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Legal Aid Attys Can't Sever Union Ties Over Its Mideast Views
A New York federal judge tossed two New York City public defenders' lawsuit against their union, saying the attorneys can't leverage the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus ruling to stop paying the union because they disagree with its stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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BCLP Hires Jackson Lewis Labor Partner In NY
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP announced Tuesday it hired a Jackson Lewis PC equity principal to its employment and labor practice in New York.
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Law Firm Mergers Hit A Near-Record Low In First Half
The number of law firm mergers and acquisitions involving at least one U.S.-based law firm announced in the first half of 2025 landed at 34, down 42% from last year's first half results and marking a near-decade low.
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2nd Circ. Scrubs $4M Wet Wipes Settlement Over Atty Fees
The Second Circuit on Tuesday vacated a $4 million settlement agreement to end claims that wet wipes made by Kimberly-Clark Corp. are not flushable as advertised, saying the trial court didn't properly consider the allocation of recovery between class counsel and the class.
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White & Case Adds Arnold & Porter Investment Mgmt Co-Head
White & Case LLP has announced that it hired the former co-head of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP's investment management practice.
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Linklaters Continues US Growth With NY Capital Markets Atty
Linklaters LLP has brought on the former co-head of Proskauer Rose LLP's capital markets group as a capital markets and mergers and acquisitions partner in New York.
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Dunn Isaacson Now In NY, Calif. With Latest Paul Weiss Hires
Two more litigators from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP who have represented top technology companies and other clients in court battles have joined Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP.
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Haynes Boone Adds Restructuring Duo To Bolster NY Practice
Haynes Boone is adding two financial restructuring attorneys previously with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP as partners in its New York office, the firm announced Monday.
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NY Legal Services Union Chapters Authorize Strikes
Two chapters of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys held practice pickets on Monday afternoon after voting to authorize a strike as members across New York City approach the end of their collective bargaining agreements.
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Proskauer Taps Paul Weiss Atty To Lead US PE Deals Team
Proskauer Rose LLP announced Monday that it has hired a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP attorney to lead its private equity transactions practice in the U.S. from the New York office.
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2nd Circ. Mulls Arguments In NY Atty Grievance Privacy Suit
A Second Circuit panel has questioned whether a pathway exists to limit the scope of "presumptive public access" to attorney grievance documents in New York, as the panel considers the state's appeal of a federal district court ruling that would make records related to attorney misconduct cases public.
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M&A Tops Baker McKenzie's 59-Strong Partner Class For 2025
Baker McKenzie announced that 59 attorneys will be promoted to partner by the start of July, with the number of internal hires decreasing from last year while lateral recruitment remained the same, at 48, over the past 12 months.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Susman Godfrey's representation of the American Bar Association in a suit challenging the Trump administration's actions directed at law firms leads this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from June 13 to 27.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cooley LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge determined that it was fair for Meta Platforms Inc. to train its Llama large language models with 13 bestselling authors' copyrighted material without their permission.
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Pillsbury Adds Restructuring Pro From Paul Hastings In NY
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has grown its insolvency and restructuring practice in New York with the addition of a Paul Hastings LLP partner.
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Hinshaw Continues Finance Growth With Goldman Sachs Atty
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced today that a former vice president and senior legal director at Goldman Sachs Bank USA has returned to firm life as a senior counsel in its New York office.
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No Federal Agency Can Enforce WilmerHale EO, Judge Says
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday amended his decision in the WilmerHale executive order litigation, clarifying amid disagreement among the parties that the underlying executive order cannot be enforced by any federal agency.
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LGBTQ Attorneys Seek To Navigate A Changing Legal Industry
During Pride Month 2025, LGBTQ attorneys are seeking to navigate a changing environment around their rights and shifting attitudes in the legal industry toward diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off summer with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their offerings and reelected leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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McDermott, Schulte Roth Vote To Approve $2.8B Merger
Partners at Schulte Roth & Zabel and McDermott Will & Emery have voted in favor of merging to create the combined firm of McDermott Will & Schulte, the firms announced Thursday.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
June was a month for endings and beginnings as several law firms in the U.S. completed relocation plans — including Duane Morris LLP, which moved its Manhattan shop to a new office building — and launched offices, like Foley & Lardner LLP's Nashville, Tennessee, opening.
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SEC Enforcement Atty Joins Scott+Scott In New York
Connecticut-based securities law firm Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP announced that a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney has joined the firm's New York office as a senior associate.
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DLA Piper Hires 2 King & Spalding Corporate Attys In NY, DC
DLA Piper has brought on two former King & Spalding LLP partners to its corporate practice who advise companies around the world seeking to expand or relocate in the U.S.
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Why ABA Is Rebooting 10-Year-Old Study On Atty Well-Being
Mental health advocates working on the American Bar Association's newly launched study into attorney mental health say that they hope the project will not only provide an updated look at the profession a decade after the organization's last major study, but also provide more information on the best ways to tackle issues such as depression, substance abuse and burnout.
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Phillips Lytle Relocates Rochester Office To Technology Hub
Phillips Lytle LLP has relocated its Rochester, New York, office to Innovation Square, a hub for technology, education and entrepreneurship, the firm announced.
Expert Analysis
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Series
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
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.
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Perspectives
Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.
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The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.