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    Freshfields To Require Attorneys Work 4 Days In US Offices

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP will soon be mandating that all of its U.S. attorneys work from the office at least four days a week, a source with knowledge on the matter confirmed Thursday.

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    Law Firm Real Estate Report

    Recent announcements from Sidley Austin LLP and Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC about plans to move their offices in Dallas and Pittsburgh, respectively, were among the biggest real estate moves for law firms in March.

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    Paul Hastings Bulks Up In Texas With V&E Team

    Paul Hastings LLP announced Thursday that it had brought on an eight-partner finance team from Vinson & Elkins LLP, four of whom will anchor the firm's new Dallas location while the others will be based in Houston.

  • Sedgwick Trustee's Valuation Of Firm Flawed, Judge Told

    An accounting expert hired by two ex-partners fighting the Sedgwick LLP trustee's bid to claw back $1.1 million testified at the close of a three-day California bench trial Wednesday that the trustee expert's valuation analysis is "materially flawed" and took a "sledgehammer" to the law firm's book value.

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    Meet The Professionals Probing Giuliani At A Discount

    Rudy Giuliani's creditors have enlisted a high-powered team of forensic sleuths and former federal investigative bigwigs who are slashing their fees to root out any hidden assets the bankrupt former New York City mayor may not have disclosed.

  • Linklaters' Flexible Lawyering Arm Is A Win With Clients

    As Linklaters LLP's contract lawyer arm approaches its fifth anniversary, the firm has seen its work growing by nearly a third over the last year as its cheaper flexible staffing model proves popular with clients.

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    Meet The Attys In Ex-Seton Hall President's Retaliation Suit

    Law360 Pulse took an in-depth look at the employment lawyers and heavyweight defense attorneys litigating Seton Hall University’s ex-president's whistleblower case against the New Jersey university.

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    DLA Piper Lands Kirkland Private Equity Ace In Austin

    DLA Piper is expanding its corporate team, announcing Wednesday it is adding a Kirkland & Ellis LLP private equity expert as a partner in its Austin, Texas, office.

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    MoFo Lands Goodwin Cyber Leaders For Privacy, Data Group

    Morrison & Foerster announced Wednesday that it has hired five attorneys for its global privacy and data security group, including two partners who helped build and develop the cybersecurity practice at their prior firm.

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    Ex-GC With Lockheed Martin Space Joins Sherman & Howard

    A former general counsel and longtime attorney at Lockheed Martin has joined Sherman & Howard LLC as co-leader of the aerospace industry group, the law firm said Wednesday.

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    BigLaw Is Greater Part Of Litigation Funding Industry 'In Flux'

    The litigation funding industry is entering an era of "consolidation" and "shakeout" after years of rapid growth, exemplified by the fact that BigLaw firms made up a bigger slice of the industry's customer base than ever last year, even as the total value of new deals fell, according to a new report.

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    Lateral Hiring Plummets As Post-COVID Talent Wars Cease

    Lateral lawyer hiring plummeted 35% overall in 2023 — marking the second consecutive annual decline and the softest market in 13 years, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Association for Law Placement.

  • Weil Latest Firm To Cut Back On China Presence

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is the latest to join a growing list of major international law firms scaling down their operations in China, confirming Wednesday that it has closed its Beijing office and is considering consolidating its Shanghai office with its operation in Hong Kong.

  • Smith Gambrell Sued For Keeping $4.6M In Real Estate Row

    Several business entities involved in the failed purchase of a Brooklyn development property contend that Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP is unlawfully refusing to release more than $4.6 million that the firm is holding in escrow, according to a complaint filed in New York state court.

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    Linklaters Hits Diversity Goals With Pared Back Partner Class

    Linklaters LLP has hit its diversity targets with the elections of 27 lawyers to its partnership, despite elevating a third fewer lawyers than it did in 2023.

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    By The Numbers: Diversity Of California Attorneys Grows

    Female and minority attorneys have made big gains in California over the past few decades, but white attorneys still make up nearly two-thirds of all lawyers in the highly diverse Golden State, according to a new report by the State Bar of California.

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    'I Took The Plunge': How A Risk Paid Off For One Associate

    When she was a third-year associate, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP hiring partner Meredith Elkins got a call from the head of her firm presenting her with an opportunity to take on a secondment with one of the firm's biggest clients.

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    How Senior Associates Can Build Their Books Of Business

    As associates grow into their positions, there can come a point at which they realize that mastering the art of the legal brief or the deposition is not enough: They also need to learn how to attract and retain clients.

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    Associates Help Ga. Prisoner Beat The Odds In Court

    When a team of mostly associates at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP took on the civil case of a Georgia prisoner who had developed stage 4 hepatitis C as he waited five years for prescribed treatment, they expected they'd have their work cut out for them.

  • Fieldfisher Adds 10 Lawyers To Partnership, TLT Promotes 5

    Fieldfisher LLP said on Wednesday that it has promoted 10 lawyers from its business to the partnership, while TLT LLP said it has elevated five in the latest round of its partner promotions.

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    Meridian Capital Taps Former Top Regulator As New CEO

    Meridian Capital Group announced Tuesday that it has appointed top banking executive and former financial regulator Brian Brooks as its CEO and chairman amid a breakdown in the firm's relationship with Freddie Mac.

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    Trailblazing SEC Commissioner Roberta Karmel Dies At 86

    Roberta Karmel, a well-regarded legal scholar who pushed back against early-career sexism to become the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's first female commissioner, died over the weekend at the age of 86, according to the law school where she taught for decades.

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    Polsinelli Adds Arnold & Porter Gov't Contracts Shareholder

    Polsinelli PC has added an Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP partner in Washington, D.C., who focuses his practice on government contracts, procurement law and other related matters, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    K&L Gates Consumer Products Chair Joins Venable In LA

    Venable LLP said Monday that the co-chair of K&L Gates LLP's commercial litigation practice and chair of its consumer products and beauty and wellness practice groups has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner.

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    Ex-Worthington Steel Legal Chief Named Corning's New GC

    New York-based glass and ceramic company Corning announced that the former legal chief at Worthington Steel has been named its new general counsel and senior vice president.

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