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Earlier this month, Midwest trial firm Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC announced its merger with Wisconsin-based boutique firm Corneille Law Group, a move that gives the firm nearly 100 attorneys and another two offices to go along with its existing seven locations across five states.
A California federal judge chided attorneys from Hagens Berman on Thursday over what he called a lack of contrition after submitting briefs that contained errors lifted from ChatGPT in a proposed class action against the online platform OnlyFans, saying the attorneys seemed more interested in excuses.
Amid a push by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to crack down on fraud against U.S. investors by foreign companies, a focus on the "gatekeepers" of such fraud puts law firms at risk of being caught in the regulator's crosshairs.
September saw several large firms, including Ballard Spahr LLP and Polsinelli PC, find new homes for their teams in Seattle and Philadelphia, as well as moves for smaller shops like Einhorn Barbarito Frost Botwinick Nunn & Musmanno PC, which relocated its New Jersey headquarters, and Hicks Johnson PLLC, which doubled its footprint in Houston.
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is expanding its Denver office through a merger with 15-attorney litigation- and bankruptcy-focused firm Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor PC, the firm said Wednesday.
Margolis Edelstein has asked a New Jersey state court to throw out an insurance company's malpractice suit over an alleged overvaluation in a settlement, arguing it had not represented the insurer in the settlement and therefore the malpractice claim "obviously" cannot survive.
Carlton Fields has promoted a shareholder to help lead its Atlanta office as co-managing shareholder, a move that comes after the firm moved to new Atlanta office space last year.
Jackson Walker LLP has reached two new settlements to resolve claims related to a concealed romance between a former firm attorney and a onetime bankruptcy judge, marking at least five such settlements since the scandal broke.
Delaware-based Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP has hired the state's former child advocate as the firm's first ever pro bono manager in its more than 60-year history to bolster efforts to serve those in need in the First State and beyond.
When lawyers work pro bono, what services are they offering and what areas of the law are they focusing on? Here, Law360 Pulse looks at firms' 2024 pro bono priorities.
Pro bono legal work is a major part of law firms' social responsibility portfolios, with firms leveraging their training and experience to help those who can't pay typical billing rates. See which firms took the lead in pro bono hours.
One BigLaw firm reclaimed the top spot in the latest edition of the Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders ranking, which recognizes the 100 firms that made the greatest strides on social responsibility in 2024. Find out which firms set the pace.
Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC announced Thursday it has added a land use attorney and former municipal administrator with experience leading large-scale developments as a partner from Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs LLC.
As aging Baby Boomers fuel demand for estate planning work, a growing number of large law firms have recommitted to growing their private wealth practices. For the small boutiques and solo practitioners that have traditionally dominated the market, the new competition has made it difficult to recruit and retain talent, leaving many struggling to survive.
A founding member of the U.S. Attorney's Health Care Fraud Task Force for the Middle District of Florida and longtime Zuckerman Spaeder LLP partner joined Epstein Becker Green to serve as counsel in the firm's healthcare and life sciences practice.
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP announced Wednesday that a longtime attorney who's spent over 25 years with the firm has been named the first office managing partner in its hometown, Atlanta.
Hall Booth Smith PC built out its aging services practice this week with the hire of a Paramus, New Jersey-based of counsel attorney specializing in litigation and risk management for clients in the acute care and post-acute care fields.
Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP announced Wednesday that it added a new senior counsel to its corporate, tax and transactions service line in Tampa who was previously a partner and co-chair of the private investment funds practice at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP.
The former U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York is making the move to private practice next month at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.
Quarles & Brady LLP announced that an experienced labor and employment attorney who has been with the firm's San Diego location for over a decade will be appointed its new office managing partner.
As James W. Mizgala prepares to take over as managing partner of Tucker Ellis LLP, he spoke to Law360 Pulse about succeeding a longtime managing partner and his perspective on the future of the firm.
Ice Miller LLP announced Tuesday that an Indianapolis-based corporate attorney who has been with the firm for nearly two decades has been elected chief managing partner for the start of 2026.
Pittsburgh-based Mid-Law firm Burns White LLC has launched a practice group focused on helping clients navigate liability risk from providing healthcare in prisons and other correctional settings.
Billing rates for law firms that serve corporate clients have risen more gradually so far in 2025 compared to the prior two years, according to a report released by LexisNexis' CounselLink on Tuesday.
As aging Baby Boomers prepare to hand down trillions of dollars in assets to their children and grandchildren, some of the country's largest law firms have been bulking up their trusts and estates practices, turning frequently to small boutiques and solo practices to add attorneys to their ranks.
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.
Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: RecruiterSelf-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.