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Freshfields Gains New Tech M&A Leadership From Debevoise

By Andrea Keckley

Freshfields LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a former Debevoise & Plimpton LLP attorney in San Francisco to co-lead its U.S. tech and life sciences mergers and acquisitions practice.

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    Emory Taps Former Georgia Chief Justice As Interim President

    Emory University has selected former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears to be its interim president later this year, turning to a legal trailblazer and Emory law alum who has been on the university's board of trustees for 15 years.

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    Legal Tech

    Legal Tech Co. Harbor Hires Ex-Paul Hastings CIO As CTO

    Harbor Global, a legal technology services provider, on Wednesday announced the hiring of the former chief information officer at Paul Hastings LLP as its first chief technology officer, marking the second major executive hire by the company this year.

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    Longtime Scholastic Atty Opens New Chapter As GC

    Scholastic Corp. has appointed a new general counsel for the first time in about 17 years, as its longtime top lawyer prepares to retire from the role next week, the children's publishing giant said Tuesday.

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    California Pulse

    Gibson Dunn Helps 1st-Year Associates Connect With 'Pods'

    At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP launched a unique virtual program to connect first-year associates with other young attorneys in different U.S. offices. Five years later, the “New Associate Pods” program is still going strong.

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    Trump's WilmerHale Order Struck Down In Forceful Decision

    A D.C. federal judge struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting WilmerHale in an impassioned opinion Tuesday, writing that Trump's entire order is unconstitutional, and "to rule otherwise would be unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers!"

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    Daily Litigation

    Meet The 4 Ex-Paul Weiss Attys Who Left To Launch New Firm

    The four partners who announced their exit from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP last week to form their own firm have worked together for years representing tech giants in high-stakes litigation, and also undertook court battles against white supremacist groups.

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    California Pulse

    Withers Taps London Trusts And Estates Atty As Next Chair

    Withers announced Tuesday that its next chair will be a London-based trusts and inheritance disputes lawyer with more than 25 years at the firm, who is set to assume the role in July.

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    California Pulse

    K&L Gates Names New Managing Partner, Committee Chair

    K&L Gates LLP has kicked off a leadership transition process that will continue through next summer and will include the appointment of a new managing partner in July and a management committee chair by June 2026.

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    California Pulse

    Kirkland Lands 12 Litigation Partners From King & Spalding

    Twelve former litigation partners from King & Spalding LLP are among close to 30 attorneys who are moving to Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the latter firm told Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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    Jack Smith Deputy To Lead Internal Probes At Scale LLP

    National dispersed law firm Scale LLP announced Tuesday that it has added former federal prosecutor Matthew B. Burke, who assisted with special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 investigation, to steer its internal investigations practice.

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