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Demo To Rollout: How Law Firms Best Navigate New Tech
Law firms should carefully conduct a demo and pilot to successfully roll out new software to staff, experts tell Law360 Pulse. Failure to do so could result in glitches, defects, delayed launches and excessive costs.
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New Thompson Coburn Chair Aims For Multifaceted Growth
The former head of Thompson Coburn LLP's 200-attorney litigation department has become the firm's new chair.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw made big hires and Donald Trump's legal woes continued. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Meet Cahill Gordon's New Congressional Investigations Head
Edward O'Callaghan comes from a big Irish family and, for a time, thought about following in their footsteps to work as a police officer. But an internship early in law school set him on a different path, and culminated recently in a new role leading Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's congressional investigations practice and co-leading its office in Washington, D.C.
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Skadden Corporate Adviser Atty Rejoins Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has rehired an attorney who advises corporate executives on general securities and business law matters, bringing him back to the team in New York after several years with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.
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Orrick Gains Ex-BCLP Antitrust Pro As Partner In UK
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired a partner to its London antitrust unit from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as it looks to build out a "world-class" team in the City.
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Texas Trio Willfully Stole Lewis Brisbois Name, Judge Says
A Texas mediation service that named itself after BigLaw behemoth Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP and told the firm to "come and take it" has infringed Lewis Brisbois' trademark and must pay its attorney fees from the bitter suit, which racked up over 300 docket entries in under two years, a Texas federal judge has ruled.
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A&O Shearman Promotes 3 Attys As Latin America Co-Heads
Three Allen Overy Shearman Sterling partners have been elevated as co-heads of the firm's Latin America practice, the firm has announced.
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NY-Based Art Law Team Joins Loeb & Loeb From Withers
Loeb & Loeb LLP has boosted its private client group in New York with a four-attorney team from Withers LLP, including two partners, who focus their practices on art law.
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McGuireWoods Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
McGuireWoods LLP announced Thursday that it has appointed its former chief financial officer to serve as chief operating officer to help steer the global firm's strategic direction and operations.
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Law Firms Reimagine Recruitment Amid AI Talent War
Law firms are taking a nuanced approach to fill new artificial intelligence-centric roles, including "testing" experienced professionals as consultants and thinking about potentially having data scientists work remotely, a panel of experts said Thursday.
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Rising Star: K&L Gates' Elle Stuart
K&L Gates LLP's Elle Stuart has helped shape maritime legislation in the wake of the turbulent waters of COVID-19 disruptions and increasingly strong hurricane seasons, earning her a spot as one of the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Covington's Greg Halperin
Greg Halperin of Covington & Burling LLP helped McKesson Corp. win a key bellwether trial against distributors in sprawling opioid multidistrict litigation, and helped defend Boehringer Ingelheim from thousands of suits over the drug Pradaxa, earning him a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Cooley's Milson Yu
Milson Yu of Cooley LLP has shepherded grocery shopping app Instacart Inc. through an initial public offering in an otherwise sluggish market and advised an Australian life sciences company as it went public, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Blair Adams
Blair Adams of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has advised on numerous structured finance disputes focused on residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and has represented clients such as ACIS Capital Management LP and MBIA Inc., earning him a spot among the complex financial instruments practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Julia Fox
Julia Fox of Perkins Coie LLP beat back bid protests against her client KBR Inc.'s contract awards in an $82 billion U.S. Army procurement and juggled an ever-growing U.S. Coast Guard shipbuilding contract fight in a $3 billion bid protest against Austal USA, earning her a spot among the top government contracts attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Paul Hastings Adds M&A, Shareholder Activism Lawyer
Paul Hastings LLP announced Thursday that it has boosted the firm's mergers and acquisitions and shareholder activism platform with a longtime Goodwin Procter LLP partner.
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Holland & Knight Out, Polsinelli In For Tesla After Atty Moves
As Holland & Knight LLP steps out of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's lawsuit alleging Tesla allowed rampant racism to overtake a California factory, a California federal judge allowed Polsinelli PC to step in as the electric carmaker's counsel after three attorneys switched to the incoming firm.
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Zantac Judge Won't Step Aside Over Wife's Reed Smith Role
A Pennsylvania state judge overseeing the Zantac mass tort litigation against GlaxoSmithKline denied a motion to recuse himself Wednesday after expressing skepticism about the plaintiffs' contention that he could be unconsciously partial because his wife works for a firm defending the drugmaker in other jurisdictions.
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Rising Star: Latham's Brittany Ruiz
Brittany Ruiz represented the underwriters for Instacart's $660 million initial public offering — the largest IPO globally in 2023 — earning her a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Nelson Mullins Adds Chamberlain Hrdlicka Tax Pro In Houston
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP continues expanding its tax team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in another Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry tax expert, this one as a partner in its recently opened Houston office.
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Baker McKenzie Adds Tax Expert To Monterrey Office
Baker McKenzie has added a partner from Turanzas Bravo & Ambrosi to its Monterrey, Mexico, office who brings more than 15 years of experience practicing international trade law with a focus on taxation and customs-related litigation.
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Judge DQs Ex-Overstock CEO's Atty For Discovery Violations
A Washington, D.C., federal judge has granted Dominion Voting Systems' "extraordinary and rarely granted" disqualification bid over serious discovery violations by a lawyer defending Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne in a defamation lawsuit brought by the voting machine company.
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K&L Gates Hires 340B Health Counsel In DC
K&L Gates LLP's newest healthcare counsel, Amanda Smith, has never worked at a private practice law firm until now.
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Dentons Adds Former Software Provider GC In Toronto
Dentons Canada announced that the former general counsel at investor relations software company Q4 Inc. joined the firm's Toronto office as a partner in the corporate group.