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K&L Gates Adds Ex-Texas Speaker Atty To Public Policy Team
K&L Gates LLP has added a partner to its public policy and law practice who brings substantial experience working in and with the Texas Legislature, including a stint as deputy general counsel to the Lone Star State's speaker of the house.
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K&L Gates Elevates 26 To Partner Across 17 Offices
K&L Gates LLP unveiled a partner class nearly as large as the previous year's on Tuesday, elevating 26 attorneys across 17 offices.
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'Get Over' Yourself, Ho Says To Judges' Independence Worry
U.S. Circuit Judge James C. Ho snapped back at colleagues on the bench who have raised the alarm over threats to judicial independence, writing in an article that those complaining judges "need to get over themselves" and stop bowing to the "cultural elites" who oppose the Trump administration.
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Trump Announces First Judicial Picks Of 2026
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening his first judicial nominees of 2026, a slate of four district court picks for Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Debtor MMA Law Seeks To Nix La. Court's Fee Claim Order
Mass tort litigation firm MMA Law asked a Texas bankruptcy judge late Monday to invalidate a ruling from a Louisiana federal court, saying the Chapter 11 automatic stay protects MMA's assets, including the claims for unpaid legal fees the firm earned before dropping out of hurricane insurance suits in the Louisiana court.
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Texas Justices Erase ABA Approval In Bar Admissions
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order ending a longstanding rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the state bar, with the court giving itself the authority for accreditation.
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Holland & Knight Names Largest Partner Class In 3 Years
Holland & Knight has elected 50 attorneys to its partnership ranks, marking its largest class since 2023.
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Cruz Can't Avoid Firm Harassment Case Subpoena, Court Told
A former staffer of Stone Hilton PLLC has asked a Texas federal court to compel responses from the office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to a subpoena for information related to the staffer's sexual harassment case against a firm partner who worked for the senator.
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Balch & Bingham Expands In Texas With 21-Atty Firm Combo
Balch & Bingham LLP announced Tuesday that it has added 21 attorneys in Texas through a combination with Austin-based Duggins Wren Mann & Romero LLP that significantly expands the firm's energy sector expertise.
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Average Quinn Emanuel Partner Payouts Rise To $9.5M
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP saw a 10% uptick in its profits per equity partner in 2025, bringing the firm's average partner pay up over $9 million last year amid an active litigation market, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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Law's Merger Momentum Brings Tidings Of Mega M&A In 2026
The second half of 2025 brought a relatively unusual uptick in U.S. law firm merger announcements as firms seek scale in an increasingly competitive legal marketplace.
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Sammons Enterprises Taps Longtime Counsel To Lead Legal
Dallas-based corporate holding company Sammons Enterprises Inc. has tapped one of its longtime in-house attorneys to lead the company's legal department, the company announced Monday.
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MoFo US Offices Lead 2026 Partner Promotions
More than a dozen attorneys at Morrison Foerster LLP have started the new year with new titles following the firm's Monday announcement of its partner promotions for 2026.
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Norton Rose Hands Out Special Bonuses To Kick Off New Year
Norton Rose Fulbright will pay out special bonuses to nearly everyone at the firm after winning a large contingent fee case, the firm confirmed to Law360 Pulse Monday.
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From BigLaw To Boutiques, Litigators In Hot Demand For '26
BigLaw firms and smaller trial boutiques are poised to continue ramping up hiring of litigators in 2026 due to the growing number and complexity of courtroom disputes, but economic uncertainty could complicate that picture if companies rein in their litigation spending.
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Texas' 'Bright Star' To Shine For Law Firms In 2026
Texas law firms are gearing up for another busy year in 2026 as work spins out from new stock exchanges, the steady march of businesses into the Lone Star State and companies building data centers to power artificial intelligence, firm leaders told Law360 Pulse.
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Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In 2026
Federal judges will continue tackling notable ethics issues in 2026, including a U.S. Justice Department battling former federal prosecutors in court and an immigration justice system in upheaval.
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Blue Slip Fight Looms Over Trump's 2026 Judicial Outlook
In 2025, President Donald Trump put 20 district and six circuit judges on the federal bench. In the year ahead, a fight over home state senators' ability to block district court picks could make it more difficult for him to match that record.
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BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year
Rapid business growth, cultural changes caused by remote work and generative AI are creating challenges and opportunities for law firm leaders going into the New Year. Here, seven top firm leaders share what’s running through their minds as they lie awake at night.
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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025
Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.
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Alston & Bird Doles Out Associate Bonuses
Alston & Bird LLP has reportedly unveiled its year-end associate bonus tiers, matching the market scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP this fall.
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Munsch Hardt Founder On Adventure Life, Antarctic Marathon
Munsch Hardt founding partner Rick Kopf talks with Law360 Pulse about his adventure lifestyle, running a marathon in Antarctica and how his different outdoor pursuits intertwine with operating a law firm.
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Ashford Promotes One Of Its Longtime Attys For GC Spot
Ashford Inc. has promoted a veteran in-house attorney to be the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of itself and two hotel-focused real estate investment trusts Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc., the alternative asset management company announced.
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McGlinchey Stafford Leaders Tout Equity-Driven Firm Culture
While the traditional idea of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace is often appearance-based, a group of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC leaders told Law360 Pulse that its approach to DEI goes further, embedding itself in the firm's cultural and operational ethos.
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McCathern Shokouhi Shuffles Leaders For 'Enterprise Value'
McCathern Shokouhi Evans PLLC is entering the New Year with one of its name partners stepping into a new CEO role and a firm veteran being promoted to manage its Dallas headquarters, moves that leadership said positions the firm for growth and the creation of "enterprise value."
Expert Analysis
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What Social Media Process Service May Look Like In Texas
The Texas Supreme Court's recently proposed rule change allowing substituted service through social media and email could take effect in December, and practitioners will need to know how to establish that the defendant received notice through a technological method, says Marcus Eason at McGinnis Lochridge.
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Strategies For Associates Seeking Jobs Amid Hiring Slump
Law firms will be hiring conservatively well into 2021 and beyond, but associates eyeing a new firm or market can successfully make a move if they are pragmatic about their requirements, say Rebecca Glatzer and Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.