/pulse/modern-lawyer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Modern Lawyer Copyright 2025 saąúĽĘ´«Ă˝. en-US Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:29:57 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2422013?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2422013 As federal lawyers left in droves this year amid President Donald Trump's return to the White House, the number of attorneys who moved from government jobs to BigLaw firms in Washington, D.C., doubled in 2025 compared to the last post-presidential election year. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:22:51 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2424118?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2424118 The blockbuster combination between Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced this past week involves two law firms that have charted very different paths in recent years. Here, a look at what events led up to the firms joining together at the deal table. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:58:40 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2424062?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2424062 A trial attorney who spent more than two decades at Williams & Connolly LLP has moved to Sidley Austin LLP to help lead its product liability and mass torts practice. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:30:45 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2424041?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2424041 The chief executive tapped to lead what will be known as Hogan Lovells Cadwalader said Friday that the deal that will create the world's fifth‑largest law firm by revenue is set to succeed, promising to repeat the success of the merger that originally founded Hogan Lovells. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:36:42 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2424161?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2424161 Five firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the D.C. Circuit reinstated an order that blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from freezing grants for climate change projects. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:30:13 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423733?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423733 An experienced in-house counsel for oil and gas companies has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a new partner in its Houston office. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:17:53 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423660?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423660 The legal industry had another action-packed week with a mega law firm merger announcement and eye-popping year-end bonuses at a handful of elite boutiques. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:47:30 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2422269?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2422269 Despite the infusion of generative artificial intelligence into e-discovery tools, ethics and quality control questions loom about the use of this technology and a contrary judicial decision could set the industry back many years. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:54:24 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423900?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423900 Polsinelli PC is expanding its business team, bringing in a tax pro from Glaser Weil as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:00:27 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423898?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423898 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP may have reduced its Los Angeles physical footprint in relocating to nearby California Plaza, but the move to the renowned address signaled the firm's growing importance in the Southern California legal scene. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:26 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423859?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423859 Every DLA Piper attorney based in the United States now has access to the legal artificial intelligence assistant Harvey, the legal technology giant told Law360 Pulse exclusively on Friday. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:04:06 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423838?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423838 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP have promoted 18 attorneys to its partnership level — a class that is half the size of last year's 36 elevations. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:03:45 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404243?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404243 Joseph Jean, a member of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's insurance recovery practice, led dozens of colleges across the country, as well as Hilton, to two state Supreme Court victories in their respective COVID-19 coverage disputes, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Insurance MVPs. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:35:58 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2422914?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2422914 Employer-side international labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has promoted 27 attorneys to partner from 13 different offices, effective Jan. 1. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:16:19 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423609 Mounting workload pressure has led to nearly half of in-house legal professionals either actively or passively seeking new jobs, while departments that partner with alternative legal service providers cut their attrition risk among active job seekers in half, according to a new report. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:37:24 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423596?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423596 McGuireWoods LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a former senior bankruptcy counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, whose experience includes the two largest offshore oil and gas bankruptcies in U.S. history. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:14:20 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423726?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423726 Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft are planning to combine, creating what the firms say will be the world's fifth-largest firm by revenue, they announced Thursday. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:47:09 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2421644?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2421644 As the year winds down and the pace of work slows, attorneys should reflect on what did and didn’t work to generate business in 2025, and start mapping out their 2026 business development plan now to set themselves up for success, says Ezra Crawford at Crowell. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:47:01 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423380?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423380 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has hired a former senior tax counsel who worked in two Democratic presidential administrations to come on board as chair of the firm's tax resolution practice group, according to a Wednesday announcement. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:38:26 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423329?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2423329 Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Wednesday that a lawyer with Krevolin & Horst LLC — who previously served as the first general counsel for the global beverage company Celsius Holdings Inc. — will join its Atlanta office as the firm is set to complete its merger with Morris Manning & Martin LLP on Dec. 31.