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    Over 360 Firms Gain Mansfield Certification In Record Cohort

    Diversity Lab on Wednesday announced the names of the record number of law firms that earned Mansfield Certification for the 2023 to 2024 period.

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    DOJ Antitrust Pro Joins McGuireWoods In DC

    A former leader in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division is the newest partner in McGuireWoods LLP's Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • Progressive Group Staffs Up For Judicial Nominee Fights

    With a little over a month until Election Day, a progressive organization announced a slate of new hires to prepare for judicial confirmation battles and fight for court reform on Wednesday.

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    SEC's Top Cop Departing After Record-Breaking Tenure

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that enforcement director Gurbir Grewal will be leaving the agency next week following a three-year tenure, during which the agency brought in record penalties and frequently clashed with crypto industry participants objecting to a string of lawsuits brought under Grewal's leadership.

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    Justice Roberts Names Judicial Conference Committee Chairs

    Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has reshuffled the leadership of the U.S. Judicial Conference, naming five new committee chairs and extending the terms of five current chairs by one year.

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    A Deep Dive Into Top GC Pay

    Law360 Pulse looked beyond bare financials to see how business sectors, law firms and schools could influence the pay of top-earning GCs in S&P 500 companies. Here’s what we found.

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    These Are The Legal Chiefs Who Command Top Dollar

    With the increasingly dynamic role of the top corporate lawyer playing out across sectors — as well as stock awards that far outpace the amounts they see in their salaries and bonuses — the pay packages for most general counsel and chief legal officers continue to stay strong.

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    Everything You Need To Know About GC Pay

    Want to know which legal chief is earning the most at an S&P 500 company? How compensation compares across business sectors? Explore the ins and outs of general counsel compensation with our interactive graphic.

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    Legal Services Corp. Counsel Joins Steptoe As Pro Bono Atty

    Carolyn Perez, who had supervised volunteer attorneys on pro bono representative matters at Legal Services Corporation, has joined Steptoe's D.C. team as pro bono counsel.

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    Troutman Pepper Names 18 Partners Ahead Of Merger

    With a megamerger with Locke Lord LLP in the works for January, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP has announced the elevation to partner of 18 firm attorneys who hail from various offices around the country and a range of practice groups.

  • Trump Cries Voter Interference As Immunity Brief Hits Docket

    Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed special counsel Jack Smith's bid to publicize some evidence in a voluminous filing over Trump's presidential immunity to election interference charges, reiterating allegations that it's a "politically motivated manifesto" aimed at influencing voters on the eve of the 2024 election.

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    Lathrop GPM-Hopkins Carley Merger Grows Calif. Footprint

    Lathrop GPM LLP and Silicon Valley firm Hopkins Carley have officially joined forces after announcing their planned combination in August, which includes a pair of new West Coast offices, the firm said Tuesday.

  • Ex-Interior Dept. Deputy's Oil Stocks Violated Ethics Laws

    The onetime deputy secretary of the Interior, Tommy Beaudreau, who moved into private practice last year and now co-leads WilmerHale's energy practice, violated government ethics laws by failing to recuse himself from drilling-related matters while knowingly holding petroleum stocks, according to an internal watchdog's ethics report released Tuesday.

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    Ex-DHS GC Returns To Sheppard Mullin As Nat'l Security Head

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's former general counsel Jonathan Meyer has bounced between the agency and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP since 2016, and now after three years as DHS' top lawyer, the firm said Tuesday he's returning to lead its national security group in D.C.

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    Army Judge Advocate General Joins Shook Hardy

    Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a retired Army Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C., bolstering the firm's business litigation, government investigations and white collar practices.

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    Firms Add Nonequity Partners, And Many Aren't Happy

    Nonequity partners make up one of the fastest-growing tiers of lawyers at major law firms — and that tier is the most discontented, according to Law360 Pulse's 2024 Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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    Equity Partners At Smaller Firms Are Most Content With Pay

    Lawyers in private practice are generally happy with their compensation, and BigLaw associates are particularly satisfied, thanks to openly competitive rates of pay. But equity partners at smaller firms are happiest, according to a new Law360 Pulse survey.

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    A Deep Dive Into Law Firm Pay

    The legal industry may be known for its relatively high pay, but don't tell that to lawyers: Barely half of all attorneys feel satisfied or very satisfied with what they make, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.

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    After 72 Years, Browdy & Neimark Moves To FisherBroyles

    The Washington, D.C., intellectual property boutique Browdy & Neimark PLLC is closing its doors after 72 years in business, as the firm's four attorneys move their practices to FisherBroyles LLP.

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    Ex-Constantine Cannon, Robins Kaplan Attys Form Antitrust Firm

    A team of 10 attorneys formerly with Constantine Cannon LLP and Robins Kaplan LLP has formed a new boutique firm specializing in antitrust law, with offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., according to a Tuesday announcement.

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    DOJ Civil Rights Lawyer Rejoins Outten & Golden

    A senior counsel with the U.S. Department of Justice focused on civil rights has rejoined employee-side employment boutique Outten & Golden LLP in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.

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    Cozen O'Connor Reelects CEO Michael Heller To Fifth Term

    Cozen O'Connor's continuous steady growth over the last 12 years has prompted the firm's leadership to reelect its current chief executive for another three-year term.

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    GC Went From Fleeing Violence To Helping Global Economies

    In her final days as general counsel at the International Monetary Fund, Rhoda Weeks-Brown looked back on her 33-year legal career, speaking to Law360 Pulse about the three major financial crises she has confronted, how she sees geopolitical fragmentation as a key economic threat, and what she plans to do with her future.

  • DC Ethics Hearing Starts For 3 Attys Over 2020 Election Suits

    Three attorneys "essentially weaponized their law licenses" to subvert the will of voters and undermine public confidence in elections when they worked on lawsuits challenging the results of the 2020 presidential contest, a lawyer with the D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel told an ethics committee in the nation's capital on Monday.

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    Covington Adds Longtime DOJ Atty With High Court Chops

    Sarah Harrington has dedicated almost her entire legal career to public service. But on Dec. 1, following 3½ years overseeing the U.S. Department of Justice's appellate staff in the Civil Division as deputy assistant attorney general, she'll return to private practice as the new co-leader of the appellate and Supreme Court practice at Covington & Burling LLP, the firm said Monday.

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