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Senate Confirms Jay Clayton As National Intelligence Chief
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, two weeks after Clayton, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, refused to answer who he thought won the 2020 election during his confirmation hearing.
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Queens Defenders Head Gets 3.5 Years For Looting The Nonprofit
A Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former director of the Queens Defenders to more than 3.5 years in prison after the longtime attorney admitted to a course of embezzlement that destroyed the group dedicated to legal services for the poor.
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AT&T Whistleblower Told To Cut Facts From Ethics Case Filing
Former AT&T in-house counsel and whistleblower Theodore Marcus has been asked to delete part of his response to professional misconduct charges pending against him in Washington, D.C., because the filing allegedly contains privileged information.
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Wachtell Lipton Co-Chair Joins Gibson Dunn In 6-Atty Move
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has brought on former Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz co-chair William Savitt and his powerhouse five-person corporate litigation team, a seismic move even by the standards of the current white-hot lateral market.
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Debevoise Taps Real Estate Leader With Chair Moving To GC
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP said Tuesday that the longtime chair of its real estate division will take over as general counsel, in an announcement also naming the new leader of the practice group.
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Otterbourg Unveils $20K Associate Bonuses
Otterbourg PC said Tuesday that it will issue a one-time $20,000 payment to all of its full-time associates, just one day after Milbank LLP became the first to roll out midyear bonuses.
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Take-Two Interactive CLO Earned Nearly $8M Last Year
The legal leader for digital entertainment company Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. saw his compensation remain steady at almost $8 million for the 2026 fiscal year, according to a securities filing late Monday.
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300+ Public Defenders Strike In The Bronx
More than 300 attorneys and staff with the Bronx Defenders Union went on strike Monday, one year after the last time the union walked off the job.
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Paul Weiss Hires Ex-Ropes & Gray Capital Markets Partner
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP said Monday it has hired a former partner at Ropes & Gray LLP as a partner in its capital markets group within the firm's corporate department.
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White & Case M&A Dealmaker Jumps To Freshfields In NY
Freshfields LLP announced Monday that a prolific dealmaker has left White & Case to join its New York office as a partner in the mergers and acquisitions and corporate practice.
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Milbank Issues Bonuses To Associates, Special Counsel
Milbank LLP is continuing to lead the way on bonuses, confirming Monday it has issued a round of special bonuses ranging from $6,000 for the class of 2026 and 2025 associates to $25,000 for the class of 2021 associates and beyond.
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Law Firms Expand AI Roles Beyond C-Suite To Lawyer Ranks
BigLaw firms are expanding artificial intelligence-focused roles from the C-suite to associate and partner levels.
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Ex-DLA Piper Tax Partner Rejoins Gibson Dunn
Former DLA Piper partner James Manzione has returned to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a tax partner in its New York City office.
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Law Firms Face Hard Calls As Income Partner Ranks Swell
Large law firms have grown their non-equity partner tiers at a relatively rapid clip in recent years, with some implementing the position for the first time. For many firms, that means hard decisions around how they will trim the ranks and remain profitable are on the horizon.
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Office Snapshot: Mandelbaum Barrett's Growing NYC Space
Northeastern firm Mandelbaum Barrett PC has announced a major expansion of its New York City office that almost quadruples the size of the original space in what it said is part of its strategy to double down on in-person work and provide a better experience for attorneys and clients working in the nation's financial center.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and McGuireWoods LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit reversed class certification in an investor lawsuit against Boeing over the company's alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet.
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SDNY Cybercrime Chief Joins Bracewell As Partner
Bracewell LLP has hired the former chief of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, touting her experience supervising what it calls "some of the most complex white-collar and cyber matters in federal law enforcement."
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked another busy week with new insight into law school grads and expanded BigLaw firm offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Over 100 Legal Aid Staffers Strike In Harlem And The Bronx
Over 100 legal aid attorneys, social workers and advocates in Harlem and the Bronx went on strike on July 24, with the possibility of more to come in the New York City area.
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Debevoise Wins Bid To Arbitrate Ex-Associate's Bias Suit
A New York federal judge ruled Thursday that a former Debevoise & Plimpton associate must arbitrate his disability discrimination and retaliation claims against the firm, finding that a broad arbitration provision in a confidential settlement agreement covering his earlier termination delegates questions about the scope of arbitration to the arbitrator.
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Ex-McGuireWoods Chair Remembered As Brilliant, Fair Leader
Former McGuireWoods LLP Chairman Robert L. Burrus, who helped expand the firm's global footprint and launch its government relations arm, is being remembered as a fair, kind and brilliant leader whose recent death leaves a long-lasting legacy at the firm and his alma mater, the University of Richmond.
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18 Attys Tapped For NYC's Judicial Advisory Committee
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled 18 appointees to the city's advisory committee for judicial appointments, following near-total vacancies and the recent resignation of its executive director.
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Harris Beach Adds Employee Benefits Pro In NY
Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC has continued its recent growth in New York with the addition of an attorney who most recently worked at retirement plan consulting and benefits administration firm USI Consulting Group.
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500-Member NYC Public Defender Union Ends Strike
The first and so far only New York City public defender union to go on strike this year announced on Wednesday that its approximately 500 members are returning to work after reaching a tentative agreement with their managers.
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Crowell & Moring Adds Former UBS Bank USA GC
Crowell & Moring LLP hired a former general counsel for UBS Bank USA this week to advise banks, fintechs and digital assets companies on regulatory matters.
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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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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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There are many ways that chess skills translate directly into lawyer skills, but for me, the bigger career lessons go beyond the direct parallels — playing chess has shown me the value of seeing gradual improvement in and focusing deep concentration on a nonwork endeavor, says attorney Steven Fink.
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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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Being An EMT Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While some of my experiences as an emergency medical technician have been unusually painful and searing, the skills I’ve learned — such as triage, empathy and preparedness — are just as useful in my work as a restructuring lawyer, says Marshall Huebner at Davis Polk.
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Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.
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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.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.