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Buchalter, Parker Milliken Get Stay In $19M Theft Suit
A California judge on Friday granted a stay to Buchalter PC and Parker Milliken Clark O'Hara & Samuelian APC while the law firms appeal a decision denying their bid to arbitrate a lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to help their client bilk nearly $20 million from some trusts in a Ponzi scheme.
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White House Fires 2 Calif. US Attorneys Picked By Biden
President Donald Trump directed the White House to fire the two remaining Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys in California on Wednesday in his latest push to purge the U.S. Department of Justice of officials appointed under the Biden administration.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Delaware federal judge ruled that tech startup ROSS Intelligence infringed copyrighted material from Thomson Reuters' Westlaw platform to create a competing legal research tool powered by artificial intelligence.
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Meet The Dropout Turned Atty Defending Judge In Murder Trial
As a California state judge prepares to go on trial Tuesday on charges of murdering his wife, in his corner will be attorney Cameron Talley, a onetime high school dropout and former boxer who uses his ADHD to his advantage in the courtroom.
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Concentrix GC Gets 10% Pay Bump To Move Closer To Median
Business technology company Concentrix Corp. boosted its general counsel's pay by 10% in 2024, in what it described as a bid to address the "significant difference" between her salary and the median compensation among the company's peers, according to recent documents lodged with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
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Sumo Logic Atty Rejoins Wilson Sonsini As GC In Residence
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has launched a general counsel in residence program with the addition of the former legal leader for Sumo Logic Inc. and Informatica Inc.
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Berry Producer Driscoll's First-Ever GC To Retire This Year
Driscoll's first general counsel and human resources leader is set to retire from the berry producer after a decade with the company.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their practices and President Donald Trump flexed his executive power with new appointments and policies. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Womble Bond Adds BakerHostetler Business Partner In Irvine
Womble Bond Dickinson has hired a former BakerHostetler partner, who joined the firm's business litigation practice group as a partner in Irvine, California.
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Love And Law: How 2 Busy Lawyers Keep The Spark Alive
Nurturing a romantic relationship over many years can be challenging for anyone, let alone someone who has intense demands related to their careers the way many successful attorneys do. Here, two successful partners share some quick tips on how they each juggle their decades-long marriages alongside busy practices.
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Thompson Hine Partner Wants To Help You Find True Love
Heidi B. Friedman, co-chair of Thompson Hine LLP’s environmental, social and governance collaborative, has a side gig playing Cupid. She talked to Law360 Pulse about her new book, "Love Lessons: 104 Dates and the Stories that Led Me to True Love."
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NY Leads Lateral Associate Pay Growth, Up $100K In 5 Years
Competition for lateral associates in top U.S. legal markets, including New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., has soared over the past five years, as law firms compete fiercely for top talent, according to a recent report from global legal recruitment firm Major Lindsey & Africa.
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SoCal Judge Admonished For 'Demeaning' Female Lawyers
A Southern California judge was publicly reprimanded by the state's judicial discipline agency Thursday for a yearslong "pattern of discourteous, undignified and impatient behavior" toward female attorneys, including the use of profanities and inappropriate gestures meant to convey the act of pumping breast milk.
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Willkie Expands Litigation Bench With Mayer Brown Trio
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has brought on three former Mayer Brown LLP partners in California and Washington, D.C., including two former federal prosecutors, and named one of the new partners as chair of its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act group, the firm announced Thursday.
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In-House Legal AI Co. Eudia Raises Up To $105M In Series A
Eudia, an artificial intelligence platform for in-house legal teams, officially launched on Thursday after 18 months operating in stealth and announced the raising of up to $105 million in a Series A funding round.
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84% Of Legal Teams Surveyed Plan To Use AI Within 2 Years
The adoption of artificial intelligence in corporate law departments has nearly doubled since 2023, with 84% of legal teams surveyed planning to use it in the next two years, according to a new report released Wednesday.
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HPE's Legal Chief Saw Comp Rise To $9.4M In 2024
The chief operating and legal officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. saw his compensation rise to $9.4 million in 2024, an increase of more than $300,000 from the previous year, according to documents recently filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
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Ex-Angels Staffer Says Attys Botched Skaggs Overdose Case
A former Los Angeles Angels press officer asked a Texas federal judge to undo the 22-year prison sentence he's currently serving after being convicted of giving pitcher Tyler Skaggs fentanyl-laced pills that caused his fatal overdose in 2019.
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More US Attorneys Out In Three States
U.S. Attorney Dena J. King of the Western District of North Carolina announced that she is stepping down from her role as the district's top prosecutor, joining her counterparts in California's Southern District and the District of Maryland in the recent parade of U.S. attorneys to leave their posts since President Donald Trump retook the White House.
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How Lambda Legal GC Is Trying To Stem Anti-DEI 'Hatred'
Jennifer Pizer, general counsel of the LGBTQ+ rights advocacy group Lambda Legal, went from handling intellectual property cases in private practice in California to leading a national legal team fighting for civil rights amid today's heated anti-diversity backlash.
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Kirkland Outpaces BigLaw Rivals In Law Grad Hiring
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired the most Class of 2023 law graduates among the top 50 law firms, bringing on 411 new attorneys, almost as many as the second and third-ranking firms combined, according to an analysis released Wednesday by legal data company Firm Prospects LLC.
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Skarzynski Marick Adds Duane Morris Bankruptcy Team in LA
Insurance coverage litigation boutique Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP is expanding its services, announcing Wednesday it is bringing over a team of Duane Morris LLP bankruptcy experts in its Los Angeles office.
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Willkie Partner To Lead Weath.Com's Private Wealth Team
Wealth.com, an estate planning tool that allows users to create optimized legal documents, has expanded its legal team with the addition of a former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner.
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A&O Shearman Ups IVF, Adoption Benefits For US Employees
A&O Shearman has increased the benefits it offers U.S.-based personnel, with unlimited in vitro fertilization treatment and $40,000 in adoption or surrogacy services, the firm said.
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Munger Tolles Coaxes Corporate Pro Out Of Retirement
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP announced Wednesday that it has added a mergers and acquisitions specialist with 30 years of experience to its roster at its Los Angeles headquarters, in a role that will have him spearheading the expansion of the firm's corporate practice to meet clients' growing needs.