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Morgan Lewis Elevates 29 Lawyers To Partner
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has promoted 29 attorneys from 12 offices and 10 practice groups to partner, the firm announced this week.
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Winston & Strawn Finance Pro Joins Norton Rose In Dallas
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Thursday that it has brought on a corporate finance partner in Dallas from Winston & Strawn LLP, a reflection of the firm's commitment to meet the demand among middle-market private equity clients for leveraged and acquisition finance legal services.
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Legal AI Platform Harvey Expands To 11 More Law Schools
Harvey, a domain-specific generative artificial intelligence platform for legal professionals, announced Tuesday that it is expanding the law school alliance program it launched last month to even more institutions.
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McCathern Shokouhi Merges With Dallas Boutique
McCathern Shokouhi Evans PLLC has merged with Dallas boutique firm Richardson Koudelka LLP, adding partners to both its litigation and corporate benches.
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2 Shareholder Groups Call Exxon Voting Program Illegal
Two activist shareholder groups are asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to rescind its effective approval of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s new voting program, which allows retail investors to choose a standing, multiyear instruction to vote in favor of management, claiming it is illegal.
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Keller Williams Taps Deputy For GC Role
Keller Williams LLC has promoted its deputy general counsel Kendra Newman to general counsel, the real estate franchise announced Wednesday.
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Sheppard Mullin Eyes Rebrand Ahead Of 100th Anniversary
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has filed a trademark application to potentially shorten its branding and logo to one word in anticipation of the firm's 100 years in business.
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Tyson & Mendes Launches New Consulting Firm
Tyson & Mendes LLP announced Wednesday that it has started a consulting unit aimed at furthering the firm's efforts working with insurance clients to combat so-called "nuclear verdicts," which are jury awards exceeding $10 million typically found in personal injury or wrongful death litigation.
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Reed Smith Lands Sidley Corporate Pro In Dallas
Reed Smith LLP expanded its global corporate group in Dallas with the addition of a new partner from Sidley Austin LLP.
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In-House Counsel Numbers Grow Much Faster Than Outside
A report from the Association of Corporate Counsel released Tuesday highlights "a dramatic and consistent rise in the number of in-house lawyers" in the U.S., showing that their numbers have nearly doubled since 2008.
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Texas Law Firm Sues Staff Over Accessing Zoom Transcript
A Texas state judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking three Tessmer Law Firm employees from accessing the firm's records and electronic systems, on the same day the San Antonio firm launched a suit accusing the workers of having improperly accessed the transcript of a confidential Zoom meeting and later tampered with firm files.
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Longtime SEC Litigator Joins Invitation Homes In Texas
A litigator with more than two decades of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission experience has joined the legal team at Dallas-based single-family home leasing and management company Invitation Homes Inc. as senior vice president, litigation and investigations.
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Steptoe & Johnson Adds Fletcher Farley Litigator In Texas
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has boosted its litigation offerings in the Dallas-Fort Worth region with a new member who arrived from Fletcher Farley Shipman & Salinas LLP.
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Ex-US Atty To Bring 'Formidable' Defense To Comey Charges
Faced with a blockbuster indictment alleging he lied to Congress, former FBI Director James Comey has turned to his longtime friend and famous tough-on-corruption ex-prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to fight the charges.
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Crowley Maritime Atty To Replace Port Houston's Retiring CLO
Port Houston, which owns and operates the eight public facilities along the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel, has selected the former leader of Crowley Maritime's legal team as incoming chief legal officer as retirement nears for the attorney currently filling the role.
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Withers Taps New CEO In 2nd Recent Leadership Shuffle
U.K.-based Withers LLP announced Monday that the firm has appointed a new CEO to take the reins from 25-year chief executive Margaret Robertson, following its appointment of a new chair earlier this year.
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Legal Employers Turn To Perks To Attract Candidates
As legal leaders worry about meeting candidates' compensation expectations going into 2026, enhanced benefits and perks such as bonuses, work-life balance and retirement planning play an increasingly important role in helping them remain competitive, according to a new report released Monday.
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Texas Justices Move To Nix ABA Approval In Bar Admissions
The Supreme Court of Texas on Friday preliminarily approved ending a rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the Lone Star State bar, with the court giving itself the authority for accreditation.
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Texas Justices To Review Atty Fee Dispute Over Criminal Case
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday agreed to wade into a fees dispute between a law firm and its former client in a criminal matter, with the high court's review likely to touch on the scope of a 30-year-old doctrine concerning the ability of criminal defendants to sue their defense lawyers after being convicted.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Baker Botts LLP and MoloLamken LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit wiped out a $181 million jury verdict against AT&T and Nokia in a patent infringement case.
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Texas' Eastern District Tightens Sealed-Document Procedures
Chief U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the Eastern District of Texas issued new protocols Wednesday for filing sealed documents that will prohibit electronic access effective immediately, a move that comes amid escalating cyberattacks on the federal judiciary's case management system.
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Siemens USA Appoints General Counsel As Interim CEO
The general counsel and executive vice president of the tech company Siemens USA, who has been with the company for more than 26 years, has been named its interim CEO.
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Munsch Hardt Adds Construction Pro From Griffith Davison
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC has fortified its construction practice group with a former Griffith Davison PC attorney in Dallas who brings more than two decades in private practice, in-house legal service and hands-on construction industry experience.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week, with a Democratic investigation into BigLaw firms' pro bono work for the federal government, and a former New York state judge leaving the bench to dodge ethics charges. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-Highland CEO Tells High Court Judge's Novels Show Bias
The founder and president of hedge fund Highland Capital Management has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a bankruptcy judge's refusal to recuse herself from proceedings involving the company after she published two novels that he says contain veiled commentary about the case.