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High Court Asked To Take Up Malpractice Case Against Akin
A former Cornell University graduate student wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review the dismissal of his suit accusing Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys of manipulating patent litigation to steal his DNA sequencing intellectual property.
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2 Former Virginia Attorneys General Among 6 Torridon Hires
Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr's litigation boutique Torridon Law PLLC and its affiliated consulting group have hired two former Virginia attorneys general and four others, including Mexico's former ambassador to the United States, according to Friday announcements.
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Fried Frank Hires Pillsbury M&A, PE Head
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced Monday that it has hired the former head of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices, touting his transactional experience across a wide range of industries.
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Baker Botts Hires Greenberg Traurig Energy Pro In Texas
Baker Botts LLP announced Monday that it has added a partner in Austin, Texas, with substantial energy project experience who came aboard from Greenberg Traurig LLP.
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Cadwalader Attys Exit Amid Hogan Lovells Merger Conflicts
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's litigation group co-chairs have left the firm due to conflicts of interest ahead of the firm's merger with Hogan Lovells LLP, a Cadwalader spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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Group Lateral Hires Fueled Office Expansion In 2025
U.S. law firms leaned heavily on group lateral hiring in 2025, with more than 130 attorney teams changing firms as competition for top talent intensified and firms pursued growth through practice-area expansion and new market entry, according to a report released Monday.
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2 Arnold & Porter M&A Attys Join WilmerHale In Silicon Valley
WilmerHale continues boosting its dealmaking team with attorneys from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, announcing Monday that two technology mergers and acquisitions experts are joining its Silicon Valley office in Palo Alto, California.
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Trump's BigLaw Executive Order Appeals Consolidated
The D.C. Circuit on Friday consolidated the government's appeals of losses in four cases BigLaw firms launched against the White House and Justice Department over executive orders against them related to the clients they represent.
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Sidley Brings On Cooley Class Action Leader In San Diego
Sidley Austin LLP is boosting its litigation team, announcing Friday it is bringing in a Cooley LLP class action expert as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Office Snapshot: Fenwick Expands Its DC Footprint
Five years after first planting a flag in the nation's capital, Silicon Valley-headquartered Fenwick & West LLP recently relocated into a larger space just steps away from both key government agencies and the White House.
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Greenberg Traurig Expands In NY, Philly With Nonprofit Pro
An attorney with expertise representing nonprofit organizations on tax and formation matters has moved her practice to Greenberg Traurig LLP's offices in Philadelphia and New York.
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Sheppard Mullin Rebrands With Streamlined Name
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has officially rebranded to "Sheppard" in anticipation of the firm's 100 years in business next year.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury ordered Medtronic to pay nearly $382 million to business rival Applied Medical Resources Corp. for antitrust violations.
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Insurance Group Of The Year: Cohen Ziffer
Policyholder attorneys at Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna secured wins for AMC Theatres in a novel directors and officers coverage matter and for a life insurer in a suit against its own carriers, making the firm a 2025 Law360 Insurance Group of the Year.
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Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has helped lead the explosion of dealmaking in the insurance sector while guiding multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence infrastructure transactions, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Dechert
Dechert LLP helped menstrual tracking app Flo avoid billions of dollars in damages sought by users in a high-stakes trial challenging the company's alleged sharing of sensitive data with third parties, and it steered more than a dozen fertility clinics through website tracking cases in state and federal court, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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Class Action Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
WilmerHale helped Meta duck a first-of-its-kind antitrust lawsuit with more than $156 billion at stake, successfully defending the social media giant against claims it would have to pay users a "negative price" in a competitive market, once again earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.
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Holland & Knight Adds Troutman Atty In Financial Services
Holland & Knight LLP announced the hiring of a former partner at Troutman Pepper Locke LLP for its financial services practice group in New York.
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MoFo Seattle Launch Was 'Right Time With The Right People'
Morrison Foerster LLP had long considered Seattle as a potential expansion opportunity, but the firm was simply waiting for the right time to enter the hot Emerald City legal market.
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Retired NY State Supreme Court Justice Joins Phillips Nizer
Phillips Nizer LLP announced Thursday that retired Judge Arthur F. Engoron, who found President Donald Trump liable in a valuation fraud conspiracy case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, had joined the firm as a senior counsel in its litigation practice.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Fintech Pro From Sidley In Miami
Greenberg Traurig has picked up a new of counsel for its financial regulatory and compliance and blockchain and digital assets practices in Miami from Sidley Austin LLP.
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Jones Walker Equine Pro Takes Reins Of Gaming Group
Jones Walker LLP has named a Lexington, Kentucky, partner who heads the firm's equine industry practice as co-leader of its gaming industry team.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began February with another busy week as BigLaw firms shuffled their leadership and opened new offices across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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A&O Shearman US Data Privacy Leader Joins Norton Rose
Norton Rose Fulbright is boosting its West Coast team, bringing in an Allen Overy Shearman Sterling cybersecurity pro as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Kalshi Taps White & Case Alum As Enforcement Head
Kalshi announced Thursday that it has selected a former White & Case LLP associate to serve as its head of enforcement, as the prediction market expands its market surveillance and enforcement framework.
Expert Analysis
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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
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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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
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
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 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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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
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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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
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.