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Environmental Group Of The Year: Kelley Drye
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP helped New Jersey sue DuPont in a first-of-its-kind series of bench trials in federal district court in 2025, one of several high-profile wins the firm's environmental team earned in cases regarding the environmental and human impact of "forever chemicals" — earning a place among the 2025 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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Benefits Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
Cohen Milstein's benefits team struck a $14.75 million deal with Citgo to end an outdated mortality data suit and secured a $7.9 million settlement in a 401(k) mismanagement case, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Benefit Groups of the Year.
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Former SEC Deputy Director Joins Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP announced on Wednesday that it has hired a former federal prosecutor who recently stepped down as deputy director of enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Kirkland, Ex-Tech Worker End Caregiver Bias Suit
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has reached an agreement with a Black former tech support supervisor to close his suit claiming the law firm paid him less than his white colleagues and discriminated against him for being a parent, according to a Wednesday filing in D.C. federal court.
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Orrick Adds Hogan Lovells Energy Practice Leader In DC
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired Hogan Lovells' global energy practice group leader, who spent almost 19 years with Hogan Lovells before making her recent move to the new platform, Orrick announced Wednesday.
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Linklaters Hires Americas COO From A&O Shearman
Linklaters LLP has brought on an Allen Overy Shearman Sterling executive to lead the law firm's operations in the Americas amid a "significant U.S. expansion," the firm announced on Wednesday.
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Big Workloads Burning Out Mid-Level In-House Legal Execs
While in-house counsel generally report they are satisfied with their jobs, crushing workloads coupled with shriveling budgets are causing serious burnout among those sandwiched between the top dogs and junior attorneys, experts said.
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4 Tips For Attys To Climb The In-House Ladder
With just over one-third of the lawyers who participated in the In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey saying they’re satisfied with their advancement prospects, Law360 Pulse spoke with seasoned general counsel about how they advanced in their careers.
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What Lawyers Really Think About Working In-House
Law360 Pulse asked corporate counsel to identify some common misconceptions about working in-house and share their thoughts on the rewards and challenges of their jobs. Here's what they said.
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How Happy Are In-House Attorneys At Work?
Most in-house lawyers remain satisfied with their roles and would choose the career again, but advancement opportunities continue to lag behind other measures of satisfaction, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.
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Paul Hastings Adds Cooley Atty As Life Science Deals Leader
Paul Hastings LLP announced Wednesday that it has tapped a former Cooley LLP partner and onetime Merck & Co. attorney to chair its life sciences transactions team.
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Morgan Lewis Adds Fenwick Litigator Duo In LA, Seattle
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP continues boosting its West Coast litigation team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a pair of Fenwick & West LLP trial attorneys as partners in its Los Angeles and Seattle offices.
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Law Professors Sue EEOC For Firm DEI Letter Records
Two professors at law schools in Michigan and Florida have sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in D.C. federal court, seeking documents related to 20 letters the agency sent to law firms over their purported diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
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McGuireWoods Adds Sidley Private Equity Pro In Los Angeles
McGuireWoods LLP is expanding its transactional team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing in a Sidley Austin LLP private equity expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Firm Rebrands To Vartabedian Katz With DLA Piper L&E Team
A 2-year-old Texas litigation boutique formerly known as Vartabedian Hester & Haynes LLP announced Tuesday that it has rebranded as Vartabedian Katz Hester & Haynes with the addition of a Dallas-based labor and employment team coming aboard from DLA Piper.
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Firm Seeks Sanctions For Rhodium Settlement Fee Fight
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP is asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to sanction members of the board of bankrupt cryptocurrency miner Rhodium Encore LLC and their attorneys, saying they used false claims of misconduct to delay an $8.9 million fee payment.
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Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Wachtell Lipton
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz guided Charter Communications through the biggest telecom merger of the year when it picked up Cox Communications for $34.5 billion in a deal that created the second-largest broadband company in the country, earning it a spot among the Law360 2025 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.
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Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Wilkinson Stekloff
Wilkinson Stekloff LLP led the NCAA to a historic $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement and helped the organization fend off challenges to its eligibility requirements, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.
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Securities Group Of The Year: Robbins Geller
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP secured one of the largest shareholder class settlements of all time in a deal with Under Armour Inc. and has defeated multiple attempts by Disney to fend off a lawsuit filed by its investors, making the firm one of the 2025 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
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Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
Williams & Connolly LLP held onto the first contested injunction in Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act history and defended Pfizer's COVID-19 products against infringement claims, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
Last year, the fund formation team at Ropes & Gray LLP helped private equity giant TPG Inc. close a $3 billion credit-focused continuation fund, guided another major private equity player, Bain Capital, in securing $5.7 billion from investors for its second global special situations fund and aided a unit of the Carlyle Group in raising $20 billion for its latest secondary fund, landing it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Hughes Hubbard
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP helped Panama fend off a $2 billion claim asserted by a subsidiary of Canada-based First Quantum Minerals after the company's concession for one of the world's largest copper mines was ruled unconstitutional, landing the firm among the 2025 Law360 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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Cannabis Group Of The Year: Dykema
Dykema represented a coalition of Michigan cannabis interests in an ongoing effort to challenge the state's 24% wholesale tax on marijuana as well as steering a big-ticket transaction and advising on numerous regulatory matters, securing it a place as one of the 2025 Law360 Cannabis Groups of the Year.
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Compliance Group Of The Year: Sidley
Sidley Austin LLP's regulatory and enforcement lawyers convinced the U.S. Department of Justice to do away with an independent compliance monitorship requirement in a settlement with U.S. Navy and Coast Guard shipbuilder Austal, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Compliance Groups of the Year.
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Employment Group Of The Year: Wigdor
Wigdor LLP secured settlements on behalf of an actress victimized by Harvey Weinstein and a fintech executive discharged after two pregnancies, and is leading the charge in high-profile employment litigation against the NFL and NCAA, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
Expert Analysis
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Guest Feature
Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law
It falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.
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Guest Feature
Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers
To build the ranks of female trial attorneys, law firms must integrate them into every aspect of a case — from witness preparation to courtroom arguments — instead of relegating them to small roles, says Kalpana Srinivasan, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey.
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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.