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The Lawyers Battling Over Payout After Atty's Killing Of Wife
Ahead of a hearing Tuesday on competing summary judgment bids, eight attorneys are guiding parties in a dispute over the wrongful-death settlement proceeds related to the killing of a Georgia woman by her husband, an ex-BigLaw partner.
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Clifford Chance Adds Paul Weiss Exec Compensation Atty In NY
Clifford Chance LLP has added a Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP transactional attorney in New York as co-chair of its U.S. executive compensation practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Freshfields Hires Kirkland Antitrust Partner In DC Office
Freshfields LLP has hired a career Kirkland & Ellis LLP antitrust partner in Washington, D.C., who is joining the group to work with merger control issues for private capital clients, Freshfields announced Monday.
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Proskauer Adds 2 Finance Partners From A&O Shearman
Proskauer Rose LLP has added two former Allen Overy Shearman Sterling partners for its growing global finance practice in New York, the firm announced Monday.
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Justice Dept. Seeks To Nix ABA Suit Over Terminated Grants
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to throw out the American Bar Association's lawsuit over the termination of grants to the ABA's Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, arguing the courts lack power to force the government to honor a contractual obligation.
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Former FEC Commissioner Joins BakerHostetler In DC
BakerHostetler announced Monday that a former chairman of the Federal Elections Commission has joined as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office to bolster its appellate and political law prowess.
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Real Estate Ace Rejoins V&E In Dallas After In-House Roles
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that it has strengthened its real estate practice with a partner in Dallas who returns to the firm after nearly a decade of in-house work.
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Former Texas Admin. Law Judge Joins Troutman In Austin
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP announced Monday that it has added a partner to its energy regulatory practice group in Austin who has experience as a Lone Star State administrative law judge and who most recently practiced with Duggins Wren Mann & Romero LLP.
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12-Lawyer Pond North Toxic Tort Team Joins Lewis Brisbois
Lewis Brisbois Brisgaard & Smith LLP has absorbed 12-lawyer product liability and toxic tort boutique Pond North LLP, the law firm announced Monday.
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Former NC Solicitor General Joins McGuireWoods In Raleigh
Former North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in the appeals and issues practice group and co-leader of the North Carolina appellate practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Akin Hires Ex-Trump Trade Official From Hogan Lovells
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP said Monday it has hired the former co-leader of Hogan Lovells' geopolitical risk and national security program, who is bringing perspective from that role and experience navigating international economic issues at the White House to Akin's lobbying and public policy team.
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Judge Axes Trump's Perkins Order With Shakespearean Flourish
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday struck down as unconstitutional President Donald Trump's retaliatory executive order targeting Perkins Coie LLP, permanently blocking enforcement of the directive and likening the president's action to a Shakespeare character's suggestion that the way to amass power is to "kill all the lawyers."
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Abbe Lowell Launches New Firm With Ex-Skadden Associates
Tapping a team of ex-BigLaw associates, some of whom publicly quit their firms in response to deals struck to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration, prominent defense lawyer and former Winston & Strawn LLP partner Abbe David Lowell launched a new boutique Friday aimed at helping clients facing what it called "politicized investigations" by the government.
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Nixon Peabody Appoints Finance, Tax Partner As DC Leader
Nixon Peabody LLP has appointed a more than 20-year veteran of the firm as its Washington, D.C., office managing partner, who focuses his practice on a range of corporate, finance and real estate matters, according to a Thursday announcement.
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Sidley Adds 10 A&O Shearman Attys In DC, NY, Singapore
Sidley Austin LLP has hired 10 attorneys from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling in New York, Washington, D.C., and Singapore, including the U.S. leader of the firm's financial services regulatory group.
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NJ Bankruptcy Judges May Be Tapped As Unpaid Mediators
Bankruptcy judges may be among the jurists called upon to mediate New Jersey federal court cases without compensation, according to a proposed amendment to court rules.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and Pilot Law PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federally employed military reservists called to active duty during wartime or a national emergency are entitled to a top-up differential pay, regardless of their specific role.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in five cases this week, including over whether states can exclude private religious schools from charter school programs and if disabled children must meet a more stringent standard when seeking relief for educational discrimination, while issuing two decisions involving extra payments due hospitals and military reservists. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Faegre Drinker Lands Patent Team From Wilson Sonsini
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP added a partner, an associate and two patent agents from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC to bolster its intellectual property practice, the firm has announced.
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Mayer Brown Adds IP Litigator In DC From ArentFox Schiff
Mayer Brown LLP expanded its intellectual property practice with the recent addition of a patent litigator to the firm's Washington, D.C., office.
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Faegre Adds Republican Senate HELP Committee GC In DC
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired the general counsel of the U.S. Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee who advised Republican lawmakers, including its chair, Sen. Bill Cassidy, on a range of issues related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Ex-Litigator, Wilson Elser Plan To Drop Bias Suit
An ex-Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP litigator who sued the firm for allegedly firing him over his disabilities appears to have settled with his former colleagues, with both parties telling a New York federal judge on Friday they plan to dismiss the case.
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Goodwin Adds Scientist IP Partner From Cooley On West Coast
A seasoned life sciences and intellectual property attorney with a doctorate in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology has joined Goodwin Procter LLP on the West Coast, the firm announced.
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How Gordon Rees Seeks To Grow In 'Booming' Sunshine State
Peter Siachos of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP spoke with Law360 Pulse about the firm's recent addition of four "ready for war" trial attorneys in South Florida and how it seeks to expand the firm's footprint in the state.
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Legal Job Sector Stayed Strong In April Despite Economy
The U.S. legal sector added 1,400 law-related jobs in April, marking the second straight month of improvement, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Expert Analysis
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.