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Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP has brought on a former federal prosecutor and one-time member of Sills Cummis & Gross PC to serve as co-chair of the firm's criminal defense and regulatory compliance group.
Although general counsel had little to do with the collapse of three U.S. banks in less than a week — most fingers are pointing at the CEOs, chief financial officers and chief risk officers there — the general counsel are dealing with the fallout, and probably will be for some time, according to several experts.
Trumpeting a return to "pre-pandemic operations," federal court leaders released data Tuesday showing a significant dropoff in new civil case filings in 2022 and lighter caseloads overall in much of the sprawling system.
Little uniformity exists in the legal profession globally when it comes to rules surrounding indemnity insurance, but the International Bar Association is hoping a new report shared Tuesday will help attorney groups in different countries learn about the coverage requirements, or lack thereof, in other jurisdictions.
A trio of attorneys specializing in casualty litigation and professional liability have left Marks O'Neill O'Brien Doherty & Kelly PC to join Post & Schell P.C.'s offices in New Jersey and Philadelphia in a move that predates the recent exodus of more than a dozen former Marks O'Neill attorneys to Gordon & Rees.
Merchant & Gould PC has installed its first female managing director in its more than 120-year history, the firm said Tuesday.
The East Coast regional firm Day Pitney LLP announced Monday that it has hired a marketing professional with experience working with large firms to be its new chief marketing officer.
A senior policy adviser to Rep. Steny Hoyer has left her job at Congress to return to Epstein Becker Green, where she started her legal career as a clerk a decade ago, the firm said Monday.
California-based Greenberg Glusker LLP announced that it has named a veteran cannabis attorney with over a decade's experience working in the nascent industry as the new co-chair of its cannabis industry practice group.
As ESG becomes an increasingly common concern for businesses, a handful of law firms have recruited in-house legal experts to help their clients navigate the issues. Will more firms look to do the same, and thus threaten the expertise that legal departments have gained?
An Israeli businessman who brought a legal malpractice suit alleging his New York legal team didn't provide due diligence on a $30 million loan cannot access a document the firm prepared detailing the timeline of his representation, even though he was still employing the firm at the time the document was created, a magistrate judge determined.
Plaintiffs litigation and class action firm Berger Montague is opening offices in San Francisco and Chicago, bringing the 53-year-old, Philadelphia-based firm to a total of six offices nationwide.
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP announced that it has hired a veteran legal executive with more than 30 years of experience leading the operations of a variety of midsize firms across the country as the first chief operating officer in the firm's nearly 200-year history.
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP has been hit with a second class action in one week, alleging that it waited more than 17 months to notify individuals about a 2021 data breach.
Job growth in the legal industry rose in February for the fifth straight month but at a slower clip, with the sector gaining approximately 1,500 jobs since January, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has added two of counsel to its Atlanta and Washington offices and hired an associate in D.C. — that trio of attorneys focusing on intellectual property law in separate industries, including entertainment and pharmaceutical IP issues — the firm announced Thursday.
Pryor Cashman LLP's defense of a copyright suit against pop star Halsey and Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC's handling of an acquisition of a for-profit college lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Feb. 24 to March 1.
Employment firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete LLP has announced that it launched a new practice area dedicated to working with employers on cannabis and employee substance abuse issues.
FisherBroyles LLP has added a corporate partner from Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and other business and transactional clients, the firm announced Thursday.
March came in like a lion when it comes to legal-sector news, with reports of two big lateral groups on the move, notable legal ethics actions regarding technology, and a new job for Tesla's former legal chief. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Robinson & Cole LLP is rolling out a new lobbying subsidiary in Connecticut led by two long-time members of the firm, according to a statement Thursday.
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced the growth of its global insurance services practice Thursday with the addition of experienced insurer-side attorney and incoming partner Gary I. Khutorsky, who joined the firm's Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office from Litchfield Cavo LLP.
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced Thursday that it acquired a Chicago-based boutique firm with nearly three decades of experience in the airline sector, saying the move will allow it to open up a new aviation and aerospace practice group.
Tucker Ellis LLP has opened a new office in Washington, D.C., with a focus on intellectual property, the firm said in an announcement Thursday.
Adams and Reese LLP has picked up five new attorneys from Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP in Atlanta to bolster its global corporate services, mergers and acquisitions transactions and estate planning practice areas.
Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.
With caseloads and spending increasing, in-house counsel might find themselves called to opine on the risks and benefits of litigation more often, and they should look at five Sun Tzu maxims from the ancient Chinese classic "The Art of War" to inform their approach to any suit, says Jeff Golimowski at Womble Bond.
Not only can effective mentorship have a profound impact on women and people of color entering the legal field, but it also benefits mentors and the legal profession as a whole, creating a true win-win situation for all involved, says Natasha Cortes at Grossman Roth.
Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
