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    Law Firms Push Back On AI Vendors' All-Or-Nothing Pricing

    Law firms exploring legal generative artificial intelligence tools want flexible contract terms, but some report that vendors are pushing firmwide licenses tied to multiyear commitments.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    A BigLaw firm naming its next managing partner and the parent company of an NBA team hiring a new legal chief were among the industry's key moves this week. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Doctor Says Brother's Ex-Firm Reneged On Pro Bono Promise

    A doctor has accused Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP of backing out of its promise to represent her free of charge in litigation by her former employer, the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, over her efforts to publish testimonials from patients regarding gender transition care.

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    JCPenney Settles Fee Dispute Over Jackson Walker Romance

    The corporate entities formerly known as JCPenney on Thursday asked a Texas federal court to greenlight a $1.4 million settlement with Jackson Walker PC in a dispute concerning the romance of a partner with a bankruptcy judge, the latest and largest of several settlements to seek approval in recent months.

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    Peckar & Abramson Taps Houston Partner As Texas Co-Leader

    Peckar & Abramson PC has tapped a Houston-based partner who also serves as co-vice chair of the construction contracts and risk management practice to serve as co-managing partner of the firm's three Texas locations.

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    Wiggin And Dana Partner Remembered As Firm's 'Superman'

    Wiggin and Dana LLP partner Michael L. Miller, who died last month at age 42 after a two-year battle with cancer, is being remembered as a brilliant attorney whose willingness to put the needs of his family, clients and colleagues ahead of his own earned him comparisons to Superman.

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    CM Law Adds SMGQ Law Employment Atty For Miami Launch

    CM Law PLLC has brought on the former chair of SMGQ Law's labor and employment practice group for the firm's new Miami office.

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    Beveridge & Diamond Adds Ex-EPA Leader To DC Office

    An attorney who spent more than 16 years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has left it to move into the private sector by joining boutique environmental law firm Beveridge & Diamond PC's office in Washington, the firm has announced.

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    Stark & Stark Adds Real Estate Ace To Management Team

    Stark & Stark has announced the promotion of a longtime Hamilton Township, New Jersey-based partner and the chair of its real estate transactions group to the firm's management team to guide its growth and daily operations.

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    Benesch Lands McGuireWoods' State AG Practice Head In SF

    Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP announced Thursday that it has added the former leader of the state attorneys general practice at McGuireWoods LLP as a partner in the firm's litigation and white collar, government investigations and regulatory compliance practice groups.

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    The Women In Law Report: By the Numbers

    Women are gaining ground in the early stages of their legal careers, with increasing representation among associates at top firms. But the path narrows sharply at the leadership level. Here’s our data dive into the representation of women at law firms in the U.S.

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    The Women In Law Report: Benchmarking Law Firms

    Law360's latest Women in Law Report rankings suggest a small number of firms are keeping up with the potential talent pool. Here's the latest look at how firms match up against their peers. 

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    The Women In Law Report: Representation In The Ranks

    Law360 Pulse's Women in Law Report provides a data-driven view of U.S. law firms at the end of 2024. Here, we look at the representation of women at all levels of a typical law firm, from associates to equity partners.

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    Equity Partnerships: A Law360 Women In Law Ranking

    The path to equity partnership remains steep for many women in law, yet some firms are helping to shatter the glass ceiling and advancing opportunity at the highest levels of leadership.

  • Saxton & Stump Co-Founder To Pass CEO Torch In January

    Regional law firm Saxton & Stump will close out its tenth anniversary with a shakeup in the leadership team that will see a new chief executive take the reins in January and its current CEO take on a new role as chairman.

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    Fennemore Craig Eminent Domain Ace Joins Nossaman In SF

    Nossaman LLP is boosting its eminent domain practice, bringing in a Fennemore Craig PC real estate litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.

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    Cadwalader Exits 'Cut Into The Bone,' Spotlight Market Woes

    The impending departure of another prominent practice team from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP is raising questions about the firm's outlook and the struggles of elite midsize law firms in New York.

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    Swift Currie Co-Founder Remembered For 'Indelible Legacy'

    James B. Hiers Jr., the last surviving founding partner of the midsize law firm Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP, who died last month, played a key role in establishing the firm that has guided clients for 60 years and co-authored a significant book on workers' compensation law in the Peach State.

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    Baker Sterchi Reaches Nearly 100 Attys With Wis. Firm Tie-Up

    Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC announced its plans to merge with litigation boutique Corneille Law Group, giving the firm an additional seven attorneys and offices in the cities of Green Bay and Madison, Wisconsin.

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    Adams & Reese Lands Litigator, Ex-Firm Office Leader In Fla.

    The former Tampa, Florida, office managing partner and appellate practice director of Almazan Law has moved to Adams & Reese LLP.

  • Moore & Van Allen Plans Move To New HQ In Charlotte, NC

    Moore & Van Allen PLLC has announced that the firm will be moving into a larger office space in its hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2028 following the completion of a 43-story building in the city's South End neighborhood.

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    ABA Task Force Calls On Lawyers To 'Defend Democracy'

    Lawyers must do more to promote and protect the democratic process in the United States, the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy said in a new report released Wednesday.

  • Firm Seeks To Toss Lowenstein Sandler Claims Over Affidavit

    Trif & Modugno LLC has reiterated to the Essex County Superior Court in New Jersey that part of a malpractice suit filed against it by Lowenstein Sandler LLP must be dismissed because the national firm did not file an affidavit of merit within the time limit.

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    Armstrong Teasdale Brings Back Litigator From Fla. Boutique

    Armstrong Teasdale LLP announced Wednesday that one of its former attorneys returned to the firm as a partner in its Miami office after a few years away with him most recently serving as an attorney with Waserstein & Nunez PLLC.

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    Former Morris Manning ADR Leader Joins JAMS In Atlanta

    JAMS, private provider of alternative dispute resolution services, has brought on a retired Morris Manning & Martin LLP attorney to its panel in Atlanta, adding an attorney, mediator and arbitrator who led the Morris Manning's ADR group and its technology litigation practice.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments? Author Photo

    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. 

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    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.

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