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Sidley In Talks To Add 200 Lawyers, Support Staff From Weil
Sidley Austin LLP is engaged in talks to add about 200 attorneys and staff from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP across offices in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe.
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Nelson Mullins Lands 17-Lawyer Shook Hardy Litigation Team
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has hired a 17-attorney litigation team from Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP that includes eight partners who specialize in mass torts, crisis litigation and government investigations.
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MVP: Latham's Andrew Clubok
Andrew Clubok was a key player on the Latham & Watkins LLP team that won a complete dismissal of a precedent-setting securities class action for DocuSign Inc. that accused the software company and its top brass of misleading investors about its post-pandemic growth prospects, earning him a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Technology MVPs.
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MVP: Akin's Douglas Rappaport
Douglas Rappaport of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP was lead attorney on one of only three shareholder class actions that went to trial in the first half of this year, winning his client a jury verdict that landed him on the list of the 2026 Law360 Securities MVPs.
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MVP: Hueston Hennigan's Douglas Dixon
Douglas Dixon of Hueston Hennigan LLP scored a series of jury trial and settlement wins for PacifiCorp as the power provider faced numerous damages claims from wildfires in 2020, earning him a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Environmental MVPs.
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MVP: Wachtell Lipton's Matt Guest
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Matthew Guest helped usher Comerica past an activist challenge to complete its $10.9 billion merger with Fifth Third, guided Webster Financial through a $12.3 billion sale to Banco Santander and advised Capital One on its $5.15 billion purchase of Brex, earning him a spot as one of the 2026 Law360 Banking MVPs.
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MVP: Mayer Brown's Sydney Mintzer
Mayer Brown LLP's Sydney Mintzer successfully defended major U.S. manufacturing interests before the International Trade Commission over the past year, earning him a spot among the 2026 Law360 International Trade MVPs.
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MVPs: Blank Rome's Frank Segall And Scott Moskol
Frank Segall and Scott Moskol, co-leads of Blank Rome LLP's cannabis group, have been at the fore of finance and restructuring in the marijuana industry since its early days, steering major capital transactions for some of its largest operators, earning them a place as two of the 2026 Law360 Cannabis MVPs.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Stadium Financing Pro In NYC
Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired an ex-Winston Taylor real estate attorney who specializes in stadium and arena financing deals for a shareholder role in its New York City office, the firm announced.
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Ex-Todd Blanche Adviser Joins Dechert In DC
Dechert LLP expanded its litigation practice with the recent addition of a former senior U.S. Department of Justice official who recently departed the agency amid a wave of high-profile resignations following last week's midterm elections.
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Kirkland Furthers Texas Growth With Gibson Dunn Litigator
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced on Monday that it has deepened its appellate and litigation benches with a Dallas-based partner who came aboard from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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Weil's Securities Litigation Head Joins Paul Weiss In NY
A longtime Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP lawyer who most recently led the shuttering firm's securities litigation team has moved her practice to Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's New York office, the firm announced Monday.
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Burford-Backed Kindleworth Opens New York Office
A law firm advisory and management business backed by litigation funder Burford Capital LLC said Monday it has opened its first U.S. office in New York to help BigLaw partners establish their own firms.
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Massumi & Consoli Adds Weil Atty For New Silicon Valley Post
Massumi & Consoli LLP announced Monday that it plans to open a new office in California's Silicon Valley with the addition of a former Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP private equity and mergers and acquisitions partner.
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Sheppard Joins Firms With 4-Day In-Office Mandate
Sheppard confirmed Monday that it is the latest of many law firms expanding their return-to-office mandates, requiring U.S. attorneys to work in person four days a week starting next year.
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Latham Hires 6 Weil Attorneys, Including Real Estate Leader
As more former Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP attorneys find new homes for their practices while the firm winds down operations, Latham & Watkins LLP confirmed Monday that it hired five partners and one counsel across multiple U.S. offices.
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Construction Atty Joins Morgan Lewis From Thompson Hine
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP continued the expansion of its Philadelphia team with the addition of an attorney specializing in construction litigation and government contracting who moved his practice after four years with Thompson Hine LLP.
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Legaltech Hub CEO Joins Davis Polk As AI Chief
The CEO of Legaltech Hub is stepping down from the legal technology insights and analysis company to join Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as the chief artificial intelligence and knowledge officer.
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Squire Patton, Baker McKenzie Hit With Data Breach Suits
Squire Patton Boggs LLP and Baker McKenzie failed to protect private personal information stored in the law firms' systems from separate cyberattacks and delayed notifying affected individuals for roughly two months, two proposed class actions filed in Ohio and Illinois federal courts have alleged.
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Blank Rome Partner, Hotel Founder Disputes $15.6M Tax Bill
A Blank Rome LLP partner who founded a luxury boutique hotel in Italy told the U.S. Tax Court the IRS improperly determined he owes roughly $15.6 million in taxes and penalties, disputing the agency's assertion that his hotel operations didn't qualify as a business for purposes of claiming expenses.
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Orrick Hires Fenwick Partner To Expand TM Practice In NY
Trademark attorney Mark Jansen has joined Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as a partner in New York after 15 years at Fenwick & West LLP, Orrick has announced.
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Weil's Corporate Leader, Team Join Cravath
A team of prominent mergers and acquisitions partners at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, including the attorney who chaired its 600-attorney corporate department, joined Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Friday, according to a source with knowledge of the departures. That person requested anonymity to discuss information that had not been publicly confirmed by Cravath.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, with a hearing over whether Colorado can exclude religious schools from its universal preschool program if they don't accept students from LGBTQ+ families clocking in at over two hours. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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US Legal Sector Jobs Reached Record High In October
The legal industry's hot streak continued last month, adding 2,400 more jobs in October to reach a record high, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Law Students Deliver $157M In Legal Services, AALS Says
Law students in the class of 2026 provided more than $157 million in legal work through clinics, other experiential courses and pro bono activities as part of their education, according to a survey released Friday by the Association of American Law Schools.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Simplify Networking
The hardest part of business development is building relationships without feeling awkward or transactional, but to solve this networking conundrum we ranked networking activities from the least intimidating to the most challenging and shared a small, workable action item for each, say attorneys at Irell.
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Community Is Key To Addressing Rural Legal Deserts
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Pipeline programs for current and prospective lawyers to find and build careers in legal deserts should be designed with relationships and connection uppermost in mind and priority, says Presiding New York Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Garry.
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Tech Plays An Indispensable Role In Addressing Legal Deserts
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While building the Free Legal Answers platform, we have seen how technology can overcome barriers of time and space to make it easier for lawyers to help in legal deserts, meaning we must turn to big, bold measures, or the justice gap will continue to grow, says Buck Lewis at Baker Donelson.
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How Firms Can Develop The Next Generation Of Lawyers
As law school graduates enter the industry after experiencing significant educational disruption due to COVID-19, firms can adapt to the new generation's unique circumstances by rethinking how they onboard and develop incoming attorneys — starting with summer associates, say attorneys at Taft.
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How In-House Lawyers Can Help Fill The Legal Aid Gap
Corporate legal departments can expand access to justice in legal deserts in ways that don't require court appearances, as many client needs can be met through advice, brief service or pro se support, say Todd Stillerman at Wells Fargo and Allison Constance at Legal Aid North Carolina.
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How Law Firms Can Advance Gender Parity Without Exclusion
Law firms can work toward eliminating workplace disparities while reducing discrimination risk by opening events to all employees, expanding caregiver support, and using mentorship, coaching and pay equity data to guide durable inclusion efforts, says Lori Mihalich-Levin at Mindful Return.
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Closing The Gender Gap In AI Adoption: A Lawyer's Guide
Amid a reported gender gap in artificial intelligence use, female lawyers should think about AI ownership as beginning with adoption, expanding into career agency and influence, and culminating in collective leadership directed toward the profession and the public good, says Tamara Kraljic at Hughes Hubbard.
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Teaching Associates To Write Well With Responsible AI Aid
Firms can help their new associates become strong writers and responsible AI users by employing a framework that ensures that use of artificial intelligence tools strengthens, rather than replaces, associates' thinking processes, say Julie Schrager at Faegre Drinker and Dawn Anderson at the University of Iowa.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Build A Strong GC Network
Taking time to build a network of general counsel thought partners is useful in the early days of the role because the value of relationships compounds over time, and approaching the process with a spirit of curiosity and generosity can be especially helpful, says Heather Stevenson, general counsel at Red Cell.