Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced on Tuesday that it has hired the former chair of Paul Hastings LLP's Palo Alto office.
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Orrick Hires Ex-Chair Of Paul Hastings' Palo Alto Office

By Andrea Keckley

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced on Tuesday that it has hired the former chair of Paul Hastings LLP's Palo Alto office.

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California AG Bonta Names New State Solicitor General

By James Mills

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has promoted a veteran attorney in the state's Department of Justice to become the state's new solicitor general.

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Stanford Tech Lab Partners With Cleary, Davis Wright, Vorys

By Matt Perez

Stanford Law School on Monday announced the official launch of its Legal Innovation through Frontier Technology Lab, whose advisory board founding members include law firms and an artificial intelligence company.

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Potomac Law Group Adds Pair Of Litigators In San Francisco

By James Mills

Two new litigators have joined a Potomac Law Group PLLC affiliate in San Francisco as partners — a business and civil litigator most recently with the Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP boutique, and a white collar defense and civil litigator with the Rogers Joseph O'Donnell LLP boutique.

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Willkie Taps PE Head To Co-Lead The Firm In 2027

By Andrea Keckley

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that the nearly decade-long head of its private equity practice will step up to co-lead the firm as its joint chairman at the start of 2027.

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SUMMER ASSOCIATES

These Firms Were The Top For Their Summer Associates

By Alison Knezevich

Working as a summer associate is a rite of passage for many law students, and these training programs can boost aspiring attorneys' confidence in their career paths. Find out what students valued most and how they rated those experiences in a new survey from Law360 Pulse.

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Summer Associates Remain On The Fence About AI In Law

By Sarah Martinson

Most summer associates used generative artificial intelligence tools at their firms this year, but views on adoption were mixed. Students told Law360 Pulse the tools were useful for research and drafting, but voiced concerns over reliability, job loss and diminished writing skills.

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What Summer Associates Learned From Working At Firms

We asked this year's cohort about the most valuable lessons they learned during their summer associateship. Here's the advice they shared for those ready to jump into law firm life.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How 1Ls Can Plan For Sped-Up Summer Associate Hiring

The ever-earlier recruiting of summer associates sets high stakes before new law students may even realize, but 1Ls can better land a good 2L summer fit if they hit their first semester focused on the hiring timeline and ready to ask important questions about their would-be firms, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Porter

Beveridge & Diamond

Cahill Gordon

Carrington Coleman

Cleary Gottlieb

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dentons

Eversheds Sutherland

Finnegan

Gibson Dunn

Gunster Yoakley

Holland & Knight

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis

Norton Rose

Ogletree Deakins

Orrick Herrington

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Potomac Law Group

Rogers Joseph O'Donnell

Sheppard Mullin

Spaulding McCullough

Squire Patton

Vorys

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Willkie Farr

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Blackstone Group

Cornell University

LinkedIn Corp.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

National Association for Law Placement Inc.

New York University

Reddit Inc.

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc.

Stanford University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court