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Akin Launches New AI Director Role With Bryan Cave Pro
Akin is redoubling its commitment to emerging technology and artificial intelligence with a new director of practice technology and AI innovation at its London office who most recently was at Bryan Cave and previously spent more than seven years with Akin.
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Davis Wright Makes Litigation Co-Chair New Firmwide Leader
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partners have voted to select litigation cochair Jaime Drozd as its next firmwide managing partner, filling a role left empty after its former managing partner resigned in March, according to a Monday announcement.
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Giuliani Keeps Condo If He's In Fla. 'State Of Mind,' Judge Told
Rudy Giuliani's lawyer told a New York federal judge Friday that whether the ex-New York City mayor's Florida condo can be taken to help satisfy a $148 million defamation trial bill hinges not on whether he spends any time in Florida but on his residency "state of mind."
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Polsinelli Adds Debt Finance Shareholder In Denver
Polsinelli PC has boosted its transaction services in Denver with the addition of an attorney specializing in private credit who moved his practice after two years with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.
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Texas Bar Seeks Non-Atty Rule Changes To Fill Justice Gap
The State Bar of Texas on Friday laid out a series of proposed changes to pending rules set forth by the state Supreme Court for allowing non-attorneys to perform some legal services, citing the need to increase the educational requirements and prohibit certain fee arrangements.
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Lawyer Wields Blank Rome Atty Voicemail To Bolster DQ Bid
An attorney who is suing three lawyers from Blank Rome LLP and has asked a federal court to disqualify the firm's other attorneys from representing their colleagues — alleging they contacted one of her witnesses — told the court Friday she accessed a phone message that strengthens her arguments.
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Ballard Spahr Adds Former In-House Atty From Dayforce
Ballard Spahr LLP has added a veteran financial services regulatory attorney who most recently worked in-house at human resources software firm Dayforce, formerly known as Ceridian.
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Nixon Peabody Bolsters IP Team With Deputy Chief, Laterals
Nixon Peabody LLP has bolstered its intellectual property practice with the appointment of a deputy leader and two recent hires, continuing the firm's investments in that team.
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Gunster Says Absence Of Damages Sinks Data Breach Case
Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA wants a proposed class action lawsuit against it tossed in Florida federal court, arguing plaintiffs who had their personal information compromised when the law firm fell victim to a cyberattack can't show any harm was done.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kicking off this week's legal lions list are four law firms that secured a summary judgment win Tuesday for DoorDash Inc. and other food app delivery companies in their federal lawsuit challenging a New York City law requiring delivery services to provide restaurants with certain customer info.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as law firms promoted partners and federal prosecutors charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with bribery and fraud. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Dish Network Litigation Director Rejoins Jackson Lewis
Employment firm Jackson Lewis PC is welcoming back a litigator who most recently was director of litigation with Dish Network as a principal in its Denver office, the firm announced Thursday.
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Ill. Justices Won't Hear Baker McKenzie's London Transfer Bid
Illinois' top court has declined to take on a petition from Chicago-based Baker McKenzie urging the justices to send to London a malpractice suit accusing the firm of botching a client's bid to reacquire a Russian coal mine.
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Womble Bond Adds Holland & Knight Business Litigator
Womble Bond Dickinson has added a former Holland & Knight LLP business litigation partner to its office in Nashville who before his more than 20-year legal career was a U.S. Navy lieutenant on the USS Gettysburg, the firm announced Thursday.
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Revived Freshfields Eyes US Growth As Rivals Target UK
Freshfields is taking big swings in the American market and at home with a rebrand and a willingness to plunge headfirst into salary battles for the best lawyers. And London managing partner Mark Sansom told Law360 that he's not about to slow down.
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Legal Pros Grapple With Best Use Of AI As Clients Divide
BigLaw attorneys and in-house counsel speaking at the annual Berkeley Law AI Institute on Thursday talked about how they've recently grappled with using the tools known as artificial intelligence in representing clients, saying some clients have either demanded or prohibited attorneys from using the tools, and others have taken seemingly contradictory positions.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
The start of autumn brings changing leaves and growing law firms as offices big and small increase their footprints through the country. BigLaw firms, midsize shops and boutiques across the country all found room to grow in September.
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Atty Can't Shield Bank Records In Judge Romance Probe
A former Jackson Walker LLP lawyer on Thursday lost her bid to torpedo a subpoena from the U.S. Trustee's Office seeking her bank records in connection with an inquiry into her secret relationship with a former Texas federal bankruptcy judge, court records show.
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Paul Hastings Finance Director Jumps To CFO Role At Akin
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has found a new top finance leader in the former head of finance at Paul Hastings LLP.
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Healthcare Atty Rejoins Polsinelli After Foley Hoag Stint
Polsinelli PC announced on Wednesday that a doctor and former healthcare policy attorney who spent 11 years during a previous stint with the firm has returned to its Washington, D.C., office as a public policy shareholder.
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Seton Hall, Ex-Prez Point Fingers On Who Broke Deal First
Seton Hall University urged a New Jersey state judge Thursday to toss a whistleblower lawsuit by the school's former president, contending that the very filing of the suit broke his separation agreement that both sides willingly signed.
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GMU Law School Set To Lose Nearly $40M By 2025
George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School will have incurred more than $38 million in losses over five years by the end of its 2025 fiscal year, according to budget projections shared with the wider university's board of visitors at a meeting Thursday.
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Jenner & Block Names DC Partner As Co-Managing Partner
Jenner & Block LLP announced Thursday that it has appointed Washington, D.C., partner Ishan Bhabha as the firm's next co-managing partner, succeeding New York partner Katya Jestin as she steps down from the position at the beginning of next year.
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New JAMS CEO Brings '360-Degree' View Of ADR Giant
After filling numerous duties in her 25 years with JAMS, Kimberly Taylor is ready to use her self-described "360-degree view" of the alternative dispute resolution service as she looks toward the organization's future as its new leader.
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Burford's New Development Chief Eyes Law Firms, Legal Tech
Burford Capital LLC is entering a more aggressive phase of its expansion strategy, looking at everything from acquiring stakes in boutique law firms and legal tech companies to expanding into the alternative legal services space, the legal funder's new chief development officer tells Law360.