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Lateral Hiring Finished 2025 Strong Despite Q4 Dip

By Xiumei Dong

Large U.S. law firms capped 2025 with higher lateral hiring totals than the year before, despite a late-year slowdown, as demand for partners and counsel remained strong, new information from legal data company Firm Prospects LLC shows.

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    Daily Litigation

    Miami-Dade Bar Prez Remembered After Cancer Death At 43

    Even as Stuart J. Weissman waged a more than two-year battle against cancer, the Florida trial attorney consistently showed up for clients and colleagues alike.

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    California Pulse

    Legal Chiefs Shift Work From Firms Amid 'Threshold Moment'

    Nearly all the chief legal officers and general counsel who participated in a recent survey said they plan to move more law firm work in-house or to alternative providers within the next two years as increasing outside counsel rates, artificial intelligence and ongoing efficiency pressure factor into how they distribute work, according to a report published Wednesday.

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    California Pulse

    Crowell Lands Buchalter Practice Group Co-Chair In Calif.

    Crowell & Moring LLP announced Thursday that it has added the former co-chair of Buchalter PC's white collar and government investigations practice to bolster its capacity to handle healthcare fraud and other cases.

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    Courts

    Murphy's Legacy: NJ Gov. Leaves Historic Mark On Judiciary

    After eight years in office, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy made a lasting impact on the state court system with his bench appointments and bail reform efforts, while leaving behind a mixed legacy over a fiercely contested judicial privacy statute.

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    Legal Tech & AI

    Harvey To Launch Paris Office In Bid To Expand European Biz

    The legal artificial intelligence platform Harvey is eyeing a stronger presence in Europe with the opening of a new office in Paris, the company announced Thursday.

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    Connecticut Pulse

    Shipman & Goodwin Elects 3 Attys To Management Committee

    Shipman & Goodwin LLP has kicked off 2026 by selecting three of its longtime attorneys as new members of the firm's management committee.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Polsinelli Taps AI Enterprise Program Leader As Next COO

    Regan Lemke, who oversees Polsinelli PC's AI enterprise program and who most recently worked as the firm's chief of staff and chief of practice strategy, has been named its next chief operating officer, the firm said in a Thursday announcement.

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    California Pulse

    Ogletree's New Data Chief Hopes AI Use Becomes Widespread

    Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC recently promoted Timothy Fox to the newly created role of chief data and artificial intelligence officer. Here, Fox spoke with Law360 Pulse about what he wants to accomplish in the role and his hopes for widespread generative AI adoption in the legal industry.

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    California Pulse

    Ex-Mozilla CLO Returns To Search Engine As Business Chief

    Tech company Mozilla has welcomed back its former top in-house attorney to serve the company in an expanded role.

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    Daily Litigation

    Lynn Pinker Litigator Talks Of 'Mission' As Dallas Bar Leader

    In taking the reins of the Dallas Bar Association this year, Jonathan R. Childers of Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann LLP is committed to doing his part to support the organization's 2026 theme of "maintaining the mission."

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