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    Winston & Strawn To Quit Bishopsgate For Merger Move

    Winston & Strawn LLP is moving to the City of London office of the U.K. branch of Taylor Wessing, bringing their teams together under one roof when the two firms complete their merger.

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    DLA Piper Offered Pregnant Atty 'Dignified' Exit, Jury Told

    A former DLA Piper associate who claims she was unlawfully fired after announcing her pregnancy was offered a chance to transition out of the firm "without anyone knowing that her work was subpar," a partner told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday.

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    Spencer Fane Adds 75 Attys Through Tie-Up With Okla. Firm

    Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP announced Wednesday that it plans to combine with Southwest firm Conner & Winters LLP on July 1 in its largest tie-up to date and its third already in 2026.

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    Winston & Strawn Adds White Collar Duo From McDermott

    Winston & Strawn LLP announced Tuesday that it is beefing up its white collar defense and government investigations practice in Washington, D.C., and New York with the addition of two former McDermott Will & Schulte partners, who each have years of compliance experience.

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    Simpson Thacher Hires 3 Attys For Sports Practice 

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Tuesday that it has added three attorneys to its mergers and acquisitions team, two of whom will lead its sports, media and entertainment practice.

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    Maynard Nexsen Brings On Nelson Mullins Restructuring Ace

    Maynard Nexsen PC has added a Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP partner in its Atlanta office, strengthening its credit and restructuring practice.

  • Ohio Derailment Class Attys Fight Morgan & Morgan Fee Probe

    Co-counsel for plaintiffs in litigation over a Norfolk Southern train derailment urged a federal court to reject Morgan & Morgan's bid to investigate the allocation of attorney fees stemming from a $600 million class settlement, arguing that it was unnecessary to revisit the issue and that the firm may have even gotten more than it deserved.

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    King & Spalding Grows RE, Funds Team With McDermott Atty

    King & Spalding LLP is continuing to expand its real estate bench with the hiring of a New York-based lawyer from McDermott Will & Schulte LLP.

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    BakerHostetler Adds Davis Wright Privacy Pro In LA

    BakerHostetler announced Tuesday it has welcomed data privacy litigator Spencer Persson from Davis Wright Tremaine to its digital assets and data management practice group as partner, bringing in years of experience handling high-stakes privacy matters that will beef up the firm's privacy and digital risk class action and litigation team. 

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    Goodwin Grows Restructuring Team In New York And Boston

    Goodwin Procter LLP has grown its financial restructuring practice with the addition of attorneys in the New York and Boston offices with more than 40 years' combined experience at WilmerHale.

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    Womble Bond Lands 3 Burr & Forman Bankruptcy Attys In Fla.

    Womble Bond Dickinson has added a trio of attorneys to its finance, bankruptcy and restructuring practice in Florida from Burr & Forman LLP.

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    Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill To Curtail PE Role In Litigation

    A California bill to ban corporate investors from influencing litigation strategy is heading to the state Senate, backed by bipartisan support from the Assembly.

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    King & Spalding Adds Winston & Strawn Finance Duo In Texas

    King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that it has bolstered its finance and restructuring practice group with a pair of partners in Dallas who came aboard from Winston & Strawn LLP.

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    Kirkland Adds DLA Piper Gov't Contracts Attys In Texas, DC

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its government contracts practice group with an Austin, Texas-based partner and a Washington, D.C.-based associate who both came aboard from DLA Piper.

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    K&L Gates Axed Worker Over Work-Induced Anxiety, Suit Says

    K&L Gates LLP violated federal disability law when it fired an information technology manager because she took medical leave to manage anxiety caused by a supervisor's derisive behavior, the former employee alleged in a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania federal court.

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    Cleary Brings On Gibson Dunn M&A, Sports Expert In NY

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has hired a former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP attorney as a partner in its Americas mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions groups, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Recounts Firing: 'This Feels Wrong'

    A former associate who claims DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that she got positive feedback as she worked with large corporate clients and was "shocked" when she was terminated.

  • Trump Orders Could Chill US Arbitration, Group Warns

    The College of Commercial Arbitrators has urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders yanking the security clearances of four BigLaw firms, arguing a contrary ruling would "imperil" arbitration in the U.S.

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    Clyde & Co. Adds Kennedys Insurance Expert To LA Office

    Clyde & Co. LLP has announced the continued upscaling of its U.S. operations with the addition of insurance litigation expert Shain Wasser from Kennedys as partner in its Los Angeles office, helping the firm strengthen its North American insurance and complex litigation capabilities. 

  • Ex-Microsoft Employee Says Judge Can DQ Ogletree

    An attorney and former Microsoft employee suing the company for pregnancy discrimination is calling on a Washington federal judge to reject the company's dismissal bid, and doubled down on her efforts to have its Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC lawyers disqualified.

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    Files Of 10 Jones Day Clients Breached In Cyberattack

    Jones Day is the latest law firm to be hit by a cyberattack, the firm confirmed Monday, revealing that an unauthorized party accessed files of 10 clients.

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    Senior DOJ, White House Nat'l Security Pro Joins Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP has hired the former chief of the Foreign Investment Review Section in the U.S. Department of Justice's National Security Division as a partner in the firm's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States practice.

  • Ex-EEOC Leaders Back BigLaw Firms In Trump EO Appeal

    A group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials are backing four BigLaw firms in the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders targeting the firms, arguing the president's directives contradict how Congress meant for the EEOC to operate.

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    McGuireWoods Adds Seyfarth Shaw Labor Litigator In LA

    McGuireWoods LLP continues its West Coast expansion, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Seyfarth Shaw LLP labor and employment litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

  • Troutman, Ex-Associate Reach Deal In Discrimination Suit

    A former Troutman Pepper Locke LLP associate asked a D.C. federal court Monday to pause a suit as the two sides have reported they had reached a settlement agreement over her discrimination claims against the firm, sidestepping a trial set to begin next month.

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Expert Analysis

  • Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions Author Photo

    Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.

  • 3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content Author Photo

    Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.

  • Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting Author Photo

    To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills? Author Photo

    Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.

  • How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture Author Photo

    In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.

  • The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans Author Photo

    Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.

  • Opinion

    CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes Author Photo

    Given the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.

  • Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review Author Photo

    While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.

  • Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument Author Photo

    Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.

  • BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons Author Photo

    There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off? Author Photo

    David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.

  • Law Firms Must Prioritize Mental Health In Internal Comms Author Photo

    The traditional structure of law firms, with their compartmentalization into silos, is an inherent challenge to mental wellness, so partners and senior lawyers should take steps to construct and disseminate internal action plans and encourage open dialogue, says Elizabeth Ortega at ECO Strategic Communications.

  • Our Current Approach To Trial Advocacy Training Is Lacking Author Photo

    The key to trial advocacy is persuasion, but current training programs focus almost entirely on technique, making it imperative that lawyers are taught to be effective storytellers and to connect with their audiences, says Chris Arledge at Ellis George.

  • How Women In Law Can Advance Toward Leadership Roles Author Photo

    Female attorneys in leadership roles inspire other women to pursue similar opportunities in a male-dominated field, and for those who aspire to lead, prioritizing collaboration, inclusivity and integrity is key, says Kim Yelkin at Foley & Lardner.

  • The Case That Took Me From Prosecutor To Defense Attorney Author Photo

    Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza, now at Wilkinson Stekloff, recalls the challenges of her first case as a civil defense attorney — a multibillion-dollar multidistrict class action against Allergan — and the lessons she learned about building rapport in the courtroom and with co-counsel.

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