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The planned merger between Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP continues Taft's strategy of expanding through mergers with midmarket firms and reflects the pressures those firms face to survive.
The former senior tax counsel for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who worked for the lawmaker for almost two decades on appropriations, taxation, banking and other finance-related issues, has joined Holland & Knight LLP's public policy and regulation group.
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has added the former associate general counsel for private equity and venture capital firm Fifth Partners as a shareholder in its Salt Lake City office.
Evie Whiting of Sidley Austin LLP helped in the creation of a joint venture involving Warner Bros. Discovery, which marked a historic TV and film music rights deal covering almost a century's worth of music copyrights, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Avi Kupfer of Mayer Brown LLP has used his unique governmental experience as a litigator and administrator to, as a private practitioner, help clients such as the U.S. Postal Service navigate the intricacies of administrative law, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Joshua Morey of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has racked up several trade wins for the U.S. domestic industry, including duty orders on aluminum sheets imported from 16 countries, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Mike Katz of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP co-led the team that represented blockchain infrastructure firm Orangefin Ventures LLC in a deal to sell three of its high-speed crypto validator systems and related assets to Sol Strategies, a Canadian company that invests in fast, low-cost decentralized networks, earning him a spot among fintech practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Kevin Biniazan of Breit Biniazan PC is in the midst of handling a large case in which over 50 clients allege the medical director of a Virginia hospital sexually abused them, with the first trial in September resulting in what the firm said was the largest tort verdict in Virginia history at $360 million, earning him a place among the attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Brinton Lucas of Jones Day successfully challenged a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring public companies to describe their reasoning behind stock buybacks, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Melissa Wollis of Dechert LLP steered the largest collateralized loan obligation transaction in history at over $2.3 billion for Golub Capital Partners and helped create the first such transaction since the 2008 financial crisis to offer liabilities denominated in multiple currencies, earning her a spot among the complex financial instruments attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP continued growing its Philadelphia office months after entering the market with the recent addition of a litigator specializing in representing pharmaceutical and medical device companies in liability cases.
The University of Chicago Law School announced Monday the introduction of a new Artificial Intelligence Lab ahead of its impending fall semester, with a mandate to workshop and build a chatbot that helps renters nationwide.
The American Bar Association's policymaking body approved changes to its Constitution on Tuesday to no longer require Board of Governors seats for women, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner's challenge to a state law requiring judicial candidates to list their political party affiliations on general election ballots will go on after a federal judge ruled the justice sufficiently alleged that her First Amendment rights were violated.
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has brought on a structured finance pro from Sidley Austin LLP to co-head its commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation practice, the firm announced on Friday.
Dentons, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP and WilmerHale are among the large U.S. law firms that have sizable teams of lawyers that work on water matters, according to an analysis by Law360 Real Estate Authority.
New information that has emerged since customers of the now-collapsed cryptocurrency trading platform FTX Trading Ltd. sued Fenwick & West LLP over the firm's alleged role in that collapse justifies updating the complaint against the firm, those customers told a Florida federal court Monday.
Clark Hill PLC has brought on a duo of Taylor Duma LLP attorneys in its Atlanta office, strengthening its construction group, the firm announced Monday.
Top BigLaw firms hoping to stay competitive in an ever-shifting market for talent and legal services may be more inclined this year to match the special summer bonuses Milbank recently unveiled, according to experts.
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday took a stand against the Trump administration's targeting of law firms and clarified its position on the proper use of artificial intelligence by law students.
A healthcare litigator with experience in-house, at the U.S. government and in private practice, has joined Proskauer Rose LLP as a partner to continue working on healthcare, white collar defense and investigation, the firm announced Monday.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Monday its plans to merge with Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP, which would establish the firm's presence in the city, add about 100 attorneys to its headcount and mark its third merger of 2025.
Mayer Brown LLP expanded its financial advisory resources in Chicago with the recent addition of an attorney who moved his transactional practice after more than seven years at Jones Day.
White & Case LLP has grown its global litigation practice in Chicago with the addition of a longtime Perkins Coie LLP partner who previously was an assistant U.S. attorney in the city, the firm said Monday.
Lucille Hague of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has helped clients secure approvals in international transactions, such as a transaction to take public the space industry startup Momentus Inc. and the sale of cybersecurity company Venafi to Israel-based CyberArk, earning her a spot among the international trade law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly?Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.
Attorneys should take a cue from U.S. Supreme Court justices and boil their arguments down to three points in their legal briefs and oral advocacy, as the number three is significant in the way we process information, says Diana Simon at University of Arizona.
In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.
Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Turn Deferral To My Advantage?Diana Leiden at Winston & Strawn discusses how first-year associates whose law firm start dates have been deferred can use the downtime to hone their skills, help their communities, and focus on returning to BigLaw with valuable contacts and out-of-the-box insights.
To make their first 90 days on the job a success, new legal operations managers should focus on several key objectives, including aligning priorities with leadership and getting to know their team, says Ashlyn Donohue at LinkSquares.
Female attorneys and others who pause their careers for a few years will find that gaps in work history are increasingly acceptable among legal employers, meaning with some networking, retraining and a few other strategies, lawyers can successfully reenter the workforce, says Jill Backer at Ave Maria School of Law.
ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose significant risks to the integrity of legal work, but the key for law firms is not to ban these tools, but to implement them responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, say Natalie Pierce and Stephanie Goutos at Gunderson Dettmer.
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We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court HeadwindsThough the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.
Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.