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Legal Tech Funding Surges In Q3 Thanks To 3 Megadeals
Three outlier megadeals pushed funding for legal technology companies to $1.57 billion in the third quarter of 2024, up from $392.5 million in the same period last year, but the number of mergers and acquisitions fell by about 50%.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms made a slew of hires and a state judge was admonished for lip synching "Jump" by Rihanna in a TikTok. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ga. Law Schools Help Raise Bar Pass Rate To 10-Year High
Georgia's overall pass rate for its July bar exam rose to a 10-year high of 70.4%, largely because of passing scores from first-time test takers from American Bar Association-approved Georgia law schools, state officials say.
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Proskauer Adds Akin Knowledge Management Ace In NY
Proskauer Rose LLP is expanding its private funds team, bringing in an Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP knowledge management expert as a partner in its New York office.
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Israel-Palestine Suits Tested In Court With Mixed Results
A slew of lawsuits related to the Gaza war in the Middle East have already yielded mixed outcomes and, in the view of some, contradictory rulings as they've moved through the courts, revealing a tension between free speech and college campus safety while also stoking concerns over the fairness of the judicial system.
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Gunster Reaches Deal In One Of Two Data Breach Actions
Gunster has struck a settlement agreement in one of the two proposed class actions it faces in Florida federal court over a 2022 data breach, while the plaintiffs in the second case urged the court the same day to reject the law firm's dismissal bid in their suit.
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Why Dickinson Wright Launched IP-Focused San Diego Shop
Looking to be at the so-called epicenter of life sciences, Dickinson Wright PLLC discovered in San Diego the ideal spot to expand its West Coast footprint.
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Balch & Bingham Energy Partner Rejoins McGuireWoods
An attorney who has more than 25 years of experience working on energy regulatory matters and most recently spent several years as a partner at Balch & Bingham LLP is rejoining McGuireWoods LLP's Washington office, where he previously worked for over five and a half years, the firm announced Thursday.
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Holland & Knight Grows Philly, NY Offices With Insurance Pros
A pair of attorneys specializing in advising clients on insurance technology matters have moved their practices this week from Goodwin Procter LLP to Holland & Knight LLP's offices in New York and Philadelphia.
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Atty For McElroy Deutsch's Ex-CFO Wants Out Of Theft Case
An attorney representing McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer — who is behind bars on charges of stealing from the firm — has asked to be relieved as counsel in the firm's New Jersey suit against the former CFO because he has not paid his legal bills.
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Cleary Is Latest Firm To Add Nonequity Partner Tier
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP said Thursday that it has added a nonequity partnership tier to better manage talent.
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Quinn Emanuel Adds Of Counsel Atty, 6 Associates In Miami
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's 3-year-old Miami office has just surpassed the 20-lawyer mark with the addition of seven attorneys in the past two months.
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McCarter & English Adds 5-Person McElroy Deutsch Team
McCarter & English LLP has continued the recent expansion of its trusts, estates and private clients practice in New England with the addition of a five-person team from McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP.
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Blank Rome Attys Beat DQ Bid Over Witness Contact
A Philadelphia federal judge Wednesday refused to disqualify Blank Rome from representing three of its attorneys facing claims they brought a baseless lawsuit against another attorney in retaliation for switching from corporate defense to the plaintiffs bar.
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Philly Developer Says Ex-Blank Rome Atty Falsified Records
The owner of a popular Philadelphia nightclub claims a now-disbarred ex-Blank Rome real estate attorney falsified court records, forged documents and failed to represent the club owner in several legal matters over a five-year period.
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Clark Hill Brings On Election Boutique Trio In Atlanta
International law firm Clark Hill PLC has grown its new Atlanta office with a trio of former Election Law Group LLP attorneys who are defending Georgia in a challenge to its 2021 election law and represented the state's Court of Appeals judgeship election winner this year amid an unsuccessful residency challenge.
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US BigLaw Firms Accelerate Enviro Efforts, But Diversity Lags
Amid a number of recent legal challenges, large law firms in the U.S. have amped up many of their environmental, social and governance-related efforts, with particular growth in environmental sustainability action, while areas like diversity, equity and inclusion have been less successful, according to a report out Wednesday that examined firms' public-facing communications.
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Carlton Fields Group Co-Leader Joins Ballard Spahr
The co-chair of Carlton Fields' commercial finance industry group, who has nearly 40 years of legal experience and served as vice president and deputy general counsel of Fannie Mae, has moved her practice to Ballard Spahr LLP, where she'll continue working on housing finance matters, the firm announced Wednesday.
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National Basketball Players Association Head Joins JAMS
An attorney known for becoming the first woman to head a major professional sports union in North America has decided to take the next step of her career at JAMS, the alternative dispute resolution service announced on Tuesday.
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Duane Morris Adds Corporate, Banking Partner In New York
Duane Morris LLP has brought on a former Stinson LLP partner for its corporate practice group in New York, the firm said Wednesday.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Dropped From FTX Investor Suit
FTX customers dismissed Sullivan & Cromwell LLP from ongoing multidistrict litigation over the crypto exchange's collapse on Wednesday, after an investigation by the customers' counsel into the firm and dialogue with the FTX bankruptcy estate and appointed examiner resolved concerns about the law firm's conduct.
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Girardi Seeks New Fraud Trial Over Memory Issues
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi has called on a California federal court to overturn his conviction for misappropriating $15 million in client settlement funds, arguing he was not competent to stand trial due to memory problems that left him unable to remember witnesses or even his own attorneys.
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DLA Piper Adds Former Faegre Drinker Litigator In Philly
DLA Piper has expanded its litigation services in the Philadelphia office this week by adding an attorney with more than 30 years of courtroom experience.
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AI-Focused Exec Roles Are Having A Moment At Law Firms
Several law firms this year, including Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and McDermott Will & Emery LLP, have filled artificial intelligence-focused chief and director roles to keep up with technological advances and client demands, according to legal recruiters.
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Feds Seek 16 Months For Ex-BigLaw Partner's Tax Dodging
Prosecutors told a Wisconsin federal judge that a former Husch Blackwell LLP and Dykema Gossett PLLC partner who pled guilty to tax evasion should be sentenced to 16 months in prison, saying he lied to IRS revenue officers to keep them at bay while spending lavishly on private planes, jewelry and golf club memberships.