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Boies Schiller Adds 2 Attys From Herrick Feinstein, Disney
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP this week announced two prominent hires — a Herrick Feinstein LLP attorney with a history of working on multibillion-dollar restructurings and a firm alum from The Walt Disney Co. who brings experience in copyright matters and artificial intelligence.
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DeepJudge Gets $41.2M Investment As Freshfields Signs Up
DeepJudge, which provides precision artificial intelligence search capabilities for legal teams, is eyeing international expansion after securing a $41.2 million Series A funding round Tuesday.
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Dorsey & Whitney Opens In Chicago, Joining Other Firms
Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced Monday that it has opened a Chicago office led by a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alumnus from Perkins Coie, who arrives along with six colleagues.
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Cooley Expands Tech Practice With Ex-Freshfields Attys
Two former Freshfields LLP litigators specializing in matters related to online safety and artificial intelligence have moved their practices to Cooley LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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MoFo Atty Brings Derivates Knowledge To Dentons As Partner
Dentons has hired a former Morrison Foerster LLP of counsel who spent 17 years there advising banks, investment firms and hedge funds on a range of matters involving derivatives, swaps and hedging transactions, the firm announced Monday.
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ABA Changes DEI Scholarship Requirement Amid Lawsuit
A law school scholarship once meant for a "member of an underrepresented racial and/or ethnic minority" is now open to applicants who "have demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion," according to a change broadcast by an organization suing the American Bar Association over the scholarship's "categorical exclusion" of whites.
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Energy Specialist Atty Rejoins V&E In Houston From Weil
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that an energy-focused corporate attorney has rejoined the firm in Houston from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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Goodwin Requiring 4 Days In Office, But Removes Tracker
Goodwin Procter LLP will stop using certain technology to monitor in-office attendance while joining a growing list of BigLaw firms requiring U.S. attorneys to work in person at least four days a week, according to a memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.
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Fisher Phillips Adds 4 Employment, Appellate Attys In Calif.
Fisher Phillips announced Monday that it has added four attorneys in California to bolster its employment litigation and appellate practices, including the former leader of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's Los Angeles office.
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Milbank Launches Digital Infra Team As AI Market Booms
Milbank LLP is launching a cross-disciplinary team to capitalize on its digital infrastructure capabilities as demand for assets such as data centers continues to surge.
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Latham Adds Private Equity Firm's Veteran GC In Houston
Latham & Watkins LLP has grown its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice in the Lonestar State with the addition of the longtime general counsel for private equity firm The Sterling Group, the firm said Monday.
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Law Firms Cite 'Value' In Staffing Up On AI Expertise
Law firms are creating more internal roles to bring on professionals to lead their artificial intelligence implementation, including a push to develop AI agents. But the competition to secure such skilled personnel is stiff.
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Cozen O'Connor Inks Merger Deal With Minneapolis Shop
Cozen O'Connor LLP is bringing on more than 50 attorneys via a combination with longtime Minneapolis law firm Moss & Barnett, nudging the law firm's headcount above 1,000 and continuing its expansion in the Midwest, according to a Monday announcement.
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Reed Smith Adds Ex-A&O Shearman Financial Regulatory Pro
Reed Smith LLP said Monday that it has snapped up a former partner at A&O Shearman in London to add to its strengths handling regulatory matters for clients in the financial services industry.
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Morgan Lewis Latest Firm To Open Office In 'Hot' Saudi Market
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that it has grown its Middle East presence by launching an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the help of three new attorneys, including a mergers and acquisitions and capital markets duo from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling.
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Insurer Not Liable For Crypto Settlement Row, Judge Says
An insurer for an attorney and his practice does not owe $275,000 to an investment company over a soured cryptocurrency deal that ended in a $700,000 settlement, a Pennsylvania federal court ruled, finding that a contractual liability exclusion in the attorney's policy applies.
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AccessLex, Southwestern Law Join Up To Study Admissions
Legal education nonprofit AccessLex Institute has announced that Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles will be the first school to go through its Admission Innovation Project, which supports and funds efforts by universities to implement and assess new approaches to selecting first-year law students.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC, Motley Rice LLC and Powell & Majestro PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit overturned a key ruling by a West Virginia federal judge in the first federal bellwether in multidistrict opioid litigation.
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Practising Law Institute Launches Legal Innovation Council
The Practising Law Institute announced Friday that it is launching its first-ever Innovation Council, which will offer guidance on the integration of emerging technological innovations into the legal industry.
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Students Defend Law School Application Fee Antitrust Suit
Plaintiffs in a proposed class action accusing the Law School Admission Council of fixing application fees with its member schools claim in a new filing their complaint is strong enough to survive a motion to dismiss.
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Paul Hastings Media Ace Joins Greenberg Traurig In LA
Greenberg Traurig LLP has welcomed a veteran media and entertainment attorney from Paul Hastings LLP in Los Angeles.
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New Rule Limits Loan Forgiveness For Public Service Workers
The Trump administration has finalized a rule to limit who can qualify for a federal student loan forgiveness program that has been a key incentive for attorneys to pursue public service and nonprofit careers.
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Kaufman Dolowich's Del. Leader Jumps To Lewis Brisbois
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added the former leader of Kaufman Dolowich's Delaware office to bolster its professional liability and complex business and commercial litigation practices.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of October with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms announced partner promotions and expanded their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-SRA Execs Launch Global Legal Strategy Consultancy
Two former executives at the Solicitors Regulation Authority have teamed up to launch a transatlantic consultancy advising law firms, investors and regulators on boosting capital investment in the legal sector, with backing from U.K. law firm Kingsley Napley.