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Osborne Clarke Adds Ex-Wolters Kluwer Lead As AI Chief
Global firm Osborne Clarke LLP announced Wednesday the hiring of a former team lead at Wolters Kluwer Germany and director of business development at the IWW Institute for Knowledge in Business as chief of staff for the firm's artificial intelligence management board.
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Wilson Sonsini Adds Cooley Benefits Atty In San Diego
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC is expanding its corporate team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Cooley LLP compensation and benefits expert as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Calif. Atty Drops Out Of Class Action Against Avvo Inc.
One of two attorneys leveling a class action against online legal service provider Avvo Inc. over allegations it misappropriated the identities of more than 1 million attorneys to promote its legal marketing tools and referral services has moved to drop her claims.
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Armstrong Teasdale Taps Longtime Partner As Corporate Lead
Armstrong Teasdale LLP announced Wednesday that it has chosen a longtime partner with a background in the finance industry to lead its corporate services group.
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Ex-Pfizer Immigration Lead Joins Jackson Lewis In NY
Jackson Lewis PC has added the former head of Pfizer's in-house immigration group as a principal in its White Plains, New York, office, the firm has announced.
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Steptoe & Johnson Adds Ex-GNC Legal Chief In Pittsburgh
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has continued its recent growth in Pittsburgh with the addition of the former general counsel for GNC Holdings LLC.
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McGuireWoods Names New Office Leaders In 4 US Cities
McGuireWoods LLP announced Wednesday that it has appointed new office managing partners in Atlanta, Houston, Baltimore and San Francisco, continuing the firm's practice of rotating its staff in and out of key leadership positions.
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Diversity Lab Hires Ex-Bank VP, BigLaw Atty As New CEO
Diversity Lab announced it has hired a former BigLaw lawyer, two-time public-company general counsel and longtime business executive as its new chief executive officer.
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Baker McKenzie Rehires Int'l Tax Pro As Principal Economist
Baker McKenzie's former director of economics, who spent more than 15 years as an IRS assistant director in a division that focuses on cross-border tax issues, has rejoined the firm after working with EY.
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Hecker Fink Welcomes Longtime Cravath Trial Lawyer In NY
Hecker Fink LLP announced Wednesday that a longtime Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP attorney known for her work on high-stakes commercial litigation has joined its New York office.
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Top Dems Press EEOC On 'Shakedown' Of Major Law Firms
Top congressional Democrats are once again seeking information on the Trump administration's "shakedown" of major law firms over their past work and clients.
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Gordon Rees Taps Calif. Employment Atty As Next Firm Head
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP announced Tuesday that a 20-year veteran employment litigator who has long been involved with firm management has been tapped to become the firm's new managing partner effective next year.
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Masimo Criticizes Bid To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Payout Suit
Masimo Corp. is fighting a bid by its former CEO Joe Kiani to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP from representing the medical technology company in Delaware Chancery Court litigation over Kiani's quest for a $450 million payout.
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Grieving Texas Legal Community Steps Up After Flood Losses
Texas lawyers are rallying around colleagues whose children were killed in the Guadalupe River's floodwaters last weekend, as attorneys around the Lone Star State organize widespread efforts to assist victims and hard-hit communities.
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Law Firm Lateral Hiring Rebounded In Q2, But Trails 2024 Pace
Lateral attorney hiring at the 200 largest U.S. law firms by revenue showed a modest rebound in the second quarter of 2025, offering early signs of recovery after a slow start to the year, according to a new report from legal intelligence provider Firm Prospects.
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Duane Morris Insurance Specialist Returns To Stradley Ronon
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's recent expansion of its insurance practice has prompted a former partner and practice chair to return to the Philadelphia office after nearly two years at Duane Morris LLP.
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Weil Executive Comp Atty Rejoins Sullivan & Cromwell
An experienced executive compensation attorney has departed Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and returned to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where she's spent much of her legal career.
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Reed Smith Brings On Former SEC Atty From V&E In Dallas
Reed Smith LLP has added a pair of former Vinson & Elkins LLP attorneys in its Dallas office, including a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and enforcement attorney who bolsters the firm's global regulatory enforcement group, Reed Smith announced Tuesday.
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BCLP Taps New Office Leaders In Atlanta, Boulder
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP announced Tuesday that it tapped two new leaders from its corporate transactions team to head up the Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta offices.
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Ex-US Atty For Eastern Pa. Joins BakerHostetler In Philly
After more than 25 years working for the federal government in various roles, including her most recent stint as a top prosecutor in Pennsylvania, a seasoned litigator has returned to private practice and joined BakerHostetler in Philadelphia, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Jones Day Adds Ex-FDIC, Treasury Leaders To Financial Team
Jones Day has expanded its financial markets practice in Washington, D.C., with two new partners who have key experience at financial institutions and regulatory agencies.
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Cooley Boosts DC Office With Top CPSC Trial Atty
A four-year veteran of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has joined Cooley LLP as a special counsel, where she'll work with the firm's global product compliance and East Coast business litigation group in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.
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Paul Hastings Lands Wilson Sonsini Emerging Co. Atty In SF
Paul Hastings LLP has hired a longtime corporate attorney from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC to grow its emerging companies and venture capital practice and expand its talent base in Northern California, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Law Firm Partners United Co-Founder Joins King & Spalding
A Goodwin Procter LLP intellectual property partner who earlier this year co-founded a coalition of BigLaw attorneys challenging the Trump administration's attacks on law firms has jumped to King & Spalding LLP.
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New DC Bar Leader On Guiding Group Amid Political Tumult
New D.C. Bar President Sadina Montani wasn’t on the ballot this year, but she is taking the reins of the nation’s largest mandatory bar after a contentious election in which national politics took center stage.
Expert Analysis
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.