Emma Cueto

McDermott Will & Schulte's confirmation that it is considering taking investment from private equity is part of a wider wave of law firms of all sizes actively exploring the novel maneuver amid mixed opinion as to whether it makes sense for BigLaw.

Potter Anderson's representation of Pfizer in a suit against Novo Nordisk and Burr & Forman's work on a $500 million joint partnership lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 31 to Nov. 14

The Connecticut-based Shipman & Goodwin LLP has absorbed the bulk of the attorneys from local Boston firm Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers PC, creating its first Massachusetts office, with the co-heads of the new office saying that the move follows a year of discussion and that the two firms were a strong cultural fit.

Personal injury juggernaut Morgan & Morgan PA has hired a new chief marketing officer who comes aboard from Geico to oversee Morgan & Morgan's national advertising efforts, with ambitions to help the firm shake up legal advertising and reach consumers with a message that resonates at a time when institutional trust is low.

The proposed tie-up of Midwest-based Frost Brown Todd LLP and Northeast middle-market peer Gibbons PC is being praised as a smart combination in an increasingly competitive middle market where consolidation pressures are driving an increase in merger activity.

As law firms become the latest sector to attract interest from private equity investors, the legal world may be more resistant to some of the effects of private equity money seen in areas like healthcare, but differences between the industries means the impact on the legal market remains unclear.

Plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP strenuously denied claims that it should be sanctioned for filing since-dropped product liability cases, responding to a judge's show cause order by saying it spent hundreds of hours researching the legal theories it pursued before filing the cases and devoted substantial time and resources to them.

Midsize Boston firm Rubin and Rudman LLP, which has rebranded as Rubin Rudman, is pursuing a growth strategy focused on doubling down on its existing strengths in areas such as trusts and estates, an approach that industry observers say is a good fit for the Boston market.

Midsize Boston firm Rubin and Rudman LLP, which has rebranded as Rubin Rudman, is pursuing a growth strategy focused on doubling down on its existing strengths in areas such as trusts and estates, an approach that industry observers say is a good fit for the Boston market.

Midsize Boston firm Rubin and Rudman LLP, which has rebranded as Rubin Rudman, is pursuing a growth strategy focused on doubling down on its existing strengths in areas such as trusts and estates, an approach that industry observers say is a good fit for the Boston market.