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Conn. Lawyer's Discovery Dodge Cost Client $450K, Suit Says
A Connecticut lawyer whose alleged refusal to respond to discovery requests led to a default judgment against his client in a federal fraud suit is now facing malpractice claims in state court.
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Shipman Elects Partners To Management, Makes 2024 Promos
Connecticut-based law firm Shipman & Goodwin LLP has begun 2024 by electing two partners to the firm's management committee and promoting five attorneys to partner.
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Law Schools Adjusting Applications After Harvard Ruling
Law schools have overhauled their application processes in the aftermath of this summer's U.S. Supreme Court decisions that terminated race-based affirmative action in college admissions, adding essay questions and more in-person interviews, legal education experts tell Law360 Pulse.
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4 Priorities For Conn. Firm Leaders In 2024
Making predictions about the future of the legal industry in Connecticut, or any state or country, risks assuming that 2023 trends offer guidance on what the next year will hold for law firms. Here, three leaders of Connecticut-based firms share with Law360 Pulse what they're most keeping an eye on in 2024.
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King & Spalding Offers Up Cravath-Sized Pay Raises
King & Spalding LLP is the latest law firm to join more than 70 other law firms to dole out base pay increases for associates in line with those implemented by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in November.
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White And Williams Real Estate Atty Named Managing Partner
White and Williams LLP is beginning the new year with a new managing partner at the helm, the law firm said Wednesday.
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How Firms Weigh Privacy Concerns When Publicizing Wins
Small litigation firms and solo practitioners, particularly on the plaintiffs side, rely heavily on their successful trial verdicts and big settlements as marketing tools for getting their name out to clients. But lawyers need to weigh this brand-building opportunity with protecting their client’s privacy and fostering trust.
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The 6 Biggest Law Firm Combinations Of 2023
The amount of large U.S. law firm combinations increased substantially in 2023 compared to the previous three years, with six tie-ups announced where the smaller partner was made up of 100 or more lawyers.
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Xerox Taps One Of Its Own For CLO Spot Amid Reorganization
Xerox has filled its open chief legal officer position with a lawyer who has been in-house there for almost 25 years, amid a reorganization and new operating model that the company made public on Wednesday.
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Michael Cohen Can't Revive Trump Payback Suit In 2nd Circ.
The Second Circuit on Tuesday rejected a bid by Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump's onetime attorney and fixer, to revive a suit alleging Trump had him locked up in retaliation for his plans to publish a book painting Trump in a negative light.
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Latham Matching Cravath Salary Scale For Associates
Latham & Watkins LLP is the latest BigLaw firm to announce it will meet the Cravath scale for associate salary increases this year, according to published reports.
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FordHarrison Taps Atlanta Atty As New Managing Partner
FordHarrison LLP announced Tuesday that it has elected a new managing partner who has been with the firm since completing a summer internship there more than three decades ago.
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Law Firm Mergers Fell In 2023, Even As Big Deals Ticked Up
What looked like the beginning of a recovery to pre-pandemic levels of law firm combinations in 2022 was followed up in 2023 with less impressive overall numbers, as the frequency of small and medium-sized mergers and acquisitions declined year-over-year, according to data collected by Law360 Pulse.
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Ex-Anderson Kill CFO Rips DQ Bid As 'Litigation Tactic'
A former chief financial officer for insurance recovery firm Anderson Kill PC who claims he was illegally fired after seeking disability accommodations has blasted a bid to disqualify his counsel and partially dismiss the suit, saying the filing was meant "to distract from clear factual and legal issues that ought to proceed quickly to trial."
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Law Firm DEI Efforts At Crossroads Amid '24 Litigation Threat
The year ahead will be an inflection point for a legal industry that's still struggling to diversify its ranks, experts say, because the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling nixing affirmative action will require law firms to rethink their diversity efforts, even as those efforts face a "broad-based attack" from determined conservative organizations.
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8 Bold Legal Technology Predictions For 2024
What could be bigger than the rise of generative artificial intelligence in 2023? How about the next iteration of AI in the legal field in 2024?
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What's Keeping Small Firm And Solo Attys Up At Night In '24
As 2024 approaches and the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic recedes further into the past, many of the big issues affecting small and solo law firms remain in flux, including office space, the role of remote work and remote hearings, and the proper role of AI.
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What's Top Of Mind For Mid-Law Firm Heads In 2024
Artificial intelligence and its implications for the legal industry are top of mind for many Mid-Law firm heads at the dawning of 2024, along with issues relating to talent acquisition and succession planning and concerns about the wider economy.
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3 Issues Managing Partners Are Watching Heading Into 2024
In the midst of economic changes and global uncertainties, law firm leaders are once again planning for the year ahead with a keen eye on an array of factors — from market trends and client demands to technological advancements and regulatory shifts — that are shaping the legal industry.
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State Courts' Growing Politicization May Get Worse In 2024
State judiciaries are becoming more overtly political, and important elections, rulings and ethics cases could exacerbate that partisanship in 2024, experts worry.
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4 Major Concerns On GCs' Minds For 2024
As general counsel plan for the new year, they expect disrupted sleep over keeping up with artificial intelligence and states' data privacy laws, as well as navigating anti-diversity litigation and rhetoric, among other issues.
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Conn. Judicial Branch's Human Rights Appeal Stays In Court
The Connecticut judiciary may pursue a court challenge to retaliation claims that an attorney lodged with the state's human rights agency, a state court judge has ruled in a standoff that could have implications for the constitutional separation of powers.
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Expect More Tech And Talent Roles In The Law Firm C-Suite
Law firms have been hiring more and more non-lawyers to their C-suite, and experts tell Law360 the trend will continue, with new executive roles focusing on tech, talent and innovation.
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2 IP Litigation Firms Giving Above-Average Holiday Bonuses
Tensegrity Law Group LLP and Irell & Manella LLP are the latest firms to blow the market rate end-of-year bonus standard out of the water, according to published reports.
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Synchrony Financial Shareholder Attys Ask For $885K Fee
Three law firms are asking a Connecticut federal court to award them $885,000 in attorney fees and expenses after securing what they described as a "highly favorable" settlement agreement to bring corporate governance changes to Synchrony Financial and end a derivative lawsuit.