IP-focused Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner recovered from some of its revenue losses two years ago, posting a 6% jump in gross revenue to $337.2 million in 2023 while the firm saw even faster growth in profitability. Profits per equity partner increased by 7.5% to $1.3 million, despite a slight 1.7% increase in…

After serving on the federal bench for nearly two decades, retired U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman of the District of New Jersey has been named as chair of Gibbons’ alternative dispute resolution practice. Gibbons announced Hillman’s return to private practice March 1. In addition to leading the firm’s ADR practice, Hillman will…

A cross-office team at Latham & Watkins has clinched a victory for Colombia at the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes over mining in an environmentally sensitive region. Red Eagle Exploration Limited, a Canadian mining company represented by White & Case, had sought $130 million via a…

If you were going to create the law firm of the future, what would it look like? Would you hire a group of associates out of law school? Perhaps you could partner with a couple of senior attorneys and create the classic three-named firm. However, chances are that in 10…

Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. This week: A Florida judge declared a mistrial on Tuesday in the first ovarian cancer trial over Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder since its failed bankruptcies. Juries in Arkansas and Pennsylvania sided with…

Generative artificial intelligence-powered contract drafting and negotiation technology provider Henchman announced its integration with Microsoft’s generative AI chatbot assistant, Microsoft Copilot, on Wednesday. The plugin is available via early access for early adopters of Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Teams. As Microsoft continues to roll out Copilot across its suite of products,…