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    Baker McKenzie Names IT Vet As Chief Information Officer

    The chief digital and technology officer at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP has joined Baker McKenzie as its new chief information officer, the firm announced Monday.

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    Knobbe Martens Names Diversity Committee, NY Leaders

    Intellectual property firm Knobbe Martens announced that it has appointed a new diversity committee leader and managing partner at its New York office.

  • Dominion Again Pushes DQ Bid For Ex-Overstock CEO Atty

    Attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems are again urging a D.C. federal judge to disqualify a Michigan attorney from representing former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne in a defamation lawsuit, saying she and her client "lack any respect for the rule of law" and pose risks to Dominion employees.

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    Approach The Bench: Judge Dillard Boosts Ga. Court Access

    From cameras in the courtroom to explanatory law review articles to posts on social media, Judge Stephen Dillard uses every tool at his disposal to improve transparency at the Georgia Court of Appeals.

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    Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q2

    A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the second quarter of this year.

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    Quinn Emanuel Must Prove Authority In $486M Award Fight

    A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that a lower court should have determined whether Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP had authority to represent Doraleh Container Terminal SA before deciding whether to enforce a $486 million arbitral award issued against Djibouti.

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    Spencer Fane Says New Structure Intended To Bolster Culture

    Spencer Fane LLP's chair and managing partner has told Law360 Pulse that the firm's newly unveiled organizational structure is intended to foster a culture that gives attorneys more decision-making opportunities and control over their career paths.

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    Firms' Recruiting Specs Hinder BigLaw Litigator Hiring

    Large law firms are hungry for top litigation partners who can bring strong client relationships and big books of business along with them, according to legal recruiters. But many are finding that a tall order in today's legal industry, where everyone is looking for the same thing and portability as a litigator can be a challenge.

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    Senate Confirms Second Tax Court Judge In A Week

    The U.S. Senate confirmed its second U.S. Tax Court judge in a week on Monday, voting to approve the nomination of a special trial judge to fill a vacancy on the court.

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    Davis Polk Adds Ex-Simpson Thacher Funds Partner In DC

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Monday that a former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP funds attorney joined the firm's investment management practice as a partner in Washington, D.C.

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    Seward & Kissel Continues Its Fully Remote Augusts

    Seward & Kissel LLP, which has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., said in an email to Law360 Pulse on Friday that it would be continuing its policy to move to fully remote during the month of August, along with retaining the hybrid work model it's had in place since 2022.

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    ABA's 1st Generative AI Opinion Points Attys To Ethical Duties

    The American Bar Association ethics committee published on Monday its first formal opinion on attorney use of generative artificial intelligence tools, saying lawyers should consider their ethical obligations, including those related to model rules on competency, confidentiality and fees.

  • Nixon Peabody Hires Morgan Lewis IP Atty

    Nixon Peabody LLP has hired a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP associate whose practice focuses on the gamut of intellectual property matters, like representing clients on patent, trademark, and trade secret disputes, the firm announced Monday.

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    Foley Hoag Elevates IP Pro To Co-Managing Partner

    Foley Hoag LLP has hired a longtime Boston-based senior partner in the intellectual property department as co-managing partner, the firm said Monday.

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    Why Public Confidence In US Courts Is 'Withering'

    Public trust in the federal judiciary, and the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, has fallen in recent years, with fewer than half of Americans now expressing confidence in the federal courts, according to a study released Monday.

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    Biden Support Adds Heat To Calls For Supreme Court Reform

    President Joe Biden endorsed significant U.S. Supreme Court reform on Monday, calling on Congress to pass legislation that would impose term limits and an enforceable code of conduct on the justices and to adopt a constitutional amendment that would reverse the court's decision granting former presidents broad immunity for crimes committed in office.

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    3 Things To Know About Dentons' Incoming Global CEO

    Dentons announced last week that it is bringing on Kate Barton, a former EY executive, as its new global CEO to replace Elliott Portnoy, who has held the position since 2013.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Boyden Gray PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Fifth Circuit struck down as unconstitutional the Federal Communications Commission's system for subsidizing telecommunications service for rural and low-income users.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Benesch's work on a private equity acquisition of a bankruptcy advisory firm and Hausfeld's handling of a proposed class action in a data breach affecting over seven million people lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 12 to 26.

  • Beltway Moves: Fox News, Hogan Lovells, Arnold & Porter

    Fox News Media picked a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner as its next top lawyer, and Hogan Lovells brought on a former chief deputy attorney general for the District of Columbia, in two of the latest noteworthy legal hires in the nation's capital.

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    How Being A Female Litigator May Aid Harris' Presidential Bid

    Female litigators regularly confront implicit biases and double standards when it comes to "their appearance, voice, attire, demeanor and their advocacy," according to the author of an American Bar Foundation research report on first chair trial lawyers.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    A shakeup in the presidential race kicked off another busy week for the legal industry as two BigLaw firms named leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    How Barrett Became The High Court's Justice To Watch

    Justice Amy Coney Barrett has revealed a unique trifecta of caution toward overly broad opinions, devotion to the factual record and concern for the practical effects of court rulings that separates her from the other right-leaning justices and contains the potential to broker more moderate rulings in future terms.

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    How Honigman Tested Harvey's AI Tool Without Use Cases

    While Honigman LLP has a history of wielding artificial intelligence tools from third-party vendors, its new partnership with the generative AI upstart Harvey was unique because the vendor reached out first to the firm, and the use cases — situations for using the software — were not identified until later.

  • Justice Kagan Floats Committee To Enforce High Court Ethics

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday that the high court "should" and "could" create a mechanism like a committee of lower-court judges to enforce a code of conduct, while acknowledging the "complications" in deciding who should be the enforcers.

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