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Ice Miller Strives To Be 'Firm Of The Future' With New HQ
Ice Miller LLP announced plans to open a new headquarters in its hometown of Indianapolis in the Bottleworks District near the city's downtown, with the firm planning to take the entirety of a new building set to be completed in 2028.
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Brownstein Hyatt Names State AGs Practice Co-Head
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP announced Thursday that a shareholder in its Denver office has been appointed to co-lead its state attorneys general practice group.
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Veteran In-House Atty Joins Tucker Arensberg In Pittsburgh
An attorney who has spent more than 20 years providing in-house counsel to businesses and venture capital firms has returned to the law firm setting and joined Tucker Arensberg PC's Pittsburgh office.
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Lathrop GPM Names New Kansas City Leader
Following the announcement of a planned move next year to a new office in Kansas City, Missouri, Lathrop GPM LLP said Tuesday that a veteran bankruptcy attorney will be appointed the next partner-in-charge of the firm's largest location.
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Brown Rudnick Bolsters IP Team In DC With AI Expert
Brown Rudnick LLP has brought on a Haynes Boone intellectual property attorney with expertise in technology and artificial intelligence to serve as co-chair of its Patent Trial and Appeal Board practice in Washington, D.C.
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Keker Awards $100K To Diversity Scholars
San Francisco-based Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP is contributing to the legal education of several California law students, announcing Tuesday it has awarded a total of $100,000 in scholarship funds to four 2025 Diversity Scholar recipients.
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Adams & Reese Adds Litigator From Tampa Boutique
Adams & Reese LLP announced that an experienced financial services litigator who's spent over a decade at a Tampa boutique has joined the firm as counsel as it continues to grow its operation on the Gulf Coast.
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JC Penney Blasts Jackson Walker Bid To Escape Fee Dispute
J.C. Penney has called on a Texas bankruptcy court to knock down Jackson Walker LLP's bid to escape a fee suit prompted by a yearslong secret romance between a former firm partner and a onetime bankruptcy judge, saying the firm's dismissal bid is "riddled with implausibility, excuse and contradiction."
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Longtime Labaton Keller Atty To Succeed Late Chairman
Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP has elevated litigator and former New York State prosecutor Eric J. Belfi to chairman as the plaintiffs firm looks toward sustainable growth, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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Vedder Price Boosts IP, Exec Compensation Teams In NY
Vedder Price PC has bulked up its New York office with the addition of an intellectual property attorney from Vinson & Elkins LLP and an executive compensation and employee benefits pro from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
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Coca-Cola Attys Return To RumbergerKirk In Florida
Rumberger Kirk and Caldwell PA announced Tuesday that it has grown its external general counsel services team in Tampa with two lawyers who are rejoining the firm after recently holding in-house roles on the legal team at Coca-Cola Beverages Florida.
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How Raines Feldman Is Building An 'Anti-Burnout' Culture
Los Angeles-based firm Raines Feldman Littrell LLP has spent years using a number of strategies to build a more supportive culture and combat burnout, from giving attorneys greater control over their hours to events like meditation and stress management workshops.
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Frost Brown Adds Fairfield & Woods Startup Pro In Denver
Frost Brown Todd LLP is expanding its venture capital team, bringing in a Fairfield & Woods PC startup specialist as a partner in its Denver office.
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Judiciary Panel Advances New Rules On Amici, AI, Subpoenas
The federal judiciary's top policy panel Tuesday propelled revamped rules regarding numerous hot legal topics, including artificial intelligence, "dark money" groups bankrolling amicus briefs and the subpoena powers of courts and defense counsel.
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Farella Braun Wins Partial Fee Award In FDIC Dispute
A California federal judge has awarded Farella Braun & Martel LLP around $10,000 in attorney fees for the work its lawyers did for the bankrupt parent of Silicon Valley Bank, finding the receiver for the bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., failed to comply with discovery orders.
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Foster Immigration Atty Joins Frost Brown In Dallas
Frost Brown Todd LLP announced recently that an experienced attorney who's spent nearly three decades working on a wide range of immigration matters has joined the firm's Dallas office as a partner from local firm Foster LLP.
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Hall Booth Continues To Grow In NJ With Litigation Duo
Hall Booth Smith PC has added two attorneys in New Jersey — including a former Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. partner — to bolster the firm's capacity to handle general liability, professional malpractice and other matters.
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Brownstein Hyatt Launches Public Affairs Practice
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has added a public affairs practice by absorbing bipartisan Washington, D.C., public affairs company FORA Partners, with the firm saying the new practice will support its legal and lobbying clients.
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Ill. Commission Urges Attys To Confront Workplace Bullying
A first-of-its-kind Illinois State Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism challenged attorneys to confront the drain of workplace toxicity during a virtual summit Tuesday on bullying in the legal profession.
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GrayRobinson Hires Baker Donelson Employment Pro In Fla.
GrayRobinson PA announced Tuesday that it bolstered its labor and employment capabilities with a shareholder in Tallahassee, Florida, from Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.
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Latham Capital Markets Atty Joins Honigman's Israel Office
Honigman LLP announced that an experienced attorney focused on capital markets and venture capital matters has joined its Israeli office as a partner from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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AI Helping Legal Professionals Tackle Feelings Of Burnout
The majority of surveyed legal professionals think that using AI has helped reduce feelings of burnout at work, according to contract management platform Ironclad's second annual State of AI in Legal report released Tuesday.
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Fitch Even's Ex-IP Client Wants Firm's Patent Suit Tossed
Prenatal-Hope Inc. and its chief executive officer are asking an Illinois federal judge to dismiss a suit in which law firm Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP seeks a declaration that the CEO isn't the inventor behind a prenatal test patent.
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Law Firm Data Breaches Hit New High As Threats Escalate
Despite years of warnings and heavy cybersecurity spending, law firms remain prime targets for cybercriminals, with breaches hitting record highs in 2024, according to a Law360 Pulse analysis that found even top firms struggling to contain the fallout.
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Longtime Loeb & Loeb Corporate Atty Joins Raines Feldman
Raines Feldman Littrell LLP announced that an experienced attorney who's spent over 25 years working on a wide range of corporate and restructuring matters has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner from Loeb & Loeb LLP.
Expert Analysis
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.