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Debevoise Wants Fired Atty's Suit Arbitrated Or Terminated
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has told a Manhattan federal judge it wants to arbitrate a suit by a former attorney in its international dispute resolution practice group who claims he was wrongfully fired after taking medical leave, arguing the two sides already settled the dispute.
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Morrison Cohen Hires Ex-K&L Gates Real Estate Partner
Manhattan-based Morrison Cohen LLP announced Monday the hiring of a former K&L Gates LLP partner for its real estate practice.
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How Paul Weiss Used Gen AI To Speed Up Misconduct Probe
As a client company faced allegations of employee misconduct and financial malfeasance, the investigations team at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP turned to generative artificial intelligence to review 120,000 documents in just three weeks.
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Davis Polk Picks Up White & Case Finance Atty In Calif.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Monday that it has added a former White & Case LLP debt finance partner to its Northern California office.
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Ballooning BigLaw Rates Create Opportunities For Mid-Law
Some midsize, regional and boutique firms are using their lower rates to attract both clients and lateral attorneys against the backdrop of spiraling BigLaw rates, though there are definite limits to the strategy.
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Elite Deal Partners Command Rates That Soar Above Peers
Lawyers who orchestrate massive transactions make up the lion's share of attorneys charging top-tier rates that have broken far away from average billing rates for law firm partners in recent years, experts say.
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Greenberg Traurig Miami Litigator, Young Lawyer Mentor Dies
A Miami litigator known as much for his ability to treat everyone with compassion as he was for his aggressive courtroom advocacy has died at the age of 65, Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Saturday.
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Former SG Prelogar Rejoins Cooley In DC As Practice Leader
Former U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has returned to Cooley LLP to lead its U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice as the firm continues to expand its litigation group, telling Law360 Pulse on Monday it is a firm that shares her values.
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Trump Names 4 Nominees For North Carolina Bench
President Donald Trump announced on Friday night four judicial nominees in North Carolina.
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DLA Piper Boosts VC Practice With Goodwin Atty In NY
DLA Piper has added a longtime Goodwin Procter LLP partner to its emerging growth and venture capital practice in New York, the firm announced.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Jackson Lewis PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit upheld injunctions barring the National Labor Relations Board from prosecuting unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX and two other companies.
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Pillsbury Hires Renewable Energy Pro From Holland & Knight
The former co-head of Holland & Knight LLP's renewable energy team has joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as a partner in New York.
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Magic Circle Firms Make Inroads In US With Record Revenues
Magic Circle firms might finally be gaining meaningful traction in the U.S. market after years of slow progress and false starts, if their latest financial disclosures are any indication.
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BBK Taps Gov't Affairs Director From Interior Leadership
Best Best & Krieger LLP has hired a U.S. Department of the Interior leader who helped advance drought resilience plans and advise the agency's secretary on water and science policy as the new director of its government affairs group, the firm announced.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as U.S. firms expanded their practice offerings with new talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Office Snapshot: Fox Rothschild Sees The Light In Pittsburgh
Fox Rothschild LLP had several boxes to check as it hunted for a new office for its attorneys and staff in Pittsburgh, but the final decision on where to move ultimately came down to one simple factor: the sun.
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DLA Piper Adds Wilson Sonsini Emerging Growth Ace In SF
DLA Piper is boosting its West Coast corporate team, bringing in a Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC emerging growth specialist as a partner in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.
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California Bar Board Of Trustees Gets 1st Nonattorney Chair
The California Supreme Court announced Thursday that for the first time ever, a nonattorney will lead the State Bar of California's Board of Trustees starting Sept. 19.
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Ex-Trump Counterterror Lead Joins Holland & Knight In DC
Holland & Knight LLP has hired the State Department's former acting undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, who also served as an ambassador-at-large and counterterrorism coordinator during Trump's first administration, the firm announced Thursday.
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Gordon Rees NJ Leader Takes Reins Of New Horse Law Group
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has launched an equine law practice group handling all aspects of horse transactions and litigation, to be led by the assistant managing partner of its office in Livingston, New Jersey.
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Tarter Krinsky Adds Construction Counsel From Offit Kurman
Mid-Law firm Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP announced an expansion of its construction practice with a counsel from Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law this week.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Goodwin Real Estate Ace In SF
Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Goodwin Procter LLP real estate transactions expert as a shareholder in its San Francisco office.
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Ogletree Taps Pittsburgh Atty To Lead Higher Ed Team
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has strengthened its resources for university clients, promoting a four-year firm shareholder who previously spent more than three years as an executive in the University of Pittsburgh's athletics department to lead its higher education practice group.
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Rising Star: Clifford Chance's Neil Barlow
Clifford Chance LLP partner Neil Barlow has helped lead the growth of the firm's U.S. private equity practice while advising on high-profile cross-border deals, including KKR and Carlyle's $10.1 billion acquisition of a student loan portfolio and the sale of global fund administrator Alter Domus, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Baker Donelson Adds Womble Bond Energy Ace In Houston
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC announced Thursday that it has added a former Womble Bond Dickinson attorney to its corporate group who brings particular expertise in energy commodities.