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How Lewis Brisbois Is Addressing Associate Pay Delay
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has hired two new staff members and is working to refine its process for determining discretionary bonuses and merit pay after the firm notified a portion of its associates this week that those payments would be delayed.
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Atty Wants Firm In Neutral Hands Amid Dispute With Partner
A co-founder of Hodges & Foty LLP is asking a Texas state court to appoint a receiver to manage the winding down of the Houston law firm, claiming that the external oversight is necessary to protect the firm's clients and its financial interests from harm at the hands of his fellow firm founder.
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Baker Hughes CLO Earned Nearly $3M In First Year
Houston-based energy technology company Baker Hughes paid its general counsel nearly $3 million last year, which was the longtime company lawyer's first year as legal chief and what the company said was "another year of strong execution and financial performance," according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the company on Monday.
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Firms Look To Build Ties With Clients Amid Lateral Churn
The departure of a key partner from a law firm in many cases can mean the departure of a major client in tandem, a vulnerability law firms are increasingly looking to address through strategies to build stronger institutional relationships with their clients.
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Up Next At High Court: Terror Liability, Health Provider Choice
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench this week to consider whether a federal law subjecting Palestinian government organizations to federal jurisdiction violates due process principles and if the Medicaid Act's provider choice provision allows individual benefit recipients to sue states over the disqualification of healthcare providers.Â
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Judge Won't End Atty Dispute Over Beirut Bombing Suit
A federal judge declined to give a Maryland law firm a pretrial win in a lawsuit brought by two Houston attorneys who accused it of unfairly terminating a joint venture for litigation over the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing.
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Meet Jenner & Block, WilmerHale's Attys In Trump Order Suits
A slew of experienced litigators and appellate advocates from Cooley LLP and Clement & Murphy PLLC signed on Friday to represent Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale in the BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ firms' respective lawsuits over President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting them.
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Murphy Oil's GC Saw Slight Dip In Comp Last Year
The general counsel of Houston-based energy company Murphy Oil saw his overall compensation drop by just over $101,000 last year as compared to 2023, according to a securities filing Friday.
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Â鶹´«Ã½360's Legal Lions Of The Week
UCLA School of Â鶹´«Ã½'s Supreme Court Clinic and Gair Gallo Eberhard LLP head this week's list of Â鶹´«Ã½360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank.
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Lydecker Arrives In Texas With Pair Of Dallas-Area Offices
National litigation firm Lydecker LLP has expanded into Texas by opening two locations in the Dallas area, a move that the leader of the offices told Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse on Friday aims to meet client needs in a growing market.
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Skadden Offers $100M In Pro Bono Work To Avoid Trump Order
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to avert an impending executive order that could have prevented it from taking on work connected to the federal government and its contractors, according to an announcement by the president Friday on social media platform Truth Social.
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Voir Dire: Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry ended March with another action-packed week as firms elevated attorneys and President Donald Trump aimed another executive order at a prominent BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ shop. Test your legal news savvy here with Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Judges Block Trump's Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Orders
Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.
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Texas Â鶹´«Ã½ Firm Must Face 2nd Firm's Paxil Fees Suit
A Texas appellate court affirmed Thursday that a law firm battling its former co-counsel over the proceeds of lawsuits concerning the antidepressant drug Paxil can't use the state's anti-SLAPP statute to avoid a breach of contract claim but tossed an award of $100,000 in attorney fees.
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All-Remote Boutique Stands Out Amid BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ In-Office Push
As a growing number of BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ firms are going full speed ahead on their return to office plans, an all-remote boutique is hoping to attract talented attorneys who aren't interested in the office life.
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What Tomorrow's Attys Expect To See At Â鶹´«Ã½ Firms
Future lawyers demand that their law firms value diversity, offer a work-life balance and embrace cutting-edge technology, a group of experts said during a panel discussion on Wednesday.
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Litigation Support Company Angeion Merges With Case Works
Philadelphia-based litigation support company Angeion Group said Thursday that it is merging with case data management solutions provider Case Works.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Firm Real Estate Report
It was a month of expansion for several law firms throughout the country, with some moving to larger offices and others adding new locations.
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Ex-Aides Say AG Paxton Acted Like 'Pro Se Litigant' In Fee Fight
Â鶹´«Ã½yers for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's former deputies told a judge on Wednesday that litigating against their ex-boss was "like litigating against a pro se litigant," while defending their bid for hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney fees.
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Jay-Z's New Evidence May Save Claim Buzbee Tried Extortion
A California state court judge said Wednesday that new evidence submitted by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter "has thrown a monkey wrench" in his analysis of the rapper's feud with personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee, and he's now inclined to keep alive an extortion claim stemming from now-abandoned rape allegations.
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State AGs, Bars Urge Attys To Speak Up Over Trump Orders
In a pair of letters released on Wednesday, dozens of bar associations and over 20 state attorneys general urged lawyers to speak out against perceived threats to the rule of law in response to President Donald Trump's recent executive orders against prominent law firms and his call for the impeachment of a federal judge.
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Amid Proxy Fight With Shareholder, Phillips 66 GC's Pay Rose
The Phillips 66 Company paid its general counsel just over $6 million in 2024, as she and the company repeatedly clashed over business decisions with major shareholder Elliott Investment Management, according to Phillips' annual proxy material filed Wednesday.
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Even With Few Openings, Courts Can Still Shift Under Trump
There were record low vacancies on the federal bench when Donald Trump took office in January, but the president could still radically alter some courts and swing the judiciary rightward, especially if Congress creates more judgeships during his second tenure.
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Associate Recruitment Helps Boost Â鶹´«Ã½ Firm Lateral Hiring
After a two-year market downturn, U.S. law firm lateral hiring grew almost 14% overall in 2024, driven by a significant boost in associate recruitment, a report released Wednesday by the National Association for Â鶹´«Ã½ Placement found.
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Holland & Knight Gains Ex-EPA Regional Leader In Dallas
Holland & Knight LLP has boosted its ability to serve clients with complex environmental challenges by bringing on a former Environmental Protection Agency regional counsel as a partner in Dallas.