Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced plans for its first top leadership transition in more than a decade on Wednesday, tapping a Palo Alto, California-based litigator and a New York-based corporate lawyer to begin co-leading the firm at the start of next August.
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Wilson Sonsini To Switch Leaders For 1st Time Since 2012

By Andrea Keckley

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced plans for its first top leadership transition in more than a decade on Wednesday, tapping a Palo Alto, California-based litigator and a New York-based corporate lawyer to begin co-leading the firm at the start of next August.

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Ex-Bernstein Litowitz Atty Starts Firm After Contentious Exit

By Adrian Cruz

A former Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner known for handling high-profile stockholder cases has led the launch of a boutique focused on corporate disputes and securities litigation after the firm says he was fired for misconduct.

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High Billers At McKool Smith To Pocket Extra Bonus Money

By Tracey Read

McKool Smith is the latest BigLaw firm to announce extra cash for attorneys who went above and beyond with billable hours in 2025, according to an internal memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.

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Sheppard Mullin Lands MoFo IP Atty In Los Angeles

By Lynn LaRowe

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Wednesday it has bulked up its intellectual property practice with a Los Angeles-based partner who came aboard from Morrison Foerster LLP.

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Carlton Fields Adds Longtime Federal Prosecutor In LA

By James Mills

Carlton Fields is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a former federal prosecutor as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.

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Cooley Names Largest Partner Class In 4 Years With 23 Attys

By James Mills

Cooley LLP will add 23 lawyers to the firm's partnership when the new year starts, up slightly from the number of new partners added last year.

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LA Atty Accused Of Using AI 'Hallucinations' Sanctioned

By Rae Ann Varona

A California state appeals court has ordered an attorney accused of including artificial intelligence "hallucinations" in a client's opening brief to pay $7,500 to the court, saying in a published opinion that the attorney is subject to sanctions for inaccuracies, regardless of whether they were the result of AI.

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ABA Urges Attys To Guard Confidentiality In Withdraw Motions

By Andrea Keckley

The American Bar Association on Wednesday advised attorneys that they must leave information about their representation of a client out of any motions they file to withdraw as their counsel unless they have an explicit exception to existing confidentiality rules or the client's consent.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bernstein Litowitz

Carlton Fields

Cooley LLP

Farivar Law

Irell & Manella

Kilpatrick Townsend

McKool Smith

Morrison & Foerster

Murphy Rosen

Novian & Novian

Perkins Coie

Ropes & Gray

Sheppard Mullin

Wilson Sonsini

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Arcellx Inc.

James Madison University

LinkedIn Corp.

Netflix Inc.

Permira

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

State Bar of California

Tesla Inc.

University of Southern California

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Tax Court