Legal News & Industry Insights

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‘Show, Don’t Tell’: How Law Firms Are Promoting DEI to Incoming Talent
After George Floyd’s death in 2020, law firms highlighted their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs to attract talent. However,...
August 26, 2025
In an Active Lateral Year for King & Spalding, Here’s Who Has Joined and Left
King & Spalding has made a concerted effort to add numerous lawyers to its partnership over the past year, despite...
August 26, 2025
ABA Invites More Law Schools to Seek Variance to Admit Students Without a Test Score
The American Bar Association (ABA) voted on Friday to extend the deadline for law schools to submit applications to admit...
August 26, 2025
Former US Solicitor General to Lead Cooley’s SCOTUS, Appellate Practice
Elizabeth Prelogar, who was the 48th solicitor general of the U.S. during the Biden administration, will join Cooley to lead...
August 26, 2025
Firm De-Equitizations Are Coming in 2025, a ‘Sizable’ Number of Partners Believe
Despite increased demand this year and strong balance sheets among many Big Law firms, over a quarter of survey respondents...
August 26, 2025
As Some Tighten Attendance Rules, This Am Law 100 Firm Saw a 16-Fold Increase in Its Virtual Office Program
Husch Blackwell has celebrated over five years since opening its virtual office, “the Link,” and during this time, the firm...
August 26, 2025
Troutman Pepper Partner Among Four Trump Nominees for Federal Bench in North Carolina
President Donald Trump has nominated four candidates to fill vacant federal judgeships in North Carolina, praising them as “rock-solid constitutionalists.”...
August 26, 2025
Deal Watch: Skadden Brokers Intel Public/Private Partnership Amid Big Week in Big Deals
Last week, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; A&O Shearman; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and Kirkland & Ellis led...
August 26, 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright advises the Halliwell group’s growth in Australia with dual specialist acquisitions
Through two strategic acquisitions, Norton Rose Fulbright has counseled the Halliwell Group, a preeminent forensic, engineering, and technical consulting catering...
August 26, 2025
Gibson Dunn Advises PatientPoint, L Catterton, and Littlejohn in PatientPoint’s Sale to Advent International
PatientPoint, L Catterton, and Littlejohn & Co., LLC are being advised by Gibson Dunn in the sale of PatientPoint to...
August 26, 2025
Spencer Fane Partner Brings Diverse IP Practice to Dallas
Brett M. Pinkus, a partner in the Intellectual Property practice division at Spencer Fane LLP, has joined the firm’s Dallas...
August 26, 2025
Hogan Lovells advises on US$181 million BlueStone Jewellery & Lifestyle IPO
In the US$181 million IPO of BlueStone Jewellery & Lifestyle Limited, a prominent digital-first jewelry brand in India that provides...
August 26, 2025