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The federal judiciary approved a new office Tuesday aimed at improving the quality of representation for indigent defendants with cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin has been hit with disciplinary charges in the nation's capital over threatening letters he sent to Georgetown University Law Center last year while he was interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.
Artificial intelligence could disrupt business as usual for law firms and legal departments, but a panel of experts on Monday showed there are varying differences of opinion on the importance of human judgment in legal matters.
A majority of judges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin have declined to extend the tenure of interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel, according to an announcement Tuesday.
Sidley Austin LLP has hired a Kirkland & Ellis LLP government contracts lawyer, who is joining the team as a partner in Washington, D.C., to work on government contracts and national security matters.
Mayer Brown announced Tuesday that it has hired six attorneys from McGuireWoods LLP for its litigation and dispute resolution and corporate and securities practices, including the former office managing partner of that firm's Houston office.
Big Four accounting giant KPMG LLP is hoping to stay in its own lane and build on its existing suite of services as it moves forward with its year-old law firm subsidiary KPMG Law US, the company's newly appointed U.S. legal chief, Christian Athanasoulas, told Law360 Pulse this week.
A former HWG LLP partner is launching a legal ethics-focused firm that will advise law firms and lawyers on professional responsibility issues and represent attorneys facing disciplinary proceedings, regulatory investigations and malpractice matters.
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has hired a former Rhode Island assistant attorney general, who represented the office of the state's top attorney in an ongoing fight with Meta Platforms Inc. over its social media sites' allegedly addictive design.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that its new outside general counsel services team is up and running with a recently hired Dallas-based partner at the helm.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Monday against critiques that the high court is ruling in favor of President Donald Trump in emergency appeals more often than it did for prior presidents, saying people who believe those allegations have "short" memories.
A growing mismatch between revenue-driving demand and expenses among U.S. law firms could drive more firms to either be acquired or fold.
The top lawyer for the Boeing Co., who has guided management through years of legal troubles, earned more than $6.95 million in total compensation in 2025 — a $2.5 million increase over the previous year, according to a securities filing.
SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein, currently under home confinement in Washington, D.C., after a Maryland jury convicted him on tax evasion and mortgage fraud charges, will face sentencing in June.
Bass Berry & Sims PLC has added two new roles to its leadership team while expanding the responsibilities of other firm executives.
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP has launched a data center and digital infrastructure group, making it the latest firm to announce a dedicated team focused on the environmental, energy, regulatory and business aspects of the developments that power artificial intelligence technology.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a Guam community group's challenge to the U.S. Air Force's bid to explode expired munitions on the island, after a divided Ninth Circuit found the agency should have conducted an environmental review.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved ahead with filing appeals at the D.C. Circuit to defend executive orders issued by President Donald Trump targeting four law firms, just three days after the agency backtracked on its decision to drop the fight.
The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling Wednesday that New Jersey Transit isn't an arm of the state clarified a key limit on sovereign immunity, with experts telling Law360 that the court's emphasis on corporate form and formal liability could change how states structure and defend their state-created, quasi‑governmental entities.
The Florida Bar said Friday that it is not investigating controversial former interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan, walking back a previous assertion it had made in a letter to a nonprofit that it was probing Halligan's actions.
Attorneys are preparing clients for a possible "roller coaster ride" as law firms craft tailored strategies to claw back tariffs paid under the now-struck-down International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff regime amid wide uncertainty over refund processes and the Trump administration's pursuit of more tariffs under different laws.
Husch Blackwell LLP announced Friday the appointment of a chief transformation officer and the launch of a transformation office, which seeks to accelerate technology and operations change at the firm.
A longtime intellectual property and litigation partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has been tapped as the new leader of its Washington, D.C., office, a decision the firm says fits its strategic plan to invest in leadership and enhance collaboration, the firm announced Thursday.
The legal sector continued its lengthy upward streak in February, with 2,600 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in January, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The legal industry began the month of March facing a new conflict in the Middle East and developments on executive orders targeting BigLaw firms. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Opinion
It's Time To Hold DC Judges Accountable For Misconduct
On the heels of Thursday's congressional hearing on workplace protections for judiciary employees, former law clerk Aliza Shatzman recounts her experience of harassment by a D.C. Superior Court judge — and argues that the proposed Judiciary Accountability Act, which would extend vital anti-discrimination protections to federal court employees, should also include D.C. courts.
While the American Bar Association's recent amendments to its law school accreditation standards around student well-being could have gone further, legal industry employers have much to learn from the ABA's move and the well-being movement that continues to gain traction in law schools, says David Jaffe at the American University Washington College of Law.
Series
Ask A Mentor: How Do I Build Rapport In New In-House Role?
Tim Parilla at LinkSquares explains how new in-house lawyers can start developing relationships with colleagues both within and outside their legal departments in order to expand their networks, build their brands and carve their paths to leadership positions.
Piper Hoffman and Will Lowrey at Animal Outlook lay out suggestions for attorneys to maximize the value of their pro bono efforts, from crafting engagement letters to balancing workloads — and they explain how these principles can foster a more rewarding engagement for both lawyers and nonprofits.
Roundup
Ask A Mentor
As the legal profession undergoes a dramatic period of change, experts answer questions on career and workplace conundrums in this Law360 guest article series.
Lawyers can use LinkedIn to strengthen their thought leadership position, generate new business, explore career opportunities, and better position themselves and their firms in search results by writing a well-composed, optimized summary that demonstrates their knowledge and experience, says Guy Alvarez at Good2bSocial.
Imposter syndrome is rampant in the legal profession, especially among lawyers from underrepresented backgrounds, leading to missed opportunities and mental health issues — but firms can provide support in numerous ways, and attorneys can use therapeutic strategies to quiet their inner critic, says Helen Pamely at Rosling King.
In 2022, partners considering lateral moves have new priorities, and firms that hope to recruit top talent will need to communicate their strategy for growth, engage on hot issues like origination credit and diversity initiatives, and tailor their integration plans toward expanding partners’ client base, says Gloria Sandrino at Lateral Link.
Lawyers are experiencing burnout on a massive, unprecedented scale due to the pandemic, but law firms and institutional players can and should make a difference by focusing on small, practical solutions that protect their attorneys’ most precious personal resource and professional commodity — time, says Chad Sarchio, president of the District of Columbia Bar.
Technological shifts during the pandemic and beyond should force firms to rethink how legal secretaries can not only better support timekeepers but also participate in elevating client service, bifurcating the role into an administrative support position and a more elevated practice support role, says Lauren Chung at HBR Consulting.
Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can I Ace My Upcoming Annual Review?
Jennifer Rakstad at White & Case highlights how associates can emphasize achievements and seek support before, during and after their annual review, despite the pandemic’s negative effects on face time with colleagues and business development opportunities.
In order to be perceived as prestigious by clients and potential recruits, law firms should take their branding efforts beyond designing visual identities and address six key imperatives to differentiate themselves — from identifying intangible core strengths to delivering on promises at every interaction, says Howard Breindel at DeSantis Breindel.
Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.
Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it’s like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.
Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.