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    DLA Piper Taps Corporate Atty As Co-US Managing Partner

    DLA Piper has promoted a corporate finance attorney and former managing partner of its Atlanta office as co-U.S. managing partner of the firm.

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    Disbarment Isn't One Size Fits All For Attys Guilty Of Crimes

    Attorney discipline, much like the criminal justice system, is rarely a simple math equation where authorities can plug in a type of wrongdoing and an appropriate punishment is spit out. 

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    'Varsity Blues' Prosecutor Joins Quinn Emanuel In Boston

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has added a former Massachusetts federal prosecutor who oversaw numerous high-profile cases in recent years, including the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal.

  • Quinn Emanuel Gets Trimmed $92M Fee In ACA Cases

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP will get $92 million in fees from a $3.7 billion win in two class actions against the government over risk corridor payments under the Affordable Care Act, a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge ruled Thursday, trimming the firm's renewed $185 million request.

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    Attys Ordered To Apologize For Neighborhood 'Scream Test'

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has ordered attorneys representing a plaintiff in a civil rights suit to go door-to-door and issue written apologies to residents and business owners after subjecting a South Philadelphia neighborhood to a looped recording of a woman screaming as part of an acoustics test last month.

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    Cozen CEO Preps For 5th Term With Lessons From Pandemic

    As he prepares to start his fifth three-year term as CEO of Cozen O’Connor, Michael Heller recently talked to Law360 Pulse about how the firm overcame the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to adapt, and why Philadelphia has become a popular market for larger firms.

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    Play Reveals 'Dirty Legal Secrets' Of In-House Attorneys

    Etsy-counsel-turned-playwright Sarah Feingold wrote "Dirty Legal Secrets," opening in New York Oct. 17, based on dozens of true stories from in-house attorneys.

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    Burns & Levinson Collapse: A 'Cautionary Tale' For Law Firms

    After 64 years in business, Boston-based law firm Burns & Levinson LLP is closing its doors this month after a tumultuous year that saw nearly half of its attorneys leave and merger talks fail.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP top this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a California federal judge wrapped up a high-profile antitrust fight filed by Epic Games against Google that began in 2020.

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    The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

    The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term with arguments in five cases, including one over a decadeslong death penalty case and another about whether the federal government can regulate so-called ghost guns. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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    California High Court Rejects Bar Exam Alternative Program

    The California Supreme Court has rejected a proposal that would have allowed bar applicants to submit a portfolio of work they did with real clients under supervision instead of taking the bar exam.

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    McDermott HR Head Named To Lambda Legal's Board

    The chief human resources officer at McDermott Will & Emery LLP was named to the board of directors of LGBTQ+ advocacy group Lambda Legal, the organization has announced.

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    Goodwin Names New Global Litigation Leader

    Goodwin Procter LLP's new global litigation department leader has plans to continue building on years of meteoric growth while also preparing the firm's next generation of leaders.

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    Kramer Levin Formalizes Its Private Credit Practice

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has formalized a private credit practice co-led by partners David Berg and Yasho Lahiri, putting a name to the work the firm has already been doing in the space.

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    Legal Tech Funding Surges In Q3 Thanks To 3 Megadeals

    Three outlier megadeals pushed funding for legal technology companies to $1.57 billion in the third quarter of 2024, up from $392.5 million in the same period last year, but the number of mergers and acquisitions fell by about 50%.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms made a slew of hires and a state judge was admonished for lip synching "Jump" by Rihanna in a TikTok. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Ga. Law Schools Help Raise Bar Pass Rate To 10-Year High

    Georgia's overall pass rate for its July bar exam rose to a 10-year high of 70.4%, largely because of passing scores from first-time test takers from American Bar Association-approved Georgia law schools, state officials say.

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    Proskauer Adds Akin Knowledge Management Ace In NY

    Proskauer Rose LLP is expanding its private funds team, bringing in an Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP knowledge management expert as a partner in its New York office.

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    Israel-Palestine Suits Tested In Court With Mixed Results

    A slew of lawsuits related to the Gaza war in the Middle East have already yielded mixed outcomes and, in the view of some, contradictory rulings as they've moved through the courts, revealing a tension between free speech and college campus safety while also stoking concerns over the fairness of the judicial system.

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    Gunster Reaches Deal In One Of Two Data Breach Actions

    Gunster has struck a settlement agreement in one of the two proposed class actions it faces in Florida federal court over a 2022 data breach, while the plaintiffs in the second case urged the court the same day to reject the law firm's dismissal bid in their suit.

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    Why Dickinson Wright Launched IP-Focused San Diego Shop

    Looking to be at the so-called epicenter of life sciences, Dickinson Wright PLLC discovered in San Diego the ideal spot to expand its West Coast footprint.

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    Balch & Bingham Energy Partner Rejoins McGuireWoods

    An attorney who has more than 25 years of experience working on energy regulatory matters and most recently spent several years as a partner at Balch & Bingham LLP is rejoining McGuireWoods LLP's Washington office, where he previously worked for over five and a half years, the firm announced Thursday.

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    Holland & Knight Grows Philly, NY Offices With Insurance Pros

    A pair of attorneys specializing in advising clients on insurance technology matters have moved their practices this week from Goodwin Procter LLP to Holland & Knight LLP's offices in New York and Philadelphia.

  • Atty For McElroy Deutsch's Ex-CFO Wants Out Of Theft Case

    An attorney representing McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer — who is behind bars on charges of stealing from the firm — has asked to be relieved as counsel in the firm's New Jersey suit against the former CFO because he has not paid his legal bills.

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    Cleary Is Latest Firm To Add Nonequity Partner Tier

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP said Thursday that it has added a nonequity partnership tier to better manage talent.

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