been sold to digital media company The Dispatch, according to announcements from both publications Wednesday, marking a new chapter for the U.S. Supreme Court-focused legal publication while its co-founder Tom Goldstein faces criminal charges.
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Law360 Pulse Data Debrief
Law firms are facing a fast-evolving business landscape. To best stay on top of new developments and trends in the biggest issues of the day, Law360 Pulse will run a series of surveys examining the key factors shaping policies and operations at law firms.
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Baker Donelson's NJ Leader Talks Garden State Expansion
Anjana Patel, the newly-announced managing partner of Baker Donelson’s two new locations in New Jersey, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss how her team is playing a role in Baker Donelson’s expansion into the Northeast.
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The Office Is Back, But Are Lawyers On Board?
The tug-of-war over remote work is far from over, but the latest data from Law360 Pulse's March survey indicates law firms are more comfortable laying down rules requiring at least some office attendance — and lawyers, for the most part, are learning to live with them.
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CMS And Dentons Back Noxtua's Series B Investment Round
Xayn AG, a Germany-based company that calls itself "Europe's first sovereign legal" artificial intelligence, changed its name to Noxtua SE and secured an €80.7 million (about $91.4 million) Series B investment on Wednesday.
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O'Melveny Brings On Former Lenovo IP Litigation Leader
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Wednesday it has bolstered its intellectual property and technology practice with the addition of an experienced litigator who most recently oversaw global IP litigation for technology company Lenovo.
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Ex-Ky. Dinsmore L&E Atty Joins Cozen O'Connor In Chicago
Cozen O'Connor announced Wednesday that an employment and appellate litigator from Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is joining its Chicago office after 15 years practicing in Kentucky.
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More New Law School Grads Found Jobs Last Year
The portion of 2024 graduates from U.S. law schools who had secured jobs making use of their degrees 10 months after graduation rose 1.7% compared to a similar analysis performed for 2023 graduates, according to data released Wednesday by the American Bar Association.
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Akerman Adds Womble Bond Renewable Energy Pro In NC
Akerman LLP has added a former Womble Bond Dickinson LLP partner to the firm's Charlotte, North Carolina, office for its corporate practice group, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Gibson Dunn Real Estate Atty Joins Milbank's NY Office
Milbank LLP announced Tuesday the addition of a former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP lawyer to its New York office, highlighting his experience handling commercial real estate transactional matters for clients such as private equity and sovereign wealth funds, top financial institutions and family offices.
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Associates Feel Partners' Absence In Return To Office
While law firms continue to push return-to-office policies, recruiters say they have yet to see mass departures in response. The real friction point for associates, they noted, is with senior partners.
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Kirkland Brings On V&E Corporate Pro In Houston
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced Wednesday that it has boosted its corporate practice in Houston by bringing on a partner with deep private equity experience in the energy sector who came aboard after a decade at Vinson & Elkins LLP.
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Fisher Phillips Launches Crisis Communications Practice
Fisher Phillips has started a new practice group that merges legal strategy with public relations experience in response to today's era in which a single social media slipup can have catastrophic consequences for a company's brand, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Ex-Chief Of SDNY Fraud Unit Joins Fenwick White Collar Team
The former co-chief of the Southern District of New York's illicit finance and money laundering unit has returned to private practice at Fenwick & West LLP, where the firm said Wednesday he'll focus on white collar crime and fraud matters.
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Freshfields Names 25 New Partners, With London Dominating
Freshfields LLP said Wednesday that it has promoted more than 20 lawyers from its international network of offices to its partnership, with those based in London accounting for more than a third of the new intake.
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Brownstein Leads As BigLaw Sees Rise In Lobbying Revenue
After seeing a record 2024, several BigLaw federal lobbying practices reported a strong financial start to this year as they helped clients navigate the deluge of actions from the new Trump administration, according to figures shared by firms this week.
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Winston & Strawn Names New COO From Consulting Firm
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Tuesday that it has appointed a new chief operating officer who formerly worked at Boston Consulting Group to help steer the firm's business services and strategy.
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Wilson Sonsini Adds Ex-Pinterest GC To Residence Program
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced the latest addition to its general counsel in residence program on Tuesday, selecting a firm alum who previously was Pinterest's top attorney.