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Mercy Taps Seasoned Health System GC To Lead Legal Team
St. Louis-based hospital system Mercy has revealed it will have a new lawyer heading up its legal team starting Monday, with the addition of an experienced in-house healthcare industry counsel who brings more than 30 years of legal experience.
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In Their Words: Founders On Being A Woman In Legal Tech
Recently, the legal tech community was rocked by a LinkedIn post detailing sexual harassment claims by anonymous women attending industry conferences. Law360 Pulse spoke with five women founders about their work experiences and finding support from other women in the industry.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Recent announcements from Sidley Austin LLP and Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC about plans to move their offices in Dallas and Pittsburgh, respectively, were among the biggest real estate moves for law firms in March.
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Paul Hastings Bulks Up In Texas With V&E Team
Paul Hastings LLP announced Thursday that it had brought on an eight-partner finance team from Vinson & Elkins LLP, four of whom will anchor the firm's new Dallas location while the others will be based in Houston.
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Malpractice Suit Against Texas Magnate's Atty Revived
A Texas appeals court has revived claims that a longtime family attorney violated his duty as trustee to their fortune by using his position to enrich himself and undercut the heir to a Lone Star State business empire.
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Texas Attorneys Warned Of AI's 'Communication Bias'
Texas lawyers should not only be on guard when using artificial intelligence in their own legal work but careful about checking their opponents filings for "hallucinations and bias," a federal judge and a law professor warned during a virtual panel discussion on Wednesday.
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How GCs Can Leverage AI And Mitigate Risks
Experts at a cybersecurity summit for in-house counsel this week agreed that the best governance strategies for using artificial intelligence should balance the company's business and ethical culture with its tolerance for risk.
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DLA Piper Lands Kirkland Private Equity Ace In Austin
DLA Piper is expanding its corporate team, announcing Wednesday it is adding a Kirkland & Ellis LLP private equity expert as a partner in its Austin, Texas, office.
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BigLaw Is Greater Part Of Litigation Funding Industry 'In Flux'
The litigation funding industry is entering an era of "consolidation" and "shakeout" after years of rapid growth, exemplified by the fact that BigLaw firms made up a bigger slice of the industry's customer base than ever last year, even as the total value of new deals fell, according to a new report.
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Lateral Hiring Plummets As Post-COVID Talent Wars Cease
Lateral lawyer hiring plummeted 35% overall in 2023 — marking the second consecutive annual decline and the softest market in 13 years, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Association for Law Placement.
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Embattled Law Firm Can't Escape Hurricane Ad Suit
A Texas federal judge has agreed with a magistrate judge's recommendation in refusing to toss a suit seeking class damages over a troubled Houston law firm's allegedly illegal efforts to solicit clients in hurricane-related property damage cases.
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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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Texas AG Scores 'Huge Victory' With Securities Fraud Deal
A deal announced Tuesday that ended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's nearly decadelong securities fraud case is a significant win for the chief legal officer, who avoided a potentially messy trial in a case that experts told Law360 might have been weaker than prosecutors had hoped.
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Men Let Off $114M Fraud Fight Feds Dismissal Pause
A group of men who a Texas judge recently let off federal criminal charges of illegally manipulating stock prices has urged the court to reject prosecutors' attempt to pause dismissal of the case, arguing there is no justification for the move.
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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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Wells Fargo Denies Liability Over Texas Atty's Fraud Scheme
Arguing a San Antonio lawyer's widespread fraud scheme predated his relationship with the bank, Wells Fargo has asked a Texas federal judge to trim a suit launched by the attorney's former clients, who accused the bank of enabling the scheme that landed the attorney behind bars for 50 years.
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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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Paxton Cuts Deal To End Decadelong Securities Fraud Case
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has cut a deal with state prosecutors to end a securities fraud case against him that has stretched nearly a decade, attorneys told a Houston court Tuesday.
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Ex-Tesla Legal Chief Earned $2M As Sunnova Energy's GC
The general counsel of solar company Sunnova Energy International Inc. earned $2 million in total compensation last year, according to a proxy statement filed Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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DOJ Calls Probe Of Alleged SpaceX Hiring Bias Constitutional
The U.S. Department of Justice has defended its investigation into allegations that SpaceX refused to hire asylum-seekers and refugees, telling a Texas federal judge that its authority stems from a constitutionally sound provision of federal immigration law barring workplace discrimination based on citizenship status.
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Jackson Walker Dismissal Bid Says Atty Lied About Romance
A former Jackson Walker LLP partner at the center of an ethics scandal over her relationship with a then-Texas bankruptcy judge was dishonest when questioned about the romance, the firm said Friday in seeking to escape a federal racketeering lawsuit.
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Hamilton Wingo Grows In Dallas With Pair Of Trial Pros
Litigation boutique Hamilton Wingo LLP announced Monday that it has added two experienced trial attorneys to its Dallas roster, including Brad Jackson, who worked alongside the firm's lawyers in 2022 in achieving a $7.3 billion verdict in a Texas wrongful death case — the largest such award in the country that year.
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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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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.
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Judges And Law Scholars Divided Over AI Standing Orders
Several federal judges have issued standing orders blocking or putting guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence over accuracy issues with the technology, but a few legal scholars have raised concerns that the orders might discourage attorneys and self-represented litigants from using AI.