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Reddit Hires Ex-Time Warner GC As Top Attorney
Reddit has appointed a new lead attorney with years of big-media experience, saying its current chief legal officer, who guided the social media platform through its initial public offering two years ago, plans to leave next month.
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Atty Rageposting Draws Bar Scrutiny Amid Threats To Judges
Over the past five years, at least half a dozen attorneys across the country have either been disbarred or faced serious discipline for their incendiary online posts targeting judges or public legal officers.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Baker Botts LLP and King & Spalding LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit enforced an over $2 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company, ruling that the legal concept of an optimal venue for a case doesn't apply in matters concerning the enforcement of international arbitral awards.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Kellogg Hansen's work on an antitrust suit targetting Google and Wiley Rein helping to secure a $150 million conditional loan commitment from the U.S. Department of Defense lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 31 to Aug. 14.
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Orrick Hires New Global Capital Markets Head From Kirkland
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired a new global head of capital markets from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and is bringing on another capital markets partner from the firm later this month.
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Okta Taps Ex-Splunk Legal Leader As Top Atty
Okta Inc., a software company focused on identity and access management, has announced it found its new chief legal officer in the former legal leader of California-based technology firm Splunk Inc.
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Goodwin Launches New Internal AI Platform
Goodwin Procter LLP told Law360 Pulse on Friday that it has developed a new proprietary artificial intelligence platform designed to build and scale specific AI tools across the firm, starting with venture financing.
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FBT Gibbons Adds Wells Fargo Senior Litigator In Calif.
FBT Gibbons LLP has grown its financial services and litigation capabilities in California with the addition of a litigator who previously worked in-house at Wells Fargo and Charles Schwab.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Law firms deployed associate bonuses and expanded operations during another busy summer week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Customers Can't Depose Google, Apple CEOs, 9th Circ. Says
The Ninth Circuit has denied a group of consumers' petition for writ of mandamus challenging a lower court's order rejecting their repeated requests to depose Google's and Apple's CEOs and several other executives in antitrust litigation alleging the search engine giant shut out competitors.
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State Farm Attys Admit Filing Motions Full Of AI Hallucinations
A law firm representing State Farm has admitted that its pretrial motions contained citations to nonexistent cases and legal quotes, errors that were seemingly "hallucinations" generated by AI software designed for lawyers and caught by the plaintiff's attorneys as they prepared for trial in a California state court case about fire damage coverage.
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University Of California Head Atty To Retire After 2 Decades
The University of California announced that the institution's top lawyer will retire in June after spending the past 20 years serving as its chief legal officer.
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AI Drives Spike In Pro Se Filings But Not Courtroom Success
Artificial intelligence appears to have led to a drastic spike in federal pro se litigation, according to scholars, but the technology isn't necessarily helping these self-represented litigants find success in court.
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Latham Leads List Of Client Service 'All-Stars,' Report Says
Latham & Watkins LLP, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP all delivered exceptional client service in a fast-changing, high-pressure era where "the business decision is also the legal decision," a new report by BTI Consulting Group says.
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Women Sue Couple Over 'Rent-A-Womb' Surrogacy Scheme
Five women have sued an Arcadia, California, couple and their attorneys in state court stemming from an alleged "rent-a-womb" scheme where the women were tricked into becoming surrogates.
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AALS Task Force to Examine Accreditation, Bar Admission
The Association of American Law Schools has announced the formation of a national task force that will examine issues related to the accreditation of law schools and the viability of alternative ways to earn admission to the bar.
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Trial Firm Reid Collins To Award 3rd Set Of Associate Bonuses
Texas-based trial boutique Reid Collins & Tsai LLP is planning to dole out a third round of bonuses for the year to associates, raising their total bonus pay to between $130,000 and $170,000 on the year so far, with another round expected later in 2026.
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Kahana Feld Grows In California With Sacramento Launch
Kahana Feld LLP announced that the firm has opened its seventh California office in the state capital of Sacramento, where it added an experienced litigation partner from Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP.
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Synopsys GC To Step Down To Study Theology
California-based electronic design automation company Synopsys said Wednesday its general counsel will leave that post by the end of 2026, or earlier if a successor is named.
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Deal Reached In Class Action Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam
A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.
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Ogletree Says Equinox Owes $1.4M In Unpaid Legal Bills
Ogletree said Monday that fitness company Equinox owes nearly $1.4 million in fees and expenses for the firm's work representing it in an employment matter in Los Angeles, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.
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Calif. Subclass Added To Fox Rothschild Data Breach Suit
A California resident seeking to represent a subclass of Golden State data breach victims on Tuesday asked to add a new California Consumer Privacy Act claim to a proposed Pennsylvania class action first filed against Fox Rothschild LLP in June, after prominent ransomware group Silent Ransom Group targeted the firm.
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Kilpatrick Adds 3rd Reed Smith IP Litigator In San Francisco
Months after adding two Reed Smith LLP intellectual property attorneys in San Francisco, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP announced Tuesday that the firm has hired another Reed Smith IP litigator to further expand its patent litigation team in the Bay Area.
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OpenAI Employment Counsel Rejoins Munger Tolles
An employment lawyer with OpenAI has rejoined Munger Tolles & Olson as of counsel in its Los Angeles office after a year with the tech company.
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Mayer Brown, Scissero Partner On Structured Product Service
Mayer Brown LLP announced on Tuesday a new partnership with the artificial intelligence-backed legal services provider Scissero that will center on the issuance of structured products.
Expert Analysis
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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Series
My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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Roundup
My Nonpracticing Law Job
Not every law degree leads to a law practice. In this Law360 Pulse series, former practicing attorneys share the stories of how they went from practicing corporate law to using their knowledge and background to carve out a nontraditional career path in the legal industry.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.