Why DeepSeek Is A Turning Point For Some Legal AI Vendors
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California Pulse
Sidley Brings On Dentons Consumer Safety Pros In Calif.Sidley Austin LLP continues expanding its West Coast team, announcing it is adding a pair of Dentons consumer products safety litigators as partners in its San Diego and Los Angeles offices.
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California Pulse
Kirkland Regains Top Spot in 2024 Performance RankingKirkland & Ellis LLP surged back to the top of legal market intelligence provider Leopard Solutions' annual Law Firm Index released on Tuesday with a perfect score for the year, while last year's leader Latham & Watkins LLP slipped to fourth place.
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California Pulse
Calif. Bar Touts Reduction In Racial Disparity In Atty DisciplineThe State Bar of California has reported what it calls "significant" shifts toward equity in attorney discipline in the five years since a watershed study showed a decades-long trend of disparity, including that Black male attorneys were more than three times as likely to be placed on probation or disbarred compared to their white counterparts.
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Modern Lawyer
Perkins Coie Adds 3 Greenberg Traurig M&A, PE Pros In TexasPerkins Coie LLP announced Tuesday that it had strengthened its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices with three Greenberg Traurig lawyers who have come aboard as partners in Dallas and Austin.
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DC Pulse
Former FCC Space Bureau Chief Joins DLA Piper In DCThe former head of the Federal Communications Commission's Space Bureau has joined DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., to help lead its practice focused on space exploration and innovation, the firm said Tuesday.
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Daily Litigation
King & Spalding Beats Bias Suit Over Summer ProgramKing & Spalding LLP won't have to face a discrimination suit filed by a straight white woman who says she was dissuaded from applying to a summer associate program open only to "diverse" applicants, a Maryland federal court has ruled, saying she has not sufficiently demonstrated a real intent to apply to the position and therefore lacks standing.
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Courts
Former Texas US Atty Joins Winston & Strawn In DallasWinston & Strawn LLP announced Tuesday that former Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Damien Diggs has joined the firm as a Dallas-based litigation partner, bringing unique experience to its government investigations, enforcement and compliance practice.
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Daily Litigation
K&L Gates Adds Kilpatrick Int'l Disputes Global Lead In DCK&L Gates LLP announced it has hired the former leader of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's global international disputes group, who is joining the firm's energy, infrastructure and resources practice to work with power and utilities clients.
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Modern Lawyer
BCLP Reports Double-Digit Growth In UK RevenueBryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP said Tuesday that its U.K. business grew by 12% in 2024, far outpacing the firm's overall global growth.
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Daily Litigation
Willkie Lands Trio Of Jenner & Block Litigators In NY, DCWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that it has added three litigation partners from Jenner & Block LLP, including former U.S. Ambassador Lee Wolosky, who will chair Willkie's new national security and cross-border litigation practice.
