BBK Names First Female Managing Partner
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Daily Litigation
Hagens Berman Fights Sanctions Over Thalidomide SuitsPlaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP strenuously denied claims that it should be sanctioned for filing since-dropped product liability cases, responding to a judge's show cause order by saying it spent hundreds of hours researching the legal theories it pursued before filing the cases and devoted substantial time and resources to them.
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Florida Pulse
Akerman Hires CFO From Constangy To 'Optimize Operations'Akerman LLP hired the chief financial officer of Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP to take over as its own top financial planner, the firm said in a Monday announcement.
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Legal Tech
Relativity, LegalTech Fund To Spend $170M Via Dev LabLegal software company Relativity ODA LLC announced on Monday the launch of an investment arm and innovation hub focused on legal data intelligence in partnership with venture capital firm LegalTech Fund.
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Delaware Pulse
Archer & Greiner Selects Enviro Chair As Next Firm PresidentArcher & Greiner PC announced Monday that a longtime presence at the firm who currently chairs the firm's environmental practice has been elected to be the firm's next president, effective at the start of 2026.
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California Pulse
Longtime Wilson Sonsini Litigator Jumps To Baker McKenzieBaker McKenzie announced Monday that it has added a partner from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, who has previously represented such high-profile clients as Google and Netflix, to enhance the firm's capacity to handle commercial disputes, especially in the technology sector.
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California Pulse
Dentons Adds Global Marketing Chief From Nelson MullinsDentons announced Monday that it has brought on a global chief clients and marketing officer who previously served as managing director of business development and client services at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, adding a new member to the firm's global management committee.
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Courts
DOJ Antirust Ace, Whistleblower Joins HSF KramerThe former deputy assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, who in 2020 said then-Attorney General Bill Barr investigated several cannabis company mergers because he disliked the industry, has joined Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP's team in the nation's capital.
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Daily Litigation
Moritt Hock Launches Business Divorce PracticeMoritt Hock & Hamroff LLP has formed a business divorce practice group to resolve complex disputes between owners of closely held businesses, the New York-based commercial law firm announced Monday.
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Courts
DOJ Wants Atty Jailed For Blogging After Cyberstalking ArrestFederal prosecutors want to detain a Texas attorney who is accused of cyberstalking two other lawyers, claiming she violated the terms of her pretrial release by posting personal information about her alleged victims on her website.
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California Pulse
Some Longtime Legal Blogs Go Quiet As Platform Shuts DownWhen the online publishing platform Typepad launched more than two decades ago, it became a hub for a then-growing community of law professors and legal bloggers. Its closure this week marked the end of an era that has found some bloggers looking for new homes or opting to call it quits.
