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Norton Rose Fulbright has elevated the firm's U.S. arbitration team leader and a London-based partner to co-lead its global international arbitration practice, shaking up the group's leadership for the first time in over a decade, the firm announced Tuesday.
Three energy attorneys from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP have moved to Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholders in Denver, the firm announced Tuesday, as it builds out the practice in response to clients seeking new development opportunities.
The nonprofit Lawyers for Good Government, or L4GG, announced the recipients of its 2024 Pro Bono Awards on Monday, recognizing three law firms and Yale Law School for their work in support of environmental justice, immigrant rights, children's rights, racial equity and reproductive freedom.
Arizona-based law firm Axiom Advice & Counsel, has welcomed a corporate and securities attorney from DLA Piper, growing its offerings to private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, venture-backed entities and closely held businesses, the firm said.
As Winston & Strawn LLP continues to build out its transactions team, the firm has hired a new attorney from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP with a focus on the tax aspects of real estate financing.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has tapped a transactional attorney from its mergers and acquisitions group to take over as leader of the firm's Philadelphia location.
Mayer Brown LLP announced that a longtime finance attorney at Winston & Strawn LLP has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in what it said is part of a strategic priority to expand its global leveraged finance and private credit platform.
E. Danya Perry represented former President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Micahel Cohen in a trio of cases, including Trump's criminal trial in which Cohen was a star witness, and started her own law firm. Those and other events from the past year landed her a spot among Law360's 2024 White Collar MVPs.
Justin Hamill leads the Latham & Watkins LLP team representing Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. in its $13 billion take-private acquisition by private equity firm Silver Lake, and is also advising Skydance Media in its multibillion-dollar merger with Paramount Global, putting him among the 2024 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
Courtland Reichman and Christine Lehman of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP won a $525 million patent infringement trial against Amazon and secured an $84 million verdict in another patent infringement case against tech giant VMware in the span of a year, earning them a spot as 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.
For decades, a handful of New York-based law firms thoroughly dominated the national consciousness when it came to power, profitability and prestige. But in today's legal market, increased movement of partners and clients from one firm to the next has begun to shake things up and create opportunities for go-getters to ascend the ranks.
Christopher Ondeck of Proskauer Rose LLP helped convince a jury to reject claims that Sanderson Farms conspired to limit chicken production, allowing the company to escape $7 billion in potential damages after scoring key pretrial wins in the massive case, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Competition MVPs.
As many BigLaw firms see their revenues climb ever higher, we highlight those that reported topping the billion-dollar mark in the most recent calendar year.
Clients flock to firms with prestigious reputations, and so does top talent. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction
Snell & Wilmer LLP has moved its Denver office to a new location in the downtown central business district to better reflect Colorado's increasing prominence as a hub for venture capital investment, technological innovation and new-business development, the firm said.
Chuck Hodges, a tax partner with Jones Day, led a gravel company to victory in May at the U.S. Tax Court in a case regarding an $11.1 million sale of a freeway pit, helping him earn a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Tax MVPs.
Jeroen van Kwawegen, head of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's corporate governance practice, convinced a Delaware court to nullify Elon Musk's $55 billion Tesla compensation package and secured a historic $1 billion settlement for Wells Fargo investors, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.
Keller Rohrback LLP partner Gretchen Freeman Cappio helped consumers reach a $150 million deal over claims that Chevrolet Bolt cars made by General Motors LLC and LG units had battery defects that led to overheating and fires, earning her a spot as one of the Law360 2024 Product Liability MVPs.
A former Holland & Knight LLP partner asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday to toss a lawsuit alleging he unlawfully accessed a client's confidential documents in order to gain an upper hand in his contentious divorce, saying the "incendiary and defamatory" complaint is vague and fails to state viable claims.
Seton Hall University's former board chair on Monday sought to prevent the transfer of a whistleblower case from the school's former president out of New Jersey's Essex County state court due to a supposed conflict of interest, following a similar motion last week from the university itself.
A former Florida Bar president has been sued in state court by an ex-client who accused the attorney of legal malpractice in a divorce case, saying she breached her duty by dragging out the proceeding and causing damages stemming from a disagreement over a marital residence.
Craig Waldman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped secure a ruling of first impression on behalf of Bumble Inc. that enabled the company to fight off an investor suit challenging its unique voting structure, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.
Communications company WPP Group USA's vice president and counsel for the Americas rejoined Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC on Monday as a labor and employment shareholder, the firm said.
Sidley Austin LLP is boosting its Southern California litigation team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Latham & Watkins LLP "bet-the-company" trial attorney as a partner in its Century City office in Los Angeles.
A D.C. Circuit panel questioned if a Black contract lawyer put enough detail in his discrimination lawsuit against Morrison Foerster LLP to merit its reopening, grappling Monday with whether he had provided enough information about the firm's treatment of white attorneys in similar roles.
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.