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McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Prosecutor, Former Fintech GC In SF
McGuireWoods LLP continues to bolster its West Coast presence, announcing Tuesday that it has added a former federal prosecutor and the former general counsel for a fintech company as partners at its San Francisco office.
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Holland & Knight Grows In DC With Ex-IDB Invest Counsel
A former lead counsel with development bank IDB Invest has joined Holland & Knight LLP in Washington, D.C., boosting the firm's financial services team and its Latin American practice.
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Nelson Mullins Adds Baker Donelson Health Pro In Houston
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has continued expanding a Houston shop that opened months ago by bringing on a healthcare attorney from Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC whose wide-ranging practice has included representing hospitals and other providers on cybersecurity and related issues.
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Troutman Pepper Adds Duane Morris Private Equity Co-Leader
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired Duane Morris LLP's former global private equity co-head to lead the firm's New York efforts in the practice area.
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The Medical-Style Legal Education Model On The Rise In Calif.
A medical-school style model of legal education is expanding to a second California law school, giving law students the option of a year of hands-on training experience and a head start for post-graduation employment while providing much-needed support for nonprofits and government agencies.
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Lewis Brisbois Lands 9 Litigators From Pillinger Miller
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added more litigation muscle with a nine-attorney pickup from Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, expanding the larger firm's head count in locations including New Jersey and New York.
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Quinn Emanuel Expands London Footprint
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP said Tuesday it has signed lease extensions and is expanding its base in London as it commits to getting its staff to work in the office.
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Kennedys Opens New Offices In LA, Seattle Amid US Growth
Kennedys Law LLP said Tuesday it has opened new offices in Los Angeles and Seattle as the firm looks to build on its accelerating U.S. growth.
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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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Cooley Hires Team For Emerging Companies And VC Practice
Cooley LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited the head of Taylor Wessing LLP's emerging companies and venture capital practice, one of three partner hires as it seeks to boost its transactional ability in London, part of a broader plan for growth in the English capital.
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Clifford Chance Adds Latham Capital Markets Atty In Houston
Clifford Chance LLP is expanding its capital markets team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Latham & Watkins LLP energy and infrastructure expert as a partner in its Houston office.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds 5-Atty Withers Team In San Diego
Greenberg Traurig LLP bolstered its new San Diego office this week with the addition of a five-attorney team to the firm's private wealth services practice from Withers LLP.
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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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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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Milwaukee Brewers Scores Foley & Lardner Partner As New GC
A longtime partner and chair of the antitrust and competition practice at Foley & Lardner LLP is now the general counsel at the Major League Baseball Milwaukee Brewers, the lawyer said in a recent LinkedIn post.
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Orrick Trial Pro Jumps To King & Spalding In Miami
A former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner and trial attorney has made his new home in King & Spalding LLP's product liability and mass torts practice group in Miami, the firm announced Monday.
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Fried Frank Finance Leader Joins Skadden In New York
The head of the global finance practice at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, an attorney with a history of working on multibillion-dollar transactions, is joining Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Skadden announced Monday.
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Ex-Google Attorney Joins Freshfields' DC Office
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP announced Monday that it has hired for its antitrust practice a new partner who worked as an in-house attorney at Google for 15 years.
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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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New York City Bar Launches Presidential AI Task Force
The New York City Bar Association has launched a presidential task force on artificial intelligence and digital technologies with nine subcommittees focused on different areas of AI including access to justice, healthcare and national security, the organization said Monday.
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Paul Hastings Lands King & Spalding M&A Atty In New York
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it has hired a public mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance lawyer from King & Spalding LLP as a partner in New York to strengthen its global M&A platform.
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11th Circ. Judge Continues Drum Beat For Bench Use Of AI
An Eleventh Circuit judge who has explored how courts might use artificial intelligence to interpret terms in legal disputes revisited this idea in a recent concurring opinion in a criminal appeal, though he acknowledged the notion is "fairly provocative."
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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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WilmerHale, Hanotiau Duo Launch New Arbitration Boutique
Two international arbitrators from WilmerHale and Hanotiau & van den Berg have left their previous firms after near-20-year stints to set up their own boutique practice.