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    Fisher Phillips Partners With Sports Biz Group

    Employer-side labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips announced Tuesday that it is entering into a strategic collaboration with Florida-based sports business association Profluence.

  • Nelson Mullins Adds White & Case Arbitration Pro In Houston

    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP announced Wednesday that it has added a former White & Case LLP attorney as an international arbitration partner to its Houston-based team.

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    Akin Adds Int'l Trade Adviser From Treasury Department

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired the former deputy assistant director for policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control as a senior policy adviser to its international trade practice.

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    BigLaw-Backed Pro Bono Network Aims To Fight Antisemitism

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and the Anti-Defamation League are spearheading a new pro bono network of law firms focused on representing victims of antisemitic attacks and discrimination in legal proceedings, the law firm announced Wednesday.

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    4 Ways Associates Can Ace Their Annual Review This Year

    It’s year-end review time. How can associates put themselves in the best position possible to advance their careers? Here are four tips.

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    Ogletree Hosts Inaugural AI Bootcamp For 1st Year Associates

    Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has found that young lawyers are receiving little to no training on artificial intelligence tools in law school, so the firm held its first AI bootcamp for first-year associates earlier this month to get them comfortable using the technology in their work.

  • DC Bar Flags Ethics Risks For Law Firm Deals With Gov't

    A District of Columbia Bar committee said in a new opinion that law firms and attorneys must consider conflicts of interest and other possible ethics issues before entering into agreements with the government that may "limit or shape their law practices."

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    Greenberg Traurig Adds Faegre Drinker Mass Tort Pro In NJ

    Greenberg Traurig LLP added to its products liability and pharmaceutical practices in New Jersey this week with the addition of a litigator and trial attorney from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP who specializes in complex mass tort cases.

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    FERC Chair From V&E Taps Another Firm Atty As GC

    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Laura Swett, a former Vinson & Elkins LLP energy attorney, has named another V&E energy lawyer based in the nation's capital as the agency's next general counsel.

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    Jones Day Bolsters Ranks With Another DOJ Attorney

    Jones Day has added another U.S. Department of Justice alum to its ranks, the firm announced Tuesday, welcoming the former attorney responsible for national security-related matters in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General.

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    Kutak Rock Expands To Ohio, Marks 600 Attys Firmwide

    Omaha, Nebraska-founded Kutak Rock LLP announced Tuesday that it has expanded into Ohio and hit the 600-attorney milestone with four public finance attorneys who will be based in two new offices in Cleveland and Columbus.

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    Barnes & Thornburg Partner Class Dips To 16 Attys

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP has elevated 16 attorneys to partners who are based in eight of the firm's offices including in Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey and California, marking a slight decline from the firm's 2024 partner class of 19.

  • How Leaderboard Firms Define Success

    The 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard law firms are balancing business strength with social responsibility, global reach with local impact, and the ability to lead complex matters while meeting clients' evolving needs. Law360 caught up with firm leaders from this year’s Leaderboard to discuss what success looks like, and how they are positioning their firms for the future.

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    The 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard

    Check out the Law360 Pulse Leaderboard to see which firms are leaders in all-around excellence this year.

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    These Firms Top The 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard

    What makes a law firm stand out in a crowded field of top-tier competitors? What does it take to be a well-rounded firm? Presenting the 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard — showcasing the firms that demonstrate excellence on measures of prestige, responsible business practices, and the reach of their legal work.

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    The Litigation Reach Of The 100 Practice Footprint Firms

    The top 100 firms on Law360's 2025 Practice Footprint ranking have left a clear mark across federal district courts. Our interactive map shows where each firm has appeared in district court cases over the past three years — revealing the breadth of each firm's national reach.

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    The 2025 Practice Footprint Ranking: How Firms Stack Up

    These 100 firms stand out for their impressive litigation footprints and transactions work. See who's leading the pack across four categories: variety of cases, range of jurisdictions, closing large merger and acquisition deals, and handling registered offerings.

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    Hogan Lovells Adds Morgan Lewis M&A Pro In Philly, Houston

    Hogan Lovells announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner to strengthen its corporate and finance practice group and its capacity to handle mergers, acquisitions and other transactions.

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    Aderant Acquires Virtual Pricing Director To Boost Firm Profits

    Legal software firm Aderant announced Tuesday that it has acquired London-based Virtual Pricing Director, a cloud-based platform that uses artificial intelligence and pre-built templates to automate the legal pricing process.

  • Judge To Decide If Trump's Jan. 6 Docs Stay Confidential

    A D.C. federal judge will review a trove of documents containing communications between officials from the first Trump administration and attorneys for his 2020 campaign to decide whether they can be kept from discovery in a lawsuit over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

  • Former Mintz Client Files Negligence Suit Over Patent Work

    A former Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC client has hit the firm with a professional negligence suit in Texas federal court, saying the firm's allegedly "shoddy, substandard" legal work led to one of the company's patents being almost completely wiped out.

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    Gordon Rees Adds Clark Hill Litigator In Sacramento

    Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Clark Hill PLC litigator as a partner in its Sacramento office.

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    Simpson Thacher Adds Kirkland Energy Finance Pro In NY

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has grown its banking and credit practice in New York with the addition of a Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner, the firm said Monday.

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    Latham Hires 19-Year Commerce Dept. Vet In DC As Counsel

    Latham & Watkins LLP has hired a 19-year veteran of the U.S. Department of Commerce, who most recently was the acting director of an office that oversaw a number of export controls, the firm announced Monday.

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    Holland & Knight's CFIUS Team Leader Jumps To Weil

    The leader of Holland & Knight LLP's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and industrial security team has made the move to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.

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Expert Analysis

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.

  • 7 Tips For Predeposition Meetings Under New Federal Rule Author Photo

    Attorneys can use a new predeposition meet-and-confer obligation for federal litigation — taking effect Tuesday — to better understand and narrow the topics of planned testimony, and more clearly outline the scope of any discovery disputes, says James Wagstaffe at Wagstaffe von Loewenfeldt Busch.

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    Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers Author Photo

    To build the ranks of female trial attorneys, law firms must integrate them into every aspect of a case — from witness preparation to courtroom arguments — instead of relegating them to small roles, says Kalpana Srinivasan, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey.

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    Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law Author Photo

    It falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.

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    5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic Author Photo

    The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.

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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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    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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    BigLaw Cannot Reap Diversity Rewards Without Inclusion Author Photo

    BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.

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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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    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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