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Firm Revenue Up 12.6% As Billing Rates, Demand Grew In '25
Increased billing rates and strong demand helped drive another financially successful year for the U.S. legal industry in 2025, according to survey results released Wednesday.
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Ropes & Gray Adds 3 Partners In New York
Ropes & Gray LLP has expanded its offerings in New York with the addition of three attorneys, one each from Debevoise, Paul Weiss and Wachtell Lipton.
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Lambda Legal Taps Ex-Reuters Atty To Head Legal, Advocacy
Lambda Legal, the civil rights nonprofit that advocates for LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV, on Wednesday named a former deputy general counsel for WeWork and compliance leader at Reuters to head its legal department, effective Feb. 9.
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Longtime DOJ Antitrust Litigator Joins Duane Morris
A veteran antitrust litigator at the U.S. Department of Justice left the federal government to join Duane Morris LLP as a partner, the firm has announced.
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Withers Launches East Coast L&E Team With Outten & Golden Trio
Withers announced Tuesday that it has launched an employment practice on the East Coast, welcoming three former Outten & Golden PC lawyers who have advised executives across a wide range of industries.
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Law Firms Merged At Record Rates In 2025 Amid Talent War
A record 59 law firm combinations were completed in 2025, 21 of which involved the largest 200 firms by revenue, according to statistics released by SurePoint Legal Insights, formerly Leopard Solutions, on Tuesday.
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Carter Ledyard Taps Litigator As Next Managing Partner
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP announced Tuesday that it has chosen an employment litigator who joined the firm in 2023 to lead the firm.
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How Associates Can Financially Prep For Equity Partnership
The transition from steady pay as an associate to dealing with the financial nuances of being an equity partner calls for great diligence in how young attorneys manage their finances.
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Gibson Dunn Mentor Program Sets Up Attys For Success
January is National Mentoring Month. Law360 heard from attorneys who are in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s firmwide mentorship program about its top benefits.
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'Dirty Little Secret': Airbus Sued Over Toxic Cabin Air
Airbus is putting profits over the wellbeing of flight crews and passengers by refusing to take simple actions that could mitigate the potential for engine contaminants to leak into cabin air through the plane manufacturer's air system design, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York federal court.
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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.
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Judge Taps Ex-CIA, Corrections Pro To Clean Up NYC's Rikers
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday named a former Vermont corrections commissioner and ex-CIA officer to take the reins of New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail system as a "remediation manager," after yearslong efforts to clamp down on incidents of excessive force against the jail population.
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SEC Assistant Director Joins Goldman Sachs In New York
A former assistant director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has moved in-house at Goldman Sachs.
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Vedder Price Shortens Name In Rebranding Effort
Chicago-based law firm Vedder Price PC will now go by the name Vedder and has debuted a new website in an effort to better serve clients and employees.
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Fox Rothschild Updates Leadership Team With Eye On Future
Both the managing partner and chair of Fox Rothschild LLP will start new terms in those positions in the spring, when a firm co-chair will join the leadership team to prepare for a possible transition to serving the role independently.
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Tanenbaum Keale Adds 10-Atty Team From Connell Foley
A team of 10 attorneys, including partners, associates and a special counsel, has joined the Newark-based litigation boutique Tanenbaum Keale LLP from Connell Foley LLP, Tanenbaum Keale announced Tuesday.
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2 Attys Sanctioned For AI Citations In Pa. Copyright Suit Filing
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has reprimanded two attorneys in a copyright infringement suit for filing a motion to dismiss that contained at least eight false case citations generated by artificial intelligence.
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Dentons Adds Legal Head From Cadwalader, Names CIO
The longtime general counsel for Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft will move to Dentons on Feb. 2, becoming the latest high-profile attorney to depart the firm before a projected merger.
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Jocko Fuel Sued In NY Over Cadmium In Protein Shakes
Jocko Fuel misleads consumers into thinking its chocolate protein shakes are made with "just premium protein and functional ingredients" that are tested for safety, despite the fact that the shakes are at risk of containing unsafe levels of cadmium, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in New York federal court.
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Law Student Recruiting Moves Further Off Campus
About four-fifths of law school summer associate recruiting in 2025 happened through employer-sponsored channels, as opposed to more traditional law school-sponsored channels, with recruiting also happening increasingly early, according to research unveiled Monday by the National Association for Law Placement.
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Eversheds Sutherland Creates US Innovation Department
Eversheds Sutherland has combined its data, research and technology teams to form a 20-person innovation department in the U.S. focused on leveraging artificial intelligence and other technologies in legal work and client services, the firm said Monday.
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Hodgson Russ Taps NY Estates Atty As Managing Partner
Hodgson Russ LLP announced Monday that it is tapping a New York trusts and estates lawyer to lead the firm as managing partner during a continued period of growth.
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Pump.Fun Avoids Sanctions For Users' Harassing Meme Coins
Meme coin launchpad Pump.Fun defeated a sanctions bid on Friday over allegations it permitted crypto tokens on its platform that threaten individuals suing it, but a Manhattan federal judge said the bid could be renewed if the harassment starts up again.
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Dechert Lands 20-Partner Group From McDermott
Dechert LLP announced Friday it is bringing aboard 20 partners from McDermott Will & Schulte spanning litigation, intellectual property and other practice areas in six cities across the country, including for upcoming firm offices in Chicago and Dallas.
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How Attorneys Can Balance Careers With Caring For Parents
As baby boomers get older and develop more intense healthcare needs, attorneys in the prime of their careers are increasingly pressed to also provide care to their elderly parents.
Expert Analysis
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Making Legal Cents: Firm Culture Is The New Game Plan
Law firm culture is often dismissed as a soft factor — merely platitudes on a website that seem disconnected from the bottom line — but by intentionally embedding a strong culture into day-to-day operations, law firms can achieve sustainable success, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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5 Questions Firms Must Ask For Successful Lateral Integration
To ensure that lateral partners effectively integrate their books of business, firms should design a structured transition plan based on a few fundamentals, from tracking the right data to implementing meaningful incentives, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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Goldilocks Solution: Why The 4-Day Office Week Is Just Right
As law firms continue to wrestle with return-to-office policies, many are being pulled toward one or the other of two extremes: the rigidity of a five-day in-office schedule and the laissez-faire approach of a flexible three-day hybrid model — but a four-day in-office workweek may be the sweet spot, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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As Attys Adopt Generative AI, 3 Elements Should Be Cardinal
As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections
One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.
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Roundup
Biz Development Tip Of The Month
This year, experts shared 12 actionable strategies on building business in today's competitive legal market, from prioritizing human connections to maximizing the impact of thought leadership.
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Overcoming US Law Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market
Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year
While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.
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Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm Leader
Reid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.
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How Firms Can Use LinkedIn To Aid Marketing Efforts In 2025
LinkedIn has several features law firms can use to showcase their capabilities and thought leadership to reach prospective and existing clients, including the Event and Live features, says Sofia Millar at Reputation Ink.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Emotions In Trauma Cases
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Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm discusses what motivates her to represent victims of catastrophic injuries, how she copes with the emotional toll of such cases, and what other attorneys taking on similar cases can do to protect their mental well-being.
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Strategies For Successful Law Firm Mergers In 2025
Law firms are expected to continue consolidating in the year to come, and because these mergers require a different kind of playbook, firm leaders must carefully consider office culture nuances, professional services economics and talent retention strategy before any merger, say directors at FTI Consulting.
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Making Legal Cents: Winning More Work In A Crowded Market
In a market where clients have more options, tighter budgets and higher expectations, firms must figure out how to differentiate themselves without discounting their rates, and several practical strategies for pitching, pricing and early-engagement communication can help, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Best Practices For Implementing Firm Revenue Cycle Roles
Law firm revenue cycles are becoming more complex and time-consuming, but hiring dedicated revenue cycle personnel can help streamline the process and reduce the burden on attorneys, says Christine Indiano at Harbor Global.