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    The 蓝莓视频 Pulse Pro Bono Ranking: How Firms Stack Up

    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

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    How Law Firms Focus Their Pro Bono Efforts

    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.

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    These Firms Are The 蓝莓视频 Pulse Social Impact Leaders

    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.

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    Texas' Meadows Collier Adds Former IRS Counselor In DC

    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.

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    Trusts & Estates Boom Leaves Small Firms Fighting For Talent

    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.

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    Amid Tensions With Trump, University GCs Feel The Burden

    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.

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    Firm Sues For $1.7M Fees In Texas Mass Shooting Case

    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. Ossoff Pushes Fed. Courts To Uphold Access To Counsel

    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.

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    'Great Wealth Transfer' Drives Trusts & Estates Boom

    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.

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    Perkins Coie Plans Move To Uptown Dallas

    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.

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    HealthTrackRx Names 2nd Chief Legal Officer In 2025

    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.

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    2 Leave Lewis Brisbois C-Suite In Latest Leadership Changes

    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.

  • Social Media Co. Calls For Disqualification Of Influencer's Atty

    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.

  • Cuellar Bribery Indictment Survives Despite Speech Defense

    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.

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    Trump Call For Biannual Filing Unlikely To Ease GC Workloads

    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.

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    Houston Boutique AZA Outdoes BigLaw First-Year Pay Scale

    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.

  • Magna Legal Services Joins With Texas Investigations Firm

    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 Doubles Houston Footprint With Relocation

    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.

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    Paul Weiss Mourns Death Of Former Chair Alfred Youngwood

    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.

  • Nevada Trust Accuses Texas Firms Of $9M Crypto Scheme

    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.

  • 蓝莓视频 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    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.

  • Texas Judge Sends Another Buzbee, Jay-Z Suit To State Court

    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.

  • Voir Dire: 蓝莓视频 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    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.

  • Texas Tort Litigator Joins Chartwell In Austin

    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.

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    蓝莓视频's Legal Lions Of The Week

    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.

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Expert Analysis

  • An After-Placement Plan Maximizes Legal Content's Potential Author Photo

    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.

  • Ask A Mentor: How Should I Coordinate Pro Bono Projects? Author Photo

    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.

  • 6 Strategies For Navigating Legal Leadership Transitions Author Photo

    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.

  • The Augmented Lawyer: Crafting Responsible AI Policies Author Photo

    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.

  • 6 Ways To Build Pro Bono Culture If You Lack Dedicated Staff Author Photo

    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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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Extend Your Content's Life Author Photo

    Attorneys often limit the impact of their thought leadership by letting their content languish after initial publication, but through four easy strategies for retooling existing content, they can maximize its reach and further their business development goals, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.

  • Why Law Firm Leaders Should Care About Student Debt Crisis Author Photo

    鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧婣s the student debt crisis evolves under changing federal policies, firms that proactively address the burden will have significant advantages in recruiting and retaining the best young lawyers, says Brian Kabateck at Kabateck.

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    Talking Mental Health: Encouraging New Attys To Find Joy Author Photo

    Rudene Haynes at Hunton discusses her experiences as a hiring partner, common sources of stress that newer attorneys face and steps that law firms can take to protect their attorneys' mental health and encourage personal life fulfillment.

  • Fla. Bar's Cyber Incident Response Plan Sets Precedent Author Photo

    The incident response plan developed by the Florida Bar's cybersecurity and privacy committee might not seem all that consequential, but it's a long overdue framework that could go a long way toward protecting the highly sensitive data law firms handle聽鈥 and could even set a model for other professional organizations to follow, says Chris Boehm at Zero Networks.

  • Why Attorneys Should Write About Justices' Minority Opinions Author Photo

    Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson鈥檚 searing dissents this past term serve as a reminder for attorneys to analyze U.S. Supreme Court minority opinions in their thought leadership for three key reasons, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • 3 Business Development Lessons From Mozart's 'Magic Flute' Author Photo

    Mozart鈥檚 opera 鈥淭he Magic Flute鈥 offers a useful framework for attorneys to build relationships and develop new business, inspired by Prince Tamino鈥檚 curiosity, courage and consistency, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • 5 Ways Legal Teams Can Use KPIs To Quantify Their Value Author Photo

    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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    Defining The Culture For A Legal Nonprofit Author Photo

    We co-founded The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators to connect leading trial lawyers, litigation experts and academics, and our experience has shown that embracing opportunity, responding fearlessly to market realities, and relentlessly defining the organization鈥檚 culture have all been integral to success, say St茅phane Bonifassi, Lincoln Caylor and Elizabeth Ortega.

  • 5 Emerging Themes Shaping Lateral Partner Moves This Year Author Photo

    A few key trends have arisen in partners鈥 lateral movements in the first half of 2025, reflecting a legal market defined by macroeconomic uncertainty, shifts in firm structures and rising scrutiny of firm affiliations, say legal recruiters at Macrae.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Be A Mentor Or Mentee Author Photo

    Mentorship is a powerful tool for business development when both mentors and mentees approach their relationships with strategic purpose, ensuring professional success while supporting broader business goals, say Angela Liu at Dechert and Jessica Lewis at WilmerHale.

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