Modern Lawyer

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    McGuireWoods Adds Healthcare Atty From Cooley In NY

    McGuireWoods LLP has added a digital health expert from Cooley LLP, aiming to boost its offerings for clients in the space combining healthcare services with information and communications technology, the firm announced Monday.

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    MVP: Steptoe's Brian Heberlig

    Steptoe LLP's Brian Heberlig got a British tech billionaire and former CEO acquitted of federal securities fraud charges involving billions of dollars, and pushed through profound personal tragedy to serve his clients' needs, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

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    MVP: Seeger Weiss' Chris Seeger

    Founding partner Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP helped win favorable outcomes in three high-profile mass tort cases, including a $6 billion global settlement to end sprawling litigation over allegedly defective 3M combat earplugs, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Product Liability MVPs.

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    Kirkland Hires 2 Structured Finance Attys In NY, London

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP is continuing the build-out of its structured finance and private credit practice, announcing on Saturday the lateral hiring of two partners in New York and London.

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    MVP: Goodwin's Joshua Zachariah

    Joshua Zachariah of Goodwin Procter LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice led the team that advised Qualtrics in its $12.5 billion sale to private equity giant Silver Lake and is guiding Novo Holdings on its $16.5 billion merger agreement with Catalent, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 M&A MVPs.

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    MVP: Brooks Kushman's Christopher Smith

    Brooks Kushman PC shareholder Christopher Smith has won a series of Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings for Ford Motor Co. and helped the automaker cut a $105 million jury verdict down to $3, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2024 Intellectual Property MVPs.

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    MVP: Latham's Amanda Reeves

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Amanda Reeves successfully defended a merger of major sugar manufacturers at the Third Circuit, navigated multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical deals through Federal Trade Commission scrutiny, and geared up for a significant FTC transaction challenge, carving out a spot as one of the Law360 2024 Competition MVPs.

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    Holland & Knight Appoints 25-Year Vet As Portland Lead

    Holland & Knight LLP announced last week the appointment of private wealth partner Joshua E. Husbands as executive partner of its Portland office.

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    Paul Hastings Adds Baker McKenzie Employment Team In NY

    Paul Hastings LLP said Monday that it has landed a top-tier, four-partner employment litigation team in New York from Baker McKenzie LLP to strengthen its East Coast practice.

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    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

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    Texas Federal Judge Owned Tesla Stock After Taking X Suit

    A Texas federal judge overseeing a high-profile case between X Corp. and a media watchdog bought and sold shares of Elon Musk's automotive company Tesla the same year that X filed the suit, according to financial disclosure reports.

  • Judge Tosses Ex-Cushman & Wakefield GC's Defamation Suit

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday threw out a defamation lawsuit brought by the former general counsel of real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield over a Law.com article written about his departure, which he claimed made it seem like he had been fired for his job performance.

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    Akin Helps Free Falsely Convicted Nicaraguan Missionaries

    Thirteen people associated with the Texas-based evangelical missionary organization Mountain Gateway were released from a Nicaraguan prison in September following a monthslong pro bono effort by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys to secure their freedom.

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    High Court Bar's Future: Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar

    U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar is a once-in-a-generation talent who uses her seemingly endless knowledge of case facts and related law — along with her quick wit — to routinely spar with an often antithetical U.S. Supreme Court over some of the most consequential issues in a given term, experts and court watchers say.

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    It's Not Too Late For Attys To Help Safeguard Election

    With the presidential election mere weeks away, a small army of lawyers will deploy throughout the country in a nonpartisan effort to ensure the process is fair, smooth and safe.

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    Fla. Atty Accused Of Trust Violations Faced Losing Her Home

    The Florida Supreme Court on Friday gave an Orlando attorney accused of misusing client funds — which she said kept her out of homelessness — extra time to comply with a suspension order after she said hurricanes Helene and Milton displaced her from her home and her law office, complicating her ability to communicate with clients and access records.

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    BigLaw Sees Rise In Partner Hires, Led By NY And London

    Despite economic turbulence, partner lateral hires at BigLaw firms have held steady in the first three quarters of the year, with the New York and London markets seeing the most significant uptick, according to a recent report from legal search firm Macrae.

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    The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases during the holiday-shortened week, including disputes over the vagueness of a San Francisco water permit, the rejection of two veterans' disability claims, and allegations that CBD companies' mislabeling of their products constitutes racketeering. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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    Polsinelli Adds K&L Gates Litigation Team In SC

    A group of three federal healthcare litigators, plus consultants and support staff, has departed K&L Gates LLP for Polsinelli PC in Charleston, South Carolina.

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    One Of DC District Court's 1st Female Judges Dies At 95

    Joyce Hens Green, a longtime Washington, D.C., federal judge who became known for her work on high-profile cases like the Bank of Credit and Commerce International's sprawling fraud scheme after building her legal career at a time when the profession was almost exclusively male, died on Oct. 10 at 95 years old.

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    BCLP Corporate Ace Jumps To Barnes & Thornburg In LA

    A longtime Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP attorney has taken his practice to Barnes & Thornburg in Los Angeles, becoming the fourth partner to join its corporate department in just the last month.

  • Skadden Closing In Shanghai, 'Rescaling' Corporate Practice

    Sixteen years after opening in China's largest city, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP will close its Shanghai office, the firm said Friday.

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    O'Melveny Duo Includes Ex-Hogan Lovells Singapore Head

    O'Melveny has expanded its platform in Asia with the addition of two transactional lawyers from Hogan Lovells, including a former practice head and Singapore managing partner who will now lead O'Melveny's Singapore and Southeast Asia team as well as its Singapore office.

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    NY State Court System Escapes Ex-Employee's Bias Suit

    A federal judge has given the New York State Unified Court System a summary judgment win in a bias suit filed by a former court clerk who is a Hindu, ruling that the ex-employee didn't show that religious discrimination was a motive for denying her leave or her firing.

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    Seton Hall Fights Moving Ex-Prez's Suit Over Law Clerk Ties

    Seton Hall University has urged a New Jersey Superior Court judge to undo an order transferring a whistleblower suit by its former president out of Essex County because of a supposed conflict of interest involving the law clerk daughter of one of the defendants.

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Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The Mark Author Photo

    Law firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.

  • A Law Student's Guide To Thriving As A Summer Associate Author Photo

    Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.

  • Burnout Prevention Requires Effort From Attys And Firms Author Photo

    To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • How I Owned My Power As An Asian American Woman In Law Author Photo

    Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.

  • Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions Author Photo

    Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.

  • 3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content Author Photo

    Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.

  • Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting Author Photo

    To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills? Author Photo

    Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.

  • How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture Author Photo

    In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.

  • The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans Author Photo

    Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.

  • Opinion

    CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes Author Photo

    Given the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.

  • Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review Author Photo

    While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.

  • Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument Author Photo

    Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.

  • BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons Author Photo

    There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off? Author Photo

    David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.

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