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How Women Lead Today's BigLaw
More women are leading major law firms, but the job they are stepping into looks increasingly different from the one that existed when many began their careers.
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The 2026 Women In Law Report: By The Numbers
Women enter law firms in numbers rivaling men, but reaching the top of the law firm hierarchy is another matter. Here’s our data dive into the representation of women at U.S. law firms.
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How Gen Z Women Are Redefining Success In Legal Careers
After watching previous generations pour themselves into work no matter the cost, Gen Z women attorneys emphasize flexibility and work-life balance in career planning more than their predecessors, according to several Gen Z women attorneys and legal industry experts who spoke with Law360.
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Top Wachtell Dealmaker To Lead Linklaters In The Americas
Linklaters LLP announced on Thursday that a leading dealmaker and 32-year veteran of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz will take over as managing partner of its Americas team in November.
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Proskauer Hires Former Cahill Gordon Finance Team
Proskauer Rose LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a team of New York attorneys who most recently worked for Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, touting their experience serving clients in the leveraged finance market.
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Two Men Cop To Bribing Ex-NYC Buildings Commissioner
Two men on Wednesday pled guilty to bribing former New York City Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich just weeks before the longtime city official is slated to stand trial in New York state court.
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Labaton Reboots Whistleblower Practice With Ex-SEC Chair
Investor-side firm Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP has tapped two former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission veterans to lead a new practice representing whistleblowers before the SEC and other federal regulators, reviving a service that the firm provided five years ago.
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Lowenstein Sandler Adds ExodusPoint GC As NY Partner
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has expanded its investment management and private funds group by adding a pair of attorneys in New York, including an incoming partner with both in-house and BigLaw experience.
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Womble Bond Adds 15 Lewis Brisbois Auto Defense Attys
Womble Bond Dickinson has added a 29-person consumer warranty and product liability litigation group from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP that specializes in defending automobile manufacturers, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Ex-SDNY Judge Joins Zaiger Linden After Joseph Hage Closure
Commercial litigation boutique Zaiger Linden Roberti & Pepe LLC announced this week that it has hired a former U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of New York who most recently worked at now-shuttered Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC, touting his history of working on "many of the nation's largest and most consequential business bankruptcies."
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Akerman Adds AI Development Director From Munck Wilson
Akerman LLP announced Wednesday that it has rounded out its artificial intelligence leadership team by bringing on a former Munck Wilson Mandala LLP litigator to serve as the firm's first director of AI development.
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The 2026 Diversity Snapshot: By The Numbers
Law360 Pulse's latest Diversity Snapshot showed that law firms continued to make incremental gains in diversity, though attorneys of color remained less represented in the partnership ranks. Here's our data dive into representation at law firms in the U.S.
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What's Next As Law Firms Go Quiet On Diversity Data
Law firms may be less public about their diversity, but legal industry advisers and diversity experts say much of the underlying work around recruiting, retaining and advancing talent continues.
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The 2026 Diversity Snapshot: Explore The Data
Law360's Diversity Snapshot report explores firms' demographics across the hierarchy of private practice, and how those numbers compare to the available talent pool. Dig into the data to see a detailed look at every rung of the ladder.
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Cleary Creates New Role For Ex-Paul Weiss AI Leader
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Wednesday that it has brought on the former director of knowledge and innovation at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to take on the newly created role of chief innovation officer.
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9th Circ. Upholds Former Atty's Murder-For-Hire Conviction
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to disturb the conviction of a former New York attorney accused of arranging to pay a hitman to kill the mother of his two young children in the midst of a custody battle, ruling that it doesn't matter that his payment was made to an undercover agent rather than a person who really intended to arrange for murder.
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ABA Law School Accrediting Arm Repeals Diversity Standard
The American Bar Association council responsible for law school accreditation voted Tuesday to eliminate its diversity and inclusion standard, the final step in a process that the council hopes will ensure it remains an accreditor recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Ex-Fisher Phillips Innovation Exec Joins Baretz & Brunelle
Legal industry advisory firm Baretz & Brunelle LLC announced Tuesday it has hired Evan Shenkman, a former chief knowledge and innovation officer at Fisher Phillips LLP, as a partner.
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Paul Weiss Adds Funds Atty, SEC Alum From Kirkland
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP announced on Tuesday that its investment funds team has gained a Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner who started his legal career at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Weil Welcomes Back Freshfields' Private Credit Co-Leader
Weil announced Tuesday that the co-leader of Freshfields LLP's private credit and capital solutions practice has returned to Weil's banking and finance practice, where he worked as a partner from 2014 to 2023.
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Insurance Defense Law Firms Draw Interest From PE Investors
The high-volume business and institutional clients at insurance defense law firms are attracting interest from private equity outfits looking for more avenues into the legal sector.
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Baker Botts Names New Energy, Infrastructure Leaders
Baker Botts LLP announced Tuesday that it has appointed a group of longtime partners to leadership roles across practices central to the firm's energy and infrastructure work.
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Paul Hastings Expands Capital Markets Team With Cooley Atty
A Cooley LLP attorney who advises companies, investment banks and investors on transactional and general corporate matters has joined Paul Hastings LLP as a capital markets partner in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Associate Rates Hit $2,500 Per Hour, Outpacing Partner Hikes
The ceiling on law firm associate billing rates is approaching $2,500 per hour, increasing at a faster pace than partner rates, particularly at the industry's largest law firms, according to a report released Monday by LexisNexis' CounselLink.
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Motley Rice Founder Remembered As Titan Of Mass Tort Bar
Motley Rice LLC co-founder Joseph F. Rice, who died Thursday, was remembered by former colleagues and friends as a "transformational" attorney and "giant in the civil litigation bar" who spent decades working on some of the most high-profile mass torts and obtaining landmark asbestos, opioid and tobacco settlements.
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Fly-Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Much like skilled attorneys, the best anglers prize preparation, presentation and patience while respecting their adversaries — both human and trout, says Rob Braverman at Braverman Greenspun.
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6 Strategies To Set Up New CCOs For Success
As demand for chief compliance officers rises among a growing range of complex issues, organizations looking to hire and retain top-notch CCOs can adopt a series of strategies including defining success metrics and allowing the CCO to build a team, says Cara Bain at Major Lindsey.
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Making Legal Cents: How Firms Can Navigate 2026 Trends
From the adoption of artificial intelligence infrastructure to increasing client attrition, a number of trends will likely define the legal industry in 2026, and law firms will need to strategically lean into these shifts to gain a competitive advantage, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Integrating Lateral Talent
When done thoughtfully through three strategies, bringing laterals into the fold can propel growth and create significant business opportunities that enhance the law firm's cultural fabric, says James Sullivan, leader of Alston & Bird's New York office.
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The Augmented Lawyer: Drafting As AI Alters Admin Of Law
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded in mainstream legal practice, they are reshaping the administration of law itself, from how experts document and validate their work to how joint defense teams operate, demanding a new level of contractual clarity and operational discipline, says Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law.
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How Attorneys Can Plan Now For Biz Dev Success In 2026
As the year winds down and the pace of work slows, attorneys should reflect on what did and didn’t work to generate business in 2025, and start mapping out their 2026 business development plan now to set themselves up for success, says Ezra Crawford at Crowell.
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How Firms Can Retain Rainmakers, Now And All Year Long
Though firm leaders feel the most urgency about retaining rainmakers now, during compensation season, effective retention strategies are preemptive and year-round efforts anchored in meaningful support, tactical execution and credible follow-through, says Tom Orewyler at TO Comms.
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Ways To Earn Clients' Trust
Trust is the foundation of any great client relationship, but it isn’t built overnight or maintained passively — rather, counsel must consistently show up in small but important ways to become the trusted partner clients rely on when judgment matters most, says Andrew Dick at The L Suite.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make An Onboarding Plan
The investment required for a personalized client onboarding plan is minimal, but the return on investment — measured in client satisfaction, relationship strength and longevity, client referrals, and other business development opportunities — can be extraordinary, says John Reed at Rain BDM.
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Law Firm Content Strategies To Stay Competitive In 2026
A number of trends will continue to reshape how people search, consume and trust information next year, and law firms will need to adopt forward-thinking content strategies — from generative engine optimization to interactive legal tools — to stand out, says Elizabeth Lampert at Elizabeth Lampert PR and Nancy Myrland at Myrland Marketing and Social Media.
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What Law Firm Liability Risks In 2025 Signal For Year To Come
Trends and statistics reveal that law firms of all sizes and practice areas remained attractive litigation targets this year, so firms must take concrete steps to avoid professional liability risks in the year to come, say Douglas Richmond and Andrew Ricke at Lockton Companies.
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5 New Archetypes Of Legal Talent For The Age Of AI
New job archetypes are rapidly replacing the traditional model of the lawyer as artificial intelligence proliferates, and to remain competitive, firms will need to embrace the diverse portfolio of talent required to navigate, design and critique algorithmic systems, says Dmitri Mehlhorn at Atoll Society.
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A Closer Look At 5 Types Of Legal Management Services Orgs
Legal management services organizations, which outsource the administrative aspects of law firms to separate entities, are poised to disrupt the industry in the year to come, so firms and attorneys should consider the advantages and disadvantages of several MSO models, say Frederick Shelton and Ayven Dodd at Shelton & Steele.
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Law And Disorder: How To Tackle A Key Burnout Syndrome
Impostor syndrome prevails as a main root cause of attorney burnout, but sufferers can equip themselves with a series of practice tips that build confidence through evidence, not emotion, to address the mindset behind this damaging condition, says Jonathan Cohen at PNY.
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My Miniature Livestock Farm Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Raising miniature livestock on my farm, where I am fully present with the animals, is an almost meditative time that allows me to return to work invigorated, ready to juggle numerous responsibilities and motivated to tackle hard issues in new ways, says Ted Kobus at BakerHostetler.