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Cooley Launches AI System To Speed IPO Document Drafting
Cooley LLP on Thursday announced the release of a proprietary artificial intelligence system to help lawyers prepare documents for initial public offerings.
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Why Top BigLaw Appellate Lawyers Are Switching Firms
Leading appellate litigators have been on the move in the nation's capital, reflecting BigLaw's growing investment in a practice area that firms increasingly see as key to winning and retaining clients.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Schemery Zicolello leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Third Circuit panel ruled that police cannot conduct warrantless strip searches outside of jails or prisons absent consent or an emergency.
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Holland & Knight Adds Aviation Policy Adviser From Airbus
Holland & Knight LLP is growing its federal government affairs practice, specifically its transportation policy practices, with the addition of a senior policy adviser from Airbus Americas Inc.
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Latham Picks Ex-Fried Frank PE Pro For DC Office
Latham & Watkins LLP has hired ex-Fried Frank private equity partner Ryan S. Plasky for a partner role on its banking and private credit team in Washington, D.C., the firm announced.
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Gibson Dunn Recruits 3-Partner Trial Team From Paul Weiss
Three Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP trial lawyers who have secured defense verdicts in some of the most high-profile product liability trials of the past decade have moved to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's mass torts and product liability practice group, the latter firm announced Friday.
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Fox Rothschild's Retiring Co-Chair Reflects On Firm Growth
After more than five decades at the same law firm, Philadelphia attorney Abraham "Abe" C. Reich is winding down a legal career that has been intertwined with the growth of Fox Rothschild LLP itself.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
In its coverage this week, Law360 Pulse explored the problem of legal deserts in the U.S., detailed the news of a new AI-native law firm, and focused in on a change-up in Weil Gotshal LLP's corporate department leadership. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Firms Seek To Help 'Most Vulnerable' In Rural America
Major law firms across the country regularly deploy pro bono resources to help people in areas with few lawyers, and they rely on nonprofit and corporate partners with close community ties to direct those resources to where they are needed most.
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Strict Rules Limit Paraprofessional Ranks In Legal Deserts
Legal paraprofessionals can offer much-needed legal aid to those who can't find attorneys, but difficulties scaling up nascent state licensing programs and getting paraprofessionals to rural areas is limiting their impact.
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Crowell & Moring Hires Employment Atty From Ballard Spahr
Crowell & Moring announced Thursday that it has hired a former Ballard Spahr lawyer to join its labor and employment group, bringing years of experience handling wage-and-hour class actions and other complex employment-related issues on behalf of some of the biggest companies in the country.
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AAA President Joining Clio To Lead Courts Expansion
Artificial intelligence company Clio has tapped a former Michigan Supreme Court chief justice and president and current CEO of the American Arbitration Association as general manager of judiciary.
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Patchwork Efforts Grow Lawyer Pipeline To Reach Legal Deserts
A patchwork of local pipeline programs aims to educate and bring the next generation of attorneys to rural communities and legal deserts across the country.
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Gordon Rees Brings On Atty Trio In 3 Southeast Cities
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has brought on a Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP partner, an of counsel at Cochran & Edwards LLC and an attorney at Leitner Williams Dooley & Napolitan PLLC, strengthening the firm's Baltimore, Atlanta and Nashville, Tennessee, offices with attorneys who have experience in labor and employment, commercial litigation and general liability matters.
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Husch Blackwell Launches Complex Torts Litigation Unit
Husch Blackwell LLP has launched a platform committed to providing tools to defendant companies facing complex torts litigation, dedicating more than 165 attorneys in over 30 states to the effort, the firm has announced.
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Hogan Lovells Hires Original Member Of McDermott+
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has hired a new principal adviser in its Washington, D.C.-based health practice who was among the original group of lobbyists who helped launch McDermott+, a recently shuttered subsidiary of McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, her new firm announced.
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Saul Ewing Atlanta Head Calls Launch The 'Obvious Next Step'
Saul Ewing LLP announced earlier this week that following years of strong work with Georgia-based clients, the firm has decided to establish a physical presence in Atlanta with an initial team of five attorneys, including a pair of partners moving from the Boston office.
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ArentFox Schiff Hires Haynes Boone Real Estate Chair In NYC
ArentFox Schiff LLP has picked a former Haynes Boone real estate litigation chair to be its new real estate litigation practice leader in its New York City office, the firm announced.
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Holland & Hart Names Marketing, Business Development Chief
Holland & Hart LLP has tapped a member of its executive leadership team to take over as its next chief marketing and business development officer.
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Orrick Hires Google Ad Tech Litigator, Kressin Powers Partner
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired an attorney from Kressin Powers LLC who previously served as a senior litigation counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he helped represent the government in its antitrust suit against Google's alleged ad monopolization practices.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Bolsters London M&A With Weil Duo
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP said Thursday that it has hired the co-head of Weil Gotshal's London office as well as another mergers and acquisitions partner, amid a series of senior departures from Weil on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Willkie Hires Ex-Akerman Data Center Pros For Dallas Office
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has hired four former Akerman LLP real estate attorneys as partners for its data centers and digital infrastructure team in Dallas, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Nelson Mullins Picks Up Arnall Golden Attys In Ga., NC
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has expanded its transactional teams in Atlanta and Raleigh, North Carolina, by adding a trio of attorneys from Arnall Golden Gregory LLP who bring with them experience in private equity and the healthcare sector.
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Weil Names New Corporate Leaders After Dept. Chair's Exit
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has named two longtime private equity and mergers and acquisitions partners as the next corporate department co-chairs, promising to expand the headcount and breadth of the practice group after the former head left for Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP last week.
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Holland & Knight Adds Treasury Tribal Office Director
Holland & Knight LLP has hired away the director of the Treasury Department's Office of Tribal and Native Affairs as a partner in Washington, D.C., to advise tribal governments, Native entities, and their business and philanthropic partners, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush
Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.
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How Leaders Can Foster Professional Growth With Feedback
When law firm leaders provide work product feedback by identifying errors instead of offering guiding input, they miss a key opportunity to treat feedback as a professional development and leadership tool, but several practices can help bridge the gap between intent and impact, says Janet Jackson at Well-Law.
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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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Legal Marketing Conference Highlights Pivotal Time For Firms
The Legal Marketing Association's recent annual conference underscored how advances in artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are causing law firms to evolve into more structured, data-driven businesses that place greater emphasis on strategy, implementation and measurable results, say Maria Aronson and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Build Relationship Habits
Meaningful relationships are foundational to business development, and they can be deliberately fostered through a set of habits for authentically, intentionally and consistently connecting with clients and colleagues — starting with people you already know and like, says Matthew Moran at V&E.
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Legal Leaders Are Asking The Wrong Questions About AI
Artificial intelligence is already woven into everyday work for attorneys, so beyond questioning whether AI was used and approving such tools, legal leaders need to create a shared foundation for what good AI use looks like on their team, says Alex Denniston at Factor.
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In-House Leaders Can Turn Contract Data Into Growth Insight
A company's contracts contain final, negotiated commercial commitments that reveal important growth, revenue and strategy insights, but for organizations that aren’t making two key structural changes, the information tends to remain within the legal department — untranslated and unused, says Shimane Smith at NerdWallet.
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PE's Path In UK Legal Market Offers Playbook For US Firms
The U.K. offers 14 years' worth of data on private equity's involvement in the legal market, demonstrating for U.S. firms what worked, what didn’t and why, and illustrating several lessons about operational readiness, cultural fit and timing, says Tom Lenfestey at The Law Practice Exchange.
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8 Mistakes That Derail Law Firms' Sector Strategies
When firms attempt to deliberately organize their expertise, client relationships, business development, and thought leadership around specific industry verticals – sometimes called industry sector programs – several missteps commonly arise, but with discipline and alignment any firm can successfully grab market share, say Heidi Gardner at Harvard Law School and David Harvey at Harvey Global Consulting.
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Making Legal Cents: A Strategic Plan For Lateral Partner Hires
Firms of all sizes are accelerating lateral hiring of experienced partners because investing in senior expertise can pay off big — but for such an investment to work, firms need a disciplined strategy for vetting candidates, supporting their integration, and ensuring they'll generate real returns, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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As AI Rewrites BigLaw Hiring, Mid-Law May Snag Edge
Similar to the way the transfer portal changed how many NCAA men’s basketball teams are built, artificial intelligence use in the legal industry is changing BigLaw’s lateral hiring market and creating a field where midmarket firms that develop their talent will hold an edge in the legal profession's next era, says Michael Ott at Ice Miller.
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5 Firm Structure Changes To Adequately Address Atty Burnout
While wellness programs, flexible schedules and mental health resources are meaningful steps toward addressing burnout in the legal industry, a more effective approach must involve a redesign of law firm incentive structures, says retired attorney Jason Ward.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Be An Industry Expert
Although taking the time to fully invest in a client and its industry is a big ask, it is well worth it for attorneys to understand the pressures, trends and constraints of a client's industry in order to build enduring business relationships, says Nonnie Shivers at Ogletree.
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Talking Mental Health: Fostering Cultures Where Women Excel
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Sylvie Rodrigue at Torys discusses why authenticity is essential to women's career growth, why burnout is not the result of a lack of resilience, how the legal industry can better support women's mental health needs, and how firms can address gender gaps in senior roles.
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How Clients Can Make The Most Of Law Firm Partner Moves
Outside counsel’s lateral career moves can create uncertainty and disruption for companies, but if managed strategically, in-house legal teams can leverage partner mobility for more complete service, better pricing and stronger relationships with their law firms, says Theodore Edelman at GCE Advisors.