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Voir Dire: À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off summer with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their offerings and reelected leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's weekly quiz.
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SMU Law Professor's Tenure Suit Partly Revived By 5th Circ.
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday partially revived a former Southern Methodist University law professor's suit over the denial of her tenure application following a ruling last month by the Texas Supreme Court.
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McDermott, Schulte Roth Vote To Approve $2.8B Merger
Partners at Schulte Roth & Zabel and McDermott Will & Emery have voted in favor of merging to create the combined firm of McDermott Will & Schulte, the firms announced Thursday.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
June was a month for endings and beginnings as several law firms in the U.S. completed relocation plans — including Duane Morris LLP, which moved its Manhattan shop to a new office building — and launched offices, like Foley & Lardner LLP's Nashville, Tennessee, opening.
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Why ABA Is Rebooting 10-Year-Old Study On Atty Well-Being
Mental health advocates working on the American Bar Association's newly launched study into attorney mental health say that they hope the project will not only provide an updated look at the profession a decade after the organization's last major study, but also provide more information on the best ways to tackle issues such as depression, substance abuse and burnout.
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Holland & Knight Adds K&L Gates Commercial Disputes Head
Holland & Knight LLP announced on Thursday it has added a Dallas-based partner who previously served as one of that firm's leaders and a coordinator of the global commercial disputes practice at K&L Gates LLP.
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Ex-DOJ Official, Texas AG Hopeful Joins Hance Scarborough
Hance Scarborough LLP has added an attorney to its roster in Austin, Texas, who most recently served as an assistant U.S. attorney general and who is a current candidate for Texas attorney general.
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Paxton Deputy Accused Of Pressuring Impeachment Witnesses
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's second-in-command tampered with witnesses during Paxton's impeachment, fabricated sexual harassment allegations and misused state funds, according to a state bar complaint and federal lawsuit filed by two of Paxton's former top deputies.
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Texas Magistrate Recommends Tossing La. Hurricane Ad Suit
A Texas magistrate judge has recommended that a litigation funder and a Houston-area attorney be freed from a proposed class action that alleges a law firm engaged in deceptive advertising targeting hurricane victims in Louisiana.
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Norton Rose Adds Energy M&A Pro In Houston From Latham
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Wednesday that it has added an energy-centered corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities partner in Houston who joined from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Polsinelli Adds Winstead Real Estate Finance Ace In Dallas
Polsinelli PC announced Wednesday that it has added a shareholder with decades of experience to its real estate finance practice in Dallas who came aboard from Winstead PC.
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How A BigLaw Firm 'Flipped The Script' With Its AI Hackathon
A generative artificial intelligence hackathon originally designed to empower the next generation of lawyers to think creatively about solving complex problems expanded to include senior staff members, resulting in over a dozen ready-to-go AI use cases for the firm.
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Rainmaking 101: How Young Lawyers Can Build Client Trust
In his section of a new book, Hoffmann & Baron LLP managing partner Daniel A. Scola Jr. challenges lawyers looking to grow their practice to rely on more than just technical skills and says that with the right amount of patience and boldness, lawyers can deliver work to "make it rain."
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Why Firms Are Coaching Young Lawyers On Email Writing
As a new generation of lawyers enters the profession and artificial intelligence reshapes the practice of law, firms are increasingly turning to professional coaches to help junior attorneys adapt. One unexpected area of focus? Teaching them how to manage and respond to email.
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Whole Foods Staffers Seek Greenlight For $2M 401(k) Fee Deal
Whole Foods workers urged a Texas federal court on Tuesday to preliminarily approve a $2 million deal they hammered out with the Amazon-owned grocery chain to end their putative class action alleging excessive fees were charged to their employee 401(k) retirement plan in violation of federal benefits law.
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Bankrupt Mass Tort Atty To Convert Ch. 11 To Liquidation
A Texas mass tort attorney who filed for bankruptcy allegedly owing hundreds of millions of dollars to litigation funders agreed to shift his Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, putting to rest the U.S. Trustee's bid to convert or dismiss his case.
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ABA Announces New Research Into Attorney Mental Health
The American Bar Association announced Tuesday it is launching a national research project on attorney mental health, which will provide an updated benchmark of the issue nearly a decade after its 2016 study.
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V&E Adds Investment, Finance Trio In NY, Texas
Vinson & Elkins LLP has brought on three new partners to strengthen its investment management and finance practices.
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Thompson Coe Adds 4 Attys In Dallas From Trial Boutique
Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP announced Tuesday that it is bringing on four new partners in Dallas who previously made up the entire roster at trial and appellate boutique Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin PC.
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Simpson Thacher Grows In Houston With Ex-Latham Atty
An attorney with expertise on financial transactions in the energy and infrastructure industries has moved his practice to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Houston office after nearly 12 years with Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Perkins Coie Lays Off 5% Of Staff Amid Strategic Review
Perkins Coie LLP, which successfully fended off President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, has reportedly laid off roughly 5% of its professional staff this month, and attributed the reductions to the firm's strategic realignments following a yearlong review of its business operations.
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Software Biz Improves Court Access But Raises Concerns
State and local courts' growing reliance on Tyler Technologies' court management software is helping judiciaries manage caseloads while increasing citizens' access to justice, but the software has also led to data breaches, lawsuits and concerns around accountability, experts say.
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McKesson Legal Chief Saw Big Compensation Dip In 2024
The chief legal officer for Texas-based McKesson Corp. saw her overall compensation drop in fiscal year 2025 as compared to fiscal year 2024, reflecting sign-on cash and stock awards of more than $3 million she received in her first year as the company's top lawyer.
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Skadden Adds 2 White & Case Energy M&A Partners In Texas
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has hired a pair of former White & Case LLP energy and infrastructure partners to its corporate practice in Houston, the firm said Monday.
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Reed Smith's 1st Female Global MP Elected For 4 More Years
Reed Smith LLP announced Monday that it has elected global managing partner Casey Ryan to a new four-year term.
Expert Analysis
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In the first installment of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ 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
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
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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What Social Media Process Service May Look Like In Texas
The Texas Supreme Court's recently proposed rule change allowing substituted service through social media and email could take effect in December, and practitioners will need to know how to establish that the defendant received notice through a technological method, says Marcus Eason at McGinnis Lochridge.
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Strategies For Associates Seeking Jobs Amid Hiring Slump
Law firms will be hiring conservatively well into 2021 and beyond, but associates eyeing a new firm or market can successfully make a move if they are pragmatic about their requirements, say Rebecca Glatzer and Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.