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Lawyers Slam Trump Memo On 'Vexatious' Attys
BigLaw attorneys, immigration lawyers and legal advocacy organizations have been quick to blast President Donald Trump for what some of them call an "inexcusable and despicable" memo that is meant to intimidate attorneys out of challenging the administration.
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Paul Hastings Plans UAE Launch With White & Case Attys
Paul Hastings is planning to launch its first Middle East office in Abu Dhabi after hiring a cross-border infrastructure team from White & Case LLP, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
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Proskauer Continues Finance Growth With Weil Atty
Proskauer Rose LLP announced the addition of a New York global finance partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP on Monday after a series of recent additions to the team abroad, calling her a "recognized leader in syndicated bank lending."
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Foley & Lardner Expands State AG Practice With Cozen Trio
Three former state attorneys general who have been practicing from Cozen O'Connor's Washington, D.C., and Denver offices have moved to Foley & Lardner LLP to continue working on a range of matters related to state attorneys general investigations, the latter firm announced Monday.
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Mintz Fills New Senior AI And Innovation Role
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has promoted the managing director of its e-data consulting group to be its first-ever head of innovation, artificial intelligence and e-data consulting, the firm said Monday.
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How Legal Teams Picking AI Tools Separate Hype From Reality
Selecting the right artificial intelligence vendor is crucial, as astute legal teams follow a process of evaluating new tools and onboarding them, experts explained during a panel on Monday.
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Akin Lands Co-Leader Of Munger Tolles Practice Group In LA
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Monday that it has hired the former co-chair of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP's trade secret and employee mobility practice group to enhance its litigation services in California and beyond.
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Reed Smith Adds Baker McKenzie Arbitration Pro In Dallas
Reed Smith LLP announced Monday that it has added a Dallas-based partner to its global commercial disputes group and international arbitration team who has come aboard from Baker McKenzie.
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Gibson Dunn Adds Former Federal Prosecutor In SF
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has brought on the former chief of the corporate and securities fraud section at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California as a partner in San Francisco, the firm said Monday.
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Paul Weiss Chair Defends Trump Deal Amid Outcry
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP Chairman Brad Karp explained to the law firm's personnel on Sunday his decision to strike a deal with the Trump administration to avoid retribution related to the firm's selection of clients and DEI practices, a decision that has prompted public outcry among legal industry pundits and firm alumni.
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Legal AI Co. Legora Partners With Goodwin, Launches In US
Sweden-based legal generative artificial intelligence platform Legora is making waves in the U.S., opening an office in New York City, while striking a partnership with American international law firm Goodwin Procter LLP, the company announced Monday.
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Trump Tells AG To Seek Sanctions On 'Vexatious' Attys
President Donald Trump on Friday night directed the U.S. attorney general to seek sanctions against attorneys and firms who lodge "frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious" lawsuits against the federal government, focusing on immigration and BigLaw attorneys he claims "coach clients to conceal their past or lie" when seeking asylum.
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Paul Weiss Stuns Legal Industry With Trump DEI Deal
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's decision to strike a deal with the Trump administration to defuse an executive order targeting the firm has drawn criticism across the legal industry and highlights the challenges preventing BigLaw firms from taking collective action against the White House.
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Justice Dept. Wants To Sub In For Trump In Jan. 6 Riot Cases
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a Washington, D.C., federal court to allow it to take the place of President Donald Trump in suits brought by federal lawmakers and Capitol police officers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, arguing that the cases center on actions he took as a federal employee.
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Jenner & Block Fights Sierra Leone's Fraud Claims In $8M Suit
Jenner & Block LLP on Thursday urged a D.C. federal judge to nix Sierra Leone's counterclaim accusing the firm of fraud as it looks to collect some $8 million from the country in unpaid legal fees, saying the claim is improper in a breach of contract suit.
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Ex-Cognizant CLO Reconsidering Dismissal Of Paul Weiss
A former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing bribery charges indicated Friday that he may reconsider his decision to fire Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as his trial counsel, now that President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order limiting the firm's access to federal buildings and officials.
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How King & Spalding Helped LGBTQ+ Vets Win Back Benefits
More than a decade after the U.S. Department of Defense repealed its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which kept LGBTQ+ troops in the closet, veterans who were kicked out for their sexual orientation have continued to suffer the effects of a scarlet letter placed on their discharge papers.
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DOJ Seeks To DQ Judge From Perkins Coie's Exec Order Suit
The U.S. Department of Justice moved Friday to disqualify the D.C. federal judge presiding over Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm for its diversity-focused hiring efforts and its political representation.
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Wright Says Defamation Suit Did Not Violate Anti-SLAPP Law
Onetime Federal Trade Commission member and law professor Joshua Wright, who recently dropped a $108 million defamation suit against two attorneys who accused him of sexual misconduct, is now fighting a sanctions bid brought by one of the women, arguing it hinges on "selective — and largely misleading — presentation of evidence."
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Skadden Atty Quits Over Lack Of Response To Trump Orders
An associate for Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP who led an effort pushing for BigLaw to rally behind firms targeted by President Donald Trump's executive orders has publicly resigned in a firmwide email after Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP struck a deal with the administration to get one such order rescinded.
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Littler Selects Longtime Calif. Litigator To Lead Fresno Shop
Labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson PC has tapped a longtime litigator to be the new head of its office in Fresno, California.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP, Grant & Eisenhofer PA and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge upheld a $612.4 million jury verdict against the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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New Ohio Gordon Rees Partner Feels Born For Healthcare Law
As the child of a surgeon father and a mother who worked as an intensive care unit nurse, Megan Bosak grew up with the understanding that her dad hated lawyers.
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Lawyer AI Personas Are Coming To Law Firms
Law firms are starting to use and experiment with a type of agentic artificial intelligence known as AI personas to mimic specific attorneys at certain tasks, such as partners providing feedback to associates.
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EPA Senior Atty Joins Holland & Knight As Senior Counsel
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former senior legal counsel from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who is joining the firm to continue his work with environmental regulatory matters.
Expert Analysis
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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.
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Series
BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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Series
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.