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Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Thursday asked the state Supreme Court to overturn a ruling saying that the state legislature failed to show that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner misbehaved in office by implementing "progressive" policies amid a high violent crime rate in the city.
Philadelphia-based Cozen O'Connor has continued its expansion in the Great White North by bringing on the former chief operating officer at two major Canadian law firms as its new director of Canadian operations.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC has expanded its white collar defense compliance and investigations practice in Philadelphia with a senior attorney who joined the firm from Cozen O'Connor.
It's been more than 10 years since Crowell & Moring LLP launched its Sponsorship Initiative — one of the first of its kind in the legal industry — to help retain and advance the careers of women, LGBTQ attorneys and attorneys of color at the firm.
The hardest challenge for most corporations and service providers when collecting data during an investigation is gathering data from mobile devices, chat applications and remote employees, according to a recently released report from Israeli digital intelligence company Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions.
The National Center for State Courts has developed an online questionnaire to help reexamine building space and provide guidance on courthouse space planning, alongside a contest to help promote the best redesign of space, the group said in a news release Wednesday.
An attorney specializing in commercial litigation has left Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC after more than 17 years to bring her practice to the larger, global platform available at Dentons' Pittsburgh office, the firm announced Wednesday.
More e-discovery companies are building artificial intelligence tools to detect negative and positive sentiments as well as certain emotions in documents, which can help attorneys more quickly identify key communications when investigating potential wrongdoing.
Jones Day announced that it has appointed new leadership to the firm's corporate practice.
A Pennsylvania law firm specializing in debt relief services has been hit with a putative class action in Colorado federal court alleging it used prerecorded robocalls to solicit clients in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
A former assistant U.S. attorney has joined Philadelphia law firm Youman & Caputo LLC as a partner in its whistleblower practice, bringing extensive experience in investigating and litigating cases under the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute and Controlled Substances Act.
Natural gas producer EQT Corp. claims a former employee has aided a proposed class action's counsel by providing insider information over the company's abandoned wells, marking another reason to disqualify the plaintiffs' law firms from the West Virginia federal litigation.
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC has named its new chief human resources officer and chief information officer, according to an announcement by the firm.
Stradley Ronon ended a 13-month transition plan with major changes in its top leadership positions, including the creation of a new director of knowledge management role and the stepping down of the firm's executive director after more than 30 years.
Pennsylvania law firm Moremarrone LLC says it never forged a contract on how to divide attorney fees when negotiating a settlement with DuPont in a Fair Labor Standards Act class action, urging a federal judge to take its side in a dispute with its former litigation partner, Stephan Zouras LLP.
K&L Gates LLP has expanded the firm's Pittsburgh headquarters with the addition of seven attorneys from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby's corporate and private equity practices.
Fourteen former Troutman Pepper attorneys have moved their practices to help Goodwin Procter LLP launch its new Philadelphia office, officially confirming rumors that started swirling around the city last week.
Legal staffing and legal services provider Axiom launched an Arizona-based law firm called Axiom Advice & Counsel, or AA&C, on Monday, months after securing an alternative business structure license from the state.
The former chief counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and a key architect of U.S. sanctions against Russia has joined Crowell & Moring LLP as an international trade and financial services partner, the firm said Monday.
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday refused to toss a Canadian investor's allegations that a pair of Keystone State attorneys scammed him out of $5.6 million in bitcoin — which would've later been worth $33 million — although she did side with the lawyers on other issues.
The first female chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania very nearly traded the circuit court for the circus in the summer between college and law school, according to some of the family, friends and colleagues who spoke Friday at Justice Debra Todd's formal swearing-in.
Cornelius Grossmann, EY's global law leader, has been busy lately setting up the structure that his legal group will take once it has split away from the Big Four auditing firm. It is a vision that could change the shape of legal services around the world.
It was only a matter of time before Stacey Fuller would eventually take on the top leadership role at Pennsylvania-based regional firm Gawthrop Greenwood PC.
An attorney with more than 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate market has moved his practice from Kaplin Stewart to McCarter & English LLP's Philadelphia office, the firm announced this week.
The legal news keeps rolling in as the second half of January continues, with firms expanding their footprints through mergers and sizable group hires, and hiring prominent former government officials to strengthen their practice areas. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.
Opinion
Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The MarkLaw firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.
Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.
To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.