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    How To Throw A Holiday Party — Without The Legal Hangover

    While holiday parties may be a time-honored tradition for many companies, they present unique challenges that can land careless employers in legal hot water, especially in a year when the #MeToo movement has pushed concerns about workplace sexual harassment to the forefront of public consciousness, attorneys say. Here, Law360 looks at four things employers should keep in mind to make sure that holiday parties don't become fodder for lawsuits.

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    6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018

    From a pitched battle over a U.S. Supreme Court nomination to a sea change in the way that legal employers consider their attorneys' mental health and well-being, these were some of the most significant events and trends to hit the legal industry in 2018.

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    How A Mental Health Pledge Is Pushing BigLaw To Do Better

    There has been a flurry of activity among large law firms over the past few months promoting mental health and wellness among attorneys and staff, a change that comes as more firms sign on to a pledge to tackle the topic.

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    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 71 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360’s 2018 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 7, 2018

    Trump Unlikely To Defy 'So-Called Judges,' Prof Argues

    A recent paper by a William & Mary law professor argues that, despite charged rhetoric from the Trump administration, including the president’s personal attacks on judges, the federal government has thus far complied with judicial orders and is likely to continue to do so.

  • December 7, 2018

    Law360's Pro Say: The Copy-Paste Case That Led To Fraud

    Can you be held liable for securities fraud if you simply copy-and-paste someone else’s false statements? The U.S. Supreme Court wrangled with that question this week, and reporter Jon Hill joins the Pro Say podcast to explain the case.

  • December 7, 2018

    Tesla Taps Williams & Connolly Chairman To Take GC Reins

    Williams & Connolly LLP chairman Dane Butswinkas will become the new general counsel at Tesla Inc., moving in-house after a decadeslong career at the prestigious Washington, D.C., firm, the automaker announced Thursday.

  • December 7, 2018

    GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

    More than a dozen privacy groups doubled down on efforts to persuade California lawmakers to refrain from watering down a landmark privacy law, the District of Columbia gave final approval to a post-Wayfair tax law, and the Marriott hack showed the risks of cyber diligence gaps in mergers. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​

  • December 7, 2018

    Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe

    Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe, a self-proclaimed "elder millennial," created a client management platform to streamline the firm's work in asbestos litigation that is now used across practice areas, making the firm's business more efficient and upping its ability to attract clients through innovative fee arrangements, earning him a spot on our 2018 list of Data-Driven Lawyers.

  • December 7, 2018

    Kirkland Nixes Forced Arbitration For Non-Attorney Staff

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP told employees it would end its policy of requiring arbitration to settle employment disputes for all non-attorney staff, according to a memo obtained Friday by Law360 and following public pressure mounted by a group of Harvard Law School students.

  • December 7, 2018

    Belgian Busted In Scheme To Dupe US Law Firms, Charities

    A Belgian national who was indicted by a federal grand jury for a scheme to convince law firms and charities to wire him money was arraigned in Boston federal court Friday, 22 months after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

  • December 7, 2018

    Legal Industry Sheds 2,400 Jobs, Wiping Out Year's Gains

    The legal services sector lost 2,400 jobs in November, the steepest single-month drop in 2018, erasing virtually all of the gains made throughout the year, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • December 7, 2018

    Trump Picks Kirkland's William Barr For AG

    President Donald Trump named Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney William Barr as his pick to replace former Attorney General Jeff Sessions Friday, setting Barr up to reprise the role he served under late President George H.W. Bush.

  • December 6, 2018

    Kirkland’s William Barr Said To Be Trump’s Top Pick For AG

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney William P. Barr, who served as U.S. attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, is President Donald Trump’s favored choice to succeed Jeff Sessions, according to Thursday media reports.

  • December 6, 2018

    White & Case Narrowing Gender Gap In UK Partner Pay

    White & Case LLP is whittling down the pay gap between male and female partners in its London office, according to data voluntarily disclosed by the U.S. law firm along with information required by the United Kingdom’s Equality Act.

  • December 6, 2018

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Dodges Prison For $9M Transfer Racket

    A former attorney at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP on Thursday avoided prison time for operating an unlicensed money transfer business that funneled over $9 million from the U.S. to Mexico on others’ behalf.

  • December 6, 2018

    Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs

    Finnegan and Shook Hardy & Bacon top this week's legal lions list with a Federal Circuit victory for client Sprint in a patent battle with Time Warner Cable, while Berger Singerman ended up among the legal lambs after a Florida court ruled against its client, Airbnb, in a fight with the city of Miami.

  • December 6, 2018

    Hueston Hennigan Associates' Bonuses To Exceed Cravath's

    Hueston Hennigan LLP will dole out end-of-year bonuses for associates that top the market standard previously set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, joining a number of firms that have recently disclosed their scales, according to media reports Thursday.

  • December 6, 2018

    Male Partners Make 53% More Than Female Colleagues

    Female partners receive markedly less compensation on average than their male colleagues at U.S. law firms, and the 53 percent pay gap is driven largely by discrepancies in origination and hourly rates, a report released on Thursday has found.

  • December 5, 2018

    Progressives Weigh Packing The Court Post-Kavanaugh

    A group of progressive activists gathered Wednesday evening to discuss how to reform the Supreme Court now that conservatives have shored up their majority with two new appointments, including bold strategies such as court-packing and impeaching Justice Brett Kavanaugh if and when Democrats control Congress and the White House.

  • December 5, 2018

    Kerr & Wagstaffe Closes As Rent Rises, Attys Form New Firms

    The partners of San Francisco litigation boutique Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP have shuttered the law firm after 20 years in business as its rent was set to double, and two new firms — one with four partners and no associates — will form in its wake.

  • December 5, 2018

    Debevoise Rolls Out New Associate Feedback Program

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has launched a new informal feedback program designed to give evaluations and training to young associates in the U.S. on an ongoing basis, outside of the context of a more traditional annual review, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • December 5, 2018

    Sen.'s Bid To Protect Mueller Again Delays Vote On Judges

    Once again, the Senate Judiciary Committee has canceled a Thursday meeting and delayed votes on Third, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Circuit judicial nominees as a standoff with Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., over an unrelated bill to protect the Mueller investigation continues.

  • December 5, 2018

    Robert Shapiro Faces Deposition Over LegalZoom Claims

    Courtroom star Robert Shapiro will have to answer deposition questions about ads in which he claimed to have “created” LegalZoom.com, a San Francisco arbiter said Tuesday.

Expert Analysis

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    Celebrate Veterans By Improving Their Access To Justice

    Linda Klein

    Attorneys should think beyond the Veterans Day parades and use their time and talents to help the many veterans facing urgent legal issues, says Linda Klein of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.

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    Time To Reclaim Wellness For All Lawyers

    Leesa Klepper

    The decision last month by Baker McKenzie’s global chairman to step down due to exhaustion indicates that the legal profession needs to mount a broader wellness effort to address long hours, high stress, frequent travel and the daily demands of practice, says Leesa Klepper, director of Thrivewell Coaching.

  • Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends

    Susan Blakely

    By 2030, it is possible that 75 percent of lawyers practicing in the U.S. will be millennials. A broadened focus on retention and advancement of all young lawyers is therefore a logical step forward but it fails to address another major retention issue that law firms should explore, says Susan Smith Blakely of LegalPerspectives LLC.

  • Q&A

    Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice

    Wendy Olson

    Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Wendy Olson discusses her decades of experience prosecuting white collar crimes and civil rights violations, her work and challenges as U.S. attorney, and her move to private practice.

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    Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'

    Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown

    Anthony Thompson’s "Dangerous Leaders: How and Why Lawyers Must Be Taught to Lead" explores the conflict many lawyers face when charged with the responsibility of leadership. The book is an excellent read for all lawyers, says U.S. District Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown of the Eastern District of Louisiana.

  • Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination

    Matthew Menchel

    Trial lawyers are frequently taught that they should appear invisible during direct examination — that their job is merely to prompt the witness to start speaking. But the most powerful direct examinations are the ones in which the examiner, not the witness, is controlling the pace, say attorneys with Kobre & Kim LLP.

  • Need Litigation Finance? Don't Skip These 5 Steps

    Molly Pease

    The process of applying for litigation financing isn’t difficult, but few do it right the first time. Following five steps in your application process will help make sure litigation funders are convinced of the value of your company's legal claims, says Molly Pease of Curiam Capital LLC.

  • A Holistic Approach To Client Retention

    Dan Tacone

    In an era when law firms are fighting for business and clients can dictate the terms of the relationship, "value" has become a moving target. Firms that take a proactive approach by using strategies designed to articulate value over time will gain the competitive advantage, says Dan Tacone at Intapp Inc.

  • Q&A

    A Chat With Allens Pricing Chief Pier D'Angelo

    Pier D'Angelo

    In this monthly series, Amanda Brady of Major Lindsey & Africa interviews management from top law firms about the increasingly competitive business environment. Here we feature Pier D'Angelo, chief pricing and practice officer at Allens.

  • Opinion

    The ABA Was Dead Wrong About Model Rule 8.4(g)

    Bradley Abramson

    In the two years since the American Bar Association's controversial anti-discrimination and harassment rule, only one state has adopted it, while numerous state supreme courts, state attorneys general and legal groups have correctly rejected Model Rule 8.4(g) as a threat to lawyers' First Amendment rights, says Bradley Abramson, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom.