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Clifford Chance Breaks Up With Singapore Ally After 14 Years
Clifford Chance said Tuesday that its formal alliance with Singapore-based Cavenagh Law has ended after 14 years, with both firms deciding it was the right time to go their separate ways and focus on their strategic priorities.
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Former Wilson Sonsini Subsidiary Launches AI Tool For HR
Employment law compliance platform SixFifty, which Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC sold to payroll provider Paychex last year, announced Tuesday that it has launched what it calls the human capital management industry's "first agentic HR compliance specialist."
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Weil Hires Skadden Atty For New Asia Capital Markets Practice
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has launched an Asia capital markets practice headed by a new corporate partner who previously led Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's Beijing office.
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Weil Hires Freshfields PE Partner Amid Wave Of Exits
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP said Monday that it has added a Freshfields LLP partner to its London private equity practice, bolstering its dealmaking ranks as the firm navigates leadership changes and a wave of partner exits on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Trump Admin Aims To 'Rein In' ICC With New Sanctions
The Trump administration Friday imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, which swiftly condemned the move as "an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order."
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Calif. Commission Bumps Up 3 Judges To Appellate Posts
California's Commission on Judicial Appointments voted to elevate three Superior Court judges to state appellate court positions in Los Angeles and Santa Ana, the commission announced Friday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Alston & Bird LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Sixth Circuit overturned a pivotal decision in multidistrict opioid litigation that had dramatically expanded claims against the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers.
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4 Takeaways From The ACC's Annual Conference
From the vendors in the exhibit hall and lawyers' presentations to attendees' interactions with the robot Spot at the science museum, artificial intelligence took center stage at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual conference this week.
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Squire Patton, Holland & Knight Report Data Breaches
Squire Patton Boggs LLP and Holland & Knight LLP were hit with cyberattacks exposing sensitive information, according to disclosures filed this week.
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Cooley Develops Redaction AI With Google Cloud
Cooley LLP announced on Thursday a collaboration with Google Cloud to develop an artificial intelligence tool to help lawyers review court filings for confidential information and prepare proposed redactions.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
McKool Smith's work on an antitrust suit against Blue Cross Blue Shield and Vedder's handling of a novel manufacturing loan lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first four cases of the new term this week, with most attention focused on a blockbuster hearing involving states' and cities' attempts to hold oil companies responsible for climate change. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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Cozen O'Connor Elects 3 New Directors, Reelects 4th
Cozen O'Connor's board of directors has some new faces following the recent election of three members, including two office managing partners and the vice chair of the corporate practice, and one returning member.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Atty Who Joined Steptoe In February
Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a litigation shareholder from Steptoe LLP, who joined his former firm eight months ago.
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Lewis Brisbois Expands Leadership For Women's Initiative
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added two new co-chairs for its expanding Women's Initiative.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began October with a slew of BigLaw lateral moves and fewer law firm combinations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ropes & Gray Welcomes Tax Partner In NY From Akin
Ropes & Gray LLP said this week that it added a tax partner from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to its New York office.
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Maynard Nexsen Adds Private Market, RE Pros In Tenn.
Maynard Nexsen PC has hired three Memphis-based attorneys as shareholders to bolster its private markets and real estate practices in its Nashville, Tennessee, office, the firm announced.
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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.
Expert Analysis
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Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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How Firms Can Win Market For Unified Legal Client Services
Firms willing to develop a new operating model, where AI-powered legal tech is paired with deep industry expertise and a different incentive structure, can win over companies looking to consolidate their legal needs with a single provider, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs
Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge
Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.
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How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm Model
The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.
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AI-Powered Search Demands New Legal Marketing Playbook
As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.
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What Law Firm MSOs Can Learn From Accounting Co. Model
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Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.
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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.