https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Modern Lawyer Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 17:45:40 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333096?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333096 Ballard Spahr hired ex-Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP attorney Jill S. Parks as a partner for the firm's real estate department and its teams for real estate development and transactions and zoning and land use in its District of Columbia office, the firm announced Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:59:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2331812?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2331812 Thousands of attorneys gathered at rallies across the country on Thursday to oppose what they called the Trump administration's "assault" on the rule of law — a rare public demonstration for the normally buttoned-down and risk-averse professionals that they said "sounds the alarm of a looming constitutional crisis." Thu, 01 May 2025 16:48:49 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332728?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332728 Georgia saw 48.5% of people who sat for its February bar exam pass, representing a 6% decrease from 2024 when the state had its highest pass rate for a February bar exam since 2016, according to statistics released this week. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:26:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333081 Hogan Lovells announced Thursday that it has expanded the capabilities of its infrastructure, energy, resources and projects practice with the addition of two attorneys from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Miami. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:07:09 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333092?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333092 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has named a new chair for its litigation practice group, tapping a partner with almost 30 years of experience at the firm and a specialty in multiforum and multiplaintiff litigation. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:55:40 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332995?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332995 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Thursday that it has hired the former vice president of BBB National Programs Inc.'s National Advertising Division to lead its advertising advisory and litigation practice. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:39:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332878?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332878 Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Wednesday that it has added a member of Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP's management committee and another partner from that firm to its litigation practice in San Diego. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:36:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332683?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332683 In a move designed to expand the firm's ability to serve clients in transactional matters, national private equity law boutique Massumi & Consoli announced that it has added a real estate practice, led by two New York-based partners who made the leap from Brown Rudnick LLP. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:35:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332849?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332849 Kennedys LLP announced Thursday that it had elevated 21 lawyers to partnership across nine of its offices, marking a 23% increase on the number it promoted in 2024. Thu, 01 May 2025 14:48:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332905?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332905 The rapidly growing firm of Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Thursday that it tapped a new partner who was previously with Carlton Fields to launch an international insurance regulatory team practice along with another Los Angeles-based attorney. Thu, 01 May 2025 14:47:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332882?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332882 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a former Boies Schiller Flexner LLP litigator with experience as a law firm partner, in-house attorney and federal prosecutor. Thu, 01 May 2025 13:51:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333117?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333117 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP announced Thursday that it has fortified its tax controversy and litigation team with a partner in Houston who came aboard from Porter Hedges LLP. Thu, 01 May 2025 13:38:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333035?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2333035 Kirkland & Ellis LLP picked up two national security partners from a D.C. boutique, the firm announced Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 13:00:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332998?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332998 Dentons announced Thursday that it has hired a retired global managing partner of EY's legal practice to lead a new group that will focus on deploying cutting-edge technology to enhance the firm's competitive advantage. Thu, 01 May 2025 12:17:49 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332908?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332908 Author Richard Susskind, who has a new book out about artificial intelligence, discusses how legal institutions are not ready for AI and what it will take for lawyers to recognize their potential vulnerability to being replaced by it. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:36:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332754?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332754 Susman Godfrey LLP has pressed a D.C. federal court not to kill the firm's suit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, arguing that the government's "meritless" dismissal motion "goes to great lengths to distract from the indisputable truth" that the order is "blatantly unconstitutional." Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:34:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2331937?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2331937 After three years in private practice, the Federal Communications Commission has welcomed an Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorney back to the agency as the newest head of the commission's Wireline Competition Bureau. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:33:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332259?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332259 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has added a three-partner intellectual property group from King & Spalding LLP for its new technology IP litigation practice in Washington, D.C., the firm said Wednesday. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:31:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332531?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332531 Foley & Lardner LLP is expanding its intellectual property team in California, announcing Wednesday the addition of five IP attorneys — four from Perkins Coie LLP in San Diego and one from K&L Gates LLP in San Francisco. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:27:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2332405 Akerman LLP has tapped a veteran of Dentons, DLA Piper and ArentFox Schiff LLP to serve as its inaugural director of connections, a position designed to drive innovation and creativity in the firm's distributed workplace.