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Moldova's Anti-Corruption Chief Returns To Jones Day
The top anti-corruption prosecutor for the Republic of Moldova, who supervised the investigation and prosecution of more than 700 anti-corruption matters there, has returned to the U.S. and Jones Day, the firm where she started her legal career nearly a decade ago, Jones Day announced Tuesday.
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2 Attorneys Return To Weil From Latham, Norton Rose
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Tuesday that it has continued its boomerang hiring streak with the addition of two partners who began their legal careers at the firm, including another intellectual property lawyer from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Pillsbury Continues International Trade Growth With DOJ Alum
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is continuing the rapid expansion of its international trade team, announcing Tuesday that it has hired a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney who most recently served as the chief of the National Security Division's export control section.
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HHS Office Of Inspector General Leader Joins Arnold & Porter
A longtime attorney with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, who was nominated to be inspector general of the U.S. Department of Commerce by former President Joe Biden, has joined Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Hunton Brings On Former Texas Assistant Solicitor General
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a leader for its appellate practice in the Lone Star State, a former Texas assistant solicitor general who arrives from energy law firm Davis Gerald & Cremer PC.
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NLRB Atty Joins Blank Rome's Labor Group In Philadelphia
An attorney who spent the first 15 years of his legal career working with National Labor Relations Board has recently moved into private practice and joined Blank Rome LLP's growing labor team.
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Co-Founder Of Dentons' Pittsburgh Office Dies At 84
The co-founder of Pittsburgh's Cohen & Grigsby, which became one of the city's largest law firms when it joined forces with Dentons, died this week.
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UPenn Prof Suspended For Racist Remarks Loses Bias Claim
University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax lost her federal discrimination claims against the school for suspending her over disparaging comments she made about minorities, with a judge finding that she was disciplined for racist speech, not because of her own race.
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Emory Healthcare Taps K&L Gates Partner As Legal Leader
Emory Healthcare tapped a K&L Gates LLP partner with more than 20 years of experience as a healthcare regulatory attorney as its next chief counsel for health affairs.
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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP leads this week's edition of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit vacated a pair of Biden-era regulations aimed at bolstering transparency in the short-selling market.
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Scores On July Bar Exam Rise Amid Dip In Test Takers
The number of examinees passing the multistate bar exam in July continued to gain momentum, with near record highs seen this summer over the past 12 years, according to an announcement from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
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Sterlington Continues Corporate Growth With WilmerHale Atty
Sterlington PLLC announced another addition to its corporate bench Wednesday, this time a longtime transactional attorney who most recently worked for WilmerHale.
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Legal Tech Roundup: LegalOn, Juro, Wordsmith
Several contract software companies made announcements this week, including one about the appointment of a chief product officer.
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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q2
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the second quarter of the year.
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M&A Attys Hand Tasks To 'Machines' In Careful Embrace Of AI
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a back-office tool in mergers and acquisitions legal work, but is increasingly embedded in core deal processes that help attorneys manage due diligence, draft agreements and assess risk.
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Voir Dire: À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's Weekly Quiz
BigLaw firms announced a slew of new hires this week as the legal industry sees August recede in the rearview mirror. Test your legal news savvy here with À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Legal AI Co. Harvey Partners With Six Law Schools
Harvey, which sells a generative artificial intelligence platform for legal professionals and is worth $5 billion, announced Thursday the launch of a law school program that will provide students and faculty with its platform and support the co-creation of AI curricula.
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Snapshot: Ex-Prindle Goetz Attys Say Firm Had No Contract
A dispute over the departure of two former Prindle Goetz Barnes & Reinholtz LLP nonequity partners playing out in California state court is putting a spotlight on the validity of partner contracts when a law firm reorganizes and changes its name.
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Ex-Katten Partner's $67M Age Bias Suit Stayed For Arbitration
A Manhattan federal judge stayed a $67 million discrimination lawsuit brought by a former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner alleging the firm pushed him out of the aircraft-finance practice group, pressured him to resign and then fired him because of his age, saying there is an arbitration agreement at play.
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In Their Words: Will AI Kill The Billable Hour?
The rising use of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow attorneys to get work done faster is creating tension with the traditional model of billable hours. Here, six legal leaders give their take on whether AI will eliminate the billable hour.
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Bradley Arant Taps Parker Hudson Healthcare Atty In Atlanta
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced Thursday that it continued its Atlanta growth with the addition of a new healthcare practice group partner from Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP.
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MoFo Hires Chief Information Officer From Boston Consulting
Morrison Foerster LLP has hired a longtime Boston Consulting Group executive, who the firm said in a Thursday announcement will implement its digital and artificial intelligence strategies and will be responsible for its digital transformation initiatives.
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Saul Ewing Atty Moves Education Practice To Husch Blackwell
A Saul Ewing LLP attorney specializing in advising educational institutions on litigation and providing policy guidance has moved her practice to Husch Blackwell LLP, where she splits her time between the firm's virtual office and at its Wilmington, Delaware, location.
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Healthcare Cos. Want Akerman's 'Indefensible' Fee Suit Nixed
Rennova Health Inc. and others asked a Florida state judge to dismiss Akerman LLP's unpaid fees case against the company, calling it "facially time-barred, factually flawed and legally indefensible."
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Proskauer Adds Another Structured Credit Atty From Dechert
Proskauer Rose LLP announced Wednesday that its structured credit team has gained another former Dechert LLP attorney in New York, touting his extensive experience with collateralized loan obligations.
Expert Analysis
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Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.
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3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content
Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.
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Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting
To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills?
Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.
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How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture
In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.
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The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
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Opinion
CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes
Given the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.
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Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
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Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument
Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.
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BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons
There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off?
David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.
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Law Firms Must Prioritize Mental Health In Internal Comms
The traditional structure of law firms, with their compartmentalization into silos, is an inherent challenge to mental wellness, so partners and senior lawyers should take steps to construct and disseminate internal action plans and encourage open dialogue, says Elizabeth Ortega at ECO Strategic Communications.
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Our Current Approach To Trial Advocacy Training Is Lacking
The key to trial advocacy is persuasion, but current training programs focus almost entirely on technique, making it imperative that lawyers are taught to be effective storytellers and to connect with their audiences, says Chris Arledge at Ellis George.
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How Women In Law Can Advance Toward Leadership Roles
Female attorneys in leadership roles inspire other women to pursue similar opportunities in a male-dominated field, and for those who aspire to lead, prioritizing collaboration, inclusivity and integrity is key, says Kim Yelkin at Foley & Lardner.
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The Case That Took Me From Prosecutor To Defense Attorney
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza, now at Wilkinson Stekloff, recalls the challenges of her first case as a civil defense attorney — a multibillion-dollar multidistrict class action against Allergan — and the lessons she learned about building rapport in the courtroom and with co-counsel.