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  • International Trade Group Of The Year: Grunfeld Desiderio

    Grunfeld Desiderio Lebowitz Silverman & Klestadt LLP notched a number of key victories for foreign exporters this year, including securing 0% dumping rates for a Turkish rebar company and defeating proposed duties of over 450% on Chinese exporters of tin products, earning the firm its second spot in as many years among the 2024 Law360 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • Energy Group Of The Year: Norton Rose

    Norton Rose Fulbright has capitalized on momentum in the energy market to help guide multiple first-of-their-kind projects, including what deal participants have called the largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • Fintech Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP played a role in multiple industry-defining cryptocurrency matters — counseling former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to a historic resolution with government authorities and acting as both an investigator and litigator in the ongoing FTX bankruptcy process — to earn the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • Appellate Group Of The Year: Clement & Murphy

    Clement & Murphy PLLC attorneys convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old precedent that impacted how courts interpret laws, and they secured a victory in a case over how social media companies regulate content on their platforms, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • Compliance Group Of The Year: Morrison Foerster

    Following reports of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and other forms of workplace misconduct at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a Morrison Foerster LLP partner was appointed to serve as the independent transformation monitor of the agency, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Compliance Groups of the Year.

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    Holland & Knight Adds Ballard Spahr Litigator In Philly

    A former U.S. attorney with expertise on anti-money laundering and complex tax matters recently moved his litigation practice to Holland & Knight after nine years with Ballard Spahr LLP.

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    Baker Botts Lands DLA Piper Atty To Head Litigation In SF

    Baker Botts LLP has brought on a former federal prosecutor, most recently with DLA Piper, to serve as chair of litigation for the firm's San Francisco office.

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    Nelson Mullins Adds Litigation, Biz Pros In Houston

    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has bolstered its corporate and litigation offerings with new partners in Houston who came aboard from Jackson Walker LLP and Paul Hastings LLP and who bring unique international experience.

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    Foley & Lardner Grows Leadership With Chief Practice Officer

    Foley & Lardner LLP has installed its first chief practice officer, following the addition in December of a new chief operating officer at the firm.

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    Approach The Bench: Judge Frederic Block On Resentencing

    New York federal Judge Frederic Block has been on a campaign lately, arguing that state court judges should enjoy the same discretion he does to reconsider the sentences of people condemned to spend decades in prison.

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    Paul Hastings Adds RE Partners From King & Spalding In DC

    Two King & Spalding LLP real estate attorneys who have worked together for at least a decade have moved their practices to Paul Hastings LLP's Washington, D.C., shop, telling Law360 Pulse on Monday that they wanted to join the team because of the firm's recent growth.

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    Former Weil Atty, Ex-Supreme Court Clerks On DOGE Staff

    Elon Musk has named a former Trump White House official as general counsel for his U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, along with several other lawyers.

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    Morgan Lewis Adds 5 Knobbe Martens IP Attys On West Coast

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP continues expanding its intellectual property team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a team of five Knobbe Martens IP litigators as partners in its West Coast offices.

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    Simpson Thacher Brings On Registered Funds Partner In NY

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has hired a New York-based partner in its registered funds practice to focus on real estate and capital markets, the firm said Monday.

  • Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP had big wins for the NFL in three high-profile lawsuits and conducted an investigation in a widely publicized hazing scandal at Northwestern University in the past year, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.

  • Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Fenwick

    Fenwick & West LLP leveraged its broad experience with complex health tech and science to guide large biotech clients through major acquisitions and secured a significant Federal Circuit win for a life sciences client, earning the firm a nod as one of the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences Groups of the Year. 

  • Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells succeeded in persuading the U.S. Government Accountability Office that an $896 million contract for transportation services supporting the Office of Refugee Resettlement's program for unaccompanied children wasn't properly awarded, landing it among the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised on private equity firm Silver Lake's $13 billion take-private sale of sports and entertainment conglomerate Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., the largest deal of its kind in the entertainment sector, landing it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback

    Keller Rohrback won final approval of a $725 million settlement in a case accusing Facebook of harvesting millions of users' data, and a year later, sought preliminary approval of a $30 million settlement in security breach litigation against 23andMe, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • Appellate Group Of The Year: Gupta Wessler

    Gupta Wessler LLP had one of the most impactful years in its 12-year history in 2024, representing transportation workers, victims of sexual assault by Uber drivers and homebuyers, as well as taking home two unanimous wins in the U.S. Supreme Court against Bank of America and preparing to argue for another in 2025, landing the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.

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    Baker Botts Partner Takes GC Role At NW Natural Gas

    Oregon-based Northwest Natural Holding Co. has added a Baker Botts LLP environment and energy attorney as its deputy general counsel and as general counsel of Northwest Natural Gas Co.

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    Fox Rothschild Brings On Saul Ewing Litigators In Florida

    Fox Rothschild LLP has added two former Saul Ewing LLP partners to expand its litigation capabilities in Florida.

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    Fragomen Opens Pittsburgh Shop With 6 Dentons Attys

    A team of six attorneys recently moved its immigration-focused practices from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby to help Fragomen open a new office in Pittsburgh, the firm announced Monday.

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    Goldstein Rearrested After Feds Say He Hid Millions In Crypto

    U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was arrested again Monday following his earlier release on criminal tax evasion charges, after prosecutors alleged that he secretly made millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency transactions in recent days and was a serious risk to flee.

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    Sidley Adds White & Case Energy Ace In Houston

    Sidley Austin LLP announced Monday that a former White & Case LLP attorney has joined the firm in Houston, expanding the firm's reach with leading energy companies and private equity funds.

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Expert Analysis

  • 3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
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    Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

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    My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian Author Photo

    Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.

  • Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations Author Photo

    Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.

  • 5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs Author Photo

    Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.

  • Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs Author Photo

    Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.

  • Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities? Author Photo

    While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.

  • Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets Author Photo

    Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.

  • Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents Author Photo

    Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.

  • General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together Author Photo

    It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.

  • How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers Author Photo

    A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.

  • A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy Author Photo

    Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.

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    My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter Author Photo

    Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job? Author Photo

    Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law Author Photo

    Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.

  • AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024 Author Photo

    The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

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