Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
US Coverage
Law360 | The Practice of Law
State Specific Coverage
Law360 Authority | Deep News & Analysis
Pennsylvania Pulse
Philly Firm Looks To Future With Name Change, Promotion
Post & Schell Taps Pa. Attys To Lead Workers Comp Group
Dickie McCamey Opens 3 Offices In NY, Ky. And Pa.
Assault Charges Dropped, Philly Judge's Suspension Is Lifted
-
Legal Ops Pay Stagnates As Big Company GCs See Increases
A company's size has always influenced pay for in-house lawyers, but a new study shows a significant difference for general counsel and chief legal officers, with their median base salaries running 90% higher than their counterparts at smaller organizations. Meanwhile, compensation for directors of legal operations was flat.
-
Legal Deserts: Millions Across America Struggle To Access Lawyers
Tens of millions of Americans live in towns and counties across the nation with limited or no access to legal services. By one estimate, at least a third of the nation's counties qualify as a 'legal desert,' having only 0.5 to 1 attorney per 1,000 residents. Roughly 24 million Americans reside in these counties.
-
Pa. Justices Dubious About Disbarring Ex-Sacks Weston Atty
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday dug into its attorney disciplinary board's request for the disbarment of a former Sacks Weston Diamond Law LLC attorney who defrauded the firm out of nearly $320,000, suggesting in its questioning that the matter was not a clear-cut example for the application of the state's harshest penalty for lawyers.
-
No Pause Needed In Daniel's Law Cases, 3rd Circ. Told
Atlas Data Privacy Corp. urged the Third Circuit to reject a bid to pause discovery in consolidated litigation over New Jersey's judicial privacy law as the appeals court considers a First Amendment challenge to the statute, arguing the defendant data brokers failed to show irreparable harm.
-
Pa. Appellate Panel Scolds Attys In $18.5M Med Mal Case
Attorneys from Burns White LLC and Philadelphia personal injury firm Bosworth & Associates both got a dressing-down from a Pennsylvania appellate panel over their conduct in a medical malpractice case, though the court upheld the $18.5 million jury verdict for the plaintiff.
-
GC Of Pa.'s Kennametal Earned $2 Million Last Year
The top in-house attorney for Pittsburgh-area industrial tool supplier Kennametal increased her total compensation for fiscal year 2026 to nearly $2 million, according to a recent public filing.
-
What Happens When The Only Lawyer In Town Retires?
Many rural attorneys, often the only lawyer in town, work until they die or simply close their practices when they retire. But small to mid-sized firms looking to expand into rural markets could help to make succession planning a real possibility for these solo practitioners.
-
First-Gen Students Pressured By Earlier BigLaw Recruiting
Students who are the first in their families to attend law school have been thrown a new challenge at the beginning of their legal journeys, as BigLaw accelerates their recruitment timelines.
-
The 2026 Summer Associate Experience: AI Led The Way
Summer associate programs give law students an up-close look at changes unfolding in the legal industry, and a new Law360 Pulse survey found artificial intelligence use and pay have reached new heights.
-
What Summer Associates Learned From Working At Firms
From learning how to come back from mistakes to cross-team collaboration, this year's summer associates came away with lessons that will help them succeed in their future careers. Here's what they want law students to know as they begin their own journeys.
-
Atty Says NFL Parkinson's Claims Ban Lacked Due Process
An attorney barred from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds was denied basic due process during an audit of his work, he has argued in asking the Pennsylvania federal court to vacate his sanctions.
-
Bove Rejects Recusal Bid Tied To DOJ Whistleblower Claims
U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove declined Monday to recuse himself in a Third Circuit immigration case, saying the attorneys for the petitioner are "recycling a failed pre-confirmation political smear" on him.
-
UPenn Prof Hires John Eastman For Race Bias Appeal
A suspended University of Pennsylvania law professor has hired President Donald Trump's former attorney John Eastman to argue her Third Circuit bid to revive her case alleging the school disciplined her based on her race.
-
One County, One Lawyer: Legal Deserts Take A Human Toll
Divorce is often hard, but it is harder still when there’s just one lawyer in town. The story of one divorcing couple in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula illustrates the financial costs and emotional pain of living in a legal desert, and it helps explain why lawyer shortages are spreading throughout rural America. This story introduces Law360 Pulse’s special series on legal deserts.
-
Carpenter Tech GC Earned $2.16M Last Year, A Jump Of $100K
The top in-house attorney for Philadelphia-based steel company Carpenter Technology Corp. increased his total compensation by nearly $100,000 and took home more than $2.1 million for fiscal year 2026, according to a securities filing.
-
Morgan & Morgan Plans $1B In AI Spending, Unveils Platform
Personal injury firm Morgan & Morgan formally announced Monday that it has been running a proprietary artificial intelligence platform over the past few years while also committing to spend at least $1 billion on AI and technology improvements over the next decade.
-
ABA Cyber Task Force Co-Chair Eyes AI Education Boost
With the legal industry presenting a more and more enticing target for cyberattacks, it's becoming increasingly important for practitioners to know how to best protect clients' data and most effectively use emerging artificial intelligence tools — a task that the American Bar Association's Cybersecurity Legal Task Force is well positioned to assist with, its incoming co-chair recently told Law360.
-
Greenberg Traurig, Eckert Seamans Hit By Data Breaches
Greenberg Traurig LLP and Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC have publicly revealed that they've been hit by data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents U.S. law firms have suffered this year.
-
Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Elias Law Group LLP and Stinson LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Missouri cannot use a newly drawn congressional map that favors Republicans in the midterms.
-
Duane Morris Adds Senior Manager To Tax Accounting Group
Duane Morris LLP's affiliated tax consulting company has expanded its resources in Philadelphia with the recent addition of an attorney who specializes in compliance and strategy planning for high-net-worth clients.
-
Engineering Co. Calls Atty-Ouster Bid Retaliatory In Wage Suit
An engineering company urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to reject a bid to remove its lawyer from a wage case, arguing the worker is retaliating because the company tried to disqualify one of his attorneys from a separate case.
-
Law Firm Leasing Marks Record In Second Quarter Of 2026
The second quarter of 2026 was a record quarterly high for law firm leasing, with 7.3 million square feet of office space leased from April to June in the U.S. legal sector, according to a new report from commercial real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield.
-
Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as Law360 released new diversity data exploring the representation of women and people of color at U.S. law firms. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
-
Hospital Says Saul Ewing Atty's 'Revenge' Drove FCA Suit
A Saul Ewing LLP attorney who quit a Pittsburgh-area hospital's board turned his representation of two whistleblower nurses into an act of "revenge," but failed to make the clients' accusations against their co-workers into a viable False Claims Act suit, the hospital said.
-
Legal Network TerraLex Names Norton Rose Exec As CEO
Florida-based legal network TerraLex has tapped a former executive at Norton Rose Fulbright to serve as the company's CEO.
Expert Analysis
-
How Firms Can Develop The Next Generation Of Lawyers
As law school graduates enter the industry after experiencing significant educational disruption due to COVID-19, firms can adapt to the new generation's unique circumstances by rethinking how they onboard and develop incoming attorneys — starting with summer associates, say attorneys at Taft.
-
How In-House Lawyers Can Help Fill The Legal Aid Gap
Corporate legal departments can expand access to justice in legal deserts in ways that don't require court appearances, as many client needs can be met through advice, brief service or pro se support, say Todd Stillerman at Wells Fargo and Allison Constance at Legal Aid North Carolina.
-
How Law Firms Can Advance Gender Parity Without Exclusion
Law firms can work toward eliminating workplace disparities while reducing discrimination risk by opening events to all employees, expanding caregiver support, and using mentorship, coaching and pay equity data to guide durable inclusion efforts, says Lori Mihalich-Levin at Mindful Return.
-
Closing The Gender Gap In AI Adoption: A Lawyer's Guide
Amid a reported gender gap in artificial intelligence use, female lawyers should think about AI ownership as beginning with adoption, expanding into career agency and influence, and culminating in collective leadership directed toward the profession and the public good, says Tamara Kraljic at Hughes Hubbard.
-
How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
-
Series
RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
-
Series
Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
-
How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
-
Teaching Associates To Write Well With Responsible AI Aid
Firms can help their new associates become strong writers and responsible AI users by employing a framework that ensures that use of artificial intelligence tools strengthens, rather than replaces, associates' thinking processes, say Julie Schrager at Faegre Drinker and Dawn Anderson at the University of Iowa.
-
Series
Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
-
5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
-
Series
The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Build A Strong GC Network
Taking time to build a network of general counsel thought partners is useful in the early days of the role because the value of relationships compounds over time, and approaching the process with a spirit of curiosity and generosity can be especially helpful, says Heather Stevenson, general counsel at Red Cell.
-
5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.
-
Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
-
Series
RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.