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New York Pulse
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Fake NY Lawyer Charged With Stealing $200K From Clients
A New York man has been indicted on charges he impersonated a lawyer and stole $200,000 from clients over the course of nearly three years, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
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NY Court Rejects Leon Black's Malicious Prosecution Suit
A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected a malicious prosecution suit brought by former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black against Wigdor LLP, which represented a woman in a failed lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault.
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Steptoe Adds 'Substantial' Human Rights Team In DC, NY
Steptoe LLP is bulking up its global business and human rights offerings with the addition of a "substantial team" of attorneys and advisers based in Washington, D.C., and New York.
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Maron Marvel's New Leader Has Eye On Expansion
Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC's new managing shareholder told Law360 Pulse this week that he is excited to serve in the post and help steer the firm's national growth.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In February? Netflix's Scored Big
Netflix Inc.'s David Hyman sold over $63 million worth of his company's stock in early February, surpassing the combined total for top lawyers at Live Nation Entertainment, Carlyle Group and Walmart Inc., who each earned between $8.1 million and $14.1 million in stock sales.
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Elsberg Baker Credits Young Attorneys For First Year Success
In its first year of business, New York-founded litigation and trial boutique Elsberg Baker & Maruri was so successful representing clients from the financial services, real estate and tech industries that it was able to reward associates with end-of-year bonuses at 175% above the BigLaw scale.
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McDermott Hires 2 More Schulte Roth PE Partners In NY
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has hired two former partners from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP for its transactions practice in New York, the firm said Thursday.
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Nixon Peabody Hires Former Sheppard Mullin Partner In NY
Nixon Peabody LLP said Wednesday that a former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner has joined the New York office as a partner on the firm's nonprofit organizations team.
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Insurance Litigator Moves To Barclay Damon As Partner
Barclay Damon LLP has hired a partner away from his private practice to boost its practices focused on insurance coverage and product liability defense, bringing the attorney to the firm's New York City office.
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ABA Says Attys Victimized By Clients May Share Certain Info
An attorney who is a victim of a crime perpetrated by a client or prospective client may disclose client information "to the extent reasonably necessary to report a crime," the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has found in its latest ethics opinion, released Wednesday.
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NYU Law To Open Innocence Project Clinic Next Fall
The NYU School of Law announced on Wednesday that it was opening a clinic with the Innocence Project next fall where students can work on nonprofit cases and learn about postconviction and wrongful-conviction litigation as part of an expansive new partnership.
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Weil Unveils New Leadership After Recent Departures
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Wednesday that it is shifting several leaders of its practices, departments and offices, weeks after updating its governance structure and in the wake of several recent high-profile departures.
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Combs Prosecutors Deny 'Outrageous' Race Bias Claim
Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge that hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs' claims that no white defendant has ever faced a similar case in an effort to dismiss one of the criminal counts against him were "outrageous" and "illogical," and conveniently ignored the allegations of a yearslong pattern of violence and sexual coercion.
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2nd Circ. Mulls Blackmail Case's Effect On Fraud Conviction
Second Circuit judges looked tempted Tuesday to let Scott Tucker, who is incarcerated on charges that he ran a $2 billion payday lending scam, file a new appeal — after hearing that Tucker's trial counsel faced blackmail from an unrelated client during Tucker's $2 billion fraud trial.
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NY Judicial Complaints Hit New High Amid Public 'Anger'
New York's judicial watchdog on Tuesday reported a record number of complaints against judges in 2024, receiving about as many grievances as the state court system has judges.
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Trump Asks 2nd Circ. To Take Over Hush Money Appeal
President Donald Trump asked the Second Circuit to take over his New York state court appeal of his hush money conviction, saying the "extraordinary" case implicated official acts from his first term.
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3 Kasowitz Financial Litigators Leave BigLaw For NY Boutique
Litigation boutique Pallas Partners LLP has brought on three New York-based litigators from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP to strengthen its commercial and financial litigation capabilities on both sides of the Atlantic, the firm said Tuesday.
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Linklaters Adds Second Ex-Mayer Brown M&A Partner In NY
Linklaters LLP has announced the hiring of a former Mayer Brown partner for its mergers and acquisitions practice in New York, a little over three months after bringing aboard the former co-leader of Mayer Brown's infrastructure M&A practice.
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Day Pitney Hires Founder Of Legal Intelligence Company
Day Pitney LLP has hired the founder of a legal intelligence company and former co-head of the New York corporate and transactions group at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, the firm announced this week.
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WilmerHale Raises In-Office Work To 4 Days A Week
WilmerHale is increasing its in-office requirement for lawyers from three to four days a week, the firm said Tuesday, becoming the latest BigLaw firm to tighten its return-to-office policy.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Christopher Burke On Efficiency
U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke uses innovative techniques to manage the glut of complex cases that come through Delaware's federal court.
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What Attorneys Really Think Of AI
More attorneys seem to be using generative AI tools and view it positively compared with last year, but lawyers are still concerned about legal ethics and client confidentiality when it comes to the technology, according to the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
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These Attys Are AI 'Power Users' Reinventing Legal Work
A growing divide is emerging between lawyers who frequently use generative AI for legal tasks and those who engage in these tools more casually, Law360 Pulse's new survey has found.
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BigLaw Leaps Ahead In Generative AI Training
Large law firms are leading the pack in training their attorneys to use generative AI, eager to benefit from the technology and avoid associated risks like fake case citations in court filings.
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Jay-Z Files Fresh Defamation Suit Against Buzbee In Ala.
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter on Monday lodged malicious prosecution claims against attorney Tony Buzbee over a "false," "malicious" and "strategically and tactically calculated and timed" rape suit that has since been dropped, this time in Alabama federal court.
Expert Analysis
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Series
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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Perspectives
Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.
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The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.