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Pro bono legal work is a major part of law firms' social responsibility portfolios, with firms leveraging their training and experience to help those who can't pay typical billing rates. See which firms took the lead in pro bono hours.聽
When lawyers work pro bono, what services are they offering and what areas of the law are they focusing on? Here, 蓝莓视频 Pulse looks at firms' 2024 pro bono priorities.
One BigLaw firm reclaimed the top spot in the latest edition of the 蓝莓视频 Pulse Social Impact Leaders ranking, which recognizes the 100 firms that made the greatest strides on social responsibility in 2024. Find out which firms set the pace.
Dallas-based, tax-focused law firm Meadows Collier Reed Cousins Crouch & Ungerman LLP has added a Washington, D.C.-based partner with substantial IRS experience to the firm's tax controversy and litigation and white collar defense practices.
As aging Baby Boomers fuel demand for estate planning work, a growing number of large law firms have recommitted to growing their private wealth practices. For the small boutiques and solo practitioners that have traditionally dominated the market, the new competition has made it difficult to recruit and retain talent, leaving many struggling to survive.
As universities face frozen funds, federal probes, and demands for change to diversity programs and curriculum, their general counsel face heightened pressure as they navigate school presidents and boards through the storm.
A Texas law firm is stepping up its litigation efforts to recover $1.7 million in fees it claims it is owed for work performed on behalf of victims of a 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, namely by filing its third lawsuit in state court this month.
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has urged the Judicial Conference to take further action to ensure that all defendants, particularly low-income ones, have access to counsel for their initial appearance in federal court.
As aging Baby Boomers prepare to hand down trillions of dollars in assets to their children and grandchildren, some of the country's largest law firms have been bulking up their trusts and estates practices, turning frequently to small boutiques and solo practices to add attorneys to their ranks.
Perkins Coie LLP has plans to move into the uptown district in Dallas in the middle of next year, a move it said represents the firm's growth in the city and its commitment to serving its clients with business in Texas.
Texas-based infectious disease laboratory HealthTrackRx has added a new chief legal officer following the departure of the top attorney it hired earlier this year.
Two members of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith's C-suite will be leaving the firm this winter, a firm spokesperson told 蓝莓视频 Pulse on Monday.
A social media optimization company has moved to disqualify a social media influencer's attorney from a copyright infringement suit in Texas federal court, saying attorneys from the same firm had previously met with the company in meetings where confidential information was discussed.
A Texas federal judge has rejected a bid from U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, to escape bribery charges on the grounds that he is immune from prosecution under the Constitution's speech or debate clause, saying the government has alleged misconduct that is not shielded through a relationship to official legislative acts.
While the president's recently renewed proposal to end quarterly reporting requirements for publicly traded U.S. companies could help reduce workloads for general counsel in theory, investor demand for more regular disclosures makes it unlikely that such a change would make a meaningful difference.
Houston trial boutique Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing announced Monday that it plans to outpace the BigLaw salary scale by hiking its pay for first-year lawyers to $235,000, a figure $10,000 higher than what first-year associates generally earn at BigLaw firms.
The national litigation support services company Magna Legal Services has merged with Pipkins Investigations, a private investigations agency based in Houston, Magna announced Monday.
Hicks Johnson PLLC announced Monday that it has moved its Houston team into a recently completed modern office tower in the city's downtown to accommodate a growing roster.
Alfred Youngwood, a tax attorney, business adviser and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's first democratically elected firm chair, died Friday at the age of 87, the firm has announced.
A Nevada-based trustee accused a Texas law firm and various other companies and residents of the Lone Star State, Wyoming and Florida of carrying out an "audacious, multi-layered scheme" to steal $9 million meant to be used for Bitcoin trades.
Susman Godfrey's representation of Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster in an AI copyright suit and Foley Hoag's work on a Massachusetts energy project lead this edition of 蓝莓视频 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 5 to 19.
A federal judge in Texas has remanded back to state court a lawsuit accusing Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP of trying to destroy well-known attorney Tony Buzbee's reputation in retaliation for a lawsuit in which Buzbee's client accused rapper Jay-Z of child rape.
The legal industry marked the last official week of summer with attorneys taking on new roles at law departments and firms across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with 蓝莓视频 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Chartwell Law Offices LLP has announced the addition of an experienced litigator focused on catastrophic loss and complex tort defense matters as a partner in its Austin, Texas, office.
Agnifilo Intrater LLP leads this week's edition of 蓝莓视频 Legal Lions, after a New York judge threw out the top two charges against Luigi Mangione concerning allegations he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Before landing a published quote, feature or interview, law firms should articulate the content鈥檚 purpose and develop a strategic plan for repurposing it to ensure they鈥檙e aligning public relations efforts with measurable business outcomes, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
Julie LaEace at Perkins Coie offers tips for attorneys acting as pro bono coordinators, including how to choose appropriate projects, how to encourage participation and why it is important to keep in touch with legal aid partner organizations.
Amid uncertainty in the legal job market, attorneys who are considering a transition to a leadership role must fundamentally reimagine their approach to value creation and develop a new set of skills, say Stacy Bratcher at Cottage Health and Michael Watkins at Genesis Advisers.
As the legal industry increasingly looks to impose responsive guardrails for artificial intelligence use, firms and organizations鈥 internal use policies, outside counsel guidelines and vendor contracts can address confidentiality and data retention concerns in several ways, say attorneys at KXT Law.
Firms can develop a strong pro bono culture without hiring dedicated professionals through strategies like demonstrating active involvement by leadership, tailoring volunteer tasks to individual professional development needs and building trusted partnerships within the legal aid community, says Stacy Zinken at Paladin.
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As in-house legal departments are increasingly expected to do more with less, developing a thoughtful framework to measure key performance indicators can help them both maximize and demonstrate their contribution to business success, say co-founders at New Era ADR.
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