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Law Firms Reimagine Knowledge Management Roles Amid AI
Knowledge management is more important than ever as artificial intelligence becomes table stakes in the legal industry, a group of law firm leaders said Wednesday.
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'Boomerang' Partner Hires Surge In Hot Lateral Market
The number of lawyers returning to their old firms as partners has surged in recent years amid fierce competition for talent, and as top law firms increasingly dedicate resources to maintaining relationships with alumni.
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Balch & Bingham Hires Hunton Attorney As Nuclear Partner
Balch & Bingham LLP has brought on a senior attorney from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP who focuses her practice on nuclear energy issues, nuclear transactions and project development, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Brownstein Adds USDA Atty To Gov't Relations Team
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has hired the former principal deputy general counsel from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who will work with the firm's government relations department as a shareholder in D.C.
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Sen. Blackburn Clears Path For Trump's Tenn. Court Nominee
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., has returned her blue slip for a judicial nominee for the Eastern District of Tennessee after an apparent delay.
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Kagan: High Court 'Blinded Itself' To Election Ruling Effects
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan criticized her conservative colleagues' approach to deciding election law cases Tuesday, saying they often rule without considering the real-world consequences of their decisions.
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Former EPA Air Chief Soars Into New Role At Pillsbury In DC
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced Tuesday that it has added the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's former air chief as a Washington, D.C.-based partner.
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AI Skills Attracting Higher In-House Atty Salaries
Salary growth for in-house counsel is expected to be more measured in 2027, with the biggest increases going to those in critical roles and hard-to-staff openings, according to a new report. Candidates with special skills, such as artificial intelligence expertise, are expected to score the highest salaries.
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Sanford Heisler Launches Dedicated AI Litigation Practice
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Tuesday that the plaintiffs firm has launched a dedicated artificial intelligence and technology litigation practice in response to the new types of challenges individuals face as a result of the increased usage and commonality of emerging technologies.
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Womble Bond Launches AI Lab For Client And Firm Projects
Womble Bond Dickinson on Tuesday debuted a new artificial intelligence lab dedicated to designing AI solutions for Womble Bond attorneys and clients.
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Baker Donelson Hires Ex-White House Info Director In DC
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has hired a former Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP partner, who previously worked as director of White House Information Governance for the Executive Office of the President, the firm announced Tuesday.
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BCLP Sets Pay Raises For Associates, Trainees By Location
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP announced Tuesday it is raising the pay for associates and trainees as part of a regular review of its compensation structures.
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These Firms Top The 2026 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
The business of law is changing — new priorities are emerging and firms are adapting their strategies to stay competitive. For the sixth annual Law360 Pulse Leaderboard, we tracked industry developments and updated our rankings to best reflect the factors that define law firm success.
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The Litigation Reach Of The 100 Practice Footprint Firms
The top 100 firms on Law360's Practice Footprint ranking are legal industry leaders that flex their influence across all federal district courts. Check out our interactive map to see the breadth of each firm's national reach.
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The 2026 Practice Footprint Ranking: How Firms Stack Up
Law360 Pulse Practice Footprint firms thrive in high-stakes litigation and execute transactions that cause waves in the market, making them legal giants with nationwide influence. See who's leading the pack.
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Freshfields Hires Gibson Dunn Life Sciences Lawyer In DC
Freshfields LLP has hired a former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP lawyer who focuses his practice on identifying, assessing and mitigating risks associated with U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversight, the firm recently announced.
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Redgrave Hires DOJ Vet, Ex-Hopper Deputy GC
E-discovery and information law firm Redgrave LLP has hired as a partner a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney and former deputy general counsel and head of government relations at travel technology company Hopper Inc., the firm announced Monday.
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Shumaker Adds Director Of Atty Development From Goodwin
The attorney development manager at Goodwin Procter LLP has taken the job of director of attorney development at Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP.
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Trump Taps DOJ Official, Federal Prosecutor For Judgeships
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated a senior U.S. Department of Justice attorney for a Nebraska federal judgeship and an assistant U.S. attorney for a seat on the Northern District of Indiana bench.
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Khalil Asks Justices To Review His Right To Habeas
Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to decide whether district courts have authority to hear constitutional challenges to immigration detention through habeas corpus petitions.
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Fed. Judiciary Seems Stuck On Litigation Funding Disclosure
Litigation funders can breathe a sigh of relief, as a panel studying whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure should be changed to tighten disclosure requirements declined to make a recommendation ahead of a meeting this week.
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Supreme Court To Tackle Admissions Bias Circuit Split
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will decide what type of evidence is needed to claim facially neutral admissions policies are racially discriminatory, after turning away two similar cases in the three years since the justices barred the use of affirmative action in higher education.
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4 Justices Sit Out Appeal, Leaving Copyright Ruling Intact
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact a far-reaching Fifth Circuit ruling holding that U.S. copyright termination can recapture foreign rights conveyed in a worldwide grant, not by denying an appeal from major music publishers, but because four justices sat out and left the court without enough members to hear the case.
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DOJ Or Trump: Judge Asks Who Is Deciding Golf Course Plan
Trump administration lawyers continued to insist at a hearing Monday there is no final plan to remake East Potomac Golf Course, and they changed their tune about whether one would require environmental review, despite new social media posts from the president announcing that work on the overhaul would begin "immediately."
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Court Denies Gov't Bid To DQ Susman Godfrey In ABA's Suit
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's executive orders against multiple major law firms.
Expert Analysis
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Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.
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Justices Widen Path For Confiscated Cuban Property Claims
For Americans holding claims to confiscated Cuban property, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Havana Docks v. Royal Caribbean Cruises means that the expiration of their property interest is no longer a bar and that any company using such property is now a potential defendant, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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Avoiding The Changing Pitfalls Of Firm Website Redesigns
BigLaw firms about to tackle a website redesign need to understand the fundamental changes to costs, timelines, vendors and technology since their last big update so their leadership teams can steer resource management decisions away from costly potential mistakes, says Stephan Roussan at Vertical Minds.
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Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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How Firms Can Win Market For Unified Legal Client Services
Firms willing to develop a new operating model, where AI-powered legal tech is paired with deep industry expertise and a different incentive structure, can win over companies looking to consolidate their legal needs with a single provider, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs
Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge
Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.
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How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm Model
The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.
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AI-Powered Search Demands New Legal Marketing Playbook
As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.
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What Law Firm MSOs Can Learn From Accounting Co. Model
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Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.
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Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush
Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.
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How Leaders Can Foster Professional Growth With Feedback
When law firm leaders provide work product feedback by identifying errors instead of offering guiding input, they miss a key opportunity to treat feedback as a professional development and leadership tool, but several practices can help bridge the gap between intent and impact, says Janet Jackson at Well-Law.
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Why Marketing Teams Are Vital For Law Firm AI Storytelling
Many law firms are using generic decks for multiple client presentations to articulate their artificial intelligence strategy, but in order to differentiate themselves, it's important to bring marketing teams into the fold to identify what's actually distinctive about how a firm uses AI, says Eric Greenberg at Cox Media.
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Legal Marketing Conference Highlights Pivotal Time For Firms
The Legal Marketing Association's recent annual conference underscored how advances in artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are causing law firms to evolve into more structured, data-driven businesses that place greater emphasis on strategy, implementation and measurable results, say Maria Aronson and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Build Relationship Habits
Meaningful relationships are foundational to business development, and they can be deliberately fostered through a set of habits for authentically, intentionally and consistently connecting with clients and colleagues — starting with people you already know and like, says Matthew Moran at V&E.