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Clerk Database Founder On Cruel Judges, Law School Inertia
This month, the Legal Accountability Project will launch an online clerkship database consisting of more than 800 reviews of state and federal judges. Access will be limited to law students undergoing the clerkship application process and seeking honest assessments of their would-be bosses.
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A&O, Shearman Name Top Leaders For Merged Firm
Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP said on Friday that they had elected the first members of their top management team ahead of their merger in May.
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Houston Judge Again Declines Recusal In Back Wages Fight
A Texas state judge again declined to recuse himself in a dispute between a Lewis Brisbois partner and his previous law firm after the partner filed a motion accusing the judge of allowing counsel for a Houston firm to "engage in numerous attacks" against him based on his sexuality.
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Houston Judge Says Opponent Misstates Law In Election Row
A Houston state judge suing a political opponent has urged the presiding state court to reject her motion for a pretrial win, arguing that it contains "several misstatements of law and fact," including her assertion that he lacks witnesses to back his claim that she is ineligible for a judgeship.
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How Aspiring GCs Can Be Sure Their Comp Packages Are Fair
The beginning of proxy season is upon us, which means we can gain insight into compensation packages for public companies' legal chiefs. But how can lawyers, especially those stepping into their first general counsel role, be sure their own compensation is fair and reasonable?
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
The expansion of law firm footprints in North Carolina and Florida, a couple of homecomings in Minnesota and Sarasota, Florida, and the completion of a multimillion-dollar renovation in Houston were among some of the biggest real estate moves for law firms in February.
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Inside BigLaw's 'Tremendous' Hunger For Restructuring Attys
Even as the economy appears poised to pick up steam in 2024, BigLaw firms are still aggressively adding restructuring capabilities, with a number of recent lateral hires reflecting the glut of work still to be found in the practice area.
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K&L Gates Lands Labor Ace In Dallas From Bell Nunnally
K&L Gates LLP announced Thursday that it has bolstered its labor, employment and workplace safety group with a partner in Dallas who made the leap from Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP.
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Judiciary Panel Sends 5 Red State Judges To Full Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance six district court judicial nominees on Thursday, including five from red states.
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DLA Piper Names New Global Managing Partner
DLA Piper announced Thursday that partner Richard Chesley will step into the newly created role of global managing partner to oversee the development of cross-border business initiatives and expansion of global relationships.
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'Lawyer Cat' Judge, Texas Attys Seek Seats On New Courts
The state court judge behind 2021's viral "lawyer cat" video along with several prominent Houston attorneys have submitted bids for appointment to the Lone Star State's newest courts, according to records obtained by Law360. Here's a look at some of the attorneys who have thrown their names in the running for the new appointments.
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Judge Puts Patent Biz, Not Its Lawyer, On Hook For Atty Fees
A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday opted to punish an alleged shell company, but not its litigious attorney, for asserting patents that were already expired in another failed lawsuit, this time against television maker Vizio Inc.
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Gov't Attys Must Mind Confidential Info Or Be DQ'd, ABA Says
Both current and former government attorneys who take on private clients should look out for instances where their possession of "confidential government information" calls for them to be disqualified from representing a client, according to the latest guidance from the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, released Wednesday.
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Coats Rose Atty Fired Over Threatening Letter To Judge
The Texas law firm Coats Rose PC terminated one of its attorneys believed to have sent intimidating messages on firm letterhead to an immigration judge running for a judgeship in the 151st Civil District Court of Harris County, the firm confirmed to Law360 on Wednesday.
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Seyfarth Taps Ex-Fenwick DEI Leader For C-Suite Role
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced it has appointed a former Fenwick & West LLP diversity leader who currently instructs on corporate culture at New York University to serve as the firm's chief inclusion and diversity officer.
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Husch Blackwell Launches AI Practice Group
Husch Blackwell has launched a cross-practice artificial intelligence group focused on advising clients on regulatory and legal matters related to the burgeoning technology.
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Behind Benesch's Strategy To Add And Keep BigLaw Laterals
Mid-sized Ohio-based firm Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has become an attractive destination for a certain type of BigLaw lateral partner, attracting a notable number over the past six months from firms such as Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jenner & Block LLP.
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MG+M Adds Asbestos Pro In Texas And Calif. From Solo Shop
Manning Gross & Massenburg LLP has added a partner to its Dallas and San Francisco rosters who boasts extensive experience in asbestos litigation, personal injury and products liability, and who came aboard after more than five years as a solo practitioner.
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Jackson Walker, Kirkland Again Sued Over Judge's Romance
Jackson Walker and Kirkland & Ellis LLP have been hit with another lawsuit alleging they were aware of a former Texas bankruptcy judge's relationship with a onetime partner of the former firm and failed to disclose it during proceedings worth millions of dollars.
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Law Firm Leasing Activity Reaches Pre-Pandemic Level
Major firm relocations in late 2023, including Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's December deal for a 20-year lease in a midtown Manhattan skyscraper, helped fuel the hottest legal office space market since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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McDermott Appoints 4 Real Estate Leaders in US, Germany
McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced four new real estate practice leaders on Monday, elevating a longtime partner in Germany and three newer hires in the U.S.
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Norton Rose Fulbright Taps Atlanta Atty To Lead AI Practice
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Tuesday that it had formally created an artificial intelligence practice team in the U.S., and that it would be helmed by an Atlanta-based partner who came aboard last year from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Michael Baylson
Though his standing order on lawyers writing briefs using artificial intelligence — one of the first in the country to address the technology — is fairly broad, Judge Michael Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says he's "not banning AI."
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Firm Accused Of 'Racial Panhandling' In Its Tax Collection Biz
Calling the property tax collection business in Texas a "white-boys-only club," a Black attorney in Houston has sued an area firm in state court, alleging it hired him to secure a government contract by appearing diverse and then stiffed him on money he is owed for the legal work he performed.
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Energy, Infrastructure Pro Rejoins V&E In Houston
Vinson & Elkins LLP is welcoming back a longtime attorney, announcing Monday that an energy and infrastructure expert is rejoining the firm as a partner in its Houston office after a brief foray working with an energy emissions reduction software company.