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    Orrick Continues Finance Team Growth With DLA Piper Atty

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced the latest addition to its structured finance team on Monday, touting the former DLA Piper attorney's experience with collateralized loan obligations and related leveraged loan warehouse facilities.

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    Debevoise Hires 2 Former Davis Polk Attorneys For AI Practice

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced on Monday the hiring of two former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP lawyers as counsel focused on artificial intelligence in New York and Washington, D.C.

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    Holland & Knight Taps Former Firm Atty For $1.2 Billion Suit

    Holland & Knight LLP has tapped a veteran litigator who is its former litigation section chair to defend it against a real estate company's $1.2 billion malpractice lawsuit.

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    Atty Rageposting Draws Bar Scrutiny Amid Threats To Judges

    Over the past five years, at least half a dozen attorneys across the country have either been disbarred or faced serious discipline for their incendiary online posts targeting judges or public legal officers.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Baker Botts LLP and King & Spalding LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit enforced an over $2 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company, ruling that the legal concept of an optimal venue for a case doesn't apply in matters concerning the enforcement of international arbitral awards.

  • Orrick Hires New Global Capital Markets Head From Kirkland

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired a new global head of capital markets from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and is bringing on another capital markets partner from the firm later this month.

  • Rising Star: Ahmad Zavitsanos' Cameron Byrd

    Cameron Byrd of Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing has clinched major victories for clients with his skills at oral argument in recent years, including defeating almost $290 million in claims against an energy client this year and winning a $42 million verdict in 2023, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Cameron Reilly

    Baker McKenzie partner Cameron Reilly helped secure a key tax court ruling for FedEx Corp. to invalidate regulations on mandatory repatriation under the 2017 federal tax changes, and was a lead attorney in Facebook Inc.'s successful challenge to cost-sharing regulations for multinational corporations, earning him a spot among the tax practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Glancy Prongay's Pavithra Rajesh

    Pavithra Rajesh of Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP helped win a $120 million settlement for investors in a secondary offering by ViacomCBS Inc. and fought her way through several pleading motions in order to reach a settlement-in-principle in a securities fraud class action against United Natural Foods Inc., earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Wachtell Lipton's Meng Lu

    Meng Lu of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz has advised industry giants like Salesforce Inc. and eBay Inc. on novel and complex multibillion-dollar transactions during her career, earning her a spot among the practitioners of mergers and acquisition law under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Nick Spear

    Nick Spear of Susman Godfrey LLP has helped secure millions for life insurance policyholders in cases involving improper cost-of-insurance charges, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' John Weber

    John Weber of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP advised global communications software firm Mitel's $1.3 billion restructuring and Roomba maker iRobot's prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring, which equitized approximately $265 million in debt, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Holland & Knight Loses Bid To Escape GWG Fraud Suit

    Holland & Knight LLP must face adversary claims in Houston bankruptcy court after a Texas federal judge found the trustee for bankrupt life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. had made a plausible case that the firm and one of its attorneys engaged in a racketeering conspiracy with its ex-chairman.

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    Lowndes Adds BakerHostetler Commercial Real Estate Pro

    Florida-based law firm Lowndes has welcomed an experienced commercial real estate attorney from BakerHostetler to its office in Orlando.

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    Polsinelli Adds Saul Ewing Atty To Boost Finance Team

    Polsinelli PC announced Thursday that it has added an expert in public company counseling, capital markets transactions and investment fund regulatory matters to its New York office.

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    Norm Law Adds Ex-Sidley Partner For New Finance Practice

    Legal and compliance startup Norm Ai announced Thursday that its law firm offshoot hired a former partner at Sidley Austin LLP to lead a newly launched finance practice.

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    Goodwin Launches New Internal AI Platform

    Goodwin Procter LLP told Law360 Pulse on Friday that it has developed a new proprietary artificial intelligence platform designed to build and scale specific AI tools across the firm, starting with venture financing.

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    Former FIU GC Joins Buchanan Ingersoll In Miami

    A former general counsel to Florida International University with more than three decades of experience has joined Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC's Miami office.

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    FBT Gibbons Adds Wells Fargo Senior Litigator In Calif.

    FBT Gibbons LLP has grown its financial services and litigation capabilities in California with the addition of a litigator who previously worked in-house at Wells Fargo and Charles Schwab.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    Law firms deployed associate bonuses and expanded operations during another busy summer week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Anti-DEI Group Asks FTC To Probe Law Fellowship Program

    An advocacy organization against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives filed an antitrust complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, accusing Sponsors for Educational Opportunity of engaging in anticompetitive practices by allegedly colluding on DEI metrics and falsely advertising its program.

  • Israeli Company Must Face $30M Quinn Emanuel Fee Suit

    An Israeli company and its CEO must face Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's suit seeking to collect payment of more than $30 million for legal work the firm performed to force the company to acquire the law firm's former client, a Massachusetts state court judge ruled.

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    Rising Star: Holwell Shuster's Daniel Horowitz

    Daniel Horowitz of Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP has secured major wins for Chubb in disputes over coverage for opioid litigation and social media addiction suits, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    AI Drives Spike In Pro Se Filings But Not Courtroom Success

    Artificial intelligence appears to have led to a drastic spike in federal pro se litigation, according to scholars, but the technology isn't necessarily helping these self-represented litigants find success in court.

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    Latham Leads List Of Client Service 'All-Stars,' Report Says

    Latham & Watkins LLP, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP all delivered exceptional client service in a fast-changing, high-pressure era where "the business decision is also the legal decision," a new report by BTI Consulting Group says.

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Expert Analysis

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Leverage Your Atty Bio Author Photo

    If maintained properly, your firm bio can help attract potential clients and create authentic connections, so it's crucial to take steps to write an updated attorney profile that goes beyond a list of credentials, says Raychel Lean at Reputation Ink.

  • Ask A Mentor: How Can I Promote Thoughtful Use Of AI? Author Photo

    Eran Kahana at Maslon discusses how partners can encourage responsible use of artificial intelligence tools within their firms by learning to spot pitfalls common to AI-generated work product and championing firmwide procedures and trainings that address the risks of uncritically relying on this powerful but imperfect technology.

  • Making Legal Cents: Firm Culture Is The New Game Plan Author Photo

    Law firm culture is often dismissed as a soft factor — merely platitudes on a website that seem disconnected from the bottom line — but by intentionally embedding a strong culture into day-to-day operations, law firms can achieve sustainable success, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.

  • 5 Questions Firms Must Ask For Successful Lateral Integration Author Photo

    To ensure that lateral partners effectively integrate their books of business, firms should design a structured transition plan based on a few fundamentals, from tracking the right data to implementing meaningful incentives, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.

  • Goldilocks Solution: Why The 4-Day Office Week Is Just Right Author Photo

    As law firms continue to wrestle with return-to-office policies, many are being pulled toward one or the other of two extremes: the rigidity of a five-day in-office schedule and the laissez-faire approach of a flexible three-day hybrid model — but a four-day in-office workweek may be the sweet spot, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • As Attys Adopt Generative AI, 3 Elements Should Be Cardinal Author Photo

    As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises Author Photo

    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections Author Photo

    One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month Author Photo

    This year, experts shared 12 actionable strategies on building business in today's competitive legal market, from prioritizing human connections to maximizing the impact of thought leadership.

  • Overcoming US Law Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market Author Photo

    Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.

  • Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year Author Photo

    While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.

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    Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm Leader Author Photo

    Reid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.

  • How Firms Can Use LinkedIn To Aid Marketing Efforts In 2025 Author Photo

    LinkedIn has several features law firms can use to showcase their capabilities and thought leadership to reach prospective and existing clients, including the Event and Live features, says Sofia Millar at Reputation Ink.

  • Talking Mental Health: Managing Emotions In Trauma Cases Author Photo

    Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm discusses what motivates her to represent victims of catastrophic injuries, how she copes with the emotional toll of such cases, and what other attorneys taking on similar cases can do to protect their mental well-being.

  • Strategies For Successful Law Firm Mergers In 2025 Author Photo

    Law firms are expected to continue consolidating in the year to come, and because these mergers require a different kind of playbook, firm leaders must carefully consider office culture nuances, professional services economics and talent retention strategy before any merger, say directors at FTI Consulting.

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