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White House Slams 'Cruel, Islamophobic Attacks' On Judicial Nom
The White House on Friday mounted a defense of Adeel Mangi, a nominee to serve on the Third Circuit, who would be the first Muslim federal appeals court judge if confirmed and has come under vast attacks from Republican senators.
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Pa. Man Who Beheaded Father Charged With Targeting Judge
A Philadelphia-area man who allegedly shot his father and displayed his decapitated head on YouTube faces additional terrorism charges after investigators found he had made videos calling for violence against a federal judge and other government officials.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as attorneys made moves and grappled with the implications of artificial intelligence. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Law Class Of 2023 Gave $104M In Pro Bono Legal Services
Members of the law class of 2023 volunteered more than 3,289,714 hours in legal services as part of their education last year, giving a total of over $104.6 million worth of their time, according to a recent survey by the nonprofit Association of American Law Schools.
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Vaughan Baio Adds 3 Partners And 2 Offices In NY, NJ
Philadelphia-based midsized firm Vaughan Baio & Partners expanded its footprint and resources this month with the addition of three partners and the opening of two offices in New York and New Jersey.
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Report Shows Women Making Progress On BigLaw Deals
Female attorneys increasingly appear on the teams that negotiate the big deals law firms love to tout, and they're on track to continue "advancing up the team ladder and gaining power" even as law firms step back from some diversity programs in response to litigation challenges from conservative groups, according to a new report.
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Ex-NY Federal Prosecutor To Co-Lead Akin White Collar Group
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on Thursday announced that it has named a New York-based partner and former federal prosecutor as co-head of its white collar defense and government investigations practice.
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Petition Watch: Classes, Litigation Changes & Fraud Theories
The U.S. Supreme Court receives thousands of petitions for review each term, but only a few make the news. Here, Law360 looks at four petitions filed in the past three weeks that you might've missed, including questions over how courts should analyze class certification bids and regulations restricting specific speech for content-neutral reasons, whether plaintiffs must reestablish standing after amending lawsuits, and what constitutes fraud.
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Perkins Coie Matches Cravath On Associate Salaries
Perkins Coie LLP confirmed on Thursday that it will meet the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP for associate salary increases this year, but there is a caveat for midlevel and senior associates.
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Atty For Ex-Trump Official Accused Of Leaking Deposition
The plaintiff in a federal fraud suit against a former Trump administrative State Department official and a Philadelphia attorney wants the defendants' attorney sanctioned and tossed from the case after the attorney allegedly shared depositions marked confidential with a third-party witness.
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Feds Get Pause Of Fla. Malpractice Suit Amid Criminal Case
A Florida federal judge has put a malpractice lawsuit against a New York attorney on hold while federal prosecutors pursue a securities fraud case against the lawyer's former client in Pennsylvania.
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AI Use Among 'New Criteria' Differentiating Outside Counsel
While top corporate lawyers have a keen interest in how outside counsel will use generative artificial intelligence, many are in the dark about their law firms' views and strategies on the technology, according to a new report.
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Hogan Lovells Taps 25-Year Vet For Litigation Leadership Role
Hogan Lovells has tapped a Washington, D.C., partner who has spent more than 25 years with the firm, as its practice area leader for the Americas litigation practice, the firm announced Wednesday.
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GSK Exec Joins Troutman Pepper's Life Sciences IP Team
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP continued to expand its health sciences services in the Philadelphia region with the addition this week of a patent practitioner who joined the firm after more than 20 years with GlaxoSmithKline.
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How Associates Can Handle Romance At The Office
Perhaps he maintained eye contact during the boring meeting for a bit longer than expected. Or maybe when other lawyers rolled their eyes at the corny joke, she actually laughed.
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Decades After Repping MLK Jr., This Tenn. Atty Is Still Going
As a young lawyer, Walter Bailey was on the team of attorneys who fought for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during his final, fatal visit to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. More than 50 years later, Bailey still practices law — and he has no plans to stop.
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Fla. Atty Says Philly Firm Can't Sue Her In Sunshine State
A Florida attorney urged a Sunshine State federal court to throw out the counterclaims and affirmative defenses of a Philadelphia-based personal injury firm, arguing Florida law cannot be applied to their dispute over claims she was running a side business as a litigation fee expert.
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2 Ex-Dentons Real Estate Pros Join Clark Hill In Pittsburgh
Clark Hill PLC has added two real estate attorneys with experience in commercial transactions to the real estate practice group in its Pittsburgh office, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Lexitas Acquires Record Retrieval Co. MLR
Litigation services company Lexitas announced on Tuesday its first acquisition of the year, purchasing Philadelphia-based record retrieval company Medical Legal Reproductions.
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How Legal Work Can Feed Attorneys' Suicidal Thoughts
Studies show time and again that attorneys are at greater risk for suicide and suicidal ideation than peers in other industries. Law360 spoke with eight attorneys who shared their personal stories about how the legal profession encourages behavior that can lead to suicidal ideation and how they found help.
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Longtime Barley Snyder Atty Named Firm General Counsel
Barley Snyder has named as its general counsel an experienced attorney who's been with the Pennsylvania firm for more than 40 years.
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Former Philly Administrative Judge Joins Kang Haggerty
Kang Haggerty LLC on Tuesday expanded its mediation practice in Philadelphia this week by adding a former judge who helped form the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas' commerce court program nearly 25 years ago.
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Law Firms Prioritized Nonequity Partner Growth In 2023
Even as demand lagged and expenses went up last year, law firms took an aggressive approach to expanding their non-equity partner headcounts, according to the results of a survey by Citi Global's Wealth at Work Law Firm Group.
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Pa. Courts Get Beyond Cyberattack But Remain Vigilant
All functions on Pennsylvania courts' website have been restored following a cyberattack last week that disrupted use of several services including electronic document filings and payments.
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These Cos. Are In The Hot Seat As Proxy Season Approaches
At least four high-profile corporations and their general counsel are gearing up for a tougher-than-usual 2024 proxy season — those three months in the spring when most companies hold their annual meetings.