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Honigman Lands Litigator In Chicago From DLA Piper
Honigman LLP continued to expand its Chicago team with the recent addition of an attorney specializing in commercial litigation who moved his practice from DLA Piper.
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Some Law Firms Cite Staff, Not Tech, As Hardest To Modernize
Some law firms find that people are the hardest part of their business to modernize, not technology and processes, according to staffing agency Forrest Solutions Legal's 2025 Future of Work Survey Report.
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Messner Reeves Taps Jan. 6 Civil Suit Atty For New DC Office
A lawyer who sued President Donald Trump for his alleged role helping incite the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on behalf of Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and the partner of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick has joined Messner Reeves LLP's team to launch its first office in the nation's capital.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds Corporate Trio From Denver Boutique
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday that it has continued the expansion of its corporate practice with the additions of two partners in Denver and one in Chicago who come aboard from Fortis Law Partners LLC.
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Pullman & Comley Didn't Flag 'Falsified' $16M Loan, Suit Says
Pullman & Comley LLC didn't discover that the executive director of a Connecticut municipal housing authority had allegedly forged a connected company's $16.2 million loan application before penning a letter claiming the deal appeared solid, the lender, who was not a client, has alleged in a lawsuit.
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Ex-Proskauer Exec Named Hinshaw Chief Information Officer
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced Friday that an experienced information technology executive who has worked at firms such as Proskauer Rose LLP and Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP was named its new chief information officer.
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Courts 'Turning Up The Heat' On AI Fake Citation Sanctions
As the volume of sanctions orders resulting from attorneys' use of faulty citations blamed on artificial intelligence continues to rise, federal judges are beginning to pivot from financial sanctions to more creative means of disciplining lawyers, including targeting their professional reputations in ways that could really hurt.
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Veteran Fintech Atty Joins Spencer Fane In Denver
Spencer Fane LLP announced that an experienced fintech attorney who has spent over a decade in a wide range of in-house roles has joined the firm's Denver office as a partner.
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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's Legal Lions Of The Week
Jones Day and DLA Piper lead this week's edition of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit overturned a more than $125 million judgment against Medtronic's CoreValve unit for infringing a Colibri Heart Valve LLC patent.
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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Wiley Rein LLP's work on a $3.1 billion satellite provider merger and Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP and Motley Rice LLC securing lead counsel roles in a proposed class action lead this edition of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 10 to 25.
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Voir Dire: À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more in-house moves, government attorneys returning to the private sector and office openings. Test your legal news savvy here with À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-NJ Prosecutor On Leading Sills Cummis White Collar Team
Vikas Khanna, former acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, joined À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse for a conversation about his plans for his new role leading Sills Cummis & Gross PC’s white collar practice after over a decade as a prosecutor.
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Day Pitney Leader On Balancing Leadership And Practice
Over the two-plus years he's served as Day Pitney LLP's managing partner, Gregory A. Hayes has learned how to balance his senior leadership role and his trust and estates practice.
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Musician-Turned-Atty Joins Arnall Golden From Chicago Firm
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has announced that an experienced media and entertainment attorney who was a touring musician before entering the legal field has joined the firm from Chicago boutique Mandell Menkes LLC.
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Butler Snow Attys DQ'd For Fake AI Citations In Prisoner Case
Three Butler Snow LLP attorneys have been publicly reprimanded and removed from representing the former commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections in an incarcerated man's federal civil rights case, after a judge found they had filed motions including "hallucinations" generated by ChatGPT.
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Greenspoon Marder Adds Entertainment, Sports Vet In Atlanta
Greenspoon Marder LLP has brought on a former solo practitioner as a partner in its Atlanta office, adding an attorney to its entertainment and sports and corporate practices who brings more than 30 years of experience in private practice, as well as in-house and public sector roles, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka Wins Bid To Arbitrate Malpractice Claim
Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Autry PC won a Texas state appellate decision Thursday forcing a former client to arbitrate his claims that the firm's alleged malpractice over a business restructuring ultimately cost him millions in a divorce.
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Kleinberg Kaplan Elevates Business Dev. Leader To COO
Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen PC announced that the firm has elevated its chief business development and strategy officer to the newly created role of chief operating officer as part of its overhaul of its executive team.
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Retired NJ Superior Court Judge Returns To Cole Schotz
Cole Schotz PC announced Thursday that it has welcomed back Thomas J. LaConte after his 20-year tenure as a judge on New Jersey's Superior Court to enhance its alternative dispute resolution and litigation support services.
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Shutts & Bowen Brings On Bailey Duquette Litigator In Fla.
Shutts & Bowen LLP has a new business litigation partner with almost three decades of experience in Fort Lauderdale who was previously with Bailey Duquette PC.
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Richards Layton Names Bankruptcy, Litigation Leaders
Delaware firm Richards Layton & Finger PA has named two partners who have each spent more than 20 years at the firm to serve as leaders of its bankruptcy and corporate restructuring and litigation departments.
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New Burr & Forman DC Team Adds Another Construction Pro
Burr & Forman LLP has brought another construction lawyer from Fox Rothschild LLP to its new Washington, D.C., office, it announced on Wednesday.
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Clients Name Top Firms For Service Amid Shifting Needs
The set of client service-related behaviors corporate clients demand from their law firms has dramatically shifted, creating a shakeup at the top of this year's BTI Client Service A-Team ranking released Thursday.
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Nonequity Partners Unsure How They Can Make Equity Partner
The ranks of nonequity partners may be growing, but a recent report found many partners stating confusion about how attorneys can advance to the next level and ambiguity about whether the tier should be expanded.
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FisherBroyles Adds International Pro From Gunnercooke
FisherBroyles LLP has added a former partner at U.K.-based law firm Gunnercooke LLP to its Atlanta and Detroit offices, bringing on an attorney who has guided U.S. and international clients on legal matters, including international business expansion, immigration and dispute resolution.
Expert Analysis
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In the first installment of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.Â
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.