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Legal Pros Adopting Gen AI Faster Than Past Tech
U.S. legal professionals may be adopting generative artificial intelligence tools far faster than they started using cloud-based tools, according to results released Tuesday from a survey on technology trends in litigation and investigation that e-discovery software provider Everlaw conducted with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists.
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Womble Bond Dickinson To Merge With Lewis Roca
Womble Bond Dickinson said Tuesday that its U.S. business is merging with regional law firm Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP at the start of the new year, the third law firm merger to be announced in the last week.
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Most Young Lawyers Say Debt Alters Their Career Plans
A recent student debt study by the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division has found that student debt affects young attorneys in many ways — including changing their career plans.
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Del. Superior Court's Longest-Serving Judge To Retire In 2025
Delaware's Superior Court announced Monday that its president judge, who is the longest-serving jurist on the court's bench, will be retiring on Feb. 28.
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DLA Piper's Boston Leader To Co-Lead US Real Estate Team
A longtime DLA Piper attorney focused on real estate investment and development is stepping up to co-lead the firm's U.S. real estate practice, according to an announcement Monday.
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Ballard Spahr, Lane Powell Strike Deal To Combine
Philadelphia-founded Ballard Spahr LLP and Seattle-based Lane Powell PC announced on Monday their plans to merge and form a combined firm with more than 750 lawyers under the Ballard Spahr name.
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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Deal Signals Combos To Come
The upcoming merger of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP, set for January 2025 and expected to create a firm with over 1,600 attorneys across 33 offices, is indicative of a broader, accelerating trend of consolidation in the legal industry, according to consultants and experts.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP and Selendy Gay PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Delaware vice chancellor ruled that Johnson & Johnson owes over $1 billion to a medical robotics developer and entrepreneur over a post-acquisition dispute.
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Legal Job Market Continued Downward Trend In August
The legal industry lost 2,300 jobs in August, the fourth month in a row of declines, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The Road Map For Restoring Public Trust In State Courts
At a time when misconduct accusations continue to hover over the U.S. Supreme Court, state court leaders have put forth a strategy to boost trust in local judicial officials that largely calls for them to take on more public-facing roles.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off September with another action-packed week as law firms shifted offices and made new hires. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Announce Megamerger
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP will merge in January 2025 to create a combined firm with more than 1,600 attorneys across 33 offices in the United States and two in Europe, the law firms announced Thursday.
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Class Attys Vie To Lead Drug Co. Insider Trading Suit In Del.
A courtroom face-off over lead stockholder counsel duties in a Delaware Chancery Court case accusing a biopharmaceutical company's directors of insider trading and fiduciary duty breaches got edgy Thursday, after one of the plaintiff-side legal teams contended that the other's case was irreparably hobbled by conflicts of interest.
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Culhane Meadows Rebrands With An Eye Toward Expansion
Culhane Meadows Haughian & Walsh PLLC unveiled a new name and branding this week, beginning its second decade as CM Law PLLC with an eye toward expansion.
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Buchanan Ingersoll COO Jumps To Faegre Drinker
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired a chief operating officer who previously held that role at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, the firm said Thursday.
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Scott + Scott Adds Consumer Litigation Partner In Del.
Scott + Scott Attorneys at Law LLP has added an attorney to its consumer litigation practice who previously worked a four-year stint at Grant & Eisenhofer PA and also spent more than 16 years at Seeger Weiss LLP.
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Flaster Greenberg Reelects Firm Co-Leaders To Second Term
East Coast law firm Flaster Greenberg PC's board of directors has unanimously reelected its co-managing shareholders to a second four-year term.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In August? Netflix, Apple And More
Netflix Inc. chief legal officer David Hyman added to his income by selling more than $29 million worth of company stock in August, while Apple Inc. general counsel Katherine Adams sold over $20 million worth.
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Can K&L Gates Quadruple Its Revenue Again?
In the last two decades, K&L Gates LLP has quadrupled its annual gross revenue. Global strategic growth partner Craig Budner discusses growth strategy, as well as industry factors at play as the firm and its peers look to the future.
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Overheard At ILTACON: Law Firms Face AI Growing Pains
Law firms exploring artificial intelligence tools face growing hurdles in implementing those technologies effectively while dealing with pushback from clients, based on what I overheard at a recent legal technology conference.
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$15M Class Atty Fee Sought In Microsoft-Activision Suit
Attorneys for Sweden's state pension fund manager have proposed a $15 million attorney fee for their investigation and intervention in a suit seeking Delaware Court of Chancery fixes for defects in some terms of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s $68.7 billion acquisition by Microsoft Corp. last year.
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Lewis Brisbois Brings On COO From McGuireWoods
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a chief operating officer who previously filled the same role at McGuireWoods LLP.
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Founder Of Gibson Dunn Privacy Practice Joins McDermott
McDermott Will & Emery on Tuesday announced the firm added litigator Alexander Southwell, a former federal prosecutor who founded and co-led the privacy, cybersecurity and data innovation practice at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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How To Make Partner Working Remotely
Attorneys who work at home or outside law firm offices can position themselves for partnership by becoming indispensable to their colleagues, as well as leveraging new technology and flexible schedules to better serve clients.
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The Women Working To Lift Barriers For Military Spouse Attys
The American Bar Association's policymaking body earlier in August passed a resolution urging all state supreme courts and bar associations to accommodate the unique needs of military spouse attorneys who must move frequently to support the nation's defense. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to members of the group that helped push the issue to the forefront.