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Calif. Bill Would Ban AI From Replacing Arbitrators' Analysis
A bill introduced in the California state Senate seeks to regulate attorneys' use of generative artificial intelligence statewide, including banning lawyers from entering private client information into public AI systems and prohibiting arbitrators from utilizing AI in decision-making.
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Venable Hires Financial Services Lawyer In DC
Venable LLP has announced the addition of a former managing U.S. regulatory counsel from Taptap Send, a financial services company that helps immigrants send money to their friends and families abroad, who joins the team as a counsel in Washington, D.C.
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Wilson Sonsini Creates Defense Tech Team, Hires Google Atty
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced Wednesday that it is launching a defense tech industry group with the hire of a brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve who most recently worked as an enterprise account executive for Google Public Sector's national defense business.
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Ex-Special Counsel To Bondi Joins Greenberg Traurig In Fla.
Greenberg Traurig PA has added a former special counsel to then-Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to its government law and policy practice in Tallahassee.
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Coblentz Patch Hires New COO As CEO Prepares To Retire
A longtime business executive at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has joined San Francisco's Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP as chief operating officer, taking over responsibilities from its outgoing CEO, who is preparing to retire this year.
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GCs Uneasy, Wary Of Litigation Amid Tight Budgets In 2026
Cybersecurity risks keep escalating and employment disputes remain a challenge while general counsel also face changing enforcement priorities and tightening budgets, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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Rapidly Expanding Clark Hill Names Chief Growth Officer
Following several years of growth via lateral hires and combinations, Clark Hill PLC has tapped the former co-leader of its litigation practice group to take on the new role of chief growth officer, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Duane Morris Taps New Leadership For Growing Corp Team
Duane Morris LLP announced Tuesday that it has tapped two longtime transactional attorneys to co-chair its growing corporate practice group, which the firm said has played a key role in its success.
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CSU College Of Law Rolls Out Prompt Engineering Course
In an effort to ensure that its graduates enter the legal profession with a proper understanding of how to use artificial intelligence responsibly and effectively, the Cleveland State University College of Law launched a prompt engineering for lawyers course in early January.
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USC Gould Law School, Akerman Launch Law+AI Initiative
Akerman LLP is teaming with the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law to launch a Law+AI Initiative to help in developing the standards and regulatory path for full-scale artificial intelligence adoption across fields and industries.
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Eversheds Energy Pro Joins Greenberg Traurig In Texas
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its energy and natural resources practice with a shareholder in Austin, Texas, who most recently served as managing partner of Eversheds Sutherland's office in that city, as well as head of its state energy regulatory group.
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Former USPTO Solicitor Joins Orrick's Supreme Court Group
A veteran U.S. Patent and Trademark Office attorney has come aboard Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Washington, D.C., as a partner in the firm's Supreme Court and appellate practice, Orrick announced Tuesday.
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Ex-US Atty Leads Cleary FCA Team Amid Rising Enforcement
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is launching a False Claims Act task force, led by the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace, citing increased enforcement activity from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Fried Frank Brings On Experienced V&E Real Estate Team
A team of three Vinson & Elkins LLP attorneys specializing in real estate development and transactions have recently moved their practices to Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, the firm said Tuesday.
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NY Judge Vacates Eletson's $102M Arbitral Award
A Manhattan federal judge has vacated a $102 million arbitral award issued to international shipping company Eletson Holdings, saying, "The evidence is clear and convincing that Eletson committed fraud in the arbitration," and misled the arbitrator.
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Dechert Adds Former SEC Counsel In DC
Dechert LLP has grown its financial services group in Washington, D.C., with a veteran attorney who most recently served as counsel to the chairman at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the firm said Tuesday.
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Faegre Drinker Names Chief Talent Officer In Chicago
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired Seyfarth Shaw LLP's chief human resources officer as its new chief talent officer.
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Gibson Dunn Hires Thrive Capital's Top Lawyer As DC Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired Marian Fowler, the former general counsel and chief compliance officer at venture capital firm Thrive Capital Management LLC, to join the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner and member of its investment funds practice group, the firm announced Monday.
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Dinsmore Hires Marketing Chief To Develop Firm's Brand
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP announced that it has hired a chief marketing and business development officer to lead its strategy for deeper client engagement and continued growth.
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Ogletree, Littler, Norton Rose Announce New Innovation Roles
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Littler Mendelson PC and Norton Rose Fulbright have all announced new innovation appointments and hires this week.
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Law Firms Bet Big On Tech Leadership In 2025
The latest wave of leadership moves shows law firms increasingly adding tech-savvy executives to drive innovation and transformation, as firms race to keep pace with emerging technologies, shifting client expectations and intensifying market pressures.
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SEC Draws From BigLaw To Appoint Enforcement Deputies
Two former BigLaw attorneys, one of whom served as counsel to President Donald Trump during his first term in office, have joined the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as deputy directors of enforcement, the agency announced Monday.
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Collaborative Approach Helps Chartwell Grow To 300 Attys
With the addition of a handful of lateral hires at the start of the new year, Chartwell Law Offices LLP has crossed the 300-attorney mark and evolved from what started 24 years ago as a four-person insurance law boutique operating in the Philadelphia suburbs into a 39-office firm.
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Wilson Elser Promotes 41 Attorneys to Partnership
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP has named its partner class for 2026, promoting 41 attorneys and outdoing last year's class by seven attorneys, the firm announced Monday.
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Haynes Boone Opens Boston Office Led By Ex-K&L Gates Atty
Haynes Boone announced Monday that it has opened its 20th office in Boston, and that it has added a former K&L Gates LLP asset management and investment funds partner to lead the Beantown launch.