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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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    Better Days Ahead For Associates, Recruiters Say

    Things are looking up for associates, recruiters say, as a strong economic outlook for the legal industry appears to be driving increased demand for younger attorneys after two straight years of layoffs.

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    Duane Morris Atty Asks Court To Keep Proposed Class Alive

    A Duane Morris LLP attorney asked a California federal court to keep her proposed class action against the firm alive, alleging the BigLaw firm is mischaracterizing her claims that it underpaid and misclassified employees.

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    Eversheds US Chief-Elect Talks Firm Goals, DC Move Plans

    Eversheds Sutherland named Lino Mendiola III the chief executive-elect for the U.S. side of the firm on Monday. Here, Mendiola talks to Law360 about his goals, his plans to continue the firm’s culture of innovation and why he’s transferring from Austin, Texas, to Washington, D.C., with the promotion.

  • California Powerhouse: Robbins Geller

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP continues its fierce pursuit of justice for investors who've suffered losses from securities fraud, including securing a $350 million settlement in an investor action against Google parent Alphabet and reaching a $490 million shareholder deal with Apple, putting the firm among Law360's 2024 California Powerhouses.

  • Longtime Cooley Litigator Jumps To Jackson Lewis In Calif.

    Jackson Lewis PC has expanded its Orange County, California, office with a longtime employment litigator who spent more than two decades with Cooley LLP. 

  • Record Retrieval Co. Hit With Suit Over Data Breach

    Medical record retrieval company Compex Legal Services Inc. is facing a proposed class action in California federal court over an April data breach that exposed consumers' personal and health information.

  • California Powerhouse: Wilson Sonsini

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC over the last year stayed true to its roots of representing innovative companies in a wide range of matters, like scoring Google a win over an Anti-Terrorism Act suit at the U.S. Supreme Court and advising HashiCorp Inc. in its $6.4 billion acquisition by IBM, earning it a place for the third time among Law360's Regional Powerhouses.

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    Eversheds Elects New Co-Chiefs To Start In 2025

    Eversheds Sutherland announced Monday it has elected a pair of new chief executives whose roles will start in 2025, with one overseeing the U.S. arm of the firm and the other overseeing the international offices.

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    Why Ballard Spahr Leaned On An AI Startup For Litigation

    While initially hesitant about using generative artificial intelligence because of confidentiality concerns, Ballard Spahr LLP eventually adopted an AI tool from a startup that cut down on time spent in litigation.

  • Kennedys Adds 2 Knowledge Management Pros In London

    Kennedys said on Monday it has boosted its back-office technology and knowledge management teams with the hire of two experienced experts in legal procedures and practices and IT.

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    The 2024 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2024 Regional Powerhouses reflected the local peculiarities of their states while often representing clients in deals and cases that captured national attention.

  • 23andMe Inks $30M Data Breach Deal With 6.4M Users In MDL

    Personal genomics company 23andMe has reached a $30 million settlement to resolve multidistrict class action litigation on behalf of more than 6 million customers whose personal data was stolen and in some cases leaked onto the dark web, according to a California federal court filing Thursday.

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    Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks

    After months of a relatively steady pace of law firm mergers and acquisitions, the trio of proposed BigLaw tie-ups announced in recent days will likely spur more firms toward entertaining similar deal talks, experts say. Here, Law360 offers a snapshot of the proposed deals.

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    K&L Gates, AltaClaro Partner On Gen AI Supervisory Course

    Legal training provider AltaClaro released a generative artificial intelligence supervisory course for law firm partners that it developed with law firm K&L Gates LLP.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP attorneys and Texas litigator Richard L. Stanley lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the Federal Circuit on Monday revived a patent infringement case for their client Contour IP Holding LLC against GoPro Inc.

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    Former Y Combinator GC Joins Freshfields In Silicon Valley

    The former general counsel for a well-known startup accelerator that has backed companies including Airbnb, Coinbase, DoorDash and Instacart has jumped to Freshfields and its Silicon Valley office, the law firm announced on Friday.

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    Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    Another BigLaw firm merger and a report about rising litigation spending rocked the second week of September. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.

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    Ex-ABL Space Counsel Jumps To Barnes & Thornburg

    A former Barnes & Thornburg associate is returning to the firm after an in-house stint with space launch service provider ABL Space Systems, but this time as a partner.

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    Pillsbury Hires King & Spalding Atty To Lead Appellate Team

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on Wednesday named a new leader for its U.S. appellate practice, tapping a veteran litigator and former prosecutor who joined the firm's Silicon Valley office from King & Spalding LLP.

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    Fried Frank Information Chief Moves To Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP said Thursday that a former chief information officer from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has joined the firm in the same role.

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    Feds Eye Nixing Girardi's Ill. Case After Calif. Theft Conviction

    The federal government might drop its criminal charges in Illinois against disbarred attorney Tom Girardi following his recent conviction in California on similar charges of stealing millions from clients, a prosecutor indicated Thursday during a status hearing in the Prairie State matter.

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    Buchanan Ingersoll Looks Inward For New COO

    Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC didn't have to look far for its new chief operating officer.

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    Faegre Drinker Adds White Collar Trio From Greenberg Traurig

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is building out its white collar team with former veteran prosecutors, announcing Wednesday it had added two partners and an associate from Greenberg Traurig LLP who will bolster its San Francisco and Philadelphia offices

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    Accuracy, Security Top Firms' Concerns As AI Use Rises

    Most law firms are using artificial intelligence tools for routine tasks over the coming year or plan to use them, but lawyers are concerned about the accuracy and security of the technology, an industry survey revealed on Thursday.

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