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Law Class Of 2023 Gave $104M In Pro Bono Legal Services
Members of the law class of 2023 volunteered more than 3,289,714 hours in legal services as part of their education last year, giving a total of over $104.6 million worth of their time, according to a recent survey by the nonprofit Association of American Law Schools.
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Report Shows Women Making Progress On BigLaw Deals
Female attorneys increasingly appear on the teams that negotiate the big deals law firms love to tout, and they're on track to continue "advancing up the team ladder and gaining power" even as law firms step back from some diversity programs in response to litigation challenges from conservative groups, according to a new report.
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Arnall Golden Continues Atlanta Growth With Partner Duo Hire
Atlanta-based Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has hired a pair of experienced technology partners as part of its continued focus from last year on growing out its hometown office.
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Perkins Coie Matches Cravath On Associate Salaries
Perkins Coie LLP confirmed on Thursday that it will meet the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP for associate salary increases this year, but there is a caveat for midlevel and senior associates.
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Trump Prosecutor Blasts DQ Bid: 'Contrary To Democracy'
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis delivered fiery testimony Thursday during a hearing seeking to have her office removed from the election interference case of Donald Trump and his allies, forcefully denying an improper relationship with a special prosecutor tapped for the high-profile case.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Real Estate Experts From DLA Piper
Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought on two seasoned DLA Piper construction law experts as its newest shareholders, adding them to the firm's Atlanta office in what Greenberg Traurig called a "strategic move to enhance its full-service, industry-leading real estate capabilities."
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Trump Gets March 25 Trial Date In NY Hush Money Case
The Manhattan district attorney's hush money case against Donald Trump is on track to be the first of the former president's four criminal matters to go to trial, after a state judge on Thursday denied his motion to dismiss the charges and confirmed a March 25 date for jury selection.
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BCLP Can Fight Atlanta Firm's Fee Garnishing Request
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP can now appeal a trial court's ruling ordering the firm to return just over $125,000 in connection to a dispute between an Atlanta attorney and an airport travel spa operator, a Georgia state appellate court ruled Wednesday.
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AI Use Among 'New Criteria' Differentiating Outside Counsel
While top corporate lawyers have a keen interest in how outside counsel will use generative artificial intelligence, many are in the dark about their law firms' views and strategies on the technology, according to a new report.
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Construction Contract Co. Document Crunch Raises $9M
Document Crunch, a contract software company servicing the construction industry, announced Tuesday the raising of $9 million in a Series A funding round to scale its product and expand its team.
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How Associates Can Handle Romance At The Office
Perhaps he maintained eye contact during the boring meeting for a bit longer than expected. Or maybe when other lawyers rolled their eyes at the corny joke, she actually laughed.
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Decades After Repping MLK Jr., This Tenn. Atty Is Still Going
As a young lawyer, Walter Bailey was on the team of attorneys who fought for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during his final, fatal visit to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. More than 50 years later, Bailey still practices law — and he has no plans to stop.
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Seyfarth Adds Atlanta Community Leader, RE Atty From BCLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced Tuesday that it had hired a former chair of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity's Board of Commissioners who was also a real estate partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in Atlanta.
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How Legal Work Can Feed Attorneys' Suicidal Thoughts
Studies show time and again that attorneys are at greater risk for suicide and suicidal ideation than peers in other industries. Law360 spoke with eight attorneys who shared their personal stories about how the legal profession encourages behavior that can lead to suicidal ideation and how they found help.
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Fani Willis' DQ From Trump Case 'Possible,' Ga. Judge Says
The Georgia state judge presiding over the election interference case against former President Donald Trump said Monday that "it's possible" Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis' admitted relationship with a top prosecutor on the case could end in her disqualification, and is allowing a hearing on the issue planned for this week to go forward.
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Man Who Laundered $30M Gets 18 Years After Fiery Hearing
An Atlanta man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday for his role in a $30 million money-laundering scheme following a heated two-day hearing in which he became so argumentative that the overseeing judge reminded him he'd been a lawyer longer than the man had been alive.
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Judicial Innovations Acquired By PE-Backed Gov. Tech Firm
The state and local government technology company Avenu Insights & Analytics acquired Judicial Innovations, a provider of cloud-based court and payment tools, on Monday.
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Law Firms Prioritized Nonequity Partner Growth In 2023
Even as demand lagged and expenses went up last year, law firms took an aggressive approach to expanding their non-equity partner headcounts, according to the results of a survey by Citi Global's Wealth at Work Law Firm Group.
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Fish & Richardson Launches Life Sciences Group
Fish & Richardson PC announced Monday it has kicked off a 140-attorney life sciences industry team led by principals Martina Hufnal and Todd Garcia.
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These Cos. Are In The Hot Seat As Proxy Season Approaches
At least four high-profile corporations and their general counsel are gearing up for a tougher-than-usual 2024 proxy season — those three months in the spring when most companies hold their annual meetings.
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Signature Resolution Expands To East Coast With Ga. Litigator
California-based alternative dispute resolution service Signature Resolution announced Monday that it has added a neutral to its ranks who retired from the Atlanta office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, marking its expansion to the East Coast.
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Fla. Atty Wants $300K COVID Relief Fraud Conviction Axed
A Florida attorney convicted of conspiring to defraud a U.S. coronavirus pandemic relief program has asked a Georgia federal judge to vacate the jury's guilty verdict and either acquit her or order a new trial, arguing the government violated her due process rights by not submitting sufficient evidence to prove her guilt.
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Trump Co-Defendant Says DA Lied About Romance Timeline
Former President Donald Trump's co-defendant in the Georgia election interference case who first accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis of having a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she hired to lead the case on Friday accused her of lying about when the now-confirmed romance began.
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Legal Event Organizers Stress Efforts To Deter Harassment
Legal conference organizers have told Law360 Pulse that they are committed to fostering safe and inclusive events, and some changes have been made following recent accusations of sexual harassment and assault at legal events.
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Moye White Picks Litigator As Firm's General Counsel
Moye White LLP, which has offices in Colorado and Georgia, has selected a commercial and real estate litigator and former accountant to serve as its next general counsel.