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Firms Gear Up For Expected Surge In Congressional Probes
Law firms in Washington, D.C., have been bulking up their congressional investigations practices this year as attorneys anticipate a rise in probes in 2027 if Democrats regain power on Capitol Hill after next month's midterm elections.
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IP Rights Group Urges Against Litigation Funding Disclosure
An inventor rights advocacy group has told a federal courts rules committee that requiring the disclosure of who is funding civil litigation would put independent inventors at a disadvantage when trying to enforce patents against a larger company.
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Trump Ties, Firm Deals Likely Focus Of Congressional Probes
Corporate America is gearing up for an onslaught of congressional investigations as ascendant Democrats are expected to probe companies with ties to the Trump administration, including the handful of BigLaw firms that cut deals to avoid punitive executive orders.
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Jones Day Adds McDermott RE Finance Atty In Los Angeles
Jones Day has brought on a McDermott Will & Schulte partner in its Los Angeles office, strengthening its financial markets practice.
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Sheppard Mullin Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
A former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP paralegal launched a proposed class action against the firm in California federal court on Wednesday over a cyberattack it had in August, in which she says at least 1,000 people's names and Social Security numbers were stolen.
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Foley & Lardner Adds Ex-DOJ Antitrust Official In DC Office
A former assistant chief in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division moved back recently into the private sector and joined Foley & Lardner LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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DLA Piper Taps 2 O'Melveny Lawyers For Leadership Roles
DLA Piper has hired two O'Melveny & Myers LLP lawyers as the new leaders in two D.C.-based intellectual property groups, one of whom was the leader of his prior firm's International Trade Commission litigation group.
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Linklaters Adds Atty To Lead Latin American Arbitration
Linklaters has announced it hired a Paul Hastings LLP international counsel and former White & Case attorney to lead its Latin American arbitration team.
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Morgan Lewis Forms Council To Steer EMEA Strategy
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP is creating a 12-member council for its offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia that it anticipates will work to advance regional priorities, enhance collaboration opportunities and improve services to global clients, the firm announced Thursday.
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Baker Donelson Elects Department Chair As President, COO
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has elected a litigator who chairs the financial services department as its next president and chief operating officer, the Memphis, Tennessee-headquartered firm announced Thursday.
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Stoel Rives Recruits Wash. Water Rights Atty From K&L Gates
Stoel Rives LLP has tapped a Pacific Northwest water rights lawyer to join its Seattle office as a partner, deepening the knowledge of the firm's environmental practice group with expertise in regulatory and infrastructure matters in industries ranging from tech to agriculture, the firm said Wednesday.
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ABA Accreditor Leader Remembered For Passion And Intellect
After her sudden death while leading the American Bar Association council that handles law school accreditation, Melissa Hart is being remembered as a passionate and fiercely intelligent jurist, mentor and leader who will be missed as the council navigates numerous challenges to its accreditor status.
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Omni Bridgeway Raises $1B For New Litigation Funding
Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has raised a new $1 billion fund from mostly repeat investors, with plans to deploy the money broadly across countries and case types while avoiding debt leverage.
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Akerman Names Office Leaders In Delaware, Colorado, Florida
Akerman LLP has named a litigation partner and a pair of tax partners to lead their respective offices in Wilmington, Delaware; Denver; and Jacksonville, Florida.
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FBT Gibbons Hires NYC And Houston Employment Attys
FBT Gibbons LLP has hired two attorneys who focus on employment matters in Houston and New York and join the firm from Munck Wilson Mandala LLP and Akerman LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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How Attys' 'Side Hustles' Can Unlock Career Opportunities
From grading papers to volunteering, four panelists discussed the importance of lawyers finding opportunities outside their day jobs to develop skills that will prepare them for change and future roles.
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WilmerHale Appoints New Chair For Restructuring Team
WilmerHale announced Wednesday that it has appointed a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner to chair the firm's transactional bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice.
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Foley Hoag Adds 3 Partners In Denver
Foley Hoag LLP has grown its intellectual property, emerging company and venture capital offerings in Colorado with the addition of three partners, two from Sheridan Ross PC and another from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
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In-House Attys Turn To Podcasts, Home Use To Navigate AI
To keep up with the rapidly evolving sophistication of artificial intelligence that's reshaping the legal industry, two in-house lawyers who spoke at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual conference Tuesday said they listen to podcasts and experiment with the tools outside their working hours.
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Polsinelli Names 2 Restructuring & Strategic Capital Leaders
Polsinelli PC has two new leaders for its restructuring and strategic capital practice, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Davis Polk Lands Skadden's Media Head In LA Push
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Wednesday that the former head of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's global media and entertainment practice has joined the firm as a mergers and acquisitions partner.
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AI Intensifies Race For Legal Talent
Artificial intelligence is increasing competition for legal talent and creating new career paths for lawyers, while exacerbating long-standing attorney retention struggles for law firms.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Panter On Mediating Vs. Judging
When attorneys come before retired Judge Michael Panter, a former circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois, they sometimes forget that he is not there to decide their cases, but to resolve them.
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Uber, Netflix Lawyers Say Wide AI Accessibility Raises Risks
Legal counsel from Uber and Netflix told an audience at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual meeting in Boston on Tuesday that rapid changes in companies' internal use of artificial intelligence have heightened the risks around new innovation and are forcing legal teams to consider scalable governance.
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Taft Moves To 'Modern' Atlanta Office Amid Growth Plans
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has moved its Atlanta office to Two Alliance Center in the Buckhead neighborhood as it sets its sights on growing the number of attorneys in that office, in a space redesigned to include huddle rooms and small-to-medium conference spaces.
Expert Analysis
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Teaching Associates To Write Well With Responsible AI Aid
Firms can help their new associates become strong writers and responsible AI users by employing a framework that ensures that use of artificial intelligence tools strengthens, rather than replaces, associates' thinking processes, say Julie Schrager at Faegre Drinker and Dawn Anderson at the University of Iowa.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Build A Strong GC Network
Taking time to build a network of general counsel thought partners is useful in the early days of the role because the value of relationships compounds over time, and approaching the process with a spirit of curiosity and generosity can be especially helpful, says Heather Stevenson, general counsel at Red Cell.
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5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Build Trust With The CEO
During the early days in the general counsel role, establishing a CEO relationship that holds under pressure is dependent on earning access, communicating in business terms and advising candidly — all before a crisis arises, says Chaka Patterson, former general counsel at Adtalem Global Education.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.