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Some Longtime Legal Blogs Go Quiet As Platform Shuts Down

By Alison Knezevich

When the online publishing platform Typepad launched more than two decades ago, it became a hub for a then-growing community of law professors and legal bloggers. Its closure this week marked the end of an era that has found some bloggers looking for new homes or opting to call it quits.

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The Small Firm That Brought A Music Festival To North Texas

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The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America

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Lippes Mathias Names First Chief Growth Officer

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Cooley Hires Former Treasury Dept. Financial Crimes Leader

Courts
DOJ Wants Atty Jailed For Blogging After Cyberstalking Arrest
By Ryan Boysen

Federal prosecutors want to detain a Texas attorney who is accused of cyberstalking two other lawyers, claiming she violated the terms of her pretrial release by posting personal information about her alleged victims on her website.
California Pulse
Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
By Kevin Penton

Williams & Connolly LLP and Skaggs Faucette LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge issued a rare post-mistrial verdict arrangement that ordered Biogen to pay Genentech Inc. more than $88 million in royalties.
DC Pulse
Nixon Peabody Bolsters Real Estate, Tax Teams With 4 Hires
By Tracey Read

Nixon Peabody LLP has hired four lateral counsel with in-house, government and BigLaw experience for its project finance, infrastructure and real estate departments.

Modern Lawyer
Sports Industry Dealmaker Joins Kirkland From Proskauer
By Andrea Keckley

A Proskauer Rose LLP attorney known for his work on major corporate deals in the sports industry has moved his practice to Kirkland & Ellis LLP, a source with knowledge of the matter told Law360 Pulse on Friday.
In-House
Former Risk Officer Returns To Faegre Drinker In Philadelphia
By James Boyle

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP recently welcomed back to its Philadelphia office an attorney who spent nearly 14 years working in-house for international investment firm Aberdeen, including the past seven as the firm's chief risk officer.
California Pulse
Fennemore Craig CEO On 140th Anniversary, Growth Strategy
By Adrian Cruz

In a legal environment where a number of established firms have shut down over the past few years, West Coast-based Fennemore Craig PC's 140th anniversary stands out as a milestone for a firm withstanding the tests of time.

Daily Litigation
Former Burford Capital Exec Rejoins Steptoe's IP Team
By Andrea Keckley

Steptoe LLP announced the return of one of its intellectual property alumni after she spent about a year and a half underwriting patent investments as a senior vice president of the commercial legal finance firm Burford Capital.
Legal Tech
Legal Tech Roundup: Docusign, Open Text
By Steven Lerner

An acquisition of an online community on contracting tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
Modern Lawyer
Clifford Chance Mourns Ex-Leader Michael Bray
By Ashish Sareen

Clifford Chance LLP is mourning the loss of Michael Bray, a former global managing partner and eminent finance lawyer, after he died at the age of 78.
Legal Tech
NetDocuments Buys OpenText Legal Doc Software For $163M
By Matt Perez

Canada-based information management software company OpenText has announced the sale of its legal document management software eDOCS and its related assets and staff to cloud platform NetDocuments for $163 million in cash.