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    The Women In Law Report: By the Numbers

    Women are gaining ground in the early stages of their legal careers, with increasing representation among associates at top firms. But the path narrows sharply at the leadership level. Here’s our data dive into the representation of women at law firms in the U.S.

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    The Women In Law Report: Representation In The Ranks

    Law360 Pulse's Women in Law Report provides a data-driven view of U.S. law firms at the end of 2024. Here, we look at the representation of women at all levels of a typical law firm, from associates to equity partners.

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    The Women In Law Report: Benchmarking Law Firms

    Law360's latest Women in Law Report rankings suggest a small number of firms are keeping up with the potential talent pool. Here's the latest look at how firms match up against their peers. 

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    Equity Partnerships: A Law360 Women In Law Ranking

    The path to equity partnership remains steep for many women in law, yet some firms are helping to shatter the glass ceiling and advancing opportunity at the highest levels of leadership.

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    At Critical Moment For AI And World, Boards Turning To GCs

    In today's turbulent times — especially regarding technology — general counsel are having to brief the board on geopolitical volatility as much as on legal issues, an expert panel told an AI legal conference Wednesday.

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    Cleary's Next Managing Partner To Focus On US Growth

    A New York-based corporate capital markets attorney is set to take over as Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's managing partner at a time when the firm is already on a strong growth trajectory.

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    Fennemore Craig Eminent Domain Ace Joins Nossaman In SF

    Nossaman LLP is boosting its eminent domain practice, bringing in a Fennemore Craig PC real estate litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.

  • Class Action Atty Sanctioned For 'Egregious' Bogus Citations

    A California federal judge has sanctioned a California class action attorney for filing a motion riddled with "egregious" erroneous citations, finding that the citations "bear the hallmarks" of cases hallucinated by artificial intelligence despite the lawyer's insistence that she'd never even heard of AI until opposing counsel made the accusation.

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    Jones Day Adds Ex Fed. Prosecutor To SF Healthcare Team

    Jones Day is expanding its health care team, bringing in a former assistant U.S. attorney as of counsel in its San Francisco office.

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    SEC Taps Gibson Atty To Head Corporation Finance Division

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday named the co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's securities regulation practice as the new leader of its Division of Corporation Finance, which is responsible for writing rules and providing guidance to publicly traded companies on shareholder disclosure matters, among other things.

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    ABA Task Force Calls On Lawyers To 'Defend Democracy'

    Lawyers must do more to promote and protect the democratic process in the United States, the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy said in a new report released Wednesday.

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    Golden State Warriors Co. Hires Chegg CLO As Legal Chief

    Golden State Group, a company encompassing the Golden State Warriors, Golden State Valkyries, Santa Cruz Warriors, Chase Center, Golden State Entertainment and Thrive City, has found its new top attorney in Chegg Inc.'s chief legal officer.

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    Womble Bond Bolsters TM Practice With Leader In Chinese IP

    Womble Bond Dickinson has added a partner to its trademark, copyright, privacy and IP transactions group in Los Angeles who was the sole U.S.-based partner at one of China's top intellectual property firms.

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    Cleary Taps 31-Year Firm Veteran As New Managing Partner

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Wednesday that a corporate capital markets attorney who has spent his entire 31-year career at the firm has been elected managing partner.

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    Tech M&A Pro Joins Baker McKenzie In Silicon Valley

    Baker McKenzie is strengthening its transactional team, bringing in a technology mergers and acquisitions expert, most recently with Tech Law Partners LLP, as a partner in its Palo Alto, California, office.

  • Calif. Bar Seeks Justices' Clarity In Eastman Disbarment Case

    The State Bar of California asked the state's justices to affirm recommendations to disbar Donald Trump's onetime attorney John Eastman, who helped plan and promote the then-presidential candidate's strategy to overturn the 2020 election, but also review what it says are two legal errors that could "significantly impact future cases."

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    PE Firms Leap Into MSO 'Frontier' For Slice Of Legal Industry

    Managed services organizations are quietly gaining ground in the U.S. legal industry as private equity companies eye the use of MSOs to overcome rules against fee sharing and nonlawyer ownership of firms, but critics warn that such a shift could open up an ethical Pandora's Box.

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    WilmerHale Litigation Duo Jumps To Mayer Brown In SF

    Mayer Brown LLP is expanding its litigation team, announcing Tuesday the firm is bringing in a pair of WilmerHale trial attorneys as partners in its San Francisco office.

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    Duane Morris Names New Employment, Insurance Leaders

    Duane Morris LLP's Silicon Valley Managing Partner Brian L. Johnsrud will become vice chair of the firm's employment, labor, benefits and immigration practice group next year, the firm has announced.

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    Finnegan Opens AI Practice With Dedicated IP Teams

    Intellectual property law firm Finnegan has launched an artificial intelligence practice group structured into four teams with dedicated leads handling niche matters in patents, copyrights, privacy and trade, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • Lewis Brisbois Labor Atty Joins Epstein Becker In LA

    Epstein Becker Green announced Tuesday that it hired an experienced employment litigator from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP as a member based out of Los Angeles.

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    The Diversity Snapshot: By The Numbers

    Law firms have steadily but slowly increased the share of attorneys of color over more than a decade, but recently the increases have come at a slower pace. Here's our data dive into representation and inclusion at law firms in the U.S.

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    The Diversity Snapshot: Representation In The Ranks

    Law360 Pulse's Diversity Snapshot evaluates how firms hire, promote, and retain talent in line with available pipelines, providing a detailed demographic analysis. Here's a more detailed look at the representation of attorneys at the associate and partner levels.

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    The Diversity Snapshot: Benchmarking Law Firms

    Law360’s latest Diversity Snapshot ranking suggests that a modest number of firms are keeping up with the potential talent pool. Here's the latest look at how law firms match up against their peers.

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    Equity Partnerships: A Diversity Snapshot Ranking

    Diversity at the top ranks of law firms in the U.S. has shifted only incrementally over recent years. But some firms are outpacing their peers and taking demonstrable steps to tap into a wider talent pool.

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