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Blank Rome Expands Dallas Bench With Solo Real Estate Atty
Blank Rome LLP has added an attorney in Dallas from a solo practice, further expanding the firm's national real estate group.
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More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus
A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.
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Ex-Prosecutor Opens Defense Shop From Former Firm Office
Paul Murphy, a former federal prosecutor with more than three decades of experience, launched his own litigation shop out of his old law firm's New York office in an arrangement he said will afford him greater freedom over cases and clients.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Clifford Chance LLP and Baker Botts LLP lead this week's legal lions for helping Caterpillar Inc. escape a $100 million verdict awarded to a defunct equipment importer that accused the construction manufacturing giant of interfering with a contract to sell equipment through an online sales platform.
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Steps Small Law Firms Can Take Against Cyber Threats
Small law firms might think they will not be targeted by cybercriminals, but artificial intelligence tools make it easier to orchestrate cyberattacks, so small firms need to take steps to protect themselves, according to a panel at the American Association Bar Techshow 2025 in Chicago.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off April with another action-packed week as BigLaw added new talent and firms struck deals with the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law Firm Mergers Lag Amid Political, Economic Uncertainties
U.S. law firms announced 20 combinations in the first three months of 2025, fewer than nearly every other year going back a decade, according to the Law360 Pulse Merger Tracker.
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Frost LLP Brings On Ex-NBCUniversal Atty As IP Partner In LA
Business litigation boutique Frost LLP is boosting its litigation team, bringing in an intellectual property expert who most recently was an in-house counsel with NBCUniversal as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Trump Lawyer Brings 'Fierce' Style To New US Atty Post In NJ
With a litigation style both praised as "assertive" and criticized as "over the top," Alina Habba's commitment to President Donald Trump — her client in some of his most high-profile trials in recent years — has taken her from managing partner of a small New Jersey law firm to the top federal prosecutor in the Garden State.
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Fla. Atty Cites Law School Debt In Bid To Skip Conn. Oral Args
A Florida employment attorney embroiled in state and federal proceedings over a judgment requiring him to repay his ex's $30,000 contribution toward his law school loans says he can't afford to travel to Connecticut to argue an appeal because his debts and lack of income while traveling make in-person attendance difficult.
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Law Firm Says Insurer Shorted On Defense Of Blackmail Suit
A law firm accused by a Florida state judge of causing her emotional distress via blackmail is suing its insurer, alleging the insurer underpaid the firm's defense counsel by nearly $600,000 in connection with the settled underlying lawsuit she filed.
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Law Firm Fights Ex-Paralegal's Anonymity Bid In Bias Suit
A former paralegal at a Pennsylvania law firm made speculative and illogical arguments to take her identity away from her overtime and retaliation suit, the firm said Thursday, urging a federal court to keep her name known.
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Ex-Rimon Trio Launches Distributed Equity Model Firm
Lucendo LLP officially launched under the leadership of three former Rimon PC partners on Thursday, breaking the mold as a distributed law firm at which attorneys can work remotely and set their own rates with an equity profit-sharing model.
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Atty Suspended Over Billing Lapses In State Street Case
The former managing partner of Thornton Law Firm LLP has received a 30-day license suspension for his decision to sign an inaccurate billing declaration to a federal judge in an investor action against State Street Bank.
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Boutique IP Litigator Returns To Mintz In Miami
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC strengthened its Miami ranks with the addition of a new patent litigator from his own firm, Goma Law PLLC.
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'Beer Law' Firm Says Confusion Is Brewing Over Rival's Name
A North Carolina law firm, one of whose managing partners focuses on advising businesses in the beer, wine and craft beverage industries under the name "Beer Law Center," on Wednesday accused a Colorado law firm of coasting off its reputation by offering services under the confusingly similar "Beer Law HQ."
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Client Says Colo. Injury Attys Didn't Tell Him About Settlement
A personal injury plaintiff is suing his former attorneys and their Colorado law firm for malpractice after they allegedly failed to notify him of a settlement offer in time, forcing the case to trial where jurors issued a verdict that was less than the settlement offer.
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'Values-Led' Health Law Boutique Kicks Off In Atlanta
A pair of founders of Health Law Strategists LLC announced Wednesday they have launched a national boutique in Atlanta called Aligned Health Law LLC.
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Phelps Dunbar Grows In Florida With Panhandle Firm Tie-Up
Phelps Dunbar LLP announced Wednesday that it will combine with Pensacola's Beggs & Lane on May 1, venturing into the Florida Panhandle for the first time.
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When Can Attys Decide To Drop Clients? ABA Says It Depends
Lawyers can drop clients at will as long as doing so won't harm the client's legal objectives or needlessly drive up costs, according to new guidance by the American Bar Association — but the guidance also notes that "getting out of a matter can be a lot harder than getting in."
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Ogletree Opens Kentucky Office With Boutique Attys
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, a big law firm representing employers in labor and employment disputes, is opening a Lexington, Kentucky, office and has hired the two leaders of a Kentucky boutique law firm with experience in representing mining companies.
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23 Firms Remain GCs' Top Picks Despite Referral Drop
Even as corporate legal departments become more selective in recommending outside counsel to their peers, 23 law firms have managed to earn top marks for building trust and relationship management, according to a report released Wednesday by BTI Consulting Group.
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Motley Rice Alum Grows Niche With New Whistleblower Firm
Armed with decades of securities law experience, Rebecca M. Katz recently stepped down as chair of Motley Rice's whistleblower practice to launch her own firm focused on this niche specialty. She spoke with Law360 Pulse about what it means to be a whistleblower, why the cases are tougher than they might seem, and what's ahead for government enforcement during the second Trump administration.
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Fla. Litigation Funder Must Face NJ Lawyer's Counterclaim
A Florida-based litigation funder pursuing an $18 million breach of contract suit against a New Jersey lawyer must face the bulk of a countersuit alleging the business reneged on an agreement to secure funding for nationwide personal injury cases.
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Gunster Expands Fla. Footprint With 14-Atty Boutique Merger
Florida business law firm Gunster added 14 attorneys to its growing roster through a merger with boutique Katz Barron, the firm announced Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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Increasing Public Access To Legal Services: A Practical Plan
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
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10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.