The firm has hired a four-partner group from K&L Gates, three of whom will be based in the firm's new Seattle office.

Stinson, Barclay Damon and Meirowitz & Wasserberg have made major expansions to their New York offices, but other midsize peers are holding their existing spaces or reducing.

McDermott chair Ira Coleman said there will be leadership representation from both firms, though who and where has yet to be fully fleshed out.

The departure early this year of Archer Aviation's chief legal officer, Andy Missan, has triggered one promotion and one outside hire.

AI is rapidly transforming the legal industry, but an even bigger threat to Big Law may come from law firms' inability — or unwillingness — to adapt fast enough, writes The Global Lawyer.

The Milbank lawyers shaved thousands off their hourly rates to represent the group of cities in a suit the Department of Justice filed on May 22.

President Donald Trump's executive order directs the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to act within 60 days to protect college sports from “unreasonable antitrust lawsuits but offers no specifics.

A group of first-years will start later than expected.

"I can think of no one better to honor filling this vacancy with than Judge Hackett. Judge Hackett nobly served as a judge in Madison County for 18 years. The citizens of the district will best be served by someone of his stature until they have the opportunity to elect their next appellate justice," Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice David K. Overstreet said in a statement.

The threat of a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports has placed the world's 10th-biggest economy in the center of geopolitical tensions.

Fewer clients on average are sticking with lateral partners, recent research suggests. But practice areas, experience, and regions of the country also appear to have an effect.