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Meet The New Leader In Clifford Chance's DC Office
When Will Lavery followed a longtime Baker Botts LLP colleague in moving his antitrust practice to Clifford Chance LLP in 2023, he told 极速赛车 Pulse in a recent interview that he never would have expected that just two years later he would be tapped to serve as managing partner of the firm鈥檚 Washington, D.C., office.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Practice Heads In Leadership Shift
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has tapped a number of longtime partners for new leadership roles, adding new positions leading the firm's global private equity and asset management teams, also naming new co-heads of its investment funds practice and a new chair of funds and funds adjacencies.
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Polsinelli Lands 8-Atty Real Estate Team From ArentFox
The national real estate co-leader at ArentFox Schiff LLP is among an eight-attorney team leaving the firm to join Polsinelli's own practice, according to a Thursday announcement.
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The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.
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Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks 鈥� and even hours 鈥� to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.
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Ballard Spahr Lands Saul Ewing Public Finance Ace In Del.
Ballard Spahr LLP has added a partner from Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, who has served as bond counsel for Delaware and its agencies for years, to enhance the firm's capacity to handle public finance matters.
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Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High
The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Sidley Adds DLA Piper Private Credit Expert In San Diego
Sidley Austin LLP is growing its finance team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a DLA Piper specialist in private credit as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Linklaters' Innovation Chief Exits As AI Role Evolves
Linklaters LLP said Thursday that its head of technology and AI will be leaving the firm, as legal outfits continue to refine their approaches to artificial intelligence amid rapid technological change.
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Legal Sector Sees Record Leases As Firms Eye Premium Digs
Law firm office leasing is off to a red-hot start in 2025, signaling "a long-term commitment to high-quality real estate" in the legal sector even as other industries have reduced their office footprints due to technology and pandemic-driven disruptions, according to a new report.
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Norton Rose Hires K&L Gates Real Estate Ace In LA
Norton Rose Fulbright is building on its California footprint, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a K&L Gates LLP real estate pro as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Bradley Arant Hires Pair Of Gov't Enforcement Attys In NC
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced Wednesday it has added two Flannery Georgalis LLC attorneys to its government enforcement and investigations practice group in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Atty For Drake, Blake Lively Is Latest To Join Dunn Isaacson
A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner, who defended actress Blake Lively and artist Drake in recent defamation suits, has joined Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP, a boutique litigation firm that was launched in May by several former members of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP.
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Former FTC General Counsel Joins Orrick In New York
The former general counsel of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has made the move to private practice at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in New York.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Willkie Private Equity Pro In Houston
Greenberg Traurig LLP has added a corporate shareholder in Houston from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, furthering the firm's expansion of its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices.
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A&O Shearman To Require US Attys To Work 4 Days In Office
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling is the latest firm to increase its in-office requirement for U.S. lawyers from three days a week to four, effective Sept. 2.
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One Tool To Rule Them All Is A Myth In Legal AI
As generative artificial intelligence tools for legal continue to proliferate, law firms are faced with a growing number of factors to consider when selecting the right platform to meet their needs.
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Morgan Lewis Adds Polsinelli Healthcare Partner In Chicago
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Wednesday that it has added a healthcare attorney from Polsinelli to support the continued growth of its national healthcare transactions and regulatory practice.
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Yale Law's 1st Woman Dean To Leave Post 2 Years Early
Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken, the first woman named to the position, is leaving Yale to lead the Ford Foundation two years before her term was set to expire, according to a recent announcement.
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Supreme Court Taps Latham Atty In Campaign Spending Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has turned to Latham & Watkins LLP's Roman Martinez to defend caps on coordinated campaign spending as amicus counsel in a case on tap for next term.
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Weil Patent Pro Jumps To WilmerHale In Silicon Valley
WilmerHale is expanding its intellectual property team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing on a longtime Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP patent expert as a partner in its Silicon Valley office.
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ABA's 1st Native American President, Bill Paul, Dies At 94
The聽first Native American to lead the聽American Bar Association, whose legal career included in-house work and a longtime practice at聽Crowe & Dunlevy, is being remembered as a "moral compass and a true leader" who聽helped to start scholarships to increase diversity in the legal profession.
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Solo Lawyers Are Surprisingly Happy, New Survey Says
A new survey of about 300 solo attorneys by insurance company ALPS Malpractice Insurance concluded that sole practitioners are surprisingly happy with their professional lives, with many citing work-life balance as a key factor, the company said this week.
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Jenner & Block Lands Mass Tort Team From Mayer Brown
Jenner & Block LLP announced Tuesday that it has brought on a five-attorney team in Chicago from Mayer Brown LLP for its mass torts and product liability practice, including two seasoned partners who will help co-chair the group.
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Willkie Lands Former Orrick Energy Leader In Houston
The former global energy and infrastructure sector leader at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has moved his practice to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Houston, Willkie announced Tuesday.