Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a six-attorney team from the now-shuttered Booth LLP in Los Angeles, including that firm's former managing partner.
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Wilson Elser Picks Up 6-Atty Team In LA From Booth

By Tracey Read

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a six-attorney team from the now-shuttered Booth LLP in Los Angeles, including that firm's former managing partner.

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Lagasse Branch Grows With 15 Attys From Boutique In Calif.

By James Mills

California firm Lagasse Branch Bell & Kinkead LLP is expanding its ranks by almost a third, adding 15 attorneys from the boutique formerly known as Bradley Gmelich & Wellerstein LLP, including one of its name partners, according to an announcement Tuesday.

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Which GCs Sold Stock In October? Apple, Strategy And More

By Sue Reisinger

Three top legal officers at tech companies in California, a Washington, D.C., suburb and Austin, Texas, hauled in big stock scores last month.

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Littler Adds Veteran In-House Atty From Amazon In California

By Christine DeRosa

Employment and labor law firm Littler Mendelson PC has expanded its offerings in San Francisco with a veteran in-house attorney who most recently spent over eight years at Amazon.

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Dechert Requiring 4 Days In Office For Some Attys, All Staff

By Anna Sanders

Dechert LLP joined a growing list of BigLaw firms increasing their office attendance requirements, rolling out a new policy requiring rising second-year associates and all nonattorney business professionals to work in person four days a week beginning next year.   

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Ruli.ai Raises $6M In Seed Funding, Hires Ex-Pinterest GC

By Andrea Keckley

Amid the current race to invest in artificial intelligence-powered legal technology, legal intelligence platform Ruli.ai announced Tuesday that it has raised $6 million in seed funding, bringing its total funding to $8 million in a little more than a year.

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Boies Schiller Adds 2 Attys From Herrick Feinstein, Disney

By Andrea Keckley

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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Judge DQs Levi & Korsinsky Over 'False Press Releases'

By Emilie Ruscoe

A California federal judge disqualified Levi & Korsinsky from serving as lead counsel in a proposed investor class action after finding that the firm issued press releases to attract clients with headlines stating it had filed certain suits when in fact, the firm hadn't actually filed those cases.

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Haynes Boone Hires First Chief Talent Officer

By Rose Krebs

Haynes Boone announced this week that it has hired its first chief talent officer to steer attorney development and recruiting efforts as the firm continues to grow and change its senior leadership structure.

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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 6 More Partners In US, London

By Adrian Cruz

Fast-growing Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced that the firm added six new partners in five U.S. markets and in its London office during the month of October.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

5 Steps For GCs To Drive Generative AI Experimentation

As legal departments face mounting pressure to do more with less, general counsel should lead a structured process for adopting generative artificial intelligence tools to transform productivity, manage risk and align with enterprise priorities, says Maesea McCalpin at Gartner.

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Dechert LLP

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Hagens Berman

Hartman Attorneys at Law

Haynes Boone

Herrick Feinstein

Lagasse Branch

Latham & Watkins

Lee Smart PS

Levi & Korsinsky

Littler Mendelson

Mullen Coughlin

Paul Weiss

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

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Schall Law

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Amazon.com Inc.

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Gartner Inc.

Geico Corp.

Google LLC

Hiro Systems PBC

International Finance Corp.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Johnson Rice & Co. LLC

Lam Research Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

New York University

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Oracle Corp.

Pinterest Inc.

Robinhood Markets Inc.

Roth Capital Partners LLC

Sable Offshore Corp.

Southwestern Law School

TD Securities Inc.

Temple University

The Benchmark Co. LLC

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

The Walt Disney Co.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Bancorp

UCLA School of Law

Virgin America Inc.

Waste Management Inc.

Zscaler Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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U.S. Department of Justice

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