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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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Thompson Coburn Adds Hill Farrer Employment Litigator In LA
Thompson Coburn LLP continues expanding its employment practice, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Hill Farrer & Burrill LLP employment litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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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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Keesal Young Accuses Stradley Ronon Of Unfair Poaching
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has been hit with allegations from California firm Keesal Young & Logan that it unfairly poached both shareholders and associates from the firm, allegedly conspiring with the departing attorneys to violate their agreements with the firm and costing Keesal Young $2.5 million in annual profits.
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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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LinkedIn Antitrust Deal Offers Open Access And $4M For Attys
LinkedIn will stop conditioning online interface access on would-be rivals agreeing not to field their own professional social network, under an antitrust settlement with premium subscribers disclosed Friday in California federal court that promises $4 million for class attorneys from Bathaee Dunne LLP, Burke LLP and Korein Tillery PC.
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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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Former Calif. US Atty Joins Perkins Coie In San Diego
Perkins Coie LLP is boosting its white collar team, announcing Monday that a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California is joining its San Diego office as a partner.
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Legal AI Co. EvenUp Moves SF Home Base To New Digs
Artificial intelligence provider EvenUp, which reached a valuation of more than $1 billion late last year, has moved to a new office in San Francisco, reestablishing its聽headquarters in the city's Financial District.
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Foley & Lardner Brings On Cooley Litigator In San Francisco
Foley & Lardner LLP has added a former Cooley LLP partner to its San Francisco office, bolstering its commercial litigation practice and services for innovative technology and healthcare and life sciences sectors, the firm announced Monday.
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4 Things Weighing On Law Firm Leaders' Minds At Midyear
The challenges facing law firm leaders at the start of the second half of 2025 are numerous, from a tumultuous geopolitical environment, to an uncertain economy, to massive technological advances. Seven leaders reveal the biggest challenges weighing on their minds right now.
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Ramey IP Atty Sanctioned But Beats Netflix's Contempt Bid
A California federal judge sanctioned a prolific patent plaintiff's former counsel William Ramey and the Ramey LLP law firm for sharing Netflix's confidential information with a third party while pursuing patent infringement claims against Netflix, but he declined to review whether Ramey should be held in civil contempt.
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Quinn Emanuel Sanctioned For Ad Case 'Misrepresentations'
A California federal judge imposed almost $3 million in sanctions on Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP for what he called the firm's "deliberate misrepresentations" concerning an expert witness in a false advertising suit between medical testing company聽Guardant Health and rival Natera.
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Gordon Rees Leader Talks Handing Reins To New Blood
As he approached two decades at the helm of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, managing partner Dion Cominos says he knew it was time to turn over leadership of the firm to a "new generation."
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蓝莓视频's Legal Lions Of The Week
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin PC and Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC lead this week's edition of 蓝莓视频 Legal Lions, after the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission's planned "click-to-cancel" rule, which would have required companies to allow customers to ditch their subscriptions with a single click.
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蓝莓视频 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Susman Godfrey's handling of patent suits against Amazon and Vedder Price's work on the sale of a portfolio company to GE Aerospace lead this edition of 蓝莓视频 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from June 27 to July 11.
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EV Charging Company's CLO Pulling The Plug On July 25
ChargePoint Holdings Inc. has announced that its chief legal officer is leaving the company, which provides charging networks for electrical vehicles, on July 25 "to pursue another professional opportunity."
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Voir Dire: 蓝莓视频 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry continued July with another busy week as attorneys took on new roles and firms expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with 蓝莓视频 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Glaser Weil Brings On Ervin Cohen M&A Ace In LA
Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro LLP is boosting its corporate team, bringing in an Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP mergers and acquisitions expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office in Century City.
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Meet Newsom's Attys In Del. Suit Against Fox Over Trump Call
In his Delaware defamation case against Fox News, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has turned to attorneys who helped secure a聽$787.5 million settlement between the network and聽Dominion Voting Systems and who lead a group behind complaints against attorneys over 2020 election-related claims.
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K&L Gates Class Action Litigator Jumps To Shook Hardy In SF
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP is boosting its litigation team with the addition of a K&L Gates LLP class action defense attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office, the firm has announced.
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Students Say Fee Concerns Unfounded In Aid-Fixing Case
Attorneys for students accusing elite universities of conspiring to limit financial aid told an Illinois federal court there's no need for the schools to look into ethical concerns raised about attorney fees by a "disgruntled" associate for one of the firms representing the proposed class.
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Law Firm Data Breach Tracker: Who's At Risk?
UPDATED September 3, 2025 | Cyberattacks on law firms are rising at an alarming pace, compromising the personal, financial and health information that clients trust them to protect. Despite growing investments in cybersecurity, even the largest firms have struggled to respond quickly and transparently, with some taking months or even years to notify victims.
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Class Action Firm Lynch Carpenter Names 1st Woman Leader
Pittsburgh-based Lynch Carpenter has promoted recently one of its top class action litigators to lead the plaintiff's firm as the managing partner of operations.
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Mayer Brown Adds Amherst Group GC To Real Estate Group
Mayer Brown announced Wednesday that it added a real estate and private equity expert to the firm's Los Angeles office, who joins the firm as partner following stints at The Amherst Group and Nuveen Real Estate.