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Ferguson Braswell Hopes To Bring Tech Buzz Back To Dallas
Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC has launched a strategic partnership with a Texas coworking company that the law firm said will make the Dallas area more attractive for technology startups.
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Recruiter Reflects On Â鶹´«Ã½'s Pay, Culture Changes
Drawing from his four decades in the legal industry, including as a BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ litigator and more recently as a legal recruiter, Major Lindsey & Africa managing director Ronald Wood says a number of competing factors in the industry today are driving major shifts in the market.
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Voir Dire: Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Attorneys had another action-packed week as data revealed law firm hiring practices and the legal industry continued to respond to President Donald Trump's policies. Test your legal news savvy here with Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Firm Helped Fintech CEO Undercut $1.7B Deal, Suit Says
A fintech startup that went belly up after a $1.7 billion deal to take it public fell apart told a Texas federal court that Chapman and Cutler LLP helped the startup's CEO stab it in the back, saying in a Thursday complaint the firm breached its fiduciary duties.
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Amid Del. Corporate Â鶹´«Ã½ Overhaul Push, Texas Turns Up Heat
As Delaware lawmakers advance changes to the state's general corporation law — aimed in part at stopping companies from moving their corporate charters — they are facing increased pressure from their counterparts in Texas, where legislation appears to be on a fast dash in an attempt to convince more businesses to make it their legal home.
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Skadden Inks New Houston Lease In First Move In 2 Decades
Skadden has signed a lease in Houston's downtown Texas Tower to accommodate a growing headcount and increased client demand.
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Managing Partner Said Atty Was 'Too Old' To Hire, Suit Says
A managing partner for a law firm told a 59-year-old attorney that she was "too old" to work there, according to a lawsuit the lawyer filed in Illinois federal court, claiming that she was initially rejected for a job due to her age and continually faced harassment once she got in the door.
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Cozen O'Connor Announces Leadership Moves
Cozen O'Connor has new office leadership in California, Minnesota and New York, and has named several practice group leaders.
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Vetting Â鶹´«Ã½ Firm Compensation: Tips For Lateral Partners
As law firms adjust their compensation systems to the changing legal job market, a system that works in favor of one lateral candidate could be a bad fit for another, forcing prospective laterals to wade through seemingly endless pros and cons related to partner pay.
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Jackson Lewis Adds Disney, Fisher Phillips Employment Pros
Employment law firm Jackson Lewis PC is expanding its ranks, bringing in a former director of labor relations at the Walt Disney Co. as a principal in its Los Angeles office and a former Fisher Phillips litigator as a principal in its Houston office.
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Norton Rose Strategy Head Named US Management Vice Chair
Norton Rose Fulbright has tapped an Austin-based intellectual property partner who has held numerous leadership roles at the firm — including U.S. chief strategy and operations partner — as the next vice chair of the firm's U.S. management committee, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Buzbee, Ex-Client Say Roc Nation Can't Exit Conspiracy Suits
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's company Roc Nation "spearheaded" efforts to launch malpractice suits against the Buzbee Â鶹´«Ã½ Firm in retaliation for a lawsuit the firm filed accusing the rap star of rape, so it cannot exit a Texas federal suit over that effort by claiming a lack of jurisdiction, the firm said.
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By The Numbers: Top Trends In How Â鶹´«Ã½ Firms Are Growing
Lateral hiring among the top 200 law firms rebounded in 2024, with firms adding 900 lateral hires, according to a new Leopard Solutions report that also highlighted ongoing transitions in the legal industry, including generational leadership shifts, evolving career aspirations, and growing pressures on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Tony Buzbee Accused Of Duping Another Seaman
Texas personal injury attorney Tony Buzbee and his firm have been hit with another lawsuit from a seaman who alleges that the firm misappropriated payments he received after a 2020 ship injury.
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First-Time Bar Passage Rate Improved In 2024
Nearly 83% of first-time test takers who sat for the bar exam in 2024 passed, an increase of nearly 3 percentage points from 2023, according to statistics released on Wednesday by the American Bar Association.
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Michael Best Lobbying Arm Announces Partnership In Texas
Michael Best Strategies, the lobbying arm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, has partnered with Texas consulting firm Haloo Group to better support its government relations and public relations offerings in the Lone Star State.
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Rising Caseloads Call For 71 New Judges: Judicial Conference
The Judicial Conference of the United States on Tuesday asked Congress to create dozens of new judgeships in districts across the country in an effort to address what it calls a "worsening shortage" of judges amid mounting caseloads, months after then-President Joe Biden vetoed a bill to add 63 new permanent judgeships over partisan concerns.
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Threats Against Judges 'Top Priority,' Fed. Judiciary Says
Protecting federal judges is a "top priority" as violent threats spike against a polarized political backdrop, making congressional funding for additional security measures more important than ever, the U.S. Judicial Conference said Tuesday.
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Campus Interviews Out Of Favor In Quest For Summer Talent
On-campus interviewing — an outdated process that led to just 24% of all offers made by law firms last year for summer associates — is no longer the preferred recruitment method, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Dykema Doubles Houston Roster With 7 New Atty Hires
Dykema Gossett PLLC has expanded in Houston with the addition of seven attorneys, five of whom joined from Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC and two who came aboard from Hirsch & Westheimer PC.
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Paxton Says Ex-Aides Want Excessive Whistleblower Atty Fees
The Texas attorney general's office and four of Ken Paxton's former deputies took jabs at each other over whether a court should hear more evidence in their long-running whistleblower suit, with the office alleging the aides have sought attorney fees outside the scope of the case while the ex-employees say the office "misses the point."
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5 Key Takeaways From The ABA's Latest Legal Tech Survey
Last week, the American Bar Association released its 2024 legal technology survey report, which covers a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence use, courtroom technology training and law firm data breaches. Here are five key takeaways from the report.
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Texas Atty Wants Allstate Sanctioned Over 'Dead' Expert Claim
A prominent Houston lawyer has denied filing a document purportedly signed by a long-dead expert witness and urged a Texas federal judge to sanction Allstate for accusing him of doing so, saying the signature actually belonged to the deceased expert's similarly named son.
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Tax Pro Rejoins Norton Rose From Reed Smith In Houston
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Monday that it has bulked up in the face of increased demand in the corporate transactions space with the return of a tax partner in Houston who came aboard from Reed Smith LLP.
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PierFerd Hires 2 Ex-CM Â鶹´«Ã½ Bankruptcy Partners
Manhattan-based Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday the hiring of two former partners at CM Â鶹´«Ã½ PLLC for its bankruptcy, financial restructuring and reorganization practice.