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    How Frost Brown, Gibbons Merger Plans Took Root

    The proposed tie-up of Midwest-based Frost Brown Todd LLP and Northeast middle-market peer Gibbons PC is being praised as a smart combination in an increasingly competitive middle market where consolidation pressures are driving an increase in merger activity.

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    Barton Lands Ex-BigLaw M&A Partner In NY

    Barton LLP has added a former BigLaw attorney as a mergers and acquisitions partner in its New York office.

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    AI Offers Class Action Firms An Edge — At A Price

    Generative artificial intelligence is helping smaller class action firms gain an edge over well-monied BigLaw competitors, but litigation attorneys say the advantages come with several catches.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms expanded their operations and hired C-suite executives. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Cooper Levenson Names NJ Atty As New Cannabis Leader

    Cooper Levenson has tapped an Atlantic City and Cherry Hill, New Jersey-based partner with eight years of experience at the firm and a background in healthcare law to lead its cannabis industry practice group.

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    Law Firms Using 'Creative Ways' To Fund Operations

    Law firms are using "creative ways" to fund their business operations under existing legal regulations, David Perla, vice chair at financial services company Burford Capital, said during a panel at the Chicago Athletic Association.

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    Parker Poe Adds Onetime Stites & Harbison Office Leader

    Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP has brought on the former leader of Stites & Harbison PLLC's Atlanta office to its own office in the city, bolstering its real estate and finance services with an attorney who brings four decades of legal experience.

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    Legal Recruiters Hopeful Delayed M&A Boom Now On Horizon

    Law firms are starting to make "opportunistic" hires of mergers and acquisitions lawyers as megadeals make a comeback. 

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    Kendall Brill Adds Ex-Prosecutor Who Quit Over Plea Deal

    Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP has added a former federal prosecutor in California who resigned earlier this year after her objection to a proposed plea deal for a convicted sheriff's deputy, the firm has announced.

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    Keesal Young Litigator Moves To Frost Brown In SF

    Frost Brown Todd LLP announced that an experienced litigator who spent over 20 years with Keesal Young & Logan has joined the firm's San Francisco office as a partner.

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    Real Estate Attorney Joins Harris Beach In Hartford, Conn.

    Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC has expanded its Hartford, Connecticut, office with the recent addition of a real estate attorney specializing in commercial property transactions.

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    Thompson Hine Adds 8 UB Greensfelder Immigration Pros

    Thompson Hine LLP has brought on an eight-member team of immigration professionals from UB Greensfelder led by a former adviser to the Biden-Harris presidential transition team on matters related to immigration law and policy.

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    Musick Peeler Adds Legal Tech And E-Discovery Lead

    California-based law firm Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP announced on Tuesday the hiring of a former project manager at Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP in a newly-created role as head of legal technology and e-discovery.

  • ABA Says Attys Must Be Clear About Neutrality In Mediations

    Attorneys who agree to work as neutral, third-party mediators must make it explicitly clear that they are not advising or holding privilege with participants, the American Bar Association has warned in its latest ethics opinion.

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    Broadfield Rolls Out AI Platform Harvey Across Global Offices

    Broadfield revealed Thursday that it selected the legal platform Harvey to power its technology-services delivery model, becoming the latest law firm to adopt the growing artificial intelligence tool.

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    McDonald Hopkins Co-Presidents Share Recipe For Success

    McDonald Hopkins LLC Co-Presidents James Giszczak and James Stief joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the success of their joint leadership model and plans for their second term.

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    Chicago's Much Shelist Hires 6 Attys From LA Healthcare Firm

    Chicago midsize law firm Much Shelist PC has hired six attorneys and two staff members from small California healthcare-focused law firm Fenton Jurkowitz, a move that helps the larger firm expand in Los Angeles.

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    Veteran NJ Trial Attorney, Civil Litigator Joins Hall Booth

    Hall Booth Smith PC expanded its New Jersey office this week with the hire of a litigator with more than 40 years of experience trying cases dealing with complex negligence, personal injury and professional liability throughout the state.

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    Foley Hoag Brings On New DEI Director From Paul Weiss

    Foley Hoag LLP has added an attorney who previously served as inclusion director at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as its director of diversity, equity and inclusion, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • Archer Adds Sports Law Duo From Cowan DeBaets In NY, Pa.

    Archer & Greiner PC has expanded its Philadelphia and New York offices with the recent additions of two attorneys with expertise representing clients in the sports and entertainment industries who moved their practices from Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP.

  • Seward & Kissel Faces Bid To Expand NJ Malpractice Suit

    The wife of a co-founder of hedge fund Two Sigma Investments LP asked a New Jersey state court this week to expand her malpractice suit against Seward & Kissel LLP with counts of fraud and conspiracy to defraud, based on documents turned up in discovery.

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    Longtime Womble Bond IP Atty Joins Adams & Reese In Ga.

    Adams & Reese LLP announced Wednesday it added a Womble Bond Dickinson partner in its Atlanta office, strengthening its global intellectual property practice with an attorney who has guided clients on patent, trademark and copyright law for over three decades.

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    Longtime IT Consultant Joins Phelps Dunbar As CIO

    Phelps Dunbar LLP announced Wednesday the hiring of a longtime consultant in information technology and now artificial intelligence to serve as its first chief information officer.

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    Former DHS Deputy Joins Kelley Drye As Customs Co-Chair

    The former deputy director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's economic security mission center is joining Kelley Drye & Warren LLP as an international trade practice partner, the firm has announced.

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    Chamberlain Hrdlicka Adds Eversheds Attorney In Texas

    Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry has boosted its bankruptcy team with the addition of a shareholder who previously co-managed the Houston office of Eversheds Sutherland, where he practiced for over two decades.

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Expert Analysis

  • Key Ingredients For Effective Law Firm Strategic Planning Author Photo

    As the legal industry faces political turmoil and economic uncertainty, the time is ripe for firms to revisit their strategic plans, ensuring they contain a few essential elements — from accountability systems to broad-based input — to achieve sustainable growth and profitability, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.

  • AI-Powered Biz Development Can Democratize Rainmaking Author Photo

    As fluency in artificial intelligence becomes a competitive imperative in the legal industry, the next generation of rainmakers likely won’t be defined by their Rolodexes or club memberships, but by their ability to leverage AI business development tools effectively, says Jessica Aries at By Aries.

  • How Law Students Can Effectively Use AI In Their Job Search Author Photo

    Law students can use artificial intelligence tools strategically throughout the job application process to review materials, prepare for interviews and navigate employers’ use of similar tools, but there are several key missteps they should be careful to avoid, says Lauren Wong at University of San Diego School of Law.

  • An After-Placement Plan Maximizes Legal Content's Potential Author Photo

    Before landing a published quote, feature or interview, law firms should articulate the content’s purpose and develop a strategic plan for repurposing it to ensure they’re aligning public relations efforts with measurable business outcomes, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.

  • Ask A Mentor: How Should I Coordinate Pro Bono Projects? Author Photo

    Julie LaEace at Perkins Coie offers tips for attorneys acting as pro bono coordinators, including how to choose appropriate projects, how to encourage participation and why it is important to keep in touch with legal aid partner organizations.

  • 6 Strategies For Navigating Legal Leadership Transitions Author Photo

    Amid uncertainty in the legal job market, attorneys who are considering a transition to a leadership role must fundamentally reimagine their approach to value creation and develop a new set of skills, say Stacy Bratcher at Cottage Health and Michael Watkins at Genesis Advisers.

  • The Augmented Lawyer: Crafting Responsible AI Policies Author Photo

    As the legal industry increasingly looks to impose responsive guardrails for artificial intelligence use, firms and organizations’ internal use policies, outside counsel guidelines and vendor contracts can address confidentiality and data retention concerns in several ways, say attorneys at KXT Law.

  • 6 Ways To Build Pro Bono Culture If You Lack Dedicated Staff Author Photo

    Firms can develop a strong pro bono culture without hiring dedicated professionals through strategies like demonstrating active involvement by leadership, tailoring volunteer tasks to individual professional development needs and building trusted partnerships within the legal aid community, says Stacy Zinken at Paladin.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Extend Your Content's Life Author Photo

    Attorneys often limit the impact of their thought leadership by letting their content languish after initial publication, but through four easy strategies for retooling existing content, they can maximize its reach and further their business development goals, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.

  • Why Law Firm Leaders Should Care About Student Debt Crisis Author Photo

    ​​​​​​​As the student debt crisis evolves under changing federal policies, firms that proactively address the burden will have significant advantages in recruiting and retaining the best young lawyers, says Brian Kabateck at Kabateck.

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    Talking Mental Health: Encouraging New Attys To Find Joy Author Photo

    Rudene Haynes at Hunton discusses her experiences as a hiring partner, common sources of stress that newer attorneys face and steps that law firms can take to protect their attorneys' mental health and encourage personal life fulfillment.

  • Fla. Bar's Cyber Incident Response Plan Sets Precedent Author Photo

    The incident response plan developed by the Florida Bar's cybersecurity and privacy committee might not seem all that consequential, but it's a long overdue framework that could go a long way toward protecting the highly sensitive data law firms handle — and could even set a model for other professional organizations to follow, says Chris Boehm at Zero Networks.

  • Why Attorneys Should Write About Justices' Minority Opinions Author Photo

    Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s searing dissents this past term serve as a reminder for attorneys to analyze U.S. Supreme Court minority opinions in their thought leadership for three key reasons, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • 3 Business Development Lessons From Mozart's 'Magic Flute' Author Photo

    Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” offers a useful framework for attorneys to build relationships and develop new business, inspired by Prince Tamino’s curiosity, courage and consistency, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • 5 Ways Legal Teams Can Use KPIs To Quantify Their Value Author Photo

    As in-house legal departments are increasingly expected to do more with less, developing a thoughtful framework to measure key performance indicators can help them both maximize and demonstrate their contribution to business success, say co-founders at New Era ADR.

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