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MVP: Mayer Brown's Brantley Webb
Brantley Webb, co-chair of Mayer Brown LLP's Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation group, helped Nordstrom defeat a proposed class action claiming the company cost workers over $36 million in retirement savings by allowing excessive account fees and misusing forfeited funds, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Benefits MVPs.
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MVP: Jones Day's Daniel McMillan
Jones Day global construction group leader Daniel McMillan guided Kiewit to victory in a massive dispute over the construction of an LNG facility and negotiated a novel settlement for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Construction MVPs.
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Skadden Taps Chief Digital And Info Officer From PwC
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Wednesday that a consulting partner at PwC will join the firm in January as its chief digital and information officer.
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BigLaw Begins To Fall In Line With Cravath Bonuses
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP and Dechert LLP are among the law firms following the lead of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on year-end associate bonuses this week, with at least five large firms matching the market leader within a day of Cravath's Tuesday announcement.
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Orrick Boosts Singapore Team With HSF Kramer Hire
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired its first international arbitration partner in Singapore, welcoming a former Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP partner with a history of representing clients in the energy, technology, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors.
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Compensation Report: A Deep Dive Into GC Pay
Law360 Pulse went beyond the numbers to examine how industry, law firm experience and education shape the pay of top-earning S&P 500 general counsel. Here's what we found.
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These Are The Legal Chiefs Who Command Top Dollar
While the pay packages for most legal leaders in the corporate space remains strong — especially because of hefty stock awards and bonuses — there are large gaps in compensation even among the top 10 earners in the U.S.
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Everything You Need To Know About GC Pay
Find out which S&P 500 general counsel earns the most and how pay differs across industries. Explore every detail in our interactive compensation graphic.
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Pierce Atwood Energy Pro Joins Barnes & Thornburg In DC
Marking his third career move in the last five years, a Pierce Atwood LLP partner has made the jump to Barnes & Thornburg LLP's office in Washington, D.C., to continue his work on transactional and regulatory matters related to new energy technologies.
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Law Firms Struggle To Keep Partners Amid Lateral Boom
The number of lateral moves for associates, counsel and partners seeking greener pastures is outpacing last year, which is both good and bad news for legal employers, according to law firm leaders and search firms.
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Trump Taps Norton Rose Atty To Be EEOC General Counsel
President Donald Trump has nominated Norton Rose Fulbright's global labor and employment head to serve a four-year term as general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Proskauer Hires IP Litigator From O'Melveny In NY
Proskauer Rose LLP announced that it has hired a former O'Melveny & Myers LLP litigator who holds a doctorate in organic chemistry and advises on the full spectrum of intellectual property matters.
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Pillsbury Winthrop Latest Firm Targeted By Data Breach Suit
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on Tuesday was hit with a proposed class action stemming from a data breach the firm says happened in April, adding to the growing litigation firms are facing in the aftermath of cyberattacks.
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Cravath Unveils Associate Bonuses, Multiple Firms Follow
Multiple firms swiftly fell in line Tuesday evening just hours after Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP announced associate bonuses in line with those offered last year, continuing a long tradition of BigLaw firms following Cravath's lead on compensation.
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After Merger, Troutman Pepper Locke Elects 20 New Partners
In its first partner class since the merger of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP at the beginning of the year, the newly combined Troutman Pepper Locke announced Tuesday it would be elevating 20 attorneys to the firm's partnership in January.
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Law Firms Being Tested With Associate Performance Reviews
Eighty-three percent of U.S. and Canadian associates receive a yearly annual review, but there is room for improvement in how law firms evaluate their attorneys' performance, according to a new study.
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Clifford Chance Adds Day Pitney Energy Pro In DC
Clifford Chance LLP has grown its energy regulatory and markets practice in the nation's capital with the addition of a veteran attorney from Day Pitney LLP.
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Non-Law Firm Lobby Shops Overtake BigLaw In Trump Era
Law firms have been K Street's top earners in recent years, but some non-law firm lobbying shops, including Trump-connected Ballard Partners, have surpassed major legal industry players in 2025 as clients seek access to the White House in a year of upheaval.
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Ex-Dechert Moscow Office MP Joins BCLP's DC Office
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has hired the one-time managing partner of Dechert LLP's Moscow office, whose practice focuses on advising corporations, banks, investment funds and other clients on mergers and acquisitions matters, cross-border transactions and matters related to emerging markets, the firm announced Tuesday.
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MVP: Latham's David Della Rocca
David Della Rocca of Latham & Watkins LLP served as lead benefits counsel on high-profile mergers and acquisitions over the past year, including Cox Communications' $34.5 billion merger with Charter Communications and Permira's $7.2 billion acquisition of Squarespace, earning him a spot as one of 2025 Law360 Benefits MVPs.
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MVP: Davis Polk's Daniel P. Gibbons
Daniel P. Gibbons of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's fintech practice helped spearhead Circle Internet Group Inc.'s upsized $1.2 billion initial public offering, which was the first IPO of a stablecoin issuer, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Fintech MVPs.
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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeffrey Scott
Jeffrey Scott of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP chaired the trial team that won the first-ever litigated insider trading case in Delaware Chancery Court history, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Securities MVPs.
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MVP: Morgan Lewis' Asa 'Geordie' Herald
Asa "Geordie" Herald, partner in the structured transactions group at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, has helped lead a series of cutting-edge deals to securitize Small Business Administration loans worth hundreds of millions of dollars, among other accomplishments that helped earn him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments MVPs.
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MVP: Gibson Dunn's Brian Rosenthal
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Brian Rosenthal was lead counsel during three trial victories for Cisco Systems Inc., including a rare directed verdict in the patent-friendly Western District of Texas with $121 million at stake, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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MVP: Paul Weiss' Angelo Bonvino
Angelo Bonvino of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP worked on a string of multibillion-dollar deals this year, including guiding PCI Pharma and its lead investor Kohlberg & Co. through a $10 billion investment, on top of guiding growth in Paul Weiss' historically small London office, earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 private equity MVPs.
Expert Analysis
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The Case For Keeping The Gas On Deputy GC Compensation
In recent years, the deputy general counsel role has expanded and become increasingly vital in organizations across the globe, and companies should consider a few ways to retain this top talent, including by offering competitive compensation that reflects projected increases, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
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Talking Mental Health: The View From Life After BigLaw
Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.
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6 Essential Skills For Summer Associates To Land An Offer
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With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health
Attorneys and other legal professionals share insights on mental health and well-being in this Law360 Pulse Expert Analysis series.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.