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Entertainment Atty Joins Pierson Ferdinand's Expanding Roster
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Wednesday a veteran entertainment attorney with more than 30 years of experience, including a stint in-house with Sony, has joined the firm's global media, entertainment and sports practice as a Los Angeles-based partner.
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Maron Marvel's New Leader Has Eye On Expansion
Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC's new managing shareholder told Law360 Pulse this week that he is excited to serve in the post and help steer the firm's national growth.
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Shipman & Goodwin Adds 4 Finance Attys In Connecticut
Shipman & Goodwin LLP has expanded its finance offerings in Connecticut with the addition of a partner and three associates based in the firm's Stamford office.
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Former Kaufman Dolowich Atty Settles Bias Suit Against Firm
A former Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP associate settled his lawsuit accusing the law firm of discriminating and retaliating against him after he requested accommodations for his hearing loss and urged the firm to better help attorneys with disabilities feel valued, the attorney's counsel told a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday.
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Four Firms Seek Top Roles In Pa. Warehouse Fire Litigation
Lawyers from four plaintiffs firms across the country have asked a Philadelphia judge to name them class counsel in recently filed litigation over the effects of an aircraft parts warehouse fire and also requested that the court consolidate all related lawsuits in the city.
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Insurance Litigator Moves To Barclay Damon As Partner
Barclay Damon LLP has hired a partner away from his private practice to boost its practices focused on insurance coverage and product liability defense, bringing the attorney to the firm's New York City office.
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ABA Says Attys Victimized By Clients May Share Certain Info
An attorney who is a victim of a crime perpetrated by a client or prospective client may disclose client information "to the extent reasonably necessary to report a crime," the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has found in its latest ethics opinion, released Wednesday.
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Longtime DOJ Antitrust Litigator Joins Fried Frank In DC
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced that a Cooley LLP attorney who previously spent more than 15 years in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner.
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McNees Wallace Adds 2 Attys To Its Litigation, Enviro Groups
Midsize Pennsylvania-based firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLP has boosted its resources in its Harrisburg office with the additions of two attorneys to its litigation and environmental practices.
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Atty Who Repped Trump And Bannon Joins Brownstein Hyatt
Evan Corcoran, who represented President Donald Trump in his classified documents case and Steve Bannon in his contempt of Congress trial, has joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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Del. Corporate Law Bill Poses 'Grave Risk,' Plaintiffs' Firms Say
Five of Delaware's most active corporate litigation plaintiffs' firms have branded pending legislation aimed at curbing stockholder suits as a "dangerous and radical" measure that attacks the state's courts and will put Delaware's nationally known incorporation franchise "at grave risk."
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GrayRobinson Brings Back Aerospace Pro From GC Role
Florida law firm GrayRobinson PA has brought back the former general counsel of satellite communications company Satcom Direct, bolstering its business law section in Melbourne, Florida, with a former in-house leader in the aerospace and technology industry.
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Why Attys Choose ChatGPT Over Specialized Legal AI Tools
Legal professionals are using OpenAI's ChatGPT for work more often than generative artificial intelligence tools from legal vendors, fulfilling a long-held pattern of consumer-grade tools gaining a foothold before robust enterprise counterparts.
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Balch & Bingham 'Heartbroken' Over Death Of Austin Leader
Balch & Bingham LLP is mourning the passing of Todd Kimbrough, managing partner of its office in Austin, Texas, who died last month following a battle with cancer.
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Ex-BigLaw Chair: 'You Can't Outgrow Your Infrastructure'
After the law firm he founded in 2001, Goldberg Segalla LLP, saw massive growth under his two decades of leadership, Richard J. "RJ" Cohen Sr. said one major lesson he learned is that law firms need to ensure they don't outgrow their infrastructure and administrative teams.
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Judge Says She'll Ask What 'Nobody Else Will' In Romance Suit
A federal judge expressed incredulity Tuesday that Jackson Walker didn't press its former partner harder to get the exact dates of her relationship with a former bankruptcy judge when allegations of their relationship came to light in 2021.
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Construction Co. Slams Iraq Attys' Appearance In $120M Suit
Archirodon Construction (Overseas) Co. has asked the D.C. Circuit to block a law firm from representing Iraq as the country fights efforts by the company to enforce a $120 million arbitral award in a dispute over a major port project.
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Gibson Dunn Litigator Jumps To Allen Matkins In California
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP is growing its California team, bringing in a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP commercial litigator as a partner in its Orange County office.
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Bay Area Real Estate, Enviro Partner Rejoins Hanson Bridgett
A San Francisco land use and environmental attorney has rejoined California firm Hanson Bridgett LLP after six years working for the cities of Berkeley and Cupertino.
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Leech Tishman Adds LA-Based Litigator Duo
Leech Tishman has announced that a pair of Los Angeles-based entertainment and business litigators have joined the firm as partners from a local boutique.
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Becker Adds Chief Biz Officer To Management Committee
Becker & Poliakoff PC has promoted its chief business officer and chair of its New York and New Jersey litigation teams to its management committee, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Day Pitney Hires Founder Of Legal Intelligence Company
Day Pitney LLP has hired the founder of a legal intelligence company and former co-head of the New York corporate and transactions group at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, the firm announced this week.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Christopher Burke On Efficiency
U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke uses innovative techniques to manage the glut of complex cases that come through Delaware's federal court.
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These Attys Are AI 'Power Users' Reinventing Legal Work
A growing divide is emerging between lawyers who frequently use generative AI for legal tasks and those who engage in these tools more casually, Law360 Pulse's new survey has found.
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What Attorneys Really Think Of AI
More attorneys seem to be using generative AI tools and view it positively compared with last year, but lawyers are still concerned about legal ethics and client confidentiality when it comes to the technology, according to the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
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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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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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.