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The American Lawyer
His return to Weil comes amid the firm’s campaign for “boomerang” laterals—those who started at Weil, left for another firm but returned to Weil.
The Am Law 50 firm added a longtime leader at the Federal Trade Commission and a pair of litigators from Loeb & Loeb in California.
While data centers have been a treasure trove for many Big Law firms, an uncertain future has some firms pausing their investment to support data center demand.
The new Analyzer is the product of an ongoing partnership with OpenAI and part of the firm's efforts to develop a number of different proprietary tools.
The growing American influence on U.K. law firms risks undermining their traditionally successful relationship-driven strategies in Asia's price-sensitive markets.
The firm's founders, who previously worked at Kirkland & Ellis, said its new private equity-backed management services organization will offer equity incentives to employees, helping recruit and retain lawyers and support personnel.
Debra Sinclair’s move highlights the ambition of Weil to aggressively recruit laterals.
Former nonequity partner Meagan Garland, who is Black, claimed the firm discriminated against her in compensation decisions and illegally classified nonequity partners as partners in tax filings to shift expenses and keep business costs low.
Penelope Jensen joined O'Melveny weeks after the firm's hiring of David Botter from Cleary.
A new Firm Prospects report found 46 lawyers left Am Law 200 firms for AI companies in the first half of 2026, suggesting legal engineer and product-development roles are emerging as a new alternative to the traditional move in-house.
