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Law Firms Positioned To Finish 2024 On 'Very Strong' Note
The legal market is positioned to have a very strong year, with firms seeing increases in demand, revenue and attorney productivity during the first three quarters of 2024, according to the results of a survey by Citi Global Wealth at Work.
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What's Next For Court Reform In This New Political Climate?
Advocates are not holding out hope for bills that would firm up a code of ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court, impose term limits on justices or give judiciary employees antidiscrimination job protections, saying Republican control of the federal government will likely stall any progress that's been made with court reform efforts.
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Georgia Power Coop Promotes GC To Replace Retiring CEO
Georgia energy producer Oglethorpe Power Corp. has named a longtime in-house attorney who currently holds the role of general counsel as its next chief executive beginning in February 2025, in a time of what it called "unprecedented growth and change" for the energy sector.
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In-House Counsel Less Wary Of Making BigLaw Jump
While most in-house counsel aren't actively looking to shift to private practice, a survey out Tuesday found there may be an increasing openness to that career lane shift if certain conditions — such as better salaries, work-life balance, and firm culture — are met.
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Burr & Forman Adds Carlton Fields Atty As Life Sciences Head
Burr & Forman LLP has brought on a former Carlton Fields PA shareholder in Atlanta to lead its U.S. Food and Drug Administration and life sciences industry practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Wholesale Distributor GC To Leave Company At End Of Year
BlueLinx Holdings Inc., a U.S. wholesale distributor of building products, announced in a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing that its general counsel will leave the company at the end of December.
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Justices Won't Review Mark Meadows' Ga. Case Removal Bid
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' petition to review an Eleventh Circuit ruling that he couldn't move his Georgia election interference case to federal court because the federal officer removal statute doesn't apply to former federal officers.
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BigLaw Bonus Season Starts With A Move By Milbank
Milbank LLP announced Monday that it will hand its associates year-end bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $115,000 depending on seniority, numbers that nearly align with bonuses the firm and its peers handed out last year.
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'Life Ain't Fair': Trump's Ga. Co-Defendants Still May Get Trial
President-elect Donald Trump's victory at the polls will likely result in the Georgia election interference case against him being frozen until after he leaves office, but attorneys for his co-defendants told Law360 that the same is not necessarily true for their clients.
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Attys Ask 11th Circ. To Affirm Arbitration Denial In ERISA Case
The American Association for Justice has urged the Eleventh Circuit to find that a legal technology company's arbitration clauses are unenforceable, arguing that the company should face workers' Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit in court.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP lead this week's list of Law360 legal lions for helping a California biotech startup beat a nearly $460 million trade secrets trial before a federal jury in Delaware.
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Hall Booth Adds Medical Malpractice Attorneys In Atlanta
Hall Booth Smith PC hired an of counsel and associate, who joined the firm's Atlanta office and who both specialize in medical malpractice, among other medical-related cases, the firm announced.
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Cozen O'Connor Vet Leader On Affinity Group, Military Service
Affinity groups have become one way for law firms to make sure diverse groups of lawyers in their organizations feel connected and supported. Cozen O' Connor is among the firms that provide a forum for attorneys with military service to link up with one another along with provide pro bono work to veterans dealing with legal issues such as benefits and disability compensation matters.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms named new leaders and Donald Trump became president-elect. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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How General Counsel Are Preparing For Trump 2.0
While the stock market surge after Donald Trump won election this week shows that business considers him a friend, corporations are still bracing for the impact of changes that a new administration will bring in 2025.
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Emory Law School To Open Biz Center With Historic $6M Gift
Emory University School of Law is slated to open a new center for business and transactional law after receiving a $6 million gift from a retired professor, representing the largest gift in the school's history.
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Feds Say Fla. Atty Can't Shake COVID Relief Fraud Conviction
In a case involving a Florida lawyer serving a 75-month sentence for a COVID-19 loan fraud scheme, federal prosecutors are arguing that the trial judge was correct to allow a witness to testify that the defendant had talked about having another co-conspirator killed.
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Ga. Judge Recuses Himself From Ga. School Shooting Case
The Georgia judge overseeing the Apalachee High School shooting case recused himself Wednesday due to his upcoming retirement.
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Ex-Ga. DA To Face Arbery Obstruction Charges In January
The former Georgia district attorney accused of obstructing the investigation of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery will stand trial in January, a state court judge said Tuesday, after her defense attorney was recently freed up by the conclusion of the prosecution of Atlanta rapper Young Thug.
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The Legal Work Awaiting Attys During Trump's Second Term
Former President Donald Trump's return to the White House following his election victory on Tuesday is sure to bring a series of policy changes that will keep lawyers busy, particularly attorneys working in international trade, immigration, tax and antitrust.
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Fani Willis, Ga. DA Who Charged Trump, Wins Reelection
Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, easily won reelection Tuesday, securing a second four-year term as Fulton County's district attorney.
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What To Know About Ga.'s Vote To Create A State Tax Court
Law360 Pulse takes a close look at the new state tax court approved by Peach State voters in Tuesday's election.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In Oct.? Broadcom, T-Mobile And More
Legal leaders at Broadcom Inc., T-Mobile US Inc. and United Therapeutics Corp. got their treats before Halloween as they made significant stock sales in October that gave them multimillion-dollar paydays.
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Ga. Judge Cops To 9 Ethics Charges Over Case Delays
A Georgia judge facing ethics charges for delaying a series of cases, the most severe of which has sat open for more than seven years, has admitted to nine of the 10 counts lodged against him but denied that his actions were prejudicial to the administration of justice.
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It's Too Early To Say Gen AI Will Kill The Billable Hour
Recent surveys are — again — saying the billable hour is about to go the way of the dodo. This time the predictions forecasting the billable hour's impending doom are because of the rise of generative artificial intelligence in law firms.