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Former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez should be banned from running for, applying for or holding any public office or employment in state or municipal government because of his corruption conviction in federal court last year, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin told a New Jersey state court Monday.
Chartwell Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Offices LLP has launched three new offices across the mid-Atlantic in recent weeks, as the Pennsylvania-based firm has taken on more than 20 attorneys since the start of the year.
Proskauer Rose LLP has added two former Allen Overy Shearman Sterling partners for its growing global finance practice in New York, the firm announced Monday.
The Second Circuit said Monday that a former IT worker at an unidentified New Jersey law firm who pled guilty to fraud had no right to a court-appointed attorney under the Sixth Amendment for a postjudgment hearing over substituting an asset to satisfy a forfeiture order.
The Philadelphia-based Levin Cedrone Graver Boyd & DiSipio will be closing its doors at the end of June, according to a recent notice filed with the city, with the 59 employees across its three offices landing employment at other firms or else making other arrangements.
Tapping a team of ex-BigÂé¶¹´«Ã½ associates, some of whom publicly quit their firms in response to deals struck to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration, prominent defense lawyer and former Winston & Strawn LLP partner Abbe David Lowell launched a new boutique Friday aimed at helping clients facing what it called "politicized investigations" by the government.
The federal courts' single-judge divisions can improve access to the courts for those living in rural areas far from population centers, say some experts, but others warn those divisions are being misused to judge-shop, concentrating certain litigation in specific jurisdictions and undermining confidence in the judiciary.
Sidley Austin LLP has hired 10 attorneys from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling in New York, Washington, D.C., and Singapore, including the U.S. leader of the firm's financial services regulatory group.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and Pilot Âé¶¹´«Ã½ PC lead this week's edition of Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federally employed military reservists called to active duty during wartime or a national emergency are entitled to a top-up differential pay, regardless of their specific role.
Cohen Milstein and Lieff Cabraser locking in a lead counsel role in a suit against Block Inc. and Benesch steering acquisition of a permitting platform lead this edition of Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Âé¶¹´«Ã½ firms from April 18 to May 2.
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP added a partner, an associate and two patent agents from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC to bolster its intellectual property practice, the firm has announced.
An ex-Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP litigator who sued the firm for allegedly firing him over his disabilities appears to have settled with his former colleagues, with both parties telling a New York federal judge on Friday they plan to dismiss the case.
The U.S. legal sector added 1,400 law-related jobs in April, marking the second straight month of improvement, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has appointed a partner as chair of the firm's litigation department and named its mergers and acquisitions practice co-chair as the firm's next corporate department chair, the firm said Friday.
The legal industry began May with another action-packed week as BigÂé¶¹´«Ã½ firms established new executive roles and added talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Thousands of attorneys gathered at rallies across the country on Thursday to oppose what they called the Trump administration's "assault" on the rule of law — a rare public demonstration for the normally buttoned-down and risk-averse professionals that they said "sounds the alarm of a looming constitutional crisis."
A North Carolina trade executive's latest trip to the Second Circuit in his quest to win damages for alleged hacking by a private investigator on Dechert LLP's behalf should end like the others, with a dismissal, defense counsel argued Thursday.
Three attorneys who emigrated from Nigeria and gained BigÂé¶¹´«Ã½ experience in the United States have split off to launch an international boutique, and one of their founders told Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 Pulse that their clients already include insurance companies and other corporations.
Day Pitney LLP has named new leaders of its employment and labor and private equity and finance practice groups, the firm announced Thursday.
Twenty former federal district and circuit judges on Thursday launched a coalition to speak out about and defend the federal judiciary as political impeachment attempts against judges increase and the federal courts system faces heightened scrutiny.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Thursday that it has hired the former vice president of BBB National Programs Inc.'s National Advertising Division to lead its advertising advisory and litigation practice.
In a move designed to expand the firm's ability to serve clients in transactional matters, national private equity law boutique Massumi & Consoli announced that it has added a real estate practice, led by two New York-based partners who made the leap from Brown Rudnick LLP.
Kennedys LLP announced Thursday that it had elevated 21 lawyers to partnership across nine of its offices, marking a 23% increase on the number it promoted in 2024.
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a former Boies Schiller Flexner LLP litigator with experience as a law firm partner, in-house attorney and federal prosecutor.
Companies today are looking to hire senior legal leaders who have strong prior experience, who can keep their eye on scattered risks — such as climate, cyber and political — and who have shown the ability to navigate a novel crisis.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload?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.
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 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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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments?In the first installment of Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 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.Â
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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Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse BenchTo 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.
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.