Office Snapshot: Snell & Wilmer 'In Love' With Calif. Digs
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Florida Pulse
LPGA Legal Chief Tapped As Interim CommissionerThe Ladies Professional Golf Association announced Monday that its longtime legal leader would serve as its interim commissioner after the organization's current top executive departs next month.
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Daily Litigation
Freshfields Lands Onetime SEC Acting Enforcement HeadFreshfields has added a litigation partner in its Washington, D.C., office who brings with her nearly 17 years of government experience including time as acting director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division, according to a Monday announcement.
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Daily Litigation
BakerHostetler Adds Litigation Duo From Dallas BoutiqueTwo former name partners at litigation boutique Carter Arnett Bennett & Perez PLLC have joined BakerHostetler in Dallas, strengthening its labor and employment and litigation practices with a combined three decades of experience, the firm announced Monday.
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DC Pulse
Career State Dept. Leader Leaves Agency For CovingtonThe former U.S. State Department undersecretary for political affairs has joined Covington & Burling LLP as a senior adviser in the public policy practice and global problem solving group, the firm announced Monday, closing the book on her 35-year career in public service that has spanned six presidential administrations.
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In-House
Healthcare Biz Atty Rejoins Dentons As Partner In DallasDentons announced Monday that an attorney who spent years in-house in the healthcare industry has rejoined the firm as a partner in Dallas to enhance its efforts servicing clients in health insurance regulation and other healthcare matters.
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California Pulse
Norton Rose Adds US Chief People Officer From V&EHouston-based Norton Rose Fulbright beefed up its professional team this week with the addition of a talent development expert who joined the firm after more than 17 years with Vinson & Elkins LLP.
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Courts
Jackson Walker 'Extinguished' Privilege Over Judge RomanceAn Oregon federal judge has said Holland & Knight LLP lawyers must turn over documents regarding their advice to Jackson Walker LLP on how to handle the "debacle" of a former firm partner's intimate relationship with a former bankruptcy judge, finding Jackson Walker has "utterly extinguished" any claim to attorney-client privilege.
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In-House
Veteran Energy Atty Named Northland Power CEO, PresidentToronto-based Northland Power announced Monday that an experienced in-house energy attorney who most recently was a president at engineering company AtkinsRéalis has been named its president and chief executive officer.
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Legal Tech
Linklaters Looks To Step Up AI Use With New 'Sandbox'Linklaters LLP announced Monday that it has launched an "artificial intelligence sandbox" to quickly bring to life ideas from within the legal business about how AI can be used to improve the way work is being done for clients.
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In-House
Home Appliance Co. Hamilton Beach Parts Ways With GCThe top attorney of Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co., known for its housewares and home appliances, has left the company after more than three years in the role.
