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Hunton Promotes 11 Attorneys To Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP announced Monday it elevated 11 attorneys to partner, nearly half of them within the firm's corporate practice.
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Clifford Chance Adds 2 Insurance, Antitrust Experts In NY
Clifford Chance LLP has picked up two attorneys for its expanding insurance and antitrust groups, adding a specialist in private equity with more than 15 years of experience and a property and casualty loss expert.
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Fox Rothschild Names 9 New Office, Practice Group Leaders
Fox Rothschild LLP announced new office managing partners and practice group chairs Monday as part of a leadership rotation at the firm.
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Fennemore Craig Adds 80 Legal Pros From Moye White
Fennemore Craig PC said Monday it will add about 80 lawyers and legal professionals to its Denver office later this month from Moye White LLP — its fourth mass lateral hiring spree of 2024.
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Winston & Strawn Looks To Settle Brief-Copying IP Suit
A Winston & Strawn LLP attorney on Friday told a Manhattan federal judge that the firm is angling to settle a copyright infringement suit that accuses its attorneys of copying a motion-to-dismiss filing by a boutique intellectual property firm "nearly verbatim," saying it isn't worth the cost to all involved.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
The Digital Justice Foundation leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Tenth Circuit set aside a fair use win for Netflix Inc. in a copyright suit brought by a former zoo employee who livestreamed the funeral of the husband of "Tiger King" star Joe Exotic.
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Dentons Europe Says Houston Co. Owes $4.7M In Legal Fees
International law firm Dentons Europe CS LLP has accused a Houston-area company, self-described as a leader in kidnap and ransom resolution and crisis response, of failing to pay more than $4.7 million in legal fees in connection with the development of a port in Africa.
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Female Bar Presidents On Rising Above Legal Field Barriers
The National Conference of Bar Presidents recently hosted a webinar titled “Advice From National Women Bar Presidents on Serving the Legal Profession” in honor of Women’s History Month. Read on for advice from three top female legal leaders.
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Retired Sidley Austin Atty Joins Pharma Group's Case
A former Sidley Austin LLP attorney said Thursday that he is coming out of retirement to work for a pharmaceutical coalition in its push for protection from anti-kickback restrictions in a federal lawsuit.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in five cases this week, including a highly anticipated one over the fate of medication abortions, and another over when repeat offenders qualify to have their sentences enhanced. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Arnall Golden Starts Women-In-Technology Group
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP launched a new women-in-technology initiative with the addition of recent strategic hires that will serve as a resource to clients who need sophisticated, tech-related guidance.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The end of March marked another busy week for the legal industry as BigLaw made notable hires and shifted office locations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Meet Quinn Emanuel's New DC Co-Managing Partner
When Meghan McCaffrey first joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in 2014, she'd only been practicing law for a little over five and a half years. A decade later, after being named the co-managing partner of the firm's Washington, D.C., office, she told Law360 Pulse that she's ready for her new leadership position.
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Munger Tolles, Stroock Alums Tapped For Calif. Judiciary
Among California Gov. Gavin Newsom's picks for judgeships around the Golden State are a former Munger Tolles & Olson LLP attorney, who will serve on the state's Second District Court of Appeal, and a Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP alumna.
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Laurence Fishburne Portrays Atty's Harrowing Katrina Ordeal
This weekend marks the end of a three-week debut run of the one-man show "Like They Do in the Movies," written and performed by Tony Award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne — which includes the moving story of what his longtime friend Duane Morris partner Joe West endured at a New Orleans hospital during Hurricane Katrina.
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WeightWatchers Adds 23andMe's Ex-Legal Head As Its GC
WW International Inc., formerly known as WeightWatchers, hired Jacqueline Cooke from ancestry-tracking company 23andMe this month as its new general counsel and corporate secretary.
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USC Law School Names Election Expert As 1st Black Dean
The University of Southern California's Gould School of Law has tapped Franita Tolson to serve as its new dean, making her the first Black person and second woman to lead the school.
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Littler Announces New Affinity Group Leadership
Management-side employment firm Littler Mendelson PC announced new co-chairs for its Bollo affinity group serving Black, African American, African and Caribbean attorneys and their allies on Tuesday.
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Steptoe Taps McDermott's Fintech Head To Be NY Partner
A longtime partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP who led the firm's fintech and blockchain transactions practice has joined Steptoe LLP in New York, where she will focus her practice on blockchain, crypto, derivatives and fintech.
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Morgan Lewis Accused Of Age, Race Bias By Patent Specialist
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP gave preferential treatment to younger white co-workers of a Black patent prosecution specialist, including more overtime and better pay, according to a complaint filed Thursday in Washington, D.C., federal court.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty Calls For Injunction Amid Online Harassment
A former Greenberg Traurig LLP patent attorney locked in litigation in Florida federal court with a social media influencer over claims the influencer mounted a campaign to get him fired and destroyed his reputation reiterated his request for a cyberstalking injunction Thursday as he detailed disturbing recent instances of online harassment he has received.
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Polsinelli Brings On Ex-Nelson Hardiman Healthcare Pro In LA
Polsinelli PC announced on Thursday the hiring of a former partner at Nelson Hardiman LLP as a shareholder in its healthcare litigation and disputes practice out of its Los Angeles office.
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In Their Words: Founders On Being A Woman In Legal Tech
Recently, the legal tech community was rocked by a LinkedIn post detailing sexual harassment claims by anonymous women attending industry conferences. Law360 Pulse spoke with five women founders about their work experiences and finding support from other women in the industry.
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Fired Alston & Bird Aide Fights Arbitration Of Vax Claims
An Alston & Bird LLP staffer fired after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19 told a Georgia federal court that it should refuse to force her discrimination suit into arbitration, since her employment contract was not a matter of interstate commerce.
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Freshfields To Require Attorneys Work 4 Days In US Offices
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP will soon be mandating that all of its U.S. attorneys work from the office at least four days a week, a source with knowledge on the matter confirmed Thursday.