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The state of New York saw the highest passage rate this year for its July bar exam since 2013, with the state's bar examination organization saying 69% of the more than 10,000 test-takers made it through.
As she prepares to steer the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles toward its 50th anniversary next year, Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Shardé Skahan said the group is particularly special for its sense of community.
A Texas bankruptcy court on Friday shot down a former judge's bid to shield his banking records from a U.S. Trustee's Office inquiry into his concealed romantic relationship with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner, giving Bank of America NA one week to provide six years of the former judge's bank statements.
John C. Hueston of Hueston Hennigan LLP led his firm to victory against Google twice last year, once on behalf of dating service company Match and then was invited onto the Epic Games trial team, where he helped convince a jury that the tech behemoth had used its app store to stifle competition, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Competition MVPs.
The legal industry had another action-packed week as firms prepared for increased lobbying activity in anticipation of the upcoming election, while lawyers nationwide came together to support a nonpartisan initiative focused on protecting the electoral process. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Shawn Williams and Mark Solomon, managing partners at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, represented a British pension fund in a shareholder lawsuit against one of the deepest-pocketed companies in the world, Apple Inc. After years of litigation, Apple agreed in March to settle the case for $490 million, an outcome that landed both Solomon and Williams on the list of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.
Oliver Smith of Davis Polk & Wardwell's mergers and acquisitions practice was a leader on the team that advised ExxonMobil Corp. on its blockbuster $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources and Truist Financial Corp. on the sale of its remaining stake in Truist Insurance Holdings at a $15.5 billion enterprise value, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 M&A MVPs.
Kemp Jones LLP, Parker Nelson & Associates and Campbell & Williams lead this week's list of Law360 legal lions with back-to-back wins in ongoing litigation against a bankrupt "alkaline water" company.
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Tijana J. Dvornic led the firm's tax team in representing Lumen Technologies in the largest liability management transaction outside of bankruptcy protections, including addressing over $15 billion of existing debt, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Tax MVPs.
Jim Walden of Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP entered the New York City 2025 mayoral race this week as a new challenger to the recently indicted incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, running on a vow to fight corruption in the city.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is expanding its West Coast litigation team to meet increased client demand, announcing Thursday it is bringing in a former assistant U.S. attorney as counsel in its San Diego office.
Two former Georgia poll workers seeking to collect a $148 million defamation judgment against disgraced ex-lawyer Rudy Giuliani argued this week that the former New York City mayor has admitted he was not living in his luxury Florida condo around the time they filed a lien on it, and thus cannot prevent a sale of the property.
Norton Rose Fulbright announced that a pair of attorneys with more than 50 years of combined experience have joined it New York and St. Louis offices as senior counsel, in what it said will help clients navigate the increasingly complex cybersecurity and privacy areas of law.
Melissa Sawyer of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice led cancer therapy company Seagen through its $43 billion sale to Pfizer and facilitated the sale of privately held sandwich giant Subway to private equity firm Roark Capital, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
Three-quarters of associates cite burnout and mental health as reasons for leaving law firms amid a higher exposure to stress than colleagues in other roles — and firms are suffering the financial costs, according to a study of U.S. and U.K. firms released Thursday.
Nina Marino, founding partner of white collar boutique Kaplan Marino PC, secured a full acquittal for engineering firm founder Dennis Mitsunaga in a 12-week jury trial in Hawaii, and ensured that charges were dismissed against a lawyer accused by the district attorney's office in Orange County, California, of running an illegal referral and kickbacks scheme before the case ever went to trial, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 White Collar MVPs.
Ashurst Risk Advisory, the consulting arm of Ashurst LLP, has appointed a trio of partners in Australia who will help launch a transformation risk group, focused on advising clients on third-party risk, contracting management and other issues, the group announced Thursday.
Rachel D. Kleinberg, a co-leader of the global tax practice at Sidley Austin LLP, headed up a tax team to represent investors in a consortium that led to the $6.05 billion sale of the NFL's Washington Commanders, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Tax MVPs.
Roger Cooper of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's securities and mergers and acquisitions litigation practice led a team of Cleary attorneys to a New York state appellate victory on first impression arguments the firm has been making for a decade, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.
David Bernstein of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP helped a beverage mogul avoid a Texas jury, beat the government on behalf of the Snapchat brand and tries to find ways to sprinkle a little bit of "magic" into his career as a trademark litigator, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.
Steve Sunshine, global head of antitrust at Skadden, led a team representing Activision Blizzard through its $69 billion acquisition by Microsoft and secured the dismissal of major antitrust claims for Apple, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 MVPs.
Kennedys named the firm's regional chief in the U.S. as its second global managing partner on Thursday as it looks poised to go from strength to strength after it recently recorded revenues of more than £380 million ($493 million).
Spending on outside counsel will rise 6.9% in 2025, the largest increase in 10 years, according to a report Thursday from BTI Consulting Group, which forecasts that litigation spending will see the biggest jumps and that practice areas including labor and employment and mergers and acquisitions will also see large spending increases.
The integration of generative AI is fundamentally transforming how legal professionals manage their daily tasks, with many anticipating that these AI-driven efficiencies will lessen the reliance on billable hours, according to a survey report posted Thursday.
A former U.S. Department of State counterterrorism expert and National Security Council director has left public service for his first-ever role in private practice, joining Jenner & Block LLP's team in Washington, D.C., as special counsel, the firm announced Thursday.
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCDKelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: LibrarianLisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.
Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: RecruiterSelf-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.