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2025 Law Firm Leasing Begins Strong, Report Shows
U.S. law firms are on pace to surpass 2024's record-setting leasing activity, ending the first quarter of 2025 with 3.4 million square feet of new or renewed leases throughout the country, according to newly released data.
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$1.8M From Legal Industry Fuels NYC Mayor's Race
The legal industry poured at least $1.79 million into this year鈥檚 election for New York City mayor, the majority going to incumbent Eric Adams, attorney Jim Walden and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 极速赛车 Pulse found.
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Injunction On Trump Order Limited To Perkins, Judge Clarifies
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday clarified the scope of her injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order targeting Perkins Coie LLP, explaining that her ruling prohibits the president from directing government agencies to investigate only Perkins Coie's employment practices and not the other BigLaw firms.
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Husch Blackwell Adds Holland & Knight Real Estate Atty
Husch Blackwell LLP has brought on a real estate pro from Holland & Knight LLP to its聽Nashville, Tennessee, office, who brings a roster of clients already based in the city or looking to grow their presence there.
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Cooley Corporate Pro Rejoins Wilson Sonsini in Silicon Valley
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC is growing its corporate team, announcing Tuesday a mergers and acquisitions expert most recently at Cooley LLP is returning to the firm as a partner in its Silicon Valley office.
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Womble Bond Adds Chamberlain Hrdlicka Litigator In Houston
Womble Bond Dickinson grew its business litigation team in Houston with a trial litigator with more than 30 years of experience who previously served as head of litigation at Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Taft Expands In Chicago With Construction, Employment Attys
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has expanded its construction and employment/labor practices by adding two litigators as Chicago partners, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Reed Smith Adds 2 Ex-A&O Shearman Corporate Finance Pros
Reed Smith announced the addition of two Asia-based attorneys from A&O Shearman to its financial industry group, including the former co-managing partner of A&O's Singapore office.
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Attys For Alleged Fox Hacker 'Deeply Regret' Fake AI Citations
Two attorneys apologized to a Florida federal judge on Monday for filing a motion to dismiss charges against their client 鈥� alleged Fox News video hacker Timothy Burke 鈥� that contained fake legal citations generated by artificial intelligence.
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Renewable Energy Tax Pro Rejoins Baker McKenzie In Miami
A former Baker McKenzie attorney rejoined the firm as a partner in Miami to help grow its North America tax practice after most recently working at Dickinson Wright PLLC.
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Insurers Say Legal Malpractice Costs Keep Outpacing Inflation
The frequency at which major law firms faced malpractice claims held relatively steady in 2024, but payouts on claims continued to boom at a rate outpacing general inflation, according to this year's legal professional liability insurance survey, with nearly half of insurers surveyed reporting having paid at least one claim over $150 million.
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Hogan Lovells Taps White & Case Atty As Derivatives Leader
Hogan Lovells announced Monday that it has appointed Edward So, a New York lawyer from White & Case LLP, to serve as its head of derivatives for the Americas聽鈥� touting his 20-plus years of experience in law firms and as in-house counsel.聽
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Legal Ed Platforms Settle Attorney's Data Harvesting Suit
Two platforms for continuing legal education content have settled a proposed class action from a Seattle attorney which alleged that the companies violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by using Meta's Pixel tracking software on their sites, the parties said Monday.
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Holland & Knight Adds Employment Litigator To DC-Area Office
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a longtime employment litigator from Quarles & Brady LLP, who joins the firm in Tysons, Virginia, to continue her practice litigating restrictive covenants, business torts and trade secrets.
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National Security Pro Joins Arnold & Porter White Collar Team
A former deputy assistant attorney general has left the U.S. Department of Justice to become a partner in Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP's white collar defense and investigations and national security practices in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Use Of AI In Law On Rise But May Be Behind Other Fields
About half of the legal professionals who responded to a November survey said they used artificial intelligence at work聽鈥� a percentage that's up from the previous year but still lower than the AI adoption rate of respondents in accounting, consulting and finance, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Paul Hastings Gains Finance Pro From Latham In California
Paul Hastings LLP announced Tuesday that it has expanded its global finance practice with a partner in Southern California who came aboard from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Bradley Arant's New Litigation Head Shares Guiding Principle
Anne Marie Seibel, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP's new head of litigation, joined 极速赛车 Pulse for a conversation about the personal connections within the team that are energizing her for the role.
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Office Snapshot: McDermott Goes Sky-High In Dallas
McDermott Will & Emery LLP gave 极速赛车 Pulse an up-close look at its new office on the penthouse floor of uptown Dallas' tallest tower, where 15-foot windows provide a view of the city skyline and clouds that seemed at eye level.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Ex-Carlyle Director To Funds Practice
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Monday that it has added the former legal director to global investment firm The Carlyle Group as a partner in its private funds practice in Washington, D.C.
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BCLP Hires Career Crowell Commercial Atty In DC, Arizona
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has hired a former Crowell & Moring LLP commercial litigator who will split time between the firm's Phoenix and Washington, D.C., offices, and will bring his practice representing companies in high stakes healthcare and antitrust matters to the firm, according to a Monday announcement.
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Polsinelli Lands Latham Real Estate Pro In Los Angeles
In response to growing client demand, Polsinelli PC has added a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner with decades of experience to its real estate practice in Los Angeles, the firm announced Monday.
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Covington Corporate M&A Atty Moves To Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance LLP has hired a Covington & Burling LLP partner for its U.S. corporate mergers and acquisitions practice to strengthen its capabilities in the healthcare and life sciences sector, the firm said Monday.
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Ex-Litigator Settles Disability Bias Suit Against Wilson Elser
A former Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP litigator on Monday agreed to permanently drop his federal disability bias suit against the firm, after the sides came to a confidential resolution.
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Kirkland Hires Former TPG Counsel As PE Real Estate Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP said that private equity real estate attorney Yaman Shukairy has rejoined the firm as a partner after serving as general counsel for the private equity firm TPG Real Estate Partners for nearly a decade.
Expert Analysis
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at聽Squire Patton.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at聽McGuireWoods.
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at聽Beveridge & Diamond.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.