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Atty Imprisoned For Fatal Shooting Loses License For 5 Years
A former Cramer & Anderson LLP partner serving a prison term for fatally shooting an apparent attacker has lost his license to practice law in Connecticut until 2031.
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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.
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Cantor Colburn Looks Beyond Founders For Next Firm Leader
Intellectual property firm Cantor Colburn LLP has elected one of its longtime attorneys to serve as its next managing partner, following more than 25 years of leadership from its two name partners.
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Private Equity Eyes Legal Field As Alternative Paths Open Up
This could be the year that private equity finally cracks the ramparts of the U.S. legal sector, as the rise of alternative business structure programs and managed services organizations chip away at the long-standing ban on nonlawyer ownership of law firms.
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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2025, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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Boutiques Loomed Large In Latest Bonus Season
Sometimes referred to as the BigLaw bonus scale, year-end associate bonuses of more than $100,000 have included prestigious boutique law firms in recent years, with a notable outpouring of large bonuses among such firms in 2025, an analysis of data compiled by Law360 Pulse shows.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Kellogg Hansen's handling of an antitrust suit against Google and Choate's work on a $215 million acquisition of a medical device maker lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 2 to 16.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Sher Tremonte LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Second Circuit upheld a ruling requiring Getty Images to pay out nearly $88 million to investors who said they were blocked from purchasing shares in the company once it became public.
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Do's And Don'ts For How To Handle That Year-End Bonus
While associates' bank accounts may be flush after the recent round of year-end bonuses at many of the country's top firms, whether the money leads to additional benefits or problems hinges on how attorneys handle the influx of cash, financial experts tell Law360 Pulse.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week with more lateral moves, leadership changes and C-suite promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law Grad's Malpractice Claims Are Time-Barred, Atty Says
A Vanderbilt Law School graduate who said that as a teenager his lawyer bungled his criminal defense by convincing him to plead guilty to a crime he did not commit cannot pursue legal malpractice claims, according to a Connecticut lawyer, who told the federal court the suit was filed too late.
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Lateral Hiring Finished 2025 Strong Despite Q4 Dip
Large U.S. law firms capped 2025 with higher lateral hiring totals than the year before, despite a late-year slowdown, as demand for partners and counsel remained strong, new information from legal data company Firm Prospects LLC shows.
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Conn. Atty's Own Career Inspires His New Legal Thriller
When Connecticut attorney Jeffrey S. Stephens started out as a young trial lawyer in New York City in the 1970s, he was not only building his career: He was also gathering the knowledge and the experience that would ultimately inspire the main character and story of his ninth book, the recently published "Illusions of Trust."
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Ex-Yale Law Assistant Dean Must Clarify $6.8M Injury Claim
A former Yale Law School dean of students and her husband must clarify whether they are pursuing negligence or bad faith claims in a lawsuit against an insurer they seek to hold responsible for portions of a $5 million settlement with a driver who struck her while she was walking.
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Legal Chiefs Shift Work From Firms Amid 'Threshold Moment'
Nearly all the chief legal officers and general counsel who participated in a recent survey said they plan to move more law firm work in-house or to alternative providers within the next two years as increasing outside counsel rates, artificial intelligence and ongoing efficiency pressure factor into how they distribute work, according to a report published Wednesday.
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Shipman & Goodwin Elects 3 Attys To Management Committee
Shipman & Goodwin LLP has kicked off 2026 by selecting three of its longtime attorneys as new members of the firm's management committee.
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GCs Uneasy, Wary Of Litigation Amid Tight Budgets In 2026
Cybersecurity risks keep escalating and employment disputes remain a challenge while general counsel also face changing enforcement priorities and tightening budgets, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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Spencer Fane Atty's Advice Challenged In $5M Poaching Suit
In a $5 million lawsuit over a Connecticut financial adviser's exit, Wealth Enhancement Group LLC on Tuesday challenged a Spencer Fane LLP partner's belief that regulatory and professional ethics rules require both advisers and their former investment firms to contact clients when advisers switch employers.
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NY Judge Vacates Eletson's $102M Arbitral Award
A Manhattan federal judge has vacated a $102 million arbitral award issued to international shipping company Eletson Holdings, saying, "The evidence is clear and convincing that Eletson committed fraud in the arbitration," and misled the arbitrator.
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Ogletree, Littler, Norton Rose Announce New Innovation Roles
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Littler Mendelson PC and Norton Rose Fulbright have all announced new innovation appointments and hires this week.
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Law Firms Bet Big On Tech Leadership In 2025
The latest wave of leadership moves shows law firms increasingly adding tech-savvy executives to drive innovation and transformation, as firms race to keep pace with emerging technologies, shifting client expectations and intensifying market pressures.
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Wilson Elser Promotes 41 Attorneys to Partnership
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP has named its partner class for 2026, promoting 41 attorneys and outdoing last year's class by seven attorneys, the firm announced Monday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a ruling in which Apple beat claims it illegally blocked third-party access to Apple Watch medical data so it could create rival software.
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Ex-Prosecutor OK For Drug Pricing MDL, Special Master Says
Former Connecticut Assistant Attorney General Joseph Nielsen and his law firm, Lowey Dannenberg PC, should not be disqualified from representing insurers in multidistrict litigation over generic drug price-fixing because he did not have any special knowledge that the states suing drugmakers hadn't already shared with the private plaintiffs, according to a special master's report and recommendation.
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Law Firms Closed 2025 With Continued 'Appetite For Hiring'
The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close.
Expert Analysis
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Jennifer Rakstad at White & Case highlights how associates can emphasize achievements and seek support before, during and after their annual review, despite the pandemic’s negative effects on face time with colleagues and business development opportunities.
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How Your Law Firm's Brand Can Convey Prestige
In order to be perceived as prestigious by clients and potential recruits, law firms should take their branding efforts beyond designing visual identities and address six key imperatives to differentiate themselves — from identifying intangible core strengths to delivering on promises at every interaction, says Howard Breindel at DeSantis Breindel.
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How Dynamic Project Management Can Help Law Firms
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Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Successfully Switch Practices?
Associates who pivot into new practice areas may find that along with the excitement of a fresh start comes some apprehension, but certain proactive steps can help tame anxiety and ensure attorneys successfully adapt to unfamiliar subjects, novel internal processes and different client deliverables, say Susan Berson and Hassan Shaikh at Mintz.
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A Road Map For Creating Law Firm Sustainability Programs
Amid demands from clients and prospective hires for greater sustainability efforts, law firms should think beyond reusable mugs and create programs that incorporate clear leadership structures, emission tracking and reduction goals, and frameworks for reporting results, says Gayatri Joshi at the Law Firm Sustainability Network.
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Why Firms Should Help Associates Do More Pro Bono Work
Associates may hesitate to take on the added commitment of pro bono matters, but such work has tangible skill-building benefits, so firms should consider compensation and leadership strategies to encourage participation, says Rasmeet Chahil at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Confronting The Stigma Of Alcohol Abuse In Legal Industry
The pandemic has likely exacerbated the prevalence of problem drinking in the legal profession, making it critical for lawyers and educators to address alcohol abuse and the associated stigma through issue-specific education, supportive assistance and alcohol-free professional events, says Erica Grigg at the Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program.
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Opinion
Lawyers Have Duty To Push For Immigration Court Reform
Attorneys must use their collective voice to urge federal lawmakers to create an Article I immigration court outside executive branch control, helping address the conflicts of interest, political influence and lack of adjudication consistency that prevent migrants from achieving true justice, say Elia Diaz-Yaeger and Carlos Bollar at the Hispanic National Bar Association.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can 1st-Year Attys Manage Remote Work?
First-year associates can have a hard time building relationships with colleagues, setting boundaries and prioritizing work-life balance in a remote work environment, so they must be sure to lean on their firms' support systems and practice good time management, say Jenny Lee and Christopher Fernandez at Kirkland.
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5 Ways To Lead Lawyer Teams Toward Better Mental Health
Attorney team leaders have a duty to attend to the mental well-being of their subordinates with intention, thought and candor — starting with ensuring their own mental health is in order, says Liam Montgomery at Williams & Connolly.
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How Your Summer Associate Events Can Convey Inclusivity
As law firms begin planning next year's summer associate events, they should carefully examine how choice of venue, activity, theme, attendees and formality can create feelings of exclusion for minority associates, and consider changing the status quo to create multiculturally inclusive events, says Sharon Jones at Jones Diversity.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Negotiate Long-Term Flex Work?
Though the pandemic has shown the value of remote work, many firms are still reluctant to embrace flexible working arrangements when offices reopen, so attorneys should use several negotiating tactics to secure a long-term remote or hybrid work setup that also protects their potential for career advancement, says Elaine Spector at Harrity & Harrity.
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What I Wish Law Schools Taught Women About Legal Careers
Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it’s like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.
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4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law
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Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.