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    DLA Piper Adds Environmental Credit Atty To NY Energy Team

    DLA Piper has hired an energy attorney whose specialties include environmental credits, advising clients on energy regulatory matters and working with a range of carbon-specific investment structures, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    AI-Focused Co. Roadzen Recruits General Counsel

    Artificial intelligence-powered automotive insurance company Roadzen Inc. has named a new general counsel who brings more than 30 years of in-house experience to the role.

  • Trump Says $83M Libel Trial 'Infected' By Malice Instruction

    Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a New York federal judge for a new trial after a jury held he must pay $83.3 million for calling writer E. Jean Carroll a liar in response to her sexual abuse allegations, saying the jury received erroneous instructions and the damages are excessive.

  • DA Defends Cohen's Credibility In Trump Hush Money Case

    The Manhattan district attorney has told a New York state judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money case that the presidential candidate's former attorney Michael Cohen will tell the truth at trial, despite his past perjury.

  • Feds Say Sen. Menendez Knew 'Loans' Were Bribes

    U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and his wife were charged with obstruction of justice in a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday in New York federal court, raising the stakes in the corruption trial facing the New Jersey Democrat.

  • NY Firm Must Face Ex-Legal Assistant's Sex Harassment Suit

    A Long Island civil rights law firm can't escape a former legal assistant's lawsuit alleging she was fired for complaining about colleagues' persistent sexual harassment, a New York federal judge has ruled, saying the court needs more information to determine whether the firm is an employer under federal law.

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    Jackson Lewis Picks Up Ogletree Veteran In NYC

    Jackson Lewis PC has added a former Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC shareholder to its New York City office, bringing on an attorney who is looking to help clients navigate the unique challenges of the Big Apple's ever-evolving landscape of workplace regulations.

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    2nd Circ. Hears Ex-Law Clerk's Bid To Revive Harassment Suit

    The Second Circuit is considering how to move forward with a former New York law clerk's attempts to revive her sexual harassment suit after hearing from the parties on Tuesday, one day after a lower court said it would not reconsider its decision to toss the case.

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    IP Litigation Vet Joins Wiggin and Dana's NY Office From LTL

    Wiggin and Dana LLP said Tuesday that it is welcoming a technology and life sciences expert from litigation boutique LTL Attorneys LLP to its intellectual property litigation group.

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    Ex-Pfizer GC To Chair Board At Baby Nutrition Co.

    Baby nutrition company ByHeart said Tuesday it has appointed a managing partner of Polaris Partners, who is a former general counsel of Pfizer Inc., as chair of its board of directors.

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    DLA Piper Adds Merck SVP As New Life Sciences Sector Chair

    An experienced in-house attorney with a longtime passion for life sciences and medicine has left her position as a C-suite executive at biopharmaceutical giant Merck to join DLA Piper as the chair of its life sciences sector.

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    MG+M Opens In NJ, Adds 4-Atty Team From McElroy Deutsch

    Manning Gross & Massenburg LLP announced Tuesday that it has launched an office in northern New Jersey and brought on a team of four attorneys who came aboard from McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP.

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    Norton Rose Gains 2 Financial Services Pros From Fried Frank

    Norton Rose Fulbright has added two experienced financial services attorneys from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, including the founder of legal website Regulatory Intelligence, as New York-based partners.

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    Tully Rinckey's Atty Contracts Offer Warning To Other Firms

    The ongoing disciplinary case against the founders of Tully Rinckey PLLC over restrictions the firm placed on departing attorneys is an unusual one, but experts say it's still an important reminder for lawyers to be mindful of the ethical considerations of their employment agreements.

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    Ex-Thomas Clerk Joins Holwell Shuster In New York

    Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP announced Tuesday that a former associate who later clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has rejoined the firm in New York from Jones Day.

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    Fish & Richardson Leader On Thriving During Pandemic

    Fish & Richardson PC announced Monday that it had reelected president and CEO John Adkisson to a second term. Here, Adkisson talks to Law360 Pulse about navigating the firm through the pandemic with record profits and his goals for the next four years.

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    Winston & Strawn Atty Rejoins Norton Rose As Antitrust Lead

    Norton Rose Fulbright announced Tuesday that its new Washington, D.C.-based head of antitrust in the U.S. has rejoined the firm, where she previously worked for more than two decades, after six years with Winston & Strawn LLP.

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    The Most Notable Numbers For 2024 Mid-Law Promotions

    Partnership promotions among Mid-Law firms ticked downward during the 2024 promotion cycle, with average class sizes falling below five partners, based on an analysis of announcements from mid-size and regional firms.

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    Southeast, Michigan Highlight Mid-Law Partner Promotions

    A survey by Law360 Pulse of Mid-Law partner promotion class announcements shows Southeastern markets like Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas started 2024 with heavy growth, while Michigan-based firms saw a substantial increase from previous years.

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    Number Of Women In Mid-Law Partner Classes Stays Stagnant

    The percentage of female attorneys in this year's partnership classes among Mid-Law firms remained constant, with experts saying that although midsize and regional firms tend to do better than their BigLaw cousins, work remains to be done if firms are to reach gender parity among their partner ranks.

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    Weber Gallagher Chair Talks 'Cautiously Aggressive' Growth

    Andrew Indeck discusses the decision making behind Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP's recent geographic and talent expansions following the additions of a new office near Miami and a six-attorney team from Vaughan Baio & Partners.

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    Trump Blasts DA's Gag Order Motion In NY Hush Money Case

    Donald Trump's attorneys on Monday slammed the Manhattan district attorney's request for a gag order in the hush money case against the former president, arguing it would be unconstitutional to silence the "leading candidate in the 2024 election" in the midst of the primary season.

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    'Bright Line' Recusal Rule May Be Challenging To Fed. Judges

    A new ethics opinion clarifying when federal judges should step aside from cases when they own stock in a party's parent company is a positive step toward transparency, but it also creates a lot of work for judges and may not have much practical impact, according to experts.

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    Once Part-Time GC Grows Company And His Role In It

    Adam Epstein started working at adMarketplace, which supports online searches for products, over 20 years ago as a part-time general counsel.

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    Former FDIC Counsel Rejoins Cadwalader In NY

    A onetime Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP associate is coming back to the firm after serving as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's senior special counsel, the firm said Monday.

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Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Perspectives

    Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench Author Photo

    To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.

  • The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand Author Photo

    Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.

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