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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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    Daily Litigation

    New Civil Defense Group Prez On Attys Paying It Forward

    Dinsmore & Shohl LLP partner Jill Cranston Rice was elevated Friday as the new president of DRI, a voluntary bar association for civil defense and in-house counsel. She said lawyers have a responsibility to what she called an "apprenticeship profession."

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    California Pulse

    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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    Goodwin Launches AI Governance Program

    Goodwin Procter LLP announced on Thursday the launch of Goodwin AI Governance, a program that supports organizations working to remain in compliance while adopting artificial intelligence.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Buchalter Taps Greenberg Traurig Atty As Private Funds Chair

    Buchalter PC has continued its recent growth in the Lone Star State with the addition of a Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney who will serve as the leader of its private funds practice.

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    Legal Tech & AI

    Legal Tech Roundup: Rulen, Smith.ai, Harvey

    Several partnerships were struck up between legal artificial intelligence companies this past week, and new investment and leadership hires also top the news.

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    California Pulse

    'Foregone' Outcome In Calif. AG Election Has National Impact

    California's attorney general is largely expected to defeat a former U.S. Department of Justice official in next month's election and hang onto his position at the center of the state's outsize role in nationally important litigation and enforcement, attorneys and scholars say.

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    Courts

    Crowell & Moring Hires 10-Year DOJ Healthcare Litigator

    Crowell & Moring LLP has hired a U.S. Department of Justice litigator who has spent the past decade as a senior trial lawyer in the Civil Division's commercial litigation branch, the firm recently announced.

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    Latham Elects 36 Associates To Partnership With NY Out Front

    Latham & Watkins LLP has elected 36 associates to its partnership in its second round of promotions in 2026, with its New York office gaining the biggest share — just under a third of those who leveled up.

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    California Pulse

    Ogletree Hires Fisher Phillips Counsel In San Francisco

    Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has hired a Fisher Phillips of counsel in San Francisco who will represent clients in privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence matters.

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    California Pulse

    Willkie Names 24 New Partners In Latest Promotion Round

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has elected 24 lawyers across its offices in the U.S. and Europe to its partnership in a slimmer promotions round compared to 2025.

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