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  • Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP helped Papa John's and Bloomingdale's win circuit court appeals in privacy class actions, helped Delta Air Lines defeat a class action over the sharing of consumer data, and assisted Lowe's and Novartis AG with billion-dollar deals — earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • Construction Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Delivering major litigation wins coast-to-coast while negotiating more than $2.5 billion in construction contracts, Greenberg Traurig LLP earned a selection as one of the 2025 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • Class Action Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP helped secure a $300 million settlement for third-party payors, a class of private benefit plan providers who argued that opioid distributors fanned the flames of the addiction crisis in the U.S., one of several high-profile class action settlements with nationwide impacts that earned the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.

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    Cooley, Ropes & Gray Transactional Attys Move To Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired two partners to help the firm meet evolving capital and growth demands — a Los Angeles-based emerging companies attorney from Cooley LLP and a New York-based capital markets attorney from Ropes & Gray LLP.

  • Squire Patton Launches Korea Desk

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced the launch of a Korea desk on Wednesday to strengthen the firm's ability to serve local clients and companies with interests in the region.

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    Ex-Pentagon GC Joins Bradley Arant's National Security Team

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has hired the former legal adviser to the National Security Council, who is joining the team in Nashville, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., to work with the firm's Government Enforcement & Investigations and Defense & National Security teams, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    OCC's Ex-Chief Of Enforcement Joins Morgan Lewis In DC

    A former acting director of enforcement at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has joined Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's financial regulatory and enforcement litigation and investment management practices in Washington, D.C., marking his first move into private practice following an extensive career in public service.

  • Feds Fight Cyberstalking Atty's Bid For Pretrial Release

    The U.S. government has asked a Texas federal judge to reject a bid for pretrial release from a currently detained attorney charged with cyberstalking other attorneys at BigLaw firms.

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    Willkie Adds Paul Hastings Entertainment Litigator In LA

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is expanding its litigation team, bringing in a Paul Hastings LLP entertainment litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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    Paul Weiss Launches In Houston With 2 Kirkland Attys

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP announced Tuesday that it is opening a Houston office, its first outpost in Texas, with two mergers and acquisitions-focused corporate partners from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • Private Equity Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP acted as Affinity Partners' lead counsel in its $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts Inc. and advised private equity giants Carlyle and KKR across various acquisitions of a more than $10.1 billion portfolio of prime private student loans from Discover Financial Services, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP earned a complete appellate victory for Paramount Global against claims brought under the Video Privacy Protection Act, securing a win on an issue that has split the circuit courts, and it defeated a $150 million royalties claim against SiriusXM, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Morgan & Morgan

    Morgan & Morgan PA was co-lead counsel in a class action that secured a $425 million jury verdict finding that Google illegally collected information from 98 million cellphone users who had asked the tech giant not to track their activity, earning the law firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • Insurance Group Of The Year: Reed Smith

    Reed Smith LLP secured coverage for aircraft lessors following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and successfully challenged an insurer's underpayment for a semiconductor manufacturing facility's Winter Storm Uri losses, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • Class Action Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    Knowing the ins and outs of class action law and having wide experience throughout the firm has led Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP to victories defending clients such as Freddie Mac, Deloitte and Amazon Web Services against billions in exposure, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.

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    Haynes Boone Adds Ex-SDNY Atty From Winston & Strawn

    Haynes Boone LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Southern District of New York prosecutor from Winston & Strawn LLP to promote the growth of its white collar and investigations practice.

  • Clark Hill Expands Energy, Lobbying Teams With Hinshaw Atty

    An attorney with more than 20 years of experience advising clients on energy litigation matters and policy has moved her practice to Clark Hill PLC's Washington, D.C., office after nearly three years with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.

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    Ariz.'s Non-Atty Partnerships Help Small Firms Think Bigger

    When Arizona-based digital marketer James Hansen met up for lunch with a local attorney in 2010 to discuss how to promote his everything-but-the-kitchen-sink solo practice, there was little he could offer aside from helping to build out a website and encouraging him to focus more exclusively on family law.

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    Former Litera Exec Joins Jackson Lewis As CIO

    Labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC hired Ed Empamano, formerly the global head of business development and alliances at legal technology solutions provider Litera, as its chief information officer, according to a LinkedIn post by Empamano on Monday.

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    Thompson Hine Adds 6 Financial Services Attys In Chicago

    Thompson Hine LLP has expanded its Chicago office with a six-attorney securities litigation and regulatory enforcement team from UB Greensfelder LLP.

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    Squire Patton Hires Sheppard Mullin, Miller & Chevalier Attys

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP has hired a corporate attorney and an antitrust litigator from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and Miller & Chevalier Chtd., respectively, who are joining the firm as partners in Washington, D.C., according to two Tuesday announcements.

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    Baker Botts Adds Oil And Gas Co-Chair In Houston From Weil

    Baker Botts LLP has named a new co-chair for its oil and gas practice, a Houston-based partner who came aboard from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.

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    9 Winston & Strawn Attorneys Join King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that the former Dallas managing partner and eight other litigation partners from Winston & Strawn LLP have joined the firm.

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    5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider nearly 30 proposals at its semiannual meeting, including several pieces of legislation addressing the intersection of today's political unrest and the law.  

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    Alston & Bird Adds Healthcare Regulatory Pro From Goodwin

    Alston & Bird LLP has added a healthcare regulatory attorney previously with Goodwin Procter LLP as a partner in Chicago, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Expert Analysis

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    Ideas For Closing BigLaw's Diversity Gap Author Photo

    If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.

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    BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders Author Photo

    Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.

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    How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys Author Photo

    The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.

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    Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond Author Photo

    In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.

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    Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners Author Photo

    Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.

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