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By The Numbers: Diversity Of California Attorneys Grows
Female and minority attorneys have made big gains in California over the past few decades, but white attorneys still make up nearly two-thirds of all lawyers in the highly diverse Golden State, according to a new report by the State Bar of California.
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How Senior Associates Can Build Their Books Of Business
As associates grow into their positions, there can come a point at which they realize that mastering the art of the legal brief or the deposition is not enough: They also need to learn how to attract and retain clients.
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Indicted Exec Wants Suit Tossed For Prosecutors' Misconduct
A former healthcare CEO indicted on novel insider trading charges is trying once again to have the case tossed from California federal court, this time accusing prosecutors of improperly contacting a represented party in a separate but related civil case, weeks after a previous attempt to duck the charges failed.
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Meet The Calif. Atty Taking On Health Insurers' Use Of AI
With the health insurance industry under scrutiny over its use of algorithms and artificial intelligence in the patient coverage review process, California appellate attorney Glenn Danas saw an opening for litigation with what he calls a "high outrage factor."
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Girardi Fraud Trial Moved To Aug. 6
A California federal judge has agreed to postpone disgraced California plaintiffs attorney Tom Girardi's trial to Aug. 6, setting the proceedings to begin 16 months later than originally required at the outset of the case.
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Calif. Atty Tapped To Be RFK Jr.'s Running Mate
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that a Silicon Valley lawyer will be his running mate as the pair make a longshot bid for the White House this year.
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K&L Gates Consumer Products Chair Joins Venable In LA
Venable LLP said Monday that the co-chair of K&L Gates LLP's commercial litigation practice and chair of its consumer products and beauty and wellness practice groups has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner.
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Google, Everlaw Vet Joins Zendesk As Chief Legal Officer
Customer service software company Zendesk has welcomed as its new chief legal officer an attorney who was in-house counsel at Google for nearly nine years, formerly worked at cloud-based e-discovery platform Everlaw and spent time as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP earlier in her career.
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Ex-CLO Must Arbitrate Firing Suit Against Gambling Co. GAN
Online gaming and sports betting company GAN Ltd. has won its bid in California federal court to force its former chief legal officer into arbitration over claims in his wrongful firing complaint alleging his termination was motivated in part by his whistleblowing and objections to a hostile work environment.
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Approach The Bench: Justice Stewart Blasts Partisan Races
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart has some choice words for a colleague who chose to challenge her reelection bid rather than run for the seat he occupies now.
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OneNotary Partners With DocuSign, Secures $5M Investment
An online notarization startup secured a $5 million Series A investment and introduced a partnership with DocuSign on Tuesday.
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Womble Bond Taps Houston Leader For Firm's Global Board
Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed Jeff Whittle, managing partner of the firm's Houston office, to a two-year term on the firm's global board, which is responsible for ensuring that the firm's U.S. and U.K. operations work smoothly together.
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Backstabbing 'Just How Law Firms Work': Sedgwick Judge
A California federal judge told counsel during bench trial openings Monday that the Sedgwick LLP trustee's bid to claw back $1.1 million from two ex-partners isn't a "blame game," and "partners stab each other in the back every day and move on to the next one" — "it's just how law firms work."
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Sunday Ticket Plaintiffs Rip NFL For 'Privileged' Name Games
The plaintiffs in the antitrust class action against the NFL over its Sunday Ticket broadcast package have accused the league of hiding behind a front-office executive, with an inaccurate job title, to claim that vital documents were privileged and did not need to be disclosed.
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Calif. Boutique Boss Went From Public Housing To High Court
After growing up in public housing, Gary Lafayette, the founder of the California-based boutique Lafayette & Kumagai LLP, went on to argue a public housing-related case before the U.S. Supreme Court. In a recent interview with Law360 Pulse as his firm merges with Sanders Roberts LLP, Lafayette shared lessons from his career so far.
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LA Firm Can't Beat Damages For Leaving Criminal Case
A California appeals court on Friday ruled that a Los Angeles law firm cannot escape breach-of-contract damages for withdrawing from an attempted murder case, but also said its former client isn't entitled to a larger award.
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Lowenstein Sandler Hires COO From Goodwin Procter
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has gained a new chief operating officer with the addition of a corporate legal pro with 25 years in the industry, 10 of which he spent as the COO at Goodwin Procter LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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As Gen AI Takes Hold, Law Firms Reassess E-Discovery Tools
In addition to cost and usability, law firms are adding generative artificial intelligence to the checklist of things to consider when evaluating current and new e-discovery platforms.
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MoFo Helps Secure $2B For Calif.'s Forgotten Students
Morrison & Foerster recently helped nab a historic $2 billion settlement to help roughly a million California students — disproportionately from Black, Latino and lower-income families — who say the state failed to provide them meaningful instruction once the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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LA Atty Who Repped Rodney King Charged With Tax Evasion
A Los Angeles attorney who represented Rodney King in a civil case against the city of Los Angeles after King was severely beaten by police has been hit with federal tax evasion charges.
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Feds, Girardi Agree To Delay Trial More Than 2 Months
Disgraced attorney Tom Girardi's criminal trial could now be pushed back from May to August, after prosecutors and Girardi's defense attorneys filed a mutual request for a few more weeks of preparation in the closely watched case.
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Calif. Bar Slightly Lowers Atty License Fees Hike Bid To 31%
California's state bar will ask legislators for a $125 increase in its attorney licensing fees, a little less than the $150 hike it was previously considering, the state bar confirmed to Law360 on Friday.
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San Fran Law School Center Leader To Start New Clinic
This summer, the longtime leader of the influential Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco will step aside to focus on a new organization she is spinning off from WorkLife Law.
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Calif. Releases Interim Guidelines On GenAI Use
The state of California on Thursday released interim guidelines for public-sector procurement, uses and training of generative artificial intelligence by state leaders in preparation for all state agencies to consider pilot projects using the technology by July, per Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order issued last year.
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Women Attys Navigate Shifting Expectations Over Makeup
Some women attorneys say makeup helps them feel more polished and confident at work, but they acknowledge that the desire to express themselves this way is often dictated by the legal industry's idea of what's appropriate, forcing them to navigate ever-shifting expectations in a field once shaped by men.