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McDermott Leads Firms Riding PE Wave To Choppy Waters
McDermott Will & Schulte's confirmation that it is considering taking investment from private equity is part of a wider wave of law firms of all sizes actively exploring the novel maneuver amid mixed opinion as to whether it makes sense for BigLaw.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sidley Austin LLP and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Washington federal jury cleared Novo Nordisk of allegations that it defrauded the state's Medicaid and Medicare systems by paying kickbacks and promoting off-label use to illegally boost prescriptions of its hemophilia drug NovoSeven.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more lateral hires and leadership changes, and one BigLaw firm exploring private equity investments.
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Coalition Rips Trump Deputy AG's Claim Of 'War' With Judges
A group of former federal judges on Thursday condemned what they called "inflammatory remarks" last week by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche detailing the U.S. Department of Justice's "war" with "rogue activist" judges.
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Hurwitz Sagarin Returns To Litigation Roots With Rebrand
Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff LLC, a firm led for years by a pair of onetime prosecutors and veteran trial lawyers, recently decided to get back to its roots and sharpen its focus on complex litigation following the departure of its land use team.
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Convicted Atty Seeks Conn. High Court Manslaughter Appeal
Former Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr. has asked the Connecticut Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his manslaughter conviction directly instead of letting it go to the lower Connecticut Appellate Court first.
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Boston Office's Leaders Discuss Move To Shipman & Goodwin
The Connecticut-based Shipman & Goodwin LLP has absorbed the bulk of the attorneys from local Boston firm Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers PC, creating its first Massachusetts office, with the co-heads of the new office saying that the move follows a year of discussion and that the two firms were a strong cultural fit.
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2nd Circ. Revives Atty Fees Bid In Worker's Retaliation Suit
A Vermont federal court correctly imposed a reduction in attorney fees in a retaliation case based on billed hours but should not have further reduced the fees based on the worker's overall success, the Second Circuit has ruled.
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Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2025 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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Trump Asks Justices To Overturn E. Jean Carroll's $5M Verdict
President Donald Trump Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million sexual assault civil verdict win against him, saying the verdict resulted from "striking departures" from federal evidence rules that will repeat in other future cases unless the high court corrects them.
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McCarter & English Estate Suit Paused Amid 'Duplicative' Case
A Connecticut state judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit accusing McCarter & English LLP and a now-deceased attorney of mismanaging a mall developer's estate, which the firm argued is a duplicate of another pending action, but instead paused it while the first suit proceeds to a judgment.
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Law Firm Revenue, Demand Are Up, But So Are Expenses
U.S. law firms saw an average of double-digit growth in both revenue and inventory during the first nine months of 2025, signifying they're on pace to end the year on a positive note, according to the results of a survey released Monday by Citi Global Wealth at Work.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Latham & Watkins LLP and Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eighth Circuit vacated a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Home Depot illegally forced out a worker who showed support for Black Lives Matter.
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BigLaw Tightens Attendance Rules, But Oversight Differs
BigLaw's push to restore in-person work is picking up speed as more firms require attorneys to spend four days a week in the office. While additional firms are expected to follow, experts say the pace and enforcement will vary widely depending on firm culture, leadership priorities and individual performance.
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Attys Brace For Turbulence As Flight Cancellations Begin
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday cut hundreds of flights following an emergency order to slash air travel at 40 airports as the longest-running government shutdown in history drags on. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to attorneys who travel for work about how the air travel reduction is impacting them.
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Panel Denies Vik's $11.5M Fee Bid In Deutsche Bank Dispute
Billionaire Alexander Vik and his company are not entitled to collect more than $11.5 million in attorney fees after beating Deutsche Bank in a long-running lawsuit over unpaid margin calls, a Connecticut appellate panel ruled Friday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off November with another busy week as BigLaw firms launched new office attendance policies and expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Disabled Law Students Report Less Support From Schools
A fifth of law students have disabilities, but they feel less supported by their schools than do their nondisabled peers, according to a first-of-its-kind study from Indiana University.
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Hurwitz Sagarin Land Use Team Joins MacDermid Reynolds
MacDermid Reynolds & Glissman PC, a Connecticut-based commercial real estate boutique, has launched a new Milford office with the addition of three veteran land use attorneys from Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff LLC, including one of the firm's name partners.
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2nd Circ. Orders New Look At Trump's Hush Money Case
In a published opinion, the Second Circuit on Thursday ordered a federal district judge to take a fresh look at President Donald Trump's attempt to move his New York hush money conviction to federal court, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 presidential immunity ruling as grounds for reconsidering the case.
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Harris Beach Murtha Grows Trusts And Estates Team In Conn.
Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC has continued its growth in the Constitution State with a veteran trusts and estates attorney from Giuliano Richardson & Sfara LLC.
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Mid-Law's Big Leap: The Rise Of The 'Super Mid-Market' Firm
As consolidation pressure mounts, some Mid-Law firms have bulked up to BigLaw scale without moving away from their focus on midsized clients, with this so-called "super mid-market" tier of firms likely to keep expanding.
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Conn. Firm Says Departing Atty Failed To Pay For Clients
A five-attorney family law firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, told a state court that a contract attorney violated her employment agreement by failing to pay a fee for clients who went with her when she started a new practice at the end of her employment.
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Conn. Firm Bookkeeper Asks To Delay Embezzlement Trial
A former law firm bookkeeper accused of embezzling $835,000 from the legal practice and from its managing partner's rental business asked a Connecticut federal judge on Monday to delay a scheduled January jury trial because of a health issue that requires surgery.
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2nd Circ. Denies Reed Smith Relief In Eletson Discovery Feud
The Second Circuit has rejected a bid from Reed Smith to pause a lower court ruling ordering the new owner of international shipping company Eletson Holdings to turn over documents requested by competitor Levona Holdings Ltd, finding the law firm failed to make its case to hold off on granting access to the documents.
Expert Analysis
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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Law Firm Tips For Attracting, Retaining Attys During Pandemic
Steps law firms can take to attract and keep the best lawyers amid the pandemic include diversifying expertise to meet anticipated legal demands, prioritizing firm culture, and preparing for prospective partners' pointed questions, says Brian Burlant at Major Lindsey.
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Clients Have The Power To Promote Wellness At Law Firms
Law firm clients can play a role in lowering mental distress in the legal profession by seeking lawyer wellness data from firms and factoring those responses into outside counsel hiring decisions, says Jonathan Prokup at Cigna.