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Proskauer Brings On NY Corporate Duo From Ropes & Gray
Proskauer Rose LLP has added two new corporate lawyers to its New York office, saying the former Ropes & Gray LLP pair's experience with distressed and special situations will be an asset to Proskauer's mergers and acquisitions team.
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q3
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the third quarter of the year.
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Goodwin Lands 2 Willkie Real Estate Finance Partners In NY
Goodwin Procter LLP announced Tuesday that it has added two partners from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to join Goodwin's growing global real estate industry practice in New York.
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Trump's NY Case Paused As DA Weighs Impact Of Election
A New York state judge agreed to a joint motion to freeze the proceedings in Donald Trump's hush money case following his electoral victory last week, allowing the Manhattan district attorney time to brief the court on "appropriate steps going forward."
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BigLaw Bonus Season Starts With A Move By Milbank
Milbank LLP announced Monday that it will hand its associates year-end bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $115,000 depending on seniority, numbers that nearly align with bonuses the firm and its peers handed out last year.
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Herbert Smith Freehills To Merge With US-Based Kramer Levin
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Monday that it is joining forces with U.S. law firm Kramer Levin to form a global legal powerhouse in a move that could signal further consolidation in the sector.
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Combs Suggests $50M Bail As He Loses Bid For Gag Order
Sean "Diddy" Combs on Friday again asked a New York federal court to release him ahead of his trial, suggesting an updated, "far more robust" $50 million bail package the same day the court rejected the hip-hop mogul's push for a gag order forbidding his sexual assault accusers from speaking out.
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SDNY Judge To Assume Senior Status As Trump Takes Office
U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni said Friday she plans to take senior status in January, a departure that could leave another vacancy for President-elect Donald Trump to fill on the Southern District of New York bench when he returns to office.
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Biden Announces SDNY Judicial Pick As Lame Duck Kicks Off
President Joe Biden announced judicial nominees for the Southern District of New York and the District Court of Guam on Friday night.
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DLA Piper's Performance Critique Is Bogus, Fired Atty Says
A former DLA Piper associate told a New York federal court that her pregnancy bias case against the firm should be heard by a jury, arguing the firm's assertion that she was fired for careless work is contradicted by bonuses she was given and a lack of disciplinary records.
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White & Case Adds Life Sciences IP Atty From A&O Shearman
A veteran life sciences patent litigator has jumped from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling to White & Case LLP in New York, expanding the firm’s capabilities to represent medical and pharmaceutical industry clients in complex litigation.
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Career Butler Snow Attorney Joins Holland & Knight In NYC
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a transactional attorney who focuses her practice on new markets tax credits and other financial matters, and who spent her entire career up to now with Butler Snow LLP, the firm announced Thursday.
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Cohen & Steers Names General Mills' GC To Its Board
Investment management company Cohen & Steers Inc. announced Friday that it has appointed General Mills' general counsel Karen Wilson Thissen to its board of directors.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP lead this week's list of Law360 legal lions for helping a California biotech startup beat a nearly $460 million trade secrets trial before a federal jury in Delaware.
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Cozen O'Connor Vet Leader On Affinity Group, Military Service
Affinity groups have become one way for law firms to make sure diverse groups of lawyers in their organizations feel connected and supported. Cozen O' Connor is among the firms that provide a forum for attorneys with military service to link up with one another along with provide pro bono work to veterans dealing with legal issues such as benefits and disability compensation matters.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms named new leaders and Donald Trump became president-elect. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Brooklyn Law Closes Tuition Scholarship Gap For Veterans
Starting next year, Brooklyn Law School will provide full-tuition scholarships for students who have served in the armed forces to better support veterans and boost the school’s recruitment efforts.
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How General Counsel Are Preparing For Trump 2.0
While the stock market surge after Donald Trump won election this week shows that business considers him a friend, corporations are still bracing for the impact of changes that a new administration will bring in 2025.
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Katten Adds Private Credit Partner From Weil In NY
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has added a former Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP banking and finance counsel, who joined the team in New York as a private credit partner.
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Latham Elevates 24 Associates To Partner In Reduced Class
Latham & Watkins LLP will promote 24 associates to partner at the start of 2025, a number that is down significantly from the 34 associates who were promoted to partner in January 2024, the firm has announced.
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Morrison Cohen Adds McLaughlin & Stern White Collar Pro
New York-based Morrison Cohen LLP announced Thursday it has added a white collar partner from fellow New York firm McLaughlin & Stern LLP.
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Fried Frank's New People Officer Is Latest C-Suite Move
After internally promoting two longtime executives, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has gone with an outside hire for its next chief people officer, who has joined in New York from Proskauer Rose LLP, the firm has announced.
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New Morgan Lewis Litigation Head Aims To 'Move The Needle'
Troy Brown, a longtime Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP litigator, took over as global head of the firm’s litigation department in October. He joined Law360 Pulse to catch up about the journey to the new position and his plans for the firm’s largest practice group.
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Trump's Victory Muddles NY Sentencing: 'No Playbook Here'
The fate of President-elect Donald Trump's criminal conviction in New York remains unclear following his resounding electoral victory Tuesday night, as last-minute motions, a pending decision on presidential immunity and appeals may derail or delay a punishment slated to be handed down before Thanksgiving.
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The Legal Work Awaiting Attys During Trump's Second Term
Former President Donald Trump's return to the White House following his election victory on Tuesday is sure to bring a series of policy changes that will keep lawyers busy, particularly attorneys working in international trade, immigration, tax and antitrust.