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Cummings & Lockwood Names New Private Clients Leader
Cummings & Lockwood LLC has named one of its longtime attorneys, Margaret A. Deluca, as the new chair of the firm's private clients group, succeeding Heather J. Rhoades.
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Jones Walker Adds Another Clark Partington Atty In Fla.
Jones Walker LLP has added a new labor and employment attorney to its Pensacola, Florida, office from Clark Partington Hart Larry Bond & Stackhouse PA.
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Johnson Pope Hires Environmental Pro From Lewis Longman
Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns LLP has added a veteran environmental law litigator with almost 40 years of experience to its St. Petersburg, Florida, office from Lewis Longman & Walker PA.
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DLA Piper Names 62 New Partners, Including 24 In US
DLA Piper announced Wednesday that 62 attorneys have joined its global partnership ranks, as of May 1, with the U.S. logging more promotions to partner than other regions, with 24 total.
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Feds Say Stolen BigLaw Deal Info Aided Huge Trading Scheme
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled indictments outlining a massive insider trading scheme that allegedly netted tens of millions of dollars using nonpublic information about mergers and acquisitions worked on by some of the nation's biggest law firms.
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The Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Jobs: A Data Review
A law degree can lead to careers across law firms, government, business and public interest, according to the latest ABA data. See which schools stand out for placing graduates in BigLaw, federal and state clerkships, public interest roles and more.
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The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2025
Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.
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Aiming For BigLaw? These Schools Deliver
Law school students continue to set their sights on law firm jobs post-graduation, with interest in BigLaw roles holding strong. Here's a look at how those preferences are playing out and which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates directly to BigLaw.
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Firm Leaders Report Rising Rates Fueling Client Churn
While rate increases are the primary driver of law firm revenue, legal leaders also fear those price hikes are leading to client churn, according to a report released Wednesday by marketing technology platform Passle.
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Court Rule Changes Uncertain After Few Deepfake Challenges
Very few federal judges have handled challenges to audiovisual evidence that litigants claim has been faked by artificial intelligence, raising questions about whether changes to the rules of evidence are actually necessary.
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SPLC Faces Fla. Probe Over Donations Amid Fed. Indictment
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has announced a civil investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center for alleged deceptive and unfair practices related to charitable solicitations and fundraising, just weeks after the organization was hit with a federal indictment.
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Weiss Serota Brings On Fla. Employment Atty From Solo Firm
Florida-based Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman PL announced Tuesday that it has bolstered its labor and employment division in Boca Raton with a new partner who joins after running her own firm.
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Lewis Brisbois Gets Ex-Paralegal's Claims Sent To Arbitration
A Florida state judge determined that a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal has to arbitrate her claims accusing the firm of defamation and costing her a job at another firm.
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Blank Rome Adds Fla. Cannabis Pros From Fox Rothschild
Two former Fox Rothschild LLP partners and cannabis attorneys have moved their practice to Blank Rome LLP's corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities group in the West Palm Beach, Florida, office that it launched this spring, the firm announced Monday.
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Longtime South Fla. Federal Judge James King Dies At 98
U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King, a Nixon appointee who spent more than half a century on the federal bench and helped shape the Southern District of Florida, died Saturday at the age of 98.
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Fla. Judge Urges Rethink Of Refusal To Toss Ethics Charges
A Florida appellate judge is pushing a judicial panel to reconsider its denial of her motion to dismiss ethics charges that she attempted to influence lower-court proceedings for an incarcerated man formerly on death row, arguing that the panel's chair does have the ability to consider her constitutional issues.
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Women Lag In BigLaw Tech Leadership, Except For One Role
The percentage of women holding tech-focused C-suite positions at the largest U.S. law firms is just under 20%, though women hold parity in roles centered on innovation, a Law360 Pulse analysis found.
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Data Center Boom Unites Wide-Ranging Practice Areas
As the legal industry vies to take advantage of the trillions of dollars of investment on the horizon for data center development, a range of law firms have formed multidisciplinary groups that can handle various aspects of the projects, from real estate and energy to finance and regulatory work.
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Varnum Gains Saxe Doernberger Litigation Partner In Florida
A Saxe Doernberger & Vita PC litigator has moved her practice to Varnum LLP, where she'll guide clients navigating complex commercial litigation matters.
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How Gunster Battled A Fla. Municipality With Its Own Records
Gunster secured a Florida federal jury award of more than $400,000 for a small developer in Florida using a village's own witnesses and public meeting records to secure business damages in the context of an unconstitutional conditions case.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury cleared Armistice Capital and two of its executives of class action claims that it pumped and dumped $250 million in Vaxart stock during the COVID-19 pandemic and violated federal securities law with insider trading.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Insights on 2026 law firm performance and BigLaw firm efforts to expand practice offerings made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Fla. High Court Allows Email Service To Foreign Debtor
The Florida Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving a Maltese citizen's challenge of email service in a law firm's lawsuit to collect fees, validating a recent state law that allows parties to bypass the Hague Convention to serve legal documents to foreign entities electronically.
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Choice Of Trump's Attys For Bench Worries Some, Not Others
President Donald Trump is drawing from a pool of his own personal lawyers to fill some seats on the federal bench — a change in strategy from his first term that some experts say is unremarkable, but that others worry will undermine the legitimacy of the courts.
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6 Polsinelli Consumer Finance Pros Move To Hinshaw
Six attorneys from Polsinelli PC have moved their consumer financial services practices to Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, where they're helping the firm's clients in New York, Texas and Florida.
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Defining The Culture For A Legal Nonprofit
We co-founded The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators to connect leading trial lawyers, litigation experts and academics, and our experience has shown that embracing opportunity, responding fearlessly to market realities, and relentlessly defining the organization’s culture have all been integral to success, say Stéphane Bonifassi, Lincoln Caylor and Elizabeth Ortega.
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5 Emerging Themes Shaping Lateral Partner Moves This Year
A few key trends have arisen in partners’ lateral movements in the first half of 2025, reflecting a legal market defined by macroeconomic uncertainty, shifts in firm structures and rising scrutiny of firm affiliations, say legal recruiters at Macrae.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Be A Mentor Or Mentee
Mentorship is a powerful tool for business development when both mentors and mentees approach their relationships with strategic purpose, ensuring professional success while supporting broader business goals, say Angela Liu at Dechert and Jessica Lewis at WilmerHale.
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4 Biz Dev Steps For Attys Who Don't Know What They Want
Junior attorneys are increasingly expected to start building books of business while they are still figuring out their long-term career goals, but a few pointers can help young lawyers develop business even when they’re uncertain about their future direction, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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Protecting Client Funds From Cyberattacks
As cyberattacks on law firms continue to escalate, bar associations, law firms and individual lawyers must all take steps to protect client funds in attorney trust accounts — from imposing cyber hygiene mandates to reimagining malpractice coverage — because once that money is gone, it’s generally gone for good, says Michael Epstein at The Epstein Law Firm.
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Making Legal Cents: For Billing, Think Value, Not Time
Pricing strategy is one of the most consistently discussed but underleveraged tools in a firm's arsenal, and rather than keeping hourly billing because it's easy, firms should consider their differentiators when structuring more effective fee models, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants.
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Achieving Organic Growth For A Legal Nonprofit
We started Law Rocks to promote music education for underprivileged youth and raise funds for local nonprofits, and our 15-year journey has shown that enthusiasm, persistence and a great network can lead to a surprising amount of organic growth, say Nick Child and Ted Scott at Secretariat.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Engage With The Media
Business development is all about awareness — and by taking existing skills and adapting them to build media relationships and thereby address today's audiences, lawyers can expand their outreach and use thought leadership to build a more complete, compelling personal brand, says Michael Goodwin at Stanton PR.
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Habits Of Great Relationship Partners
When seeking outside legal advisers, general counsel want commercially savvy lawyers who cultivate relationships of trust with their in-house counterparts, back up the GC's authority and focus on actionable advice instead of abstract legal analysis, say Andrew Dick at The L Suite and Rob Morvillo at Olo.
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Nonprofit Launch Tips From Founders In The Legal Industry
In this season of giving, take a look back at this Law360 series featuring legal professionals who have founded industry-related nonprofits. They discussed the biggest challenges to getting started, and how to balance the launch and management of an organization along with the demands of their primary work.
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Generating Confidence In A Legal Nonprofit
I started LawWithoutWalls to change the way legal professionals see and think about their world, and it taught me the importance of giving people a reason to believe in your nonprofit mission, as well as how to achieve work-life integration, says Michele DeStefano at the University of Miami.
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Nonequity Partner Frustrations Reflect Erosion Of Opportunity
Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.
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Building Brand Awareness For A Legal Nonprofit
I co-founded the Bridging the Gap Scholarship as a way to increase minority representation in BigLaw, and my advice for other legal professionals starting a nonprofit is to focus on building brand awareness early on, and to get comfortable delegating work to a dedicated team, says Imani Maatuka at Sidley.
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Learn Your Colleagues To Cross-Sell Their Services Fearlessly
Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise Ethically
Business development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.