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Weil To Wind Down As Top Attorneys Abandon Firm

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Alex Wittenberg and Aebra Coe

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, the restructuring powerhouse that led Lehman Brothers, Enron and General Motors through bankruptcy, told Law360 Pulse Wednesday that the firm is preparing to wind down operations.

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MSG Tips CEO $10M, Legal Chief Returns In Rangers Spinoff

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Judge Hellerstein, Gruff Moderator Of Major Cases, Dies At 92

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Ex-Dickinson Wright Partner, Prosecutor Starts Litigation Firm

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How Associates Can Crush Their Year-End Reviews

Courts
Williams & Connolly's Butswinkas Remembered As Trial Ace
By Jack Karp

Williams & Connolly LLP partner and litigator Dane H. Butswinkas is being remembered by those who knew and worked with him as an accomplished and talented trial attorney, trusted adviser and mentor, and great friend.
Modern Lawyer
Gibson Dunn To Add Weil's London Funds Team
By Marialuisa Taddia

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP is set to hire an almost 40-strong London funds team, including eight partners, from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as the firm prepares to wind down, sources familiar with the situation told Law360 on Thursday.
Modern Lawyer
Office Snapshot: O'Melveny's Bespoke Houston Shop
By Lynn LaRowe

More than four years after launching its third Texas location in Houston, O'Melveny & Myers LLP has set up a permanent downtown office in a custom two-floor space designed to accommodate its growing roster in Space City.
Legal Tech & AI
AI's Cost Is Reshaping Billing, Pay Models For Small Firms
By Rachel Rippetoe

Artificial intelligence's efficiency and its price might be changing the way solo practitioners and small firms need to be thinking about billing and what they're paying their lawyers, legal consultants said at ClioCon this week.
DC Pulse
Womble Bond Names DC Partner White Collar Group Head
By Jack Rodgers

Womble Bond Dickinson has tapped a partner of 5½ years to lead its white collar defense and criminal investigation team, which includes a group of former federal prosecutors and regulatory lawyers, according to an announcement Tuesday.
Georgia Pulse
Porsche Financial Names GC, Shifts Legal Chief To Operations
By Anna Scott Farrell

Porsche Financial Services Inc. has moved its lead attorney into a top operations role and has appointed its business director to be general counsel, the luxury car financing company said Wednesday.
California Pulse
CrowdStrike Says Chatty Spider Group Increased Legal Hacks
By Matt Perez

Law firms faced a 129% increase in malicious activity over the first eight months of the year compared to all of 2024, according to a report on Wednesday from Nasdaq-listed cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, with the hacker collective Silent Ransom Group, also known as Chatty Spider, leading the charge.
Modern Lawyer
Simpson Thacher Set To Add Another Weil Partner In London
By Marialuisa Taddia

Another London-based finance partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges is set to join colleagues who moved to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, as the Wall Street firm continues to lose rainmakers on both sides of the Atlantic.
California Pulse
LA's Top Federal Prosecutor 'Unlawfully Serving,' Judge Finds
By Christine DeRosa

A federal judge has ruled that Los Angeles' top federal prosecutor isn't legally serving in the role and that he is disqualified from participating in or supervising two criminal prosecutions.
California Pulse
Federal Student Loan Borrowers Face Pending Deadline
By Kevin Penton

Millions of federal student loan borrowers face pending deadlines for changing their repayment plan, and the cost of doing nothing could lead to potentially higher monthly bills, financial experts tell Law360 Pulse.