Legalist has raised $415 million for a new fund that aims to continue the litigation funder's strategy of investing in a wide variety of relatively small cases with the help of technology.
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Legalist Raises $415M Fund To Bring Total Assets To $2B

By Ryan Boysen

Legalist has raised $415 million for a new fund that aims to continue the litigation funder's strategy of investing in a wide variety of relatively small cases with the help of technology.

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Mayer Brown Adds Ex-PEG CLO To LA Funds Practice

By Adrian Cruz

Mayer Brown LLP announced Tuesday that an experienced corporate attorney has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a global funds and asset management partner following a stint working as chief legal officer with real estate investment firm PEG Cos. Inc.

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Hims & Hers' Legal Chief Earned $4.8M In 2025

By Matt Perez

Soleil Boughton, chief legal officer of Hims & Hers Health Inc., earned total compensation of $4.8 million last year, according to a securities filing Tuesday.

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HSF Kramer Appoints Belfast Lead As ALSP Managing Partner

By Matt Perez

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP on Tuesday announced the appointment of a partner who has been with the firm for over two decades as its new managing partner of digital legal delivery, its alternative legal services practice.

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Dems Say Calif. Redistricting Map Isn't Racial Gerrymandering

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The campaign arm of House Democrats has asked a California federal judge to toss a challenge to the state's new voter-backed congressional districts, saying state Republicans had failed to provide direct evidence that it benefits one race more.

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AI-Powered Legal Ops Is Starting To Pay Off On Deals

By Sue Reisinger

A new study supports what some legal industry experts have been saying for months — an AI-driven legal operating model is taking over the contract management industry and has begun giving companies a real return on their investment. 

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Why Marketing Teams Are Vital For Law Firm AI Storytelling

Many law firms are using generic decks for multiple client presentations to articulate their artificial intelligence strategy, but in order to differentiate themselves, it's important to bring marketing teams into the fold to identify what's actually distinctive about how a firm uses AI, says Eric Greenberg at Cox Media.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Benbrook Law Group

Bingham McCutchen

Dhillon Law Group

Elias Law Group LLP

Fragner Seifert

Fried Frank

HSF Kramer

Jones Day

Lehotsky Keller

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis

Olson Remcho

Qureshi Law

Reed Smith

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Agiloft Inc.

Cox Media Group Inc.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

DocuSign Inc.

Experian PLC

Google LLC

Hims & Hers Health Inc.

LawGeex

LinkedIn Corp.

Microsoft Corp.

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.

PEG Cos.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

UCLA School of Law

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Justice

California Secretary of State

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S. Supreme Court