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  • Sheppard Mullin Adds Holland & Knight, Mayer Brown Attys

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Wednesday that it has bolstered its energy offerings with a partner in Los Angeles who joins from Holland & Knight LLP and a partner in Houston joining from Mayer Brown LLP.

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    Suspect Arrested In Hit-And-Run Death Of Morgan Lewis Atty

    A suspect has been arrested in connection with the fatal hit-and-run bicycle accident last week in West Hollywood, California, that caused the death of a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP first-year litigation associate.

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    How Attorneys Are Using AI Tools In Their Law Practices

    In-house and law firm leaders are finding many different ways to use legal and nonlegal generative artificial intelligence tools in their law practices, according to a panel hosted by contract management platform Ironclad.

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    Former Kilpatrick Chair, Civil Rights Champion Dies At 93

    A longtime Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP attorney who served as co-chair of the Atlanta-based firm following its 1997 merger has died at the age of 93, the firm announced this week.

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    Polsinelli Continues Energy Growth With Former Dentons Atty

    Polsinelli PC announced Tuesday that it is continuing to build its energy practice with a New York and Los Angeles-based attorney from Dentons.

  • Stanford Legal Profession Center Head Joins Neukom Center

    Lucy Ricca, executive director for the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School, said in a LinkedIn post Tuesday that she would become the executive director of the school's 2-year-old Neukom Center for the Rule of Law.

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    Nixon Peabody Adds Former HUD Managing Attorney

    Nixon Peabody LLP bolstered its affordable housing and real estate practice by hiring an attorney who most recently served on the leadership team for the southwest regional office for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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    Gordon Rees Opens Permanent Downtown Cleveland Office

    Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP announced Tuesday the official opening of a permanent office located in Cleveland.

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    A&O Shearman Hires Finance Pro From Linklaters In Italy

    A&O Shearman has hired a leveraged finance specialist from Linklaters LLP in Italy to boost its private capital services for clients.

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    After Hiring Blitz, Dunn Isaacson Formally Opens In DC

    After quickly growing its ranks to more than 20 attorneys, the new litigation boutique Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP said Wednesday it has opened its first location in Washington, D.C., and plans offices in New York and San Francisco.

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    Kennedys Promotes US Finance Director To CFO

    Kennedys named its U.S. finance director as the new chief financial officer of the firm on Wednesday, a move that will allow her to helm its global financial strategy following a record year of growth.

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    Simpson Thacher Adds Fund Transaction Pro In NY

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has brought aboard a partner with close to 15 years of experience to bulk up the firm's fund transactions practice in New York.

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    Recent Law School Grads Have Already Held 2 Different Jobs

    Nearly two of three attorneys who graduated from law school three years ago have already held two jobs, but only 13% are on the hunt for a new gig, according to a report from the National Association for Law Placement released on Tuesday.

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    AI Specialist Joins Cleary's Innovation Team

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has expanded its professional team by adding an attorney with expertise in artificial intelligence to grow the firm's technology resources.

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    Morgan Lewis Atty Killed In Hit-And-Run Had 'Joy For Life'

    A Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP first-year litigation associate who was killed last week in a hit-and-run bicycle crash in West Hollywood, California, had a "joy for life" and a deep passion for the law, friends and former colleagues said.

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    Willkie Adds PE Trio From Akin, A&O Shearman In Dallas

    A trio of private equity transactional attorneys from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Allen Overy Shearman Sterling have made the move to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Dallas, the firm said Tuesday.

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    2 NY Legal Services Shops Go On Strike, More Could Follow

    Two member shops of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — commenced strikes Tuesday, with deadlines for others looming later this week as the ALAA hopes its sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to better contracts.

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    Holland & Knight Adds LGBTQ-Led Startup Pro To VC Team

    Holland & Knight LLP has added a director of client development with over a decade of experience in venture capital, startup investing and business development for its emerging companies and venture capital practice.

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    Baker Donelson Merges Policy Group With Its Advisory Firm

    Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC announced Tuesday that it has merged its public policy practice with its subsidiary, The Daschle Group, to form a bipartisan strategic consulting firm staffed with 20 attorneys and non-attorney professionals.

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    Why Husch Blackwell Helps Its Attorneys Go In-House

    Husch Blackwell LLP recently kicked off the second year of HB In-House, a professional development program that prepares the firm's attorneys for future in-house legal roles. Law360 Pulse talked about HB In-House with firm Chair Josef Glynias and a program graduate.

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    Public Sector Labor Policy Expert Joins Fox Rothschild

    A longtime government attorney with years of experience in labor law and policy has jumped into the private sector, coming aboard Fox Rothschild's Washington, D.C., office as of counsel in the firm's labor and employment department.

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    Paul Hastings Adds M&A Specialist From Paul Weiss

    Paul Hastings LLP has brought on a Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner who specializes in mergers and acquisitions as well as complex transactions for public and private companies and private equity firms, the firm said Tuesday.

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    WilmerHale DQed From Representing Verizon In Patent Row

    A federal magistrate judge in Texas has disqualified WilmerHale from representing Verizon on the eve of a trial over allegations that the telecommunications company infringed wireless communications patents owned by Headwater Research.

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    Ex-Treasury Atty To Lead Trade Risk Mitigation At Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP announced new partner hires in Washington, D.C., and New York on Monday, adding a U.S. Department of the Treasury official to lead national security and risk mitigation for the firm's international trade section, and a dealmaker previously with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP to its corporate department.

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    K&L Gates' DC Office Head Assumes US Leadership Role

    K&L Gates LLP announced the appointment of new leadership in the United States on Monday, elevating the head of its Washington, D.C., office to the role of U.S. regional managing partner.

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Expert Analysis

  • Law Firm Guardrails For Responsible Generative AI Use Author Photo

    ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose significant risks to the integrity of legal work, but the key for law firms is not to ban these tools, but to implement them responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, say Natalie Pierce and Stephanie Goutos at Gunderson Dettmer.

  • Opinion

    We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court Headwinds Author Photo

    Though the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.

  • Law Firms Cannot Ignore Attorneys' Personal Cybersecurity Author Photo

    Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.

  • Why Writing CLE Should Be Mandatory For Lawyers Author Photo

    Though effective writing is foundational to law, no state requires attorneys to take continuing legal education in this skill — something that must change if today's attorneys are to have the communication abilities they need to fulfill their professional and ethical duties to their clients, colleagues and courts, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona.

  • How To Find Your Inner Calm When Client Obligations Pile Up Author Photo

    In the most stressful times for attorneys, when several transactions for different partners and clients peak at the same time and the phone won’t stop buzzing, incremental lifestyle changes can truly make a difference, says Lindsey Hughes at Haynes Boone.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Support Gen Z Attorneys? Author Photo

    Meredith Beuchaw at Lowenstein Sandler discusses how senior attorneys can assist the newest generation of attorneys by championing their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance and providing the hands-on mentorship opportunities they missed out on during the pandemic.

  • Law Firm Cybersecurity Should Not Get Lost In The Cloud Author Photo

    A recent data leak at Proskauer via a cloud data storage platform demonstrates key reasons why law firms must pay attention to data safeguarding, including the increasing frequency of cloud-based data breaches and the consequences of breaking client confidentiality, says Robert Kraczek at One Identity.

  • Advice For Summer Associates Uneasy About Offer Prospects Author Photo

    There are a few communication tips that law students in summer associate programs should consider to put themselves in the best possible position to receive an offer, and firms can also take steps to support those to whom they are unable to make an offer, says Amy Mattock at Georgetown University Law Center.

  • How Law Firms Can Cautiously Wield AI To Streamline Tasks Author Photo

    Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.

  • Keys To Managing The Stresses Of Law School Author Photo

    Dealing with the pressures associated with law school can prove difficult for many future lawyers, but there are steps students can take to manage stress — and schools can help too, say Ryan Zajic and Dr. Janani Krishnaswami at UWorld.

  • Can Mandatory CLE Mitigate Implicit Bias's Negative Impacts? Author Photo

    Amid ongoing disagreements on whether states should mandate implicit bias training as part of attorneys' continuing legal education requirements, Stephanie Wilson at Reed Smith looks at how unconscious attitudes or stereotypes adversely affect legal practice, and whether mandatory training programs can help.

  • Ditch The Frills And Start Writing Legal Letters In Plain English Author Photo

    To become more effective advocates, lawyers need to rethink the ridiculous, convoluted language they use in correspondence and write letters in a clear, concise and direct manner, says legal writing instructor Stuart Teicher.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Negotiate My Separation Agreement? Author Photo

    Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey discusses how a law firm associate can navigate being laid off, what to look for in a separation agreement and why to be upfront about it with prospective employers.

  • DoNotPay Cases Underscore Hurdles For AI-Fueled Legal Help Author Photo

    Recent legal challenges against DoNotPay’s "robot lawyer” application highlight pressing questions about the degree to which artificial intelligence can be used for legal tasks while remaining on the right side of both consumer protection laws and prohibitions against the unauthorized practice of law, says Kristen Niven at Frankfurt Kurnit.

  • For The Future Of Legal Practice, Let's Learn From The Past Author Photo

    At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

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