4 Ways Associates Can Ace Their Annual Review This Year

By Tracey Read

It’s year-end review time. How can associates put themselves in the best position possible to advance their careers? Here are four tips.

How Leaderboard Firms Define Success

By Xiumei Dong

The 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard law firms are balancing business strength with social responsibility, global reach with local impact, and the ability to lead complex matters while meeting clients' evolving needs. Law360 caught up with firm leaders from this year’s Leaderboard to discuss what success looks like, and how they are positioning their firms for the future.

The 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard

Check out the Law360 Pulse Leaderboard to see which firms are leaders in all-around excellence this year.

The Litigation Reach Of The 100 Practice Footprint Firms

By Sam Bell

The top 100 firms on Law360's 2025 Practice Footprint ranking have left a clear mark across federal district courts. Our interactive map shows where each firm has appeared in district court cases over the past three years — revealing the breadth of each firm's national reach.

These Firms Top The 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard

By Sam Bell and Xiumei Dong

What makes a law firm stand out in a crowded field of top-tier competitors? What does it take to be a well-rounded firm? Presenting the 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard — showcasing the firms that demonstrate excellence on measures of prestige, responsible business practices, and the reach of their legal work.

The 2025 Practice Footprint Ranking: How Firms Stack Up

By Sam Bell and Xiumei Dong

These 100 firms stand out for their impressive litigation footprints and transactions work. See who's leading the pack across four categories: variety of cases, range of jurisdictions, closing large merger and acquisition deals, and handling registered offerings.

Who Watches The Watchers? Conn. Justices Mull Court Bias

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut Supreme Court justice said Monday that if the state's human rights watchdog cannot address claims of racial discrimination in attorney licensing, then there is "no oversight" when bias infects the process.

Morgan & Morgan's New Marketing Head Talks Legal Ads

By Emma Cueto

Personal injury juggernaut Morgan & Morgan PA has hired a new chief marketing officer who comes aboard from Geico to oversee Morgan & Morgan's national advertising efforts, with ambitions to help the firm shake up legal advertising and reach consumers with a message that resonates at a time when institutional trust is low.

IOLTA Funds Should Go To State, Conn. Panel Rules

By Andrea Keckley

The Connecticut Appellate Court on Friday ordered an attorney's Interest on Lawyers' Trust Account funds to escheat to the state after an ethics audit, flipping a trial court judge's decision that they should return to the lawyer, whose suspension from the practice of law has resulted in several appellate matters.

Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Hecht Partners LLP, Hausfeld LLP, DiCello Levitt and Zuckerman Spaeder LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal jury returned a landmark $20 million verdict against French bank BNP Paribas.

Conn. High Court Snapshot: Discipline Powers Top Docket

By Brian Steele

When the Connecticut Supreme Court reconvenes Monday, it will consider two appeals with ramifications for the way attorneys are disciplined in the state and take up a wage case against Amazon that it previously punted due to a lawyer's family emergency.

Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Anna Sanders

This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as one BigLaw firm elected a new managing partner and other shops expanded their rosters. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

Conference Set In Discovery Fight Amid $900K Fee Dispute

By Emily Sawicki

A Connecticut state judge has called a status conference but denied a request for an "urgent" evidentiary hearing in a fee dispute between two law firms stemming from a $900,000 personal injury settlement, noting in an order that the conference would be held to discuss outstanding discovery issues ahead of trial.

Conn. Panel Doubts Ex-Alex Jones Atty Can Skirt Suspension

By Brian Steele

Connecticut appellate judges expressed skepticism Thursday that an attorney who previously represented conspiracy theorist Alex Jones can avoid serving the remainder of a two-week suspension, voicing doubt that a lower court abused its discretion in crafting the sanction for violating a confidentiality order.

Meet The Veteran Judge Who Led Conn. Official's Bribery Trial

By Christine DeRosa

For Senior U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill, the recently concluded trial of former Connecticut school construction director Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis is just the latest in a string of notable cases the veteran jurist has overseen in his 25-plus years on the federal bench. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a look at Judge Underhill’s biography and previous cases.

BigLaw's 'New Normal' Is Fewer Hours Per Lawyer

By Aebra Coe

Lawyers are billing fewer hours, even as their rates soar, ushering in what appears to be a "new normal" for billable hours.

Racial, Class Gaps Persist In Strong Year For Law Grad Hiring

By Xiumei Dong

Employment for the class of 2024 reached near-record levels, but graduates from underrepresented backgrounds were less likely to secure attorney positions or judicial clerkships, according to newly released data from the National Association for Law Placement.

Companies Report Increasingly Gearing Up For AI Risks

By Sue Reisinger

More than a third of major public companies in a study cite AI as a risk factor in their annual financial filings, and 73% report they are aligning with external cybersecurity standards. Both numbers are significantly higher than last year.

The 2025 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders

Check out our Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, attractiveness to attorneys and law students, ability to secure accolades and positive legal news media representation.

What It Takes to Stay Elite As Legal Market Shifts

By Aebra Coe

The law firm market has undergone unprecedented change in recent years, allowing for more upward mobility for some firms yet presenting risks for the longtime stalwarts of prestige. Here's how law firms navigate those shifting dynamics.

Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club

By Xiumei Dong and Rachel Reimer

As BigLaw firms continue to post record-breaking revenues, we're highlighting the firms that reported more than $1 billion in gross revenue in the most recent calendar year.

These Firms Are The 2025 Prestige Leaders

By Rachel Reimer and Xiumei Dong

Clients gravitate towards firms with sterling reputations, and so does exceptional legal talent. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction.

How GCs Can Keep The 'Essence' Of Their DEI Efforts

By Michele Gorman

While shifts this year in federal diversity, equity and inclusion guidelines may have changed the way corporate legal teams track and share demographic information — including for their external counsel — a panel of in-house attorneys who spoke Monday said their work on the issue continues.

Connecticut Watchdog Atty Tapped To Lead Utility Regulator

By Brian Steele

Connecticut's governor announced Monday that he had chosen the legal and regulatory director for the state consumer watchdog agency, Thomas Wiehl, to serve as the chairman of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, and he tapped three others to serve as commissioners of the five-member body.

Conn. Firm, Former Client End Cybersecurity Dispute

By Matt Perez

A Connecticut personal injury firm and its former client have reached a joint stipulation of dismissal in a federal court dispute over the firm's hacked email system and a fraudulent email that resulted in the wiring of nearly $730,000 in closing costs on a residential property.