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GC Went From Fleeing Violence To Helping Global Economies
In her final days as general counsel at the International Monetary Fund, Rhoda Weeks-Brown looked back on her 33-year legal career, speaking to Law360 Pulse about the three major financial crises she has confronted, how she sees geopolitical fragmentation as a key economic threat, and what she plans to do with her future.
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DC Ethics Hearing Starts For 3 Attys Over 2020 Election Suits
Three attorneys "essentially weaponized their law licenses" to subvert the will of voters and undermine public confidence in elections when they worked on lawsuits challenging the results of the 2020 presidential contest, a lawyer with the D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel told an ethics committee in the nation's capital on Monday.
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Covington Adds Longtime DOJ Atty With High Court Chops
Sarah Harrington has dedicated almost her entire legal career to public service. But on Dec. 1, following 3½ years overseeing the U.S. Department of Justice's appellate staff in the Civil Division as deputy assistant attorney general, she'll return to private practice as the new co-leader of the appellate and Supreme Court practice at Covington & Burling LLP, the firm said Monday.
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McDermott Adds Its First Director Of AI Innovation
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has continued its investment in technology and innovation by creating a new role focused on artificial intelligence, the firm said Monday.
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Saul Ewing Litigator Joins Locke Lord In DC
An experienced litigator who spent her entire career at Saul Ewing LLP has joined Locke Lord LLP as part of the next chapter of her legal career.
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Akin Launches New AI Director Role With Bryan Cave Pro
Akin is redoubling its commitment to emerging technology and artificial intelligence with a new director of practice technology and AI innovation at its London office who most recently was at Bryan Cave and previously spent more than seven years with Akin.
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Davis Wright Makes Litigation Co-Chair New Firmwide Leader
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partners have voted to select litigation cochair Jaime Drozd as its next firmwide managing partner, filling a role left empty after its former managing partner resigned in March, according to a Monday announcement.
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Giuliani Keeps Condo If He's In Fla. 'State Of Mind,' Judge Told
Rudy Giuliani's lawyer told a New York federal judge Friday that whether the ex-New York City mayor's Florida condo can be taken to help satisfy a $148 million defamation trial bill hinges not on whether he spends any time in Florida but on his residency "state of mind."
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Brownstein Hyatt Adds Ex-State Department Leader In DC
A former official at the U.S. Department of State with nearly 20 years of experiencing working in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives has joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP's government relations department as a policy director, the firm announced.
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Supreme Court Keeps RFK Jr. Off New York Ballot
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s request to have his name printed on New York state's presidential ballot Friday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kicking off this week's legal lions list are four law firms that secured a summary judgment win Tuesday for DoorDash Inc. and other food app delivery companies in their federal lawsuit challenging a New York City law requiring delivery services to provide restaurants with certain customer info.
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Ex-White House Counsel On His Return To Private Practice
Former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs general counsel and White House special counsel Richard Sauber spoke with Law360 Pulse about his recent return to private practice at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, as well as his time helping President Joe Biden navigate a congressional impeachment inquiry and a special counsel investigation.
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Indiana Gov.'s Ex-Deputy Chief Of Staff Joins Taft Stettinius
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has hired the longtime deputy chief of staff for Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to join the firm as a partner in its public affairs strategy group, the firm recently announced.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as law firms promoted partners and federal prosecutors charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with bribery and fraud. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Revived Freshfields Eyes US Growth As Rivals Target UK
Freshfields is taking big swings in the American market and at home with a rebrand and a willingness to plunge headfirst into salary battles for the best lawyers. And London managing partner Mark Sansom told Law360 that he's not about to slow down.
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Legal Pros Grapple With Best Use Of AI As Clients Divide
BigLaw attorneys and in-house counsel speaking at the annual Berkeley Law AI Institute on Thursday talked about how they've recently grappled with using the tools known as artificial intelligence in representing clients, saying some clients have either demanded or prohibited attorneys from using the tools, and others have taken seemingly contradictory positions.
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Keller Postman Defends Hitting Tubi With 23K Arbitration Claims
Keller Postman LLC on Wednesday defended filing arbitration demands against Tubi Inc. without waiting 45 days after providing notice of claims, and urged a D.C. federal judge to toss the TV content platform's lawsuit, arguing that arbitration is the only route its clients have to dispute the enforceability of the contractual delay.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
The start of autumn brings changing leaves and growing law firms as offices big and small increase their footprints through the country. BigLaw firms, midsize shops and boutiques across the country all found room to grow in September.
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Paul Hastings Finance Director Jumps To CFO Role At Akin
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has found a new top finance leader in the former head of finance at Paul Hastings LLP.
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Healthcare Atty Rejoins Polsinelli After Foley Hoag Stint
Polsinelli PC announced on Wednesday that a doctor and former healthcare policy attorney who spent 11 years during a previous stint with the firm has returned to its Washington, D.C., office as a public policy shareholder.
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GMU Law School Set To Lose Nearly $40M By 2025
George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School will have incurred more than $38 million in losses over five years by the end of its 2025 fiscal year, according to budget projections shared with the wider university's board of visitors at a meeting Thursday.
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Jenner & Block Names DC Partner As Co-Managing Partner
Jenner & Block LLP announced Thursday that it has appointed Washington, D.C., partner Ishan Bhabha as the firm's next co-managing partner, succeeding New York partner Katya Jestin as she steps down from the position at the beginning of next year.
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New JAMS CEO Brings '360-Degree' View Of ADR Giant
After filling numerous duties in her 25 years with JAMS, Kimberly Taylor is ready to use her self-described "360-degree view" of the alternative dispute resolution service as she looks toward the organization's future as its new leader.
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Firms Say Moving Has More Positive Impact Than Renovating
Roughly 90% of law firms that recently relocated or renovated say the updated digs have been for the better regarding culture and "office energy," and such positive change has been most widely felt among firms that moved, according to a recent report from real estate brokerage firm Savills.
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Boies Schiller Hires Partners From MoFo, Holland & Knight
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has added two partners in New York City and Washington, D.C., including a familiar face who rejoins the firm as co-leader of the investigations and white collar team, the firm said Thursday.