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Atty, Northwestern Mutual Settle Disability Benefits Suit
A real estate attorney agreed to drop his lawsuit alleging that Northwestern Mutual denied him disability benefits after his anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions rendered him unable to work, according to filings in New York federal court.
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Weil Loses 2 Regulatory Partners To Skadden In NY, DC
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Tuesday it has hired two attorneys from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, as partner exits from that firm continue in the days following news of failed merger discussions with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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Fenwick & West To Match $235K Salary Scale For Associates
Fenwick & West LLP is reportedly the latest firm that will raise associate pay in the new year.
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Cleary Adds PE Veteran From Simpson Thacher In NY
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Tuesday that a former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney has joined the firm as a partner in its Americas mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions groups.
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McDermott Taps 36 Partners In Sharp Drop From 2025
McDermott Will & Schulte has promoted 36 lawyers to the role of partner, approximately half the 74 it announced in 2025, as the firm looks to grow its numbers in New York and strengthen its private capital business.
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Pay Up, Hours Down For BigLaw Partners
Average partner compensation rose 10% from 2023 to 2025, reaching a new high of just over $1.5 million, while at the same time average billable hours fell about 4%, according to a survey released Tuesday.
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Scholar Warns AI Pitfalls Can Go Beyond Hallucinations
The number of court cases around the world involving AI-generated errors fell in both the second and third quarters of 2026, according to new research by a legal scholar who recently warned that the risks of using artificial intelligence in litigation now go beyond so-called hallucinations.
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BuzzFeed Legal Team To Absorb CLO's Duties After His Exit
Media company BuzzFeed Inc.'s top attorney is set to depart early next month, with its legal team set to pick up his responsibilities.
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Ex-SDNY National Security Co-Chief Joins Bracewell
Bracewell LLP announced Monday that a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York who supervised and tried landmark cases involving terrorist attacks around the world has joined its government enforcement and investigations practice group.
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NYCBA Approves 47 Of 68 Judicial Hopefuls
The New York City Bar Association on Friday approved roughly two-thirds of the 68 judicial candidates running for spots on the city's courts in the upcoming general election.
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Milbank Hires Ex-SDNY Securities Task Force Leader
The former co-chief of the Securities and Commodities Task Force at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has joined Milbank LLP as a partner to continue his litigation practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Cleary Promotes 31 Attorneys To Partner, Counsel
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced on Monday the promotion of 31 attorneys, including 15 partners and 16 counsel, one shy of the record it reached last year.
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Former Willkie Partner, Wife Owe $14.5M Tax Debt, Gov't Says
A former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner and his wife owe the U.S. more than $14.5 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest, according to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court that seeks to enforce federal tax liens against their New York home to settle the debt.
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Ropes & Gray Taps Record 26 Partners, With Boston Leading
Ropes & Gray LLP on Monday named 26 lawyers who are joining its partnership, the largest partner promotion round in its history, with its office in Boston accounting for half the class.
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Weil PE Pro Declines Executive Partner Seat Amid Turmoil
Ramona Y. Nee has decided not to become executive partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, days after merger talks with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP ended and amid departures on both sides of the Atlantic, sources close to the firm told Law360 Monday.
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Maurene Comey Illegally Fired, Entitled To Pay, Judge Holds
Former New York federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawfully fired by President Donald Trump's administration, a federal judge in Manhattan held Monday, granting back pay and potentially legal fees to the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey.
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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.
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Goodwin Launches AI Governance Program
Goodwin Procter LLP announced on Thursday the launch of Goodwin AI Governance, a program that supports organizations working to remain in compliance while adopting artificial intelligence.
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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits
A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit.
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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early
New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.
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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office
Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.
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Latham Elects 36 Associates To Partnership With NY Out Front
Latham & Watkins LLP has elected 36 associates to its partnership in its second round of promotions in 2026, with its New York office gaining the biggest share — just under a third of those who leveled up.
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MSG Entertainment CLO's Comp Tops $2.6M In First 3 Months
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. paid its top attorney $2.6 million in compensation in his first three months on the job, according to a Thursday securities filing.
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As Cyberattacks Persist, Keeping Client Trust Is Key For Firms
Law firms in the aftermath of recent data breaches — made even more complex amid what experts describe as an artificial intelligence "arms race" — are racing to contain damage, comply with notification requirements, and above all preserve client relationships.
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Legal AI Adoption Tips And Takeaways From Dot-Com Bubble
Legal artificial intelligence is on a similar trajectory as the internet in the dot-com era, where several internet companies failed after the initial market frenzy, but even if AI company valuations take a hit and the industry goes through a major reordering, legal leaders should note that the technology itself remains genuinely transformational for the delivery of legal services, says Gabriel Buigas at Integreon.
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Keeping PE Out Of Law Is Job For Courts, Not Capitols
Efforts by lawmakers in California, Colorado and Illinois seeking to bar private equity firms, hedge funds and other nonattorney investors from owning or financing law firms risk intruding on authority that state constitutions and the inherent powers doctrine have traditionally assigned to the judiciary, says attorney Felix Shipkevich.
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Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.
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Avoiding The Changing Pitfalls Of Firm Website Redesigns
BigLaw firms about to tackle a website redesign need to understand the fundamental changes to costs, timelines, vendors and technology since their last big update so their leadership teams can steer resource management decisions away from costly potential mistakes, says Stephan Roussan at Vertical Minds.
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Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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How Firms Can Win Market For Unified Legal Client Services
Firms willing to develop a new operating model, where AI-powered legal tech is paired with deep industry expertise and a different incentive structure, can win over companies looking to consolidate their legal needs with a single provider, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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NY Times Word Puzzles Make Me A Better Lawyer
Every morning I let The New York Times humble me with word games, which offer a chance to recalibrate my brain before the day's chaos arrives and remind me that a solution — whether to a puzzle or employment law issue — almost always exists once I find the right angle, says Amy Epstein Gluck at Pierson Ferdinand.
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7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs
Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge
Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.
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How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm Model
The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.
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AI-Powered Search Demands New Legal Marketing Playbook
As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.
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What Law Firm MSOs Can Learn From Accounting Co. Model
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Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.
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Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush
Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.
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How Leaders Can Foster Professional Growth With Feedback
When law firm leaders provide work product feedback by identifying errors instead of offering guiding input, they miss a key opportunity to treat feedback as a professional development and leadership tool, but several practices can help bridge the gap between intent and impact, says Janet Jackson at Well-Law.