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Law, Medical School Orgs Face Application Fee Antitrust Suits
The Law School Admission Council and the Association of American Medical Colleges have each been hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania and D.C. federal courts, respectively, by candidates who said the nonprofits conspired with their member schools to charge excessive application fees that have been fixed at the same price regardless of the school.
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Sterlington Opens In Philly With Morgan Lewis Wealth Team
Sterlington PLLC has recruited a three-person private wealth team from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP for its new office in Philadelphia, the latest move by the law firm to boost its services to ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices and closely held businesses.
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McGuireWoods Adds Loeb & Loeb Tax Pro In Los Angeles
McGuireWoods LLP is enhancing its corporate team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Loeb & Loeb LLP tax expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office in Century City.
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Quintairos Prieto Adds Nearly 60 Attys From Midwest Firm
Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA has announced the largest expansion in the firm's history, with the addition of nearly 60 attorneys from Midwest firm Kopka Pinkus Dolin and four new offices in Michigan and Indiana.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Tax, Funds Pro From Dechert
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Monday that it has continued its growth in the tax and registered funds spaces, welcoming a partner from Dechert LLP to its New York office.
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Covington Hires Top Biden Commerce Dept. Int'l Trade Atty
Covington & Burling LLP has hired the former assistant secretary of commerce for global markets, who simultaneously served as director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service at the International Trade Administration, to its Washington, D.C., team, the firm recently announced.
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White & Case Lands Baker Botts Benefits Chair
The firmwide executive compensation and employee benefits chair at Baker Botts LLP became the 20th U.S. lateral partner to join White & Case LLP this year, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Rising Star: Proskauer's Justin S. Alex
Proskauer Rose LLP partner Justin S. Alex has tackled the benefits aspects of a slew of major sports industry deals over the past 15 years, including the sales of three NFL teams, earning him a spot among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Weil's Sarah Borden
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Sarah Borden has helped a Genstar Capital fund secure $12.6 billion and guided Crow Holdings with one of the biggest real estate private equity funds in recent years, landing her a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Dunn Isaacson's Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith of Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP helped Uber Technologies fend off a New York City rule that would have limited the time ride-share drivers could spend on Manhattan streets without passengers, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Clifford Chance's Danielle Morello
Danielle Morello of Clifford Chance LLP helped Caterpillar defeat long-running antitrust claims seeking $2 billion and assisted UScellular on a $4.4 billion acquisition by T-Mobile, earning her a spot among the competition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Covington's Robert Gianchetti
Robert Gianchetti, special counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, has helped several National Football League teams navigate the legal ramifications of relocating and guided exercise equipment company Peloton in fighting off a lawsuit by its investors, earning him a spot among the sports and betting practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Julianne Jaquith
Julianne Jaquith of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has secured major wins for clients in high-stakes cross-border disputes, including a group of U.S. casino investors who won a more than $130 million award against Mexico, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Christine Reynolds
Hogan Lovells' Christine Reynolds' work on high-stakes bid protests, including one with a tight turnaround time that challenged a NASA award worth about $1 billion, has earned her a spot among the government contracts attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Piotr Korzynski
Piotr "Pete" Korzynski, a partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP and a go-to attorney for complex, international life sciences mergers and acquisitions, is recognized for his technical skill and client dedication, notably leading Olink's $3.1 billion acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific and Lundbeck's $2.6 billion acquisition of Longboard Pharmaceuticals and doing significant pro bono work, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Duane Morris Grows Trial Team With Construction Litigator
Duane Morris LLP is continuing to grow its trial practice group, announcing Tuesday that it has hired a former Harris Winick Harris LLP attorney who specializes in construction litigation.
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Husch Blackwell Hires First Business Development Chief
Husch Blackwell LLP has hired a C-suite executive with more than 20 years of experience in legal marketing as its first chief business development officer.
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Willkie Adds Int'l Arbitration Pro From Boies Schiller In DC
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has strengthened its international arbitration offerings in the nation's capital with an attorney from Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
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Bots, AI And Fake Leads: Attys 'Besieged' By Recruiter Tactics
Off-base mass emails, incessant robocalls, and fake exclusive application offers are just a few of the unsavory tactics some report having seen more often in the attorney recruitment market in recent years.
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Dorsey & Whitney IP Trio Joins Ballard Spahr In Salt Lake City
Ballard Spahr has added three former Dorsey & Whitney LLP attorneys to its intellectual property department and patents group for its Salt Lake City office in the "Silicon Slopes," an area known as a breeding ground for innovation.
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Ex-Supreme Court Clerk, AG Counselor Joins Haynes Boone
Haynes Boone announced Tuesday that it has added a partner who has clerked for two U.S. Supreme Court justices and served as counselor to the U.S. attorney general.
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ABA Eyes Reducing Board Size, Trimming Diversity Seats
The American Bar Association proposed reducing the size of its board of governors and proportionally cutting the number of seats reserved for women, people of color and other underrepresented groups, as the organization's president Monday reiterated a commitment to "rule of law, due process, access to justice, fairness and diversity."
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McGuireWoods Adds Private Equity Pro From Paul Weiss
McGuireWoods LLP announced Monday the firm has grown its private equity offerings in New York with the addition of an attorney from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP.
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Seyfarth Lands BakerHostetler IP Pro In Atlanta
Seyfarth Shaw LLP said Monday that it has added a patent attorney from BakerHostetler to bolster its capacity to handle cases involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, telecommunication technology and related matters.
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Lathrop GPM Opens Renovated St. Cloud, Minn., Office Space
Lathrop GPM LLP announced Monday that its updated St. Cloud, Minnesota, office is now open after the 8,511-square-foot space was recently renovated.
Expert Analysis
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Tips For Persuasive Briefs Beyond The Argument Section
When crafting an appellate brief, the focus for most lawyers is the argument section, but other sections also offer strategic opportunities to shape the court's perception of the case and favorably frame the issues, say attorneys at Frost Brown.
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Ask A Mentor: Is Secondment A Good Career Move?
Kate Driscoll at Morrison Foerster suggests six questions to help candidates evaluate whether a secondment will benefit their career.
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3 Trends Reshaping Chief Marketing Officer Appointments
Recent approaches to hiring chief marketing officers demonstrate how firms are reimagining their marketing and business development frameworks to stay competitive and responsive to evolving client needs, says Murray Coffey at M Coffey.
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Talking Mental Health: Working As A Mom Of An Autistic Son
Sarah Kovit Hanna at Assurant discusses how she balances the demands of her in-house role and the support needs of her son, who was diagnosed with autism, as a single mom, and reflects on how the legal industry can better support caretakers of family members who have special needs.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Maximize My Pro Bono Impact?
Debbie Berman at Jenner & Block offers advice on how attorneys can make a meaningful impact on their communities through pro bono work while enhancing their professional development through strengthened client-facing skills, hands-on experience and more.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Law Firm Marketer
Liz Bard Lindley at Jaffe PR shares how she went from a family law associate who helped write industry articles to a savvy legal public relations and marketing professional, and offers takeaways for any attorney who might not feel at home in their law practice and is considering alternative career paths.
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The Case For Keeping The Gas On Deputy GC Compensation
In recent years, the deputy general counsel role has expanded and become increasingly vital in organizations across the globe, and companies should consider a few ways to retain this top talent, including by offering competitive compensation that reflects projected increases, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
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Talking Mental Health: The View From Life After BigLaw
Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.
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6 Essential Skills For Summer Associates To Land An Offer
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With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.