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Office Snapshot: Gibson Dunn Gets 'Refresh' In Century City
After more than 40 years in its Century City home, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP knew it was time to change the channel on an office that one leader said seemed pulled from an episode of the 1980s TV show "L.A. Law." The firm found the station it was looking for just a half block away.
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Venture-Backed WilsonAI Publicly Launches
London-based in-house legal software startup WilsonAI, which raised preseed funding earlier this year, announced Wednesday its public launch.
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Two Longtime HHS Attys Depart Posts For Crowell & Moring
Two prominent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services attorneys have left their posts for Crowell & Moring LLP after more than two decades in the federal government.
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Law Firm Billing Rates Increasing At Slower Pace In 2025
Billing rates for law firms that serve corporate clients have risen more gradually so far in 2025 compared to the prior two years, according to a report released by LexisNexis' CounselLink on Tuesday.
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'Great Wealth Transfer' Drives Trusts & Estates Boom
As aging Baby Boomers prepare to hand down trillions of dollars in assets to their children and grandchildren, some of the country's largest law firms have been bulking up their trusts and estates practices, turning frequently to small boutiques and solo practices to add attorneys to their ranks.
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Polsinelli Moves To New Philadelphia Office, Doubling Space
More than a year after entering the Philadelphia market, Polsinelli PC has completed its relocation to a new office in Center City and doubled its working space.
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NJ Justices Won't Hear Challenge To State Bar Diversity Plan
The New Jersey Supreme Court has allowed to stand an appellate decision approving a New Jersey State Bar Association system for fostering diversity in its leadership, which a state attorney accused of being a discriminatory quota system.
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Greenberg Traurig, Procopio Mourn 'Selfless' Litigator In Calif.
Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder S. Todd Neal, who died Saturday from a terminal illness a few months after joining the firm in San Diego from Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, was a "selfless" team player who brought compassion and wisdom to the job, his former colleagues said.
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Perkins Coie Plans Move To Uptown Dallas
Perkins Coie LLP has plans to move into the uptown district in Dallas in the middle of next year, a move it said represents the firm's growth in the city and its commitment to serving its clients with business in Texas.
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Longtime NY Judge To Lead Lachtman Cohen ADR Team
Lachtman Cohen & Belowich LLP has announced a longtime New York state court and family court judge has joined its ranks to lead its mediation and alternative dispute resolution practice, calling her "one of the most respected jurists in Westchester's history."
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Foley & Lardner Adds Healthcare Deals Pro From Holland & Knight
Foley & Lardner LLP has continued its expansion in Nashville with the addition of another former Holland & Knight LLP attorney, expanding its healthcare and life sciences and manufacturing sector capabilities.
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Fox Rothschild Adds Music Law Trio In New Jersey
Fox Rothschild LLP announced Tuesday that it has bolstered its entertainment and sports law department with a music law trio in New Jersey, including two partners.
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Kirkland Hires Sports And Media Pro From Latham
A Latham & Watkins LLP partner who advises on corporate matters in the sports and media industries has left the firm for Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Baker McKenzie Says Atty Is 'Trolling' Firm With Assault Claims
A former Baker McKenzie tax associate who has flooded social media with allegations that she was sexually assaulted by the leader of the international law firm's D.C. office is now facing a defamation lawsuit accusing her of "trolling" the firm with false claims.
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Akin Energy Team Grows Along With Clients' Needs
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has hired two energy deals lawyers from Linklaters LLP to support what Akin's co-chair said are clients' rapidly growing power needs driven by data center development and investment in artificial intelligence technology.
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Florida Bar Exam's First-Time Pass Rate Reaches 13-Year High
The share of first-time test takers who passed the Florida Bar exam in July was 78.4%, a 13-year high, and pass rates increased for most law schools in the state, including a recently accredited school, the Florida Board of Bar Examiners said Monday.
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2 Leave Lewis Brisbois C-Suite In Latest Leadership Changes
Two members of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith's C-suite will be leaving the firm this winter, a firm spokesperson told Law360 Pulse on Monday.
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Crime-Fraud Exemption Applies To Eletson Docs, Judge Says
Reed Smith LLP has until the end of the day on Monday to turn over a dozen client files related to its prior representation of shipping company Eletson Holdings amid a dispute with rival Levona, after a Manhattan federal judge found probable cause that a fraud was committed in an underlying arbitration.
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McDermott Adds Steptoe Litigator In Chicago
McDermott Will & Schulte announced Monday it is expanding its litigation team by welcoming a trial attorney from Steptoe LLP as a partner in its Chicago office.
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Perkins Coie Adds Former US Treasury Tax Policy Atty In DC
Perkins Coie LLP has brought on a tax attorney who worked in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Tax Policy, where he handled work related to laws such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the firm announced Monday.
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34-Year DOJ Enviro Atty, Deputy Assistant AG, Joins Bracewell
A career U.S. Department of Justice environmental lawyer, who most recently was the deputy assistant attorney general of the agency's Environmental and Natural Resources Division, has taken his first role in private practice at Bracewell LLP, where he'll work as a partner, the firm announced Monday.
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McGuireWoods To Roll Out Legora, Harvey AI Platforms
McGuireWoods LLP has recently struck new strategic partnerships with Legora, a Swedish legal technology company, and legal generative artificial intelligence platform Harvey that will see the law firm roll out their platforms to attorneys.
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Houston Boutique AZA Outdoes BigLaw First-Year Pay Scale
Houston trial boutique Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing announced Monday that it plans to outpace the BigLaw salary scale by hiking its pay for first-year lawyers to $235,000, a figure $10,000 higher than what first-year associates generally earn at BigLaw firms.
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Dentons Adds Capital Markets Pro From Morgan Stanley In NY
An executive director at Morgan Stanley has returned to private practice at Dentons after beginning his legal career at its legacy firms, Dentons announced Monday.
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Paul Weiss Mourns Death Of Former Chair Alfred Youngwood
Alfred Youngwood, a tax attorney, business adviser and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's first democratically elected firm chair, died Friday at the age of 87, the firm has announced.
Expert Analysis
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Talking Mental Health: The View From Life After BigLaw
Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.
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6 Essential Skills For Summer Associates To Land An Offer
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With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Roundup
Talking Mental Health
Attorneys and other legal professionals share insights on mental health and well-being in this Law360 Pulse Expert Analysis series.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.