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  • Ex-NJ Law Firm Exec Drops Bid For Docs In Retaliation Suit

    A former McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP executive accused of stealing from the firm has withdrawn a motion filed in New Jersey state court demanding evidence supporting her gender discrimination suit after the firm blasted the request as "frivolous" and said she had already received the requested materials.

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    Office Snapshot: DLA Piper Gets Tech Look In Silicon Valley

    Stepping inside DLA Piper's Silicon Valley shop in Stanford Research Park, one could easily mistake the space for the office of a tech business instead of a law firm.

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    Bradley Arant Adds Insurance Atty From Barnes & Thornburg

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has strengthened its policyholder insurance coverage team by adding a former Barnes & Thornburg LLP partner based in Atlanta and Tampa, Florida, who has recovered more than $500 million for clients over the past three years, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    And The Oscars' Legal Questions Go To ... John Quinn

    When he was the general counsel to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Quinn Emanuel founding partner John Quinn attended the Oscars dozens of times, and he did so with a copy of the broadcast network contract tucked into his tuxedo pocket.

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    Tarter Krinsky's Cybersecurity Co-Chair Joins Norton Rose

    Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP's former privacy and cybersecurity co-chair is moving to Norton Rose Fulbright, bringing a former associate with her to the firm's New York office.

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    Equity Concerns Follow Mass Torts' March Into Bankruptcy

    After decades of suffering and waiting, a group of more than 82,000 childhood sexual abuse survivors recently reached a $2.5 billion bankruptcy settlement with the Boy Scouts of America and related groups. Yet the survivors may once again be in suspense.

  • Feds Want 3 Years For Trader Who Spied BigLaw Ex's Binder

    Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal court for a prison sentence of up to three years for a man who orchestrated an insider trading scheme after gleaning information about a yet-to-be-announced merger from his girlfriend, a Covington & Burling associate, calling it a brazen crime that the defendant lied about when confronted.

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    Akerman Cannabis Atty Jumps To Saul Ewing In Fla.

    Saul Ewing LLP has added a former Akerman LLP partner with experience as general counsel for a cannabis operator, strengthening its Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office, the firm announced Thursday.

  • Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP spent 2023 in the trenches of new and emerging issues in bankruptcy, steering the Boy Scouts of America out of Chapter 11 and breaking down the bankruptcy process for hundreds of thousands of former customers and unsecured creditors of former crypto company Celsius Network, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • White Collar Group Of The Year: Shearman

    Shearman & Sterling LLP showcased the firm's global reach and expertise in navigating tricky cross-border challenges while defending Danske Bank in a major money laundering probe, one of several achievements that secured the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • Technology Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's technology team last year led a slew of multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including one involving Cisco, and beat back a DOJ antitrust challenge of UnitedHealth's $13.8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Technology Groups of the Year.  

  • Trials Group Of The Year: Weil

    Successfully defending Facebook parent company Meta from a Federal Trade Commission challenge to its acquisition of a virtual reality company and Comcast from a multimillion-dollar patent dispute are a few of the noteworthy cases that earned Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP a spot among Law360's 2023 Trials Practice Groups of the Year.

  • Transportation Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown aided financiers like Wells Fargo Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities in a deal to underwrite $1.8 billion in private activity bonds to rebuild and maintain six bridges in Pennsylvania, one of many deals that earned it a spot among Law360's 2023 Transportation Groups of the Year.

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    Honigman Picks Up Corporate Attorney From Ropes & Gray

    Honigman LLP said it has hired away a Ropes & Gray LLP counsel with finance transaction expertise who started his career at Honigman to become a partner in its corporate finance practice group.

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    White & Case Predicts Surge For White-Collar Practice

    White & Case LLP has made an additional investment in its investigations practice and brought in white-collar crime expert Neill Blundell amid growing demand from U.K. companies for advice on new environmental, social and governance standards.

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    Western NY Boutique Launches With Nod To Roman Emperor

    Western New York boutique Aurelian Law PLLC launched Thursday with a focus on crisis response, government investigations and high-stakes litigation.

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    Paul Hastings Lands NY Real Estate Pro From McDermott

    Paul Hastings LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a leader in complex real estate transactions as a partner in New York.

  • Latham Passes Skadden As Busiest Securities Defense Firm

    Despite a downward trend in securities case filings over the past three years, Latham & Watkins LLP has remained one of the most active law firms on the defense side, taking over the top spot from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, according to reports released by Lex Machina.

  • Ex-Oil Exec. Michael Reger Dukes It Out With Dorsey Attys

    Michael Reger, a co-founder and former executive of now-defunct oil transloading company Dakota Plains Holdings Inc., is trading blows in Minnesota state court with his onetime legal counsel from Dorsey & Whitney LLP, with the firm saying Reger's malpractice complaint is just an attempt to skip his bill following a stock fraud suit.

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    Arconic Deputy GC Joins Reichman Jorgensen As Legal Chief

    Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP, a majority women-owned trial boutique, announced Wednesday it is bringing in the former vice president and deputy general counsel of Arconic Corp. to be a partner and the firm's new general counsel.

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    Quinn Emanuel's 2nd $185M Fee Bid Blasted As 'Indefensible'

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's second attempt to win $185 million in attorney fees in $3.7 billion litigation over the Affordable Care Act still fails to justify the "indefensible" amount and barely pays "lip service" to a reevaluation ordered by the Federal Circuit, health insurers told the federal claims court.

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    Lewis Brisbois Adds IP Attorney From Robins Kaplan

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added an attorney who worked for Robins Kaplan LLP for about seven years as a partner in its Minneapolis office.

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    Founder Of Mayer Brown Gov't Contracts Practice Dies

    Mayer Brown LLP is mourning the loss of the founder and chair of its government contracts practice, Marcia G. Madsen, who is being remembered as a formidable litigator and supportive role model to other attorneys.

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    Incoming Fordham Law Dean On Goals, Making A Difference

    Law schools can be at the center of fomenting change in their communities, believes Joseph Landau, who is set to become Fordham University School of Law's new dean in July.

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    The Firms Charging Into Secondary Cities As BigLaw Retreats

    While top-tier firms have recently tapered their migration to secondary legal markets, firm leaders and recruiters say these locations continue to hold appeal for midtier firms, citing advantages such as lower expenses and competitive billing rates.

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Expert Analysis

  • Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll Author Photo

    As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.

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    Ask A Mentor: Should My Law Firm Take On An Apprentice? Author Photo

    Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.

  • The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation Author Photo

    As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.

  • The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms Author Photo

    In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.

  • The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey Author Photo

    Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.

  • Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors Author Photo

    Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload? Author Photo

    Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.

  • A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms Author Photo

    Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments? Author Photo

    In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging. 

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.

  • 7 Tips For Predeposition Meetings Under New Federal Rule Author Photo

    Attorneys can use a new predeposition meet-and-confer obligation for federal litigation — taking effect Tuesday — to better understand and narrow the topics of planned testimony, and more clearly outline the scope of any discovery disputes, says James Wagstaffe at Wagstaffe von Loewenfeldt Busch.

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    Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers Author Photo

    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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    Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law Author Photo

    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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    5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic Author Photo

    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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    BigLaw Cannot Reap Diversity Rewards Without Inclusion Author Photo

    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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