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FBT Gibbons Adds Ex-McCarter & English Real Estate Atty
FBT Gibbons LLP announced that an experienced Philadelphia-based real estate attorney joined the firm as a partner from McCarter & English LLP as part of its continued growth in East Coast markets.
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KPMG Law Wants 'Unglamorous' Work, New Legal Chief Says
Big Four accounting giant KPMG LLP is hoping to stay in its own lane and build on its existing suite of services as it moves forward with its year-old law firm subsidiary KPMG Law US, the company's newly appointed U.S. legal chief, Christian Athanasoulas, told Law360 Pulse this week.
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Arnall Golden Hires Former Rhode Island Prosecutor In DC
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has hired a former Rhode Island assistant attorney general, who represented the office of the state's top attorney in an ongoing fight with Meta Platforms Inc. over its social media sites' allegedly addictive design.
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Costs Are Pushing Law Firms In A Corner Amid Consolidation
A growing mismatch between revenue-driving demand and expenses among U.S. law firms could drive more firms to either be acquired or fold.
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Dilworth Paxson Launches Appellate Advocacy Practice
Dilworth Paxson LLP announced Monday it had assembled a team of more than a dozen attorneys to provide expertise focused on appellate matters for clients in state and federal courts.
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Saxton & Stump Grows Exec Team With Director Of Applied AI
Pennsylvania-based firm Saxton & Stump has taken another step in keeping up with the quickly changing technology landscape in the legal industry with the recent addition to its leadership team of an expert on implementing innovations.
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Bass Berry Expands Executive Team Amid Leadership Reorg
Bass Berry & Sims PLC has added two new roles to its leadership team while expanding the responsibilities of other firm executives.
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DOJ Forges Ahead With Law Firm EO Appeals At DC Circ.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved ahead with filing appeals at the D.C. Circuit to defend executive orders issued by President Donald Trump targeting four law firms, just three days after the agency backtracked on its decision to drop the fight.
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Lobbyist Joins Saxton & Stump Government Affairs Team
A former state government executive has joined Saxton & Stump's government affairs group in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, after spending more than three years as a producer for marketing firm Wakeen & Co.
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Trade Lawyers Buckle Up For Tariff 'Roller Coaster Ride'
Attorneys are preparing clients for a possible "roller coaster ride" as law firms craft tailored strategies to claw back tariffs paid under the now-struck-down International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff regime amid wide uncertainty over refund processes and the Trump administration's pursuit of more tariffs under different laws.
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Wicker Smith Opens St. Pete Office With Boutique Combo
In the latest in a series of Florida firm tie-ups, litigation firm Wicker Smith has added a location in St. Petersburg via a combination with a four-attorney local firm, creating its 16th location and its 12th in the Sunshine State.
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Mitchell Silberberg Taps New DC Office Managing Partner
A longtime intellectual property and litigation partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has been tapped as the new leader of its Washington, D.C., office, a decision the firm says fits its strategic plan to invest in leadership and enhance collaboration, the firm announced Thursday.
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Morgan & Morgan Adds Coffey McPharlin Personal Injury Pro
Morgan & Morgan has added a trial attorney who has helped clients in personal injury cases secure millions in damages from tobacco giants and other companies during his lengthy legal career, which has included a stint operating his own firm and a long tenure at Kelley Uustal.
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Brach Eichler Adds Transactions Pro From Newman Simpson
Brach Eichler LLC grew its corporate practice this week with the hire of a transactions expert with a unique background as a trial litigator joining from Newman Simpson & Cohen LLP.
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Legal Jobs Up 19th Straight Month In 'Goldilocks' Economy
The legal sector continued its lengthy upward streak in February, with 2,600 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in January, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began the month of March facing a new conflict in the Middle East and developments on executive orders targeting BigLaw firms. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Kahana Feld Arrives In Philly Area With Wood Smith Attys
Kahana Feld has announced that it has opened an office in the Philadelphia area by bringing on a general liability practice partner and two other senior associates from Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP.
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Why Firms Are Investing In State AG Practices
As clients face heat from state attorneys general amid a changing federal enforcement landscape, a growing number of law firms are building up their state attorney general practices, including Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, which announced a new task force this week.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Winston & Strawn LLP, Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo PC, Stanford's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and attorney Olivia Gabriel lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that New Jersey cannot shield its public transit system from personal injury lawsuits by out-of-state plaintiffs under sovereign immunity.
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UK Law Sector's Private Equity Boom Offers Lessons For US
Private equity money is pouring into the U.K. legal sector, fueling a wave of consolidation in consumer-facing practices and offering a glimpse of what it could look like if outside investment in the U.S. legal industry takes off.
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Stradley Ronon Marks 100th Year With Leadership Moves
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP announced a slate of new leadership changes on Thursday, with new additions to the firm's management committee and board of directors and several practice groups.
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Robinson & Cole's New Boston-Based Leader On Firm Growth
Robinson & Cole LLP's recent decision to name Boston-based attorney J. Michael Wirvin as its new managing partner — the firm's first leader in 180 years based outside its home state of Connecticut — symbolizes its steady growth into other major markets in the region and across the country.
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Meet The Attys Arguing Armistice Capital Appeal In Delaware
Attorneys from Morris Kandinov LLP and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP who have handled other high-profile shareholder and appellate matters are set to argue an appeal next week seeking to have Delaware's Supreme Court revive an Aytu BioPharma investor's lawsuit against Armistice Capital over allegedly unfair transactions.
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Flaster Greenberg Brings On Saul Ewing Corporate Pro In Del.
Flaster Greenberg PC has added a former Saul Ewing LLP partner in Delaware to bolster its commercial litigation practice.
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Hinshaw & Culbertson Adds HR, Risk Management Leaders
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP has tapped two new administrative leaders for the firm, a chief human resources officer in Tampa from Carlton Fields and a director of risk management in New Jersey from McGlinchey Stafford PLLC.
Expert Analysis
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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.