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Latham Passes Skadden As Busiest Securities Defense Firm
Despite a downward trend in securities case filings over the past three years, Latham & Watkins LLP has remained one of the most active law firms on the defense side, taking over the top spot from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, according to reports released by Lex Machina.
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Litigation Funder Virage Capital's GC Joins Winstead In Dallas
Texas firm Winstead PC announced that the former general counsel of litigation funder Virage Capital Management LP joined the firm as a shareholder and the new co-chair of its investment management and private funds industry group.
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Flotek Taps Veteran Energy Atty As New GC
Houston-based environmental tech company Flotek Industries Inc. announced the appointment of a veteran in-house attorney with nearly a decade spent in the energy industry as its new general counsel.
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The Firms Charging Into Secondary Cities As BigLaw Retreats
While top-tier firms have recently tapered their migration to secondary legal markets, firm leaders and recruiters say these locations continue to hold appeal for midtier firms, citing advantages such as lower expenses and competitive billing rates.
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McGuireWoods Adds 2 Former Federal Prosecutors In Dallas
McGuireWoods LLP announced Wednesday that two former federal prosecutors who specialize in healthcare regulatory and compliance issues have joined the firm as partners in Dallas.
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Nathan Sommers Rebrands, Relocates, Refreshes In Houston
George Gibson, a co-managing partner of boutique Nathan Sommers Gibson Dillon, formerly Nathan Sommers Jacobs, said the firm's recent name change and move to a modernized space in Houston were a reflection of the 53-year-old corporate firm's evolution and "mission into the future."
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Where E-Discovery Generative AI Efforts Currently Stand
More e-discovery companies are announcing new capabilities that harness the power of generative artificial intelligence, but I'm hearing confusion among some law firm leaders about the immediate availability of the tools in a more crowded legal tech market.
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Incumbents On Texas High Court Poised To Lose Seats
Dozens of judicial seats were up for grabs this Super Tuesday, including three spots on the state's highest criminal court held by incumbent justices who by late in the evening appeared poised to lose their seats.
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Judge Still Weighing Houston Judicial Candidate's Eligibility
Hours before the polls closed on Super Tuesday, a state judge was still mulling a temporary injunction in favor of a Harris County judge challenging the eligibility of his Democratic opponent.
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Wells Fargo Accused Of Enabling Ex-Texas Atty's Fraud
Victims of a former San Antonio lawyer's multimillion-dollar fraud scheme claim his theft was enabled by Wells Fargo willfully turning a blind eye to the lawyer's misuse of trust accounts holding client funds, according to a lawsuit in Texas federal court that alleges the bank profited from this scheme.
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Philly, Dallas Feds Name New Top Attys
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on Tuesday announced it has promoted its deputy general counsel to senior vice president and general counsel, following a similar announcement from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas about its former interim general counsel.
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Paxton Rips 'Hurt Feelings' Bid To Keep Firing Suit Alive
In a bid to skirt depositions by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and several high-ranking staffers, the Office of the Attorney General has argued that whistleblowers who accused Paxton of firing them for reporting alleged misconduct are not entitled to conduct more investigation because he has already agreed not to contest the allegations.
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DLA Piper Adds Merck SVP As New Life Sciences Sector Chair
An experienced in-house attorney with a longtime passion for life sciences and medicine has left her position as a C-suite executive at biopharmaceutical giant Merck to join DLA Piper as the chair of its life sciences sector.
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Haynes Boone Atty's Return Marks Firm's Latest Rehire
Real estate transaction attorney George Hinchey returned to Haynes and Boone LLP in the firm's San Antonio, Texas, office, making him the eighth attorney to return since the start of 2023, the firm announced.
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Tully Rinckey's Atty Contracts Offer Warning To Other Firms
The ongoing disciplinary case against the founders of Tully Rinckey PLLC over restrictions the firm placed on departing attorneys is an unusual one, but experts say it's still an important reminder for lawyers to be mindful of the ethical considerations of their employment agreements.
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Texas Firm Grabbed Cups Of Tea To Land Retired 'Judge V'
Sean Roberts knew what it would take to draw retired U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore back into private practice at the Houston litigation firm he co-founded. A cup of tea.
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Cokinos Young Wants Texas BBQ Property Suit Tossed
Cokinos Young PC has asked a Texas state court to toss one plaintiff from a malpractice suit alleging the firm and one of its attorneys misrepresented a barbecue restaurant's founder in a property deal, further contending that the rest of the claims should head to arbitration.
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Fish & Richardson Leader On Thriving During Pandemic
Fish & Richardson PC announced Monday that it had reelected president and CEO John Adkisson to a second term. Here, Adkisson talks to Law360 Pulse about navigating the firm through the pandemic with record profits and his goals for the next four years.
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Winston & Strawn Atty Rejoins Norton Rose As Antitrust Lead
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Tuesday that its new Washington, D.C.-based head of antitrust in the U.S. has rejoined the firm, where she previously worked for more than two decades, after six years with Winston & Strawn LLP.
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The Most Notable Numbers For 2024 Mid-Law Promotions
Partnership promotions among Mid-Law firms ticked downward during the 2024 promotion cycle, with average class sizes falling below five partners, based on an analysis of announcements from mid-size and regional firms.
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Southeast, Michigan Highlight Mid-Law Partner Promotions
A survey by Law360 Pulse of Mid-Law partner promotion class announcements shows Southeastern markets like Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas started 2024 with heavy growth, while Michigan-based firms saw a substantial increase from previous years.
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Number Of Women In Mid-Law Partner Classes Stays Stagnant
The percentage of female attorneys in this year's partnership classes among Mid-Law firms remained constant, with experts saying that although midsize and regional firms tend to do better than their BigLaw cousins, work remains to be done if firms are to reach gender parity among their partner ranks.
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DLA Piper Snags Temporary Block Of Docs Order In Sale Spat
A Texas appellate court has agreed to block a trial court's order that would have forced DLA Piper to hand over communications with a medical group it represented in a sale, tentatively finding the firm will either prevail in its challenge or that a "serious question" requires further consideration.
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Texas Courts Must Clarify Vague Rules On Stays, Experts Say
The recent rise in emergency constitutional litigation in Texas has shined a spotlight on the administrative stay, a legal tool in the state and federal appellate system that experts told Law360 requires more careful attention from the judiciary after pauses meant to be brief have dragged important cases to a halt.
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Atty For Alex Jones' Infowars Asks Court's Permission To Quit
The head lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars radio show production company has urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to let him quit his work on the Chapter 11 case, saying Free Speech Systems' chief restructuring officer has withheld his pay in retaliation for disputes between the two professionals.