By Aebra Coe
News of at least three more law firms awarding special bonuses rolled in on Friday, bringing the total to over 40. The associate bonuses build on others handed out last fall and winter, creating an extended bonus season that experts say is likely fleeting.
By Sarah Martinson
The attorneys of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP who steered reinsurance provider Wilton Re s $220 million buy of Allstate Life Insurance have extensive experience in corporation transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at the attorneys who guided this deal.
By Andrew Strickler
A surge in legal academic writing during COVID is straining law journal student-editors and authors alike, amid signs that women and younger professors shouldering the demands of remote teaching and caregiving are getting shut out of publishing their work.
Pennsylvania Pulse
By James Boyle
Flaster Greenberg PC expanded its intellectual property practice by adding an attorney with more than 20 years of patent experience, part of the firm s goal to become a full-service platform for IP services.
By James Boyle
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin PC has added a veteran attorney to its professional liability department in the firm s Philadelphia headquarters.
By Kevin Penton
Burns White LLC has appointed a member in the Philadelphia area as co-chair of its employment practices liability group, a unit geared toward resolving disputes between workers and their employers, the firm said Monday.
By Kevin Penton
Texas Pulse
By Steven Lerner
Outdated technology, lowball salary offers and a “checkbox” approach to security are among the reasons law firms could be having trouble attracting top cybersecurity professionals, experts say.
By Cara Bayles
Women in the legal industry cut down their hours, took leave, or quit when the pandemic toppled the precarious balance of work and life. Will the coronavirus exacerbate gender inequities in BigLaw, even when life returns to normal?
By J. Edward Moreno
Late last month, DLA Piper hired a trio of trial attorneys in Dallas, adding depth to the firm s growing litigation powerhouse in the city. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a closer look at the office and its work.
Florida Pulse
By Adrian Cruz
In a landmark decision that could provide a definitive answer to hundreds of lawsuits accusing businesses of violating the ADA by featuring websites inaccessible to the visually impaired, FisherBroyles LLP partner Susan Warner on behalf of supermarket chain Winn-Dixie successfully convinced an Eleventh Circuit panel that websites aren t considered a public accommodation.
By Matt Perez
BigLaw firm Lewis Brisbois announced Wednesday the expansion of its Tampa outpost with the addition of two new partners hired over from Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.
By Matt Perez
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP has added a new partner to its commercial litigation and real estate practice in the firm s Miami office.
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