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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as attorneys took on new roles and law firms expanded their reach. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Wisconsin Bar Settles Atty's Legal Challenge Over DEI Efforts
The State Bar of Wisconsin has settled a lawsuit from a lawyer challenging its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, with the agency agreeing to apply a tweaked definition of diversity to two leadership programs.
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Amazon Attys Jump To Crowell & Moring In San Francisco
Crowell & Moring LLP has expanded its litigation resources in its San Francisco office with the addition of two former in-house attorneys for Amazon, who bring more than 30 years of combined experience to advise clients on product liability claims.
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Bradley Arant Brings On Polsinelli Corporate Ace In Dallas
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a corporate partner from Polsinelli, who previously chaired the China practice at Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC, to enhance its corporate, securities and commercial real estate services.
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BCLP Data Privacy Lead Joins Steptoe In Chicago
Steptoe LLP announced Wednesday the hiring of a former data privacy leader at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as a Chicago-based partner in its artificial intelligence, data and digital group, as well as its blockchain and cryptocurrency practice.
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Former Microsoft GC Remembered As Rule Of Law Champion
Former American Bar Association President William H. "Bill" Neukom, the first head lawyer for Microsoft and a longtime partner at a predecessor firm to K&L Gates LLP, has died at age 83, the bar said Wednesday.
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Why An Associate Move Is Most Likely In The 3rd Quarter
The third quarter is the most likely time for associates to leave law firms, experts said at a recent webinar hosted by The Managing Partner Forum.
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Real Estate Finance Pro Returns To ArentFox Schiff In NY
ArentFox Schiff LLP has added a real estate finance partner in New York from Greenspoon Marder LLP who returns to the firm after seven years away, the firm announced this week.
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Fired Davis Polk Associate Claims BigLaw Stifles Dissent
A former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP associate who says he was fired last month after writing a series of columns critical of the Trump administration is speaking out about what he claims are BigLaw policies that stifle dissenting voices in the legal profession.
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Morris Manning Atty Trio Joins Husch Blackwell In Latest Exits
Husch Blackwell LLP announced Wednesday that a pair of Atlanta-based healthcare partners along with an associate in the same city have joined the firm from Morris Manning & Martin LLP, marking the latest departures from Morris Manning after the firm said it is in talks to join a larger firm.
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Judges' Lack Of STEM Skills Scrutinized Post-Loper Bright
The lack of scientific educational backgrounds among federal judges is raising concerns among some experts about the courts' ability to handle technically complex questions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright ruling, though others argue that judges are meant to be and should remain generalists.
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Sheppard Mullin Adds Holland & Knight, Mayer Brown Attys
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Wednesday that it has bolstered its energy offerings with a partner in Los Angeles who joins from Holland & Knight LLP and a partner in Houston joining from Mayer Brown LLP.
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Suspect Arrested In Hit-And-Run Death Of Morgan Lewis Atty
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the fatal hit-and-run bicycle accident last week in West Hollywood, California, that caused the death of a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP first-year litigation associate.
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How Attorneys Are Using AI Tools In Their Law Practices
In-house and law firm leaders are finding many different ways to use legal and nonlegal generative artificial intelligence tools in their law practices, according to a panel hosted by contract management platform Ironclad.
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Former Kilpatrick Chair, Civil Rights Champion Dies At 93
A longtime Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP attorney who served as co-chair of the Atlanta-based firm following its 1997 merger has died at the age of 93, the firm announced this week.
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Polsinelli Continues Energy Growth With Former Dentons Atty
Polsinelli PC announced Tuesday that it is continuing to build its energy practice with a New York and Los Angeles-based attorney from Dentons.
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Stanford Legal Profession Center Head Joins Neukom Center
Lucy Ricca, executive director for the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School, said in a LinkedIn post Tuesday that she would become the executive director of the school's 2-year-old Neukom Center for the Rule of Law.
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Nixon Peabody Adds Former HUD Managing Attorney
Nixon Peabody LLP bolstered its affordable housing and real estate practice by hiring an attorney who most recently served on the leadership team for the southwest regional office for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Gordon Rees Opens Permanent Downtown Cleveland Office
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP announced Tuesday the official opening of a permanent office located in Cleveland.
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A&O Shearman Hires Finance Pro From Linklaters In Italy
A&O Shearman has hired a leveraged finance specialist from Linklaters LLP in Italy to boost its private capital services for clients.
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After Hiring Blitz, Dunn Isaacson Formally Opens In DC
After quickly growing its ranks to more than 20 attorneys, the new litigation boutique Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP said Wednesday it has opened its first location in Washington, D.C., and plans offices in New York and San Francisco.
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Kennedys Promotes US Finance Director To CFO
Kennedys named its U.S. finance director as the new chief financial officer of the firm on Wednesday, a move that will allow her to helm its global financial strategy following a record year of growth.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Fund Transaction Pro In NY
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has brought aboard a partner with close to 15 years of experience to bulk up the firm's fund transactions practice in New York.
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Recent Law School Grads Have Already Held 2 Different Jobs
Nearly two of three attorneys who graduated from law school three years ago have already held two jobs, but only 13% are on the hunt for a new gig, according to a report from the National Association for Law Placement released on Tuesday.
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AI Specialist Joins Cleary's Innovation Team
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has expanded its professional team by adding an attorney with expertise in artificial intelligence to grow the firm's technology resources.