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These Were The Biggest Issues For GCs In 2023
Backlash to institutional efforts around ESG. Unforeseen risks of AI. Explosive union campaigns. These were some of the main concerns for general counsel across sectors over the last 12 months.
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The Trends That Shaped The Legal Industry In 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, the legal industry has the opportunity to look back on a year with some exceptional highs and lows, including multiple law firm dissolutions, a number of lawyer layoffs and, more recently, the wide adoption of associate compensation increases. Here, Law360 takes a look at the year’s most consequential news events and what they mean for the industry.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Sutton On State Constitutions
State constitutions are often overlooked by lawyers, law schools and judges, according to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton, but their importance was brought to the fore when the U.S. Supreme Court recently ended the federal right to abortion.
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How Firms Can Buttress Mental Health During The Holidays
The holiday season is stressful and overwhelming for many people, and with particular vulnerabilities in the legal industry around mental health, it's a time of year when law firms should take additional steps to ensure their people are healthy and happy, experts say.
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Atty Insider Trading Cases Highlight Ongoing Ethics Woes
Insider trading is nothing new, but 2023 was a banner year for prosecutions involving attorneys, with cases that highlight what ethics experts say is an ongoing problem in the legal industry: lawyers flouting the law and best practices through neglect or hubris.
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5 Issues That Shaped Legal Tech In 2023 Besides AI
While generative text tools dominated the headlines in 2023, the legal tech industry faced several other big issues this year, including cybersecurity, consolidation and talent demand.
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Williams & Connolly Tops Cravath's 2024 Pay For Associates
Williams & Connolly LLP has eclipsed the prevailing 2024 associate wage scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, pledging to pay its attorneys an annual base salary of up to $65,000 more than its counterpart, according to published reports.
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Doc Asks 2nd Circ. To Review Jackson Lewis Defamation Win
A Connecticut doctor has asked the Second Circuit to rehear a three-judge panel's decision to pull the plug on his lawsuit that accused Jackson Lewis PC of defamation after the firm forwarded a report to hospital employees who sought the firm's assistance with an internal sexual assault and harassment probe.
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Why Salary Wars Could Heighten Associate Pressures
While bonuses were highly anticipated at the year's end, the recent salary increases that started with Milbank LLP and were later raised by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP have caught many in the legal industry by surprise, particularly given the overall slowdown in lateral hiring this year and broader layoffs.
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Alex Jones Contempt Ruling Upheld Over Skipped Conn. Depo
As other unresolved issues loom in the background, the Connecticut Appellate Court on Friday upheld a contempt ruling against far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who used doctors' notes to skip Sandy Hook depositions while appearing on his Infowars media network right before he was scheduled to answer questions under oath.
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New Eckert Seamans Pro Bono Chair Looks To Build Bridges
As he takes over as the new chair of the firm's pro bono committee, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC attorney Joshua Hill says he is looking to adopt a more holistic, firmwide approach to identifying and assigning pro bono projects.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, Hueston Hennigan LLP and Wiggin and Dana LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a California federal jury ruled that Google illegally restrained trade in the market for Android app distribution and billing services.
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Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Burr & Forman's efforts as part of establishing a new rare-earth magnet manufacturing plant and Richards Layton's handling of a Chapter 11 filing for Nogin Inc. lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Dec. 1 to 15.
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Kramer Levin, Katten Join Pay Hike And Bonus Bandwagon
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP are the latest law firms announcing year-end bonuses for associates and 2024 raises that are in line with the prevailing scales set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms expanded their practices, promoted attorneys and showered associates with bonuses. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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AI Rapid Response Team Will Help State Courts Adapt
State judiciary leaders have established a new team to examine how artificial intelligence may affect the courts and suggest best practices for dealing with those effects, according to an announcement this week.
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Property Feud Is 'Drenched' With Religion, Conn. Justices Told
A rabbi on Thursday urged the Connecticut Supreme Court to wash its hands of a civil lawsuit about control of a Stamford building complex titled to a Jewish nonprofit, arguing that secular courts must abstain from hearing disputes that are "drenched with religious issues."
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Marshall Dennehey Taps New Casualty Department Leadership
Marshall Dennehey has named a new director and assistant director of its casualty department, attorneys who have both worked for the firm for more than 15 years, the firm has announced.
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GCs, Compliance Pros Worry About Quick AI Adoption
Almost three-quarters of legal, compliance and privacy leaders who participated in a recent survey ranked the quick adoption of generative artificial intelligence as a top concern over the next two years, according to a report published Wednesday by global research firm Gartner.
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2-Year-Old Boutique Matches BigLaw Associate Salaries
Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP is the latest boutique firm to announce it will match or exceed the prevailing 2024 BigLaw associate salary scale and year-end bonuses.
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The Biggest Legal Ethics Cases Of 2023
A number of lawyers — and U.S. Supreme Court justices — faced scrutiny for alleged ethical missteps this past year, with a spotlight falling on Justice Clarence Thomas' luxury travel and the criminal indictments of multiple attorneys for former President Donald Trump.
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Schulte Roth Offers Upsized Bonuses To Top Billers
While Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP on Wednesday matched the prevailing 2024 associate salary scale, ranging from $225,000 for the class of 2023 to $445,000 for the class of 2015, top billers can reportedly take home upsized bonuses compared to most of their industry peers.
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1st-Gen Law Students Have 'No Safety Net'
First-generation law students are more likely to be minorities, are saddled with significant school debt and often work for pay while studying more than their peers, according to a recently released report.
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Award-Winning Cimplifi GC Champions Women In Law
For the past 35 years, Marla Crawford has been a pioneer on complex e-discovery cases as well a champion for women in the law.
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3 Law Firm Practice Areas That Gained Popularity In 2023
As new and emerging legal concerns plagued clients, large law firms sprang into action in 2023, launching new practice groups to accommodate the increased need.