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AI Legal Assistant Anytime AI Raises $4M In Seed Funding
Anytime AI, a startup founded last year offering a legal assistant powered by artificial intelligence, announced on Thursday the raising of $4 million in a seed funding round.
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New Weinstein Charges Loom In NY As Women Step Forward
A New York state grand jury may indict Harvey Weinstein for additional sex crimes as soon as Friday based on allegations from three new complaining witnesses, a source familiar with the proceedings told Law360.
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Haynes Boone Raises Volume On Atty Wellness With Podcast
From caffeine and parenting to ergonomics and sleep, Haynes and Boone LLP has taken on a wide array of topics in its "Wellness in Law" podcast series. Abby Read, the firm's first wellness manager, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the initiative.
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Cooley Hires Corporate Governance Pro As Strategic Adviser
Cooley LLP has hired a thought leader with expertise in securities regulation as a strategic adviser to provide content for clients, including a new blog to give guidance on all types of governance issues, the firm announced Thursday.
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With Dechert Chicago Closing, Shook Hardy Gets Criminal Pro
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has nabbed a Dechert LLP regional white collar practice chair and former federal prosecutor for its Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices in the wake of Dechert's recent decision to shutter its Windy City office.
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2nd Circ. Hears Unvaxxed NY Judge's 'Exile' Challenge
A Second Circuit panel on Wednesday voiced some skepticism of a bid to revive a New York state judge's lawsuit over his "exile" after he failed to get a religious exemption from the court system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Pillsbury Adds EDNY Veteran As Corporate Prosecutions Rise
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York to help clients navigate the U.S. Department of Justice's increasingly aggressive pursuit of alleged corporate misconduct.
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Longtime Duane Morris Litigator To Co-Lead NY Team
A longtime Duane Morris LLP attorney focused on securities litigation and regulatory investigations is stepping up as co-leader of the firm's New York team as it plans to combine its offices on Broadway and Park Avenue.
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Linklaters Gains NY Restructuring Pro From Simpson Thacher
An attorney with more than 25 years of transactional experience has left Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP this week to join Linklaters' New York office as head of the firm's U.S. capital solutions practice.
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Freshfields Adds Ex-Paul Hastings Capital Market Vice Chair
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer announced on Wednesday the lateral hire of Paul Hastings LLP's vice chair of securities and capital markets as a partner in its New York office.
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Flaster Greenberg Reelects Firm Co-Leaders To Second Term
East Coast law firm Flaster Greenberg PC's board of directors has unanimously reelected its co-managing shareholders to a second four-year term.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In August? Netflix, Apple And More
Netflix Inc. chief legal officer David Hyman added to his income by selling more than $29 million worth of company stock in August, while Apple Inc. general counsel Katherine Adams sold over $20 million worth.
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Can K&L Gates Quadruple Its Revenue Again?
In the last two decades, K&L Gates LLP has quadrupled its annual gross revenue. Global strategic growth partner Craig Budner discusses growth strategy, as well as industry factors at play as the firm and its peers look to the future.
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Overheard At ILTACON: Law Firms Face AI Growing Pains
Law firms exploring artificial intelligence tools face growing hurdles in implementing those technologies effectively while dealing with pushback from clients, based on what I overheard at a recent legal technology conference.
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FTI Consulting Litigation Expert Rejoins Team In New York
FTI Consulting's new dispute advisory services senior managing director has rejoined the firm she previously spent about 12 years with, in part to reunite with a colleague who she said helped launch her 25-year career working with litigation consulting.
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Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Trustee Says Firm Charged Excessive Fees
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing collapsed debt relief law firm Litigation Practice Group has accused a New York law firm of charging excessive fees while defending the California firm from lawsuits from merchant cash advance companies.
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O'Melveny Hires Restructuring Partner From Willkie In NY
O'Melveny & Myers LLP on Tuesday announced the hiring of a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York for its corporate restructuring group.
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Bracewell Energy Ace Joins Willkie In New York
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that it has expanded its energy team by hiring a leading renewable energy and energy finance attorney as a partner in the firm's New York office.
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Holland & Knight Taps EY Exec For Expanded C-Suite Role
Holland & Knight LLP announced Tuesday the addition of a longtime Ernst & Young executive as chief business development and marketing officer, a new position where he'll be tasked with driving growth and bolstering the firm's brand.
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Kirkland Brings On Ex-Goldman Sachs Debt Finance Pro In NY
Kirkland & Ellis LLP said Tuesday it has added an experienced debt finance partner in New York who most recently worked as a managing director for Goldman Sachs, in the firm's latest move to bulk up its structured finance and structured private credit practice.
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Lewis Brisbois Brings On COO From McGuireWoods
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a chief operating officer who previously filled the same role at McGuireWoods LLP.
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NFL Senior VP Rejoins Robins Kaplan's White Collar Practice
B. Todd Jones, a former senior vice president and special counsel for conduct for the NFL, has returned to Robins Kaplan as a partner in its Minneapolis and New York offices, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Paul Weiss Adds Ex-Fried Frank Atty To Lead Fund Finance
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has added an asset management specialist previously with Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP as head of its fund finance group, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Founder Of Gibson Dunn Privacy Practice Joins McDermott
McDermott Will & Emery on Tuesday announced the firm added litigator Alexander Southwell, a former federal prosecutor who founded and co-led the privacy, cybersecurity and data innovation practice at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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Lowenstein Sandler Gains Ex-NJ Prosecutor, Hedge Fund GC
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a former New Jersey federal prosecutor and a longtime lead attorney for Echo Street Capital Management as partners.