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Watchdog Wants Probe Of Trump Press Secretary's Atty Claim
A nonprofit government watchdog on Wednesday asked the State Bar of California to investigate whether the new White House press secretary has claimed to be an attorney without being licensed to practice law.
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BigLaw Lateral Hiring Stays Steady In Third Quarter
Large U.S. law firms hired steadily in the third quarter, as modest gains in associate and counsel moves helped offset a drop in partner hiring, according to figures from legal data company Firm Prospects LLC.
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Another Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has grown its public finance team with the addition of a former Ballard Spahr LLP attorney who specializes in real estate financing, bringing its total lateral hires from Ballard Spahr to 40 since February.
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Lowenstein Sandler Expands Paid Leave For NICU Parents
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced that it will expand its paid parental leave policy to provide up to eight extra weeks to employees with a newborn child in a neonatal intensive care unit in what it says makes it among the first firms to provide the benefit.
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Strong Job Market Is Less So For Black, First Gen Law Grads
The Class of 2025 saw near-record levels of employment, but there were significant disparities in occupation outcomes by race or ethnicity and first-generation college student status, according to newly released data from the National Association for Law Placement.
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Willkie Grows DC Office With Senior Westinghouse Atty
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has expanded its offerings in the nation's capital with a nuclear energy attorney who most recently worked in-house at U.S.-based global nuclear power provider Westinghouse Electric Co.
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Mayer Brown Taps Ex-Sheppard Leader As Group Co-Lead
Mayer Brown LLP has hired Sheppard's former governmental practice group co-chair to be the co-chair of its global investigations and white collar defense practice.
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Justices Wary Of Weakening Sentencing Commentary
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Tuesday of arguments that lower court judges should not give deference to U.S. Sentencing Commission commentary that interprets federal sentencing guidelines, with some of the justices wondering whether such a holding would open the floodgates for thousands of defendants seeking to have their sentences reconsidered.
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Sotomayor Warns Gov't On Double Jeopardy In Migrant's Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned the government on Tuesday about charging a deported Mexican national twice for the crime of being found in the U.S. after having been removed, saying constitutional problems plagued the government's treatment of the man.
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Stoel Rives Extends Managing Partner's Term Through 2029
Stoel Rives has voted to retain its current managing partner through the end of 2029, extending her four-year term to six years, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Dentons Adds K&L Gates Lawyer To Healthcare Practice In DC
Dentons has hired a former K&L Gates LLP counsel as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office, where he will advise pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies on a range of matters related to regulatory and transactional oversight, the firm announced.
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Nelson Mullins Sued In SC Over October Data Breach
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has been hit with a proposed class action in South Carolina federal court over a data breach that took place in early October.
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Debevoise Hires Ex-DOJ Acting Antitrust Litigation Head In DC
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has hired the former acting director of litigation at the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, who spent nearly two decades with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP before moving to the agency, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Justices Agree To Hear Habeas Case About Circuit Splits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether prisoners can appeal denials of their federal habeas corpus petitions if there is a circuit split on the issue underlying their petition, even if their home circuit has precedent against them.
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High Court To Consider DOGE FOIA Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will review the D.C. Circuit's decision to greenlight limited discovery aimed at determining whether the Department of Government Efficiency is an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
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Justices Won't Eye 'Weaponized' Sanctions Of Election Attys
Despite outrage among Ninth Circuit conservatives, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to scrutinize six-figure sanctions of lawyers who challenged Arizona election protocols, leaving intact discipline designed to "send a message."
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Justices To Weigh If Cooking For Terrorists Bars Asylum
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will review whether a Nigerian man's short stint as a cook for a terrorist group constituted "material support" that would render the already deported man ineligible for asylum.
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Trump Admin Aims To 'Rein In' ICC With New Sanctions
The Trump administration Friday imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, which swiftly condemned the move as "an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order."
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Alston & Bird LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Sixth Circuit overturned a pivotal decision in multidistrict opioid litigation that had dramatically expanded claims against the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers.
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4 Takeaways From The ACC's Annual Conference
From the vendors in the exhibit hall and lawyers' presentations to attendees' interactions with the robot Spot at the science museum, artificial intelligence took center stage at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual conference this week.
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Squire Patton, Holland & Knight Report Data Breaches
Squire Patton Boggs LLP and Holland & Knight LLP were hit with cyberattacks exposing sensitive information, according to disclosures filed this week.
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Cooley Develops Redaction AI With Google Cloud
Cooley LLP announced on Thursday a collaboration with Google Cloud to develop an artificial intelligence tool to help lawyers review court filings for confidential information and prepare proposed redactions.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
McKool Smith's work on an antitrust suit against Blue Cross Blue Shield and Vedder's handling of a novel manufacturing loan lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9
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Up Next At High Court: Criminal Sentences & Video Privacy
The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its October sitting by hearing oral arguments in two cases that ask what level of deference federal district courts should give to commentary interpreting the federal sentencing guidelines, and what purchases are protected under a video consumer privacy statute.
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Ex-State Dept. Pro Goes Solo Again With Trade Controls Firm
After helping draft rules governing the trade in defense and military technology at the State Department in the 2010s, Christopher Stagg has used the experience to launch a successful career in private practice, including stints in BigLaw and, more recently, the opening of a new solo venture.
Expert Analysis
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10 Practical Tips For Attorneys Navigating High-Profile Cases
Complex corporate litigation now often unfolds under the glare of a parallel trial in the court of public opinion, requiring attorneys to adopt a cohesive strategy for legal filings, leadership communications and narrative control, says Monica Smith at Integer PR.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Tailor Your Personal Style
In an industry where competition for clients is fierce, a thoughtful approach to personal style can give you the confidence to walk into any room and own it, the magnetism to make connections that matter, and the tools to highlight your deeper professional values, says Leslie Berkoff at Moritt Hock.
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Tips For Landing The Client Pitch
In today’s competitive legal market, successful attorneys treat the pitch process with general counsel like the beginning of a relationship, not a one-off sale — showing up with curiosity, commercial awareness and the ability to engage in a meaningful way from the start, says Andrew Dick at The L Suite.
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Making Legal Cents: Strategy That Stays In Motion
Instead of lurching between year-end strategic planning season and springtime panic mode, firms need a framework that helps them identify what clients and the market need throughout the year, and then actually adjust course, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Roundup
Legal Tech Talks
Company founders, attorneys and other professionals working in the legal tech space share their journeys into the industry, challenges they face when working with law firms and legal departments, and common misconceptions about technology.
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4 Tips For Attys To Turn An Interim Job Into A Long-Term Role
As some attorneys seek interim roles amid economic uncertainty, big-picture thinking and a few proactive steps can help to turn those short-term assignments into long-term positions, says Amy Vanderhoof at Major Lindsey.
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The Augmented Lawyer: AI Exercises For Junior Attorneys
As artificial intelligence tools become increasingly adept at handling entry-level legal tasks, firms and organizations must consider new ways to train and mentor junior attorneys to prepare them for leadership in an AI-integrated profession, say attorneys at KXT Law.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Embrace LinkedIn
Attorneys who recognize LinkedIn as a powerful professional platform can gain significant competitive advantages in business development via strategic content creation, meaningful industry discussions and consistent visibility within target markets, says Agatha Mouillet at Horvitz & Levy.
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Guidance For Attorneys As Tariffs Reshape Legal Hiring
As law firms and in-house legal departments grapple with the uncertainty of evolving tariff policies, attorneys at all career stages should consider how to lean into these shifts to best position themselves for long-term opportunities, says Rena Barnett-Matthews at Attorney Career Coach.
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How Firms Can Plan For Succession Of Admin Professionals
Many law firms are familiar with the need for attorney succession plans, but it’s also essential to plan for the succession of administrative professionals — from human resources personnel to finance leaders — to ensure continuity of critical day-to-day operations, say Eryn Carter and Travis Armstrong at the Association of Legal Administrators.
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Expanding The Reach Of A Legal Nonprofit
I co-founded the Legal Mentor Network with the goal of providing free legal mentoring to law students and early career attorneys, and the experience has highlighted how nonprofits can grow with the help of strong sponsorships and volunteers who all operate from a positive place, says Chrystal Mauro at the Legal Mentor Network.
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How 1Ls Can Plan For Sped-Up Summer Associate Hiring
The ever-earlier recruiting of summer associates sets high stakes before new law students may even realize, but 1Ls can better land a good 2L summer fit if they hit their first semester focused on the hiring timeline and ready to ask important questions about their would-be firms, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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How GCs Can Help Build A Geopolitical Command Center
In the face of sustained regulatory and economic uncertainty, general counsel can help businesses move from reactive to proactive management by building a clear, cross-functional geopolitical command center that monitors and coordinates responses to a wide spectrum of issues, says Lars Faeste at FTI Consulting.
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For Some Lawyers, Building A New Practice Makes Perfect
Leaving an established law firm to start a boutique business of your own requires not only vision and resilience but also a solid business plan to help mitigate risks and increase your chances of unparalleled personal and professional success, says Rebecca Palmer at the Rebecca L. Palmer Law Group.
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Beyond Billable Hours: The Unseen Labor Of Women In Law
The legal profession has a critical role to play in reducing attrition of women lawyers by addressing the disproportionate burden of the mental load — the often-unseen work of managing tasks and anticipating needs in both personal and professional realms, says Michelle Browning-Coughlin at Northern Kentucky University’s Chase College of Law.