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Morrison Foerster LLP said Tuesday it was expanding its litigation and global employment and labor groups with a new partner from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
As the FBI finished its inquiry into U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, the bureau drew ire for shuttling credible sources to a tip line it seemed to ignore. Even now, the investigation remains shrouded in secrecy, leaving some U.S. senators concerned about the integrity of future nominations.
Eighteen percent of attorneys at the top 200 law firms were ethnically diverse in 2022, a full percentage point higher than last year and coming after a long stretch of stasis, according to a report released Tuesday by legal industry research and consulting organization Leopard Solutions.
Plaintiff-side labor law firm Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP said Tuesday that it had opened a new office in Palo Alto, California, its eighth location nationwide, in a bid to step up its representation of tech workers and Asian Americans in Silicon Valley.
White & Case LLP has continued to expand its global mergers and acquisitions practice and real estate group with the addition of partners in New York and Houston, both of whom came aboard from Paul Hastings LLP.
Detroit-based Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC announced that it hired an experienced marketing professional with over a decade spent working with major law firms as its new director of business development and marketing.
Mayer Brown LLP announced Monday it has hired a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP associate to focus on merger and acquisition transactions for public companies.
A New York City property owner accused a law firm of not noticing or grasping the importance of a crucial provision in a draft contract while trying to close on a $5.35 million building sale, claiming it was forced to slash the sale price as a result.
DLA Piper has asked a New York federal judge to sanction a Chinese investment fund and its attorneys for filing what the firm called an "irresponsible" and "frivolous" $180 million malpractice lawsuit against it that was recently dropped.
Despite the year-over-year progress, the legal profession still has room for improvement when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, according to a new Diversity Lab report that finds a lack of inclusion for lawyers with disabilities.
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP announced on Monday that it would again provide a course on burgeoning technologies such as the metaverse and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, with the addition of a new certificate transferred as an NFT.
Bitly Inc. said it has hired as its new top lawyer a veteran in-house lawyer who has spent the majority of her career holding general counsel and legal head roles.
Levi & Korsinsky LLP has asked a New York federal judge to end a gender discrimination lawsuit against the firm, claiming the ex-partner behind it was fired for her poor performance and for creating a toxic workplace, not because she was a woman.
An Israeli software CEO has asked a New York federal court to block Meister Seeling & Fein LLP's counterclaim seeking indemnification in his $30 million legal malpractice suit, saying the firm's argument that it was acting as escrow agent rather than legal counsel in a loan deal gone wrong is baseless.
A New York federal judge handed American International Group a win Friday in a lawsuit by the former head of its legal consulting arm, ruling the ex-employee's own statements doom his claims that he was retaliated against for reporting alleged fraud within the company.
Legal experts say a decision by the country's largest unified trial court to no longer provide official court reporters in family law and probate cases as of Nov. 14 could harm California's most at-risk and disadvantaged litigants.
An insurer is fighting back against claims that it waited too long to file a suit to stop defense coverage for a Manhattan law firm accused of misleading a client in a real estate deal.
Foley Hoag's representation of the American Civil Liberties Union in a suit seeking records from Donald Trump's declassification order and Bernstein Litowitz's appointment as lead counsel in a $2.5 billion Santander investor suit lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 9 to 23.
Since Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs reported cutting several hundred jobs this month, attorneys concerned about job security have prompted several discussions on social media, asking whether layoffs are coming.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Thursday that it has formed a roster of advisory board members for ClearyX, the legal tech incubator it launched in June.
London-based partner Farmida Bi assumed the role of global chair at Norton Rose Fulbright on Jan. 1, taking on leadership of the law firm's more than 3,500 lawyers and 63 offices. Here, Bi chats with Law360 Pulse about her plans as firmwide chair.
An attorney who has practiced at Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP's New York office for nearly 20 years has been named chairperson, marking the first time in the firm's history that the role has been filled outside its Philadelphia headquarters.
Federal prosecutors are requesting that a former Bronx attorney who pled guilty to throwing a Molotov cocktail at an empty NYPD cruiser during riots following George Floyd's murder by police receive a sentence of 18 to 24 months in prison.
In the business of law realm this week, one large law firm eliminated its litigation secretary position, another ushered in a stricter in-office policy, and a third initiated a big leadership transition. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
After being named as the representative from the United States to the International Association for Young Lawyers, Katja Garvey of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP spoke with Law360 Pulse about how she first got involved with the organization, the benefits it provides to young attorneys, and her plans for the role.
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.
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.
Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.
To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.
Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.
In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time; Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
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CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning OutcomesGiven the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.
There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.
David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.