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The co-leader of Paul Hastings LLP's wage and hour practice group has jumped to Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP in California, the firm said Tuesday.
The pass rate for first-time test takers of the Florida Bar exam rose to more than 76% in July, surpassing last year's overall results by 5% and marking the highest passing grade since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results released Monday by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners.
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has hired a new shareholder who started her 15-year legal career as an attorney adviser in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Banking and Finance Division, the firm announced Tuesday.
Ropes & Gray LLP announced Tuesday that leading corporate lawyer Julie Jones will begin a second term as the 1,500-attorney firm's first-ever female chair next year while managing committee member Neill Jakobe prepares to assume a vice chair role.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has expanded its construction and energy litigation capabilities in Texas with the addition of the former chair of Locke Lord LLP's energy litigation practice group.
Cooley LLP announced on Tuesday the hiring of a former global privacy and data security partner at Morrison Foerster LLP.
We asked this year's cohort about the most valuable lessons they learned during their summer associateship. Here are some tips they have to pass on to the students who have yet to land a coveted spot or are ready to embark on a career in law.
More and more, law firms are bypassing the traditional schedule for on-campus interviews in their search for summer associates. Firm leaders who oversee recruiting for these programs spoke with Law360 Pulse about where they stand on timing and what law students can do to secure a summer placement that works best for their career.
BigLaw firms have again set the bar high with their summer associate programs this year, earning high praise from participants who cited the increased opportunities for courtroom experiences, pro bono work, and comprehensive mentorship and networking support.
Furia Rubel Communications Inc. has a new team of 12 global legal industry leaders to help law firms around the world anticipate emerging risks and capitalize on new opportunities in an increasingly crowded global market.
Jones Day has hired an of counsel for its New York-based intellectual property practice who has previous experience working with Samsung as a senior legal counsel and is joining Jones Day from a South Korea-based general practice firm.
Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP announced Tuesday that it is rebranding to shorten its name to Freshfields beginning next month.
Burford Capital LLC said Tuesday that it has allocated an additional $150 million to a project aimed at fostering diversity in commercial litigation and arbitration in a move to help tackle the persistent problem, particularly in the sector's highest ranks.
A year after the sudden departure of Norton Rose Fulbright's worldwide CEO, the firm announced a permanent reshuffling of its global management structure, formally putting regional managing partners in charge of coordinating the firm's international business.
Corporate legal departments continue to face rising hourly rates from law firms, but rate changes have varied across industries, and the first four months of 2024 present a snapshot of these varying average rate increases, according to a recent report from Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur has asked a Texas federal court to investigate potential sanctions against Jackson Walker LLP for its failure to disclose a relationship between a firm partner and a federal judge, also telling the court he would recuse himself from any proceedings involving the ethics breach.
Alternative dispute resolution service JAMS is making changes at the top, announcing Monday that its longtime president will move up to become CEO and its current chief financial officer's duties will expand to include chief operating officer.
International law firm Dentons has attorneys in Europe testing a generative artificial intelligence tool for contract automation, the firm said Monday.
Cozen O'Connor announced Monday the promotions of eight new shareholders in seven different cities to the law firm and its public affairs and lobbying arm.
Richard M. Moss, an attorney-turned-sports-agent who won free agency for baseball players and made star pitcher Nolan Ryan the first-ever professional athlete to score a $1 million contract for a single season, died over the weekend at age 93.
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Monday it has expanded its tax offerings with the addition of an experienced attorney from Squire Patton Boggs LLP in Texas.
The former leader of the trade secrets practice and California consumer class action team at King & Spalding LLP has jumped to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Palo Alto office to continue her work in high-stakes complex civil litigation, the firm announced Monday.
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has added to its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice groups an attorney who previously worked for Ropes & Gray LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP will expand into the Mountain West region by combining next year with Sherman & Howard LLC, Denver's oldest and third-largest law firm, the two firms announced Monday.
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it has continued its expansion in the Lone Star State with the addition of a financial restructuring partner in Dallas who came aboard from Sidley Austin LLP.