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  • California Powerhouse: Hueston Hennigan

    Even though commercial litigation boutique Hueston Hennigan LLP is both the youngest and the smallest of the firms making Law360's 2024 California Powerhouses list, it has already developed a reputation as a go-to firm when cases are going to trial.

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    Ex-Federal Prosecutor, Magistrate Judge Joins JAMS In LA

    The alternative dispute resolution service JAMS has expanded its mediation team, announcing this week it has added a former federal prosecutor turned federal magistrate judge as a mediator.

  • Calif. Panel Rejects Malpractice Claim In Ambulance Crash Suit

    A California appeals panel won't revive a woman's legal malpractice suit against her former attorney stemming from an ambulance crash suit that was filed too late, finding she also filed the malpractice suit outside the one-year statute of limitations.

  • California Powerhouse: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's California team won major corporate trials and ushered multibillion dollar transactions across the finish line over the past year, including advising on World Wrestling Entertainment's merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship, as well as helping Samsung fight off patent infringement claims and Gilead Sciences Inc. beat back claims it stifled competition for HIV medications.

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    LegalZoom Tech Chief To Resign In Latest Executive Exit

    In the latest executive departure from struggling legal technology company LegalZoom Inc., the chief technology and chief product officer, Shrisha Radhakrishna, will be resigning from the legal technology company effective in November, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

  • Benesch Adds Chief Information Officer From Ice Miller

    Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has found its chief information officer in a veteran technology executive who most recently worked at Ice Miller LLP.

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    Ideaya Biosciences Names Pharma, Biotech Vet As GC

    Ideaya Biosciences Inc., a company that researches and develops cancer drugs, said that it has brought on a seasoned general counsel and veteran healthcare attorney — whose resume includes stints at GSK and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — to lead its law department.

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    Law Firm Bottom Lines Likely To Benefit From Fed Rate Cuts

    Average U.S. law firm revenue rose at a historic clip during the first half of 2024, but law firm financial experts are predicting a further influx of business for midsize and large firms primarily as a result of increased transactional activity following Wednesday's interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

  • House Seeks To Increase Judgeships After Senate OKs Bill

    The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts has introduced new judicial staffing legislation, a month after the Senate passed its own version of a bipartisan bill that seeks to create 66 new and temporary judgeships over the next decade in an effort to ease pressure on the overburdened federal judiciary.

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    Venable Co-Managing Partner Dies After Lengthy Illness

    Venable LLP announced Wednesday that the firm's co-managing partner Larry Gesner died this week following an illness that lasted several years.

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    Pillsbury Brings Back Ex-Covington Insurance Pro In LA

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has welcomed back in Los Angeles a former Covington & Burling LLP of counsel who has guided commercial policyholders on insurance coverage matters for over two decades and has recovered $1 billion from insurers for his clients.

  • California Powerhouse: Morrison Foerster

    Morrison Foerster LLP's roots run deep in California, and it continued to cultivate a reputation as an innovative client advocate this past year as it helped OpenAI defend against authors' copyright infringement claims and advised Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz in defending its $90 million legal bill to X Corp.

  • Calif. Atty Can't Escape Billing Scandal's Hacking Claim

    A San Fernando Valley attorney will have to face his ethics case that alleges he tried to hire "Israeli military hackers" to access personal accounts of a judge overseeing a public utility class action, after the California State Bar court rejected his motion to dismiss.

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    Senate Confirms Calif. Judge To Federal Bench

    The Senate voted 49-44 on Wednesday to confirm Judge Michelle Williams Court to the Central District of California.

  • Gibson Dunn Loses Fee Fight With Ex-Partner

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP must pay an additional $141,000 in legal fees to ex-partner and hotshot appellate attorney Mark A. Perry, on top of the roughly $585,000 the firm owes him after losing a legal battle over his departure to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.

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    Spencer Fane Names Chief Talent And Diversity Officer

    A few months after announcing a new organizational structure, Spencer Fane LLP announced that a veteran human resources executive with 25 years of experience was hired as the firm's first chief talent and diversity officer.

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    7 of 8 Directors Resign From 23AndMe in Clash With CEO

    In a clash with the CEO of financially troubled 23AndMe Holding Co., seven independent directors abruptly resigned from the company Tuesday, saying they differed with the CEO's strategic direction in seeking to take the company private, according to a securities filing.

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    Michelman & Robinson Picks Longtime Atty To Lead LA Office

    Michelman & Robinson LLP has promoted a longtime employment attorney to be the office managing partner of its Los Angeles office, the firm said Wednesday.

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    Mitchell Silberberg To Help Cos. Facing DEI Challenges

    Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has announced the launch of a diversity, equity and inclusion advisory group, calling it a response to the uncertainty stemming from mounting challenges to corporate DEI programs.

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    GCs Expect Bigger Budgets And Deeper Focus On AI In 2025

    Fifty-five percent of general counsel saw a budget increase in 2024 for their legal departments, and that number is expected to rise even higher next year, according to a new report from alternative legal service provider Axiom.

  • Pa. Judge Confirmed As GOP Leader Bemoans Dems' Tactics

    The Senate voted 52-41 Tuesday to confirm Mary Kathleen Costello as U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, but first the chamber's top Republican took time to blast judiciary policymakers for backing what he said were Democratic initiatives regarding the federal bench.

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    Pryor Cashman Taps NY Litigator As Next Managing Partner

    A New York-based litigator will be the new managing partner of Pryor Cashman LLP starting next year, capping off a nearly 30-year journey at the firm that he began as an associate.

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    Sidley M&A Leader To Head Firm's Exec Committee

    Sidley Austin LLP announced Tuesday that a co-head of the firm's M&A and private equity practice will be the next chair of its executive committee, tapping an attorney who has been with the firm for more than three decades to fill the leadership post. 

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    GC Base Salaries At Big Companies On The Rise

    General counsel base salaries at companies making $5 billion or more in revenue has increased from last year, while their total compensation has decreased, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Empsight International LLC.

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    Google Taps In-House Atty For Head Of General Litigation

    Google has promoted a longtime in-house attorney to be its head of general litigation, tapping a 13-year veteran of the tech giant who originally studied architectural engineering before going to law school. 

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