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Munsch Hardt Outgoing CEO Talks Growing Amid Texas Rush
In his 10 years leading Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC, outgoing firm CEO Phil Appenzeller steered the Texas firm to a larger headcount and increased profits even amid the challenges of remaining competitive while the legal market became more crowded in the Lone Star State.
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Tyson & Mendes Adds Hartline Barger Litigator In Houston
Tyson & Mendes LLP announced this week that it has added a litigation partner in Houston with extensive defense experience who came aboard from Hartline Barger LLP.
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Lexitas Acquires Calif. Records Retrieval Co. Kopy Kat
Litigation services company Lexitas announced on Wednesday its acquisition of Brea, California-based Kopy Kat, marking the second purchase of a records retrieval business by Lexitas this year.
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Skadden Promotes 21 Attorneys In 2024 New Partner Class
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has promoted 21 of its attorneys to partner, a 12.5% decrease from 2023, when 24 attorneys became partners.
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Sen. Durbin Urged To Pass Legislation To Curb Judge Shopping
A coalition of more than 20 organizations have called on Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to curtail the use of judge shopping through legislation and oversight because they believe more is needed beyond the Judicial Conference of the United States' latest action to curb "right wing" influence over the courts.
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Despite Atty Losses, Lewis Brisbois Says '23 Was Its Best Year
Following the exodus of over a hundred employment lawyers to the short-lived Barber Ranen last summer, a stream of attorneys has been departing Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP to join other firms that are expanding into new regions. The firm’s leader tells Law360 Pulse, however, that the firm is on solid footing and had its “best year yet.”
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Kirkland Lands Former SEC Enforcement Leader In Dallas
A former leader in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's regional office in Fort Worth, Texas, has moved to Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Dallas office, the firm announced on Wednesday, strengthening Kirkland's government, regulatory and internal investigations practice group.
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Epstein Becker Adds 6-Atty Healthcare Team From Nossaman
Epstein Becker Green announced Wednesday that it has bolstered its healthcare and life sciences practice with a six-attorney team from Nossaman LLP, including two who served as co-chair of their former firm's healthcare practice group.
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Cole Schotz Launches Life Sciences Practice Group
Cole Schotz PC has launched a life sciences practice group led by two attorneys with intellectual property expertise, with the firm saying the practice formalizes and structures work the firm is already doing for clients.
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Task Force Releases New AI Guidance For Courts
The National Center for State Courts' artificial intelligence rapid response team has released more interim guidance on how courts can start experimenting with AI and what they should consider about platforms using the technology, the center said Wednesday.
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Akin Adds Former Hunton Energy Leader In Houston
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Wednesday that it has bulked up its Houston roster with a partner who previously led the energy transactions practice at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.
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Houston Firm Ditches Proposed Data Breach Class Action
A Texas federal judge threw out a proposed class action accusing Fleming Nolen & Jez LLP of waiting a month to disclose a cyberattack that exposed more than 100 clients' protected health information, citing the lead plaintiff's admission that she didn't even know if any of her data was compromised.
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Winston & Strawn Launches Low-Cost Legal Services
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Wednesday the launch of a low-cost legal solutions option to compete with alternative legal service providers.
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BigLaw Recruiter's Bid To Ditch $6M Ruling Fails At 5th Circ.
A BigLaw recruiter is on the hook for more than $6 million for stealing trade secrets and breaking a noncompete agreement with his former employer after the Fifth Circuit ruled client details taken by the recruiter were confidential information.
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Firm Mergers Up In 1st Quarter Compared To Last Year
Law firm merger activity has increased in 2024, with the uptick likely to continue, according to a new analysis.
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Simpson Thacher Appoints 2 Banking And Credit Leads
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Tuesday the appointment of two veteran partners as co-heads of its banking and credit practice.
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Adams And Reese Can't Use Free Speech Law To Avoid Suit
In finding that a Texas free speech law does not shield Adams and Reese LLP from a malpractice suit brought by an electrical subcontractor, a state appellate court said Tuesday that it was the law firm's alleged "failures to communicate" that is at issue.
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Halliburton CLO Earned More Than $6.1M In 2023
The chief legal officer for Halliburton Co. has made the ranks of the oil service company's highest paid executives, earning over $6.1 million in total compensation in 2023, according to the company's proxy statement filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Simpson Thacher Taps Trio Of Partners To Lead In Houston
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Tuesday that it has named three experienced deal-makers as co-managers of the firm's growing Houston shop.
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As E-Discovery Changes, Existing Disco Clients Spend Less
Existing customers for the e-discovery vendor CS Disco Inc. spent $11 million less in 2023 than the previous year, according to financial results released in February. This decline in customer spending occurs as experts say some law firms are switching e-discovery providers due to rising costs and frustration from industry consolidation.
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Law School Diversity Dips Amid Affirmative Action Bans
Racial diversity among U.S. law school students has dropped by as much as 17% following affirmative action bans in 12 states over the past 28 years, with the biggest reduction in minority shares at the country's top-ranked schools, according to a new study.
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4E Can Give Recovered Jackson Walker Fees To Creditors
The agent administering the confirmed plan of bankrupt hand-sanitizer maker 4E Brands Northamerica LLC received permission Monday from a Texas judge to modify that plan, allowing the agent to distribute fees clawed back from embattled law firm Jackson Walker LLP to the debtor's unsecured creditors.
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Baker Donelson Adds EY Tax Pro To Houston Office
A former EY senior manager has joined Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC's tax group in Houston as counsel, the firm announced.
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Schumer Warns Texas Court Not To Continue Judge Shopping
The U.S. Senate will consider legislation to curtail judge shopping after the Northern District of Texas' chief judge rejected calls for the district to take steps to end the "odious" practice on its own, the Senate leader said Monday.
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Nelson Mullins Expands In Texas With New Houston Shop
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has opened its second location in Texas with a Houston office that will initially be made up of 11 litigation and corporate attorneys, the firm announced Monday.