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Small Firms Are Billing More Hours, Report Says

By Rachel Rippetoe

Even amid an explosion of legal technology and artificial intelligence designed to make legal work more efficient, small firms are billing more hours per month on average, and the increase isn't impacting their collections rate, according to a report published Thursday.

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    DC Pulse

    Inside Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's Big DC Debut

    Judging by the number of people at its launch party in Washington, D.C., at the beginning of this month, it was easy to see how the merger of Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP had turned the new Hogan Lovells Cadwalader into the city's second-largest law firm.

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    DC Pulse

    5 Clifford Chance Finance And Tax Attys Join Sidley In NY, DC

    Sidley Austin LLP announced Thursday that five Clifford Chance LLP attorneys have joined the firm's global finance and tax practices in New York and Washington, D.C.

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    California Pulse

    Longtime Fed. Prosecutor Joins Sanford Heisler In San Diego

    Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Wednesday a longtime federal prosecutor and former executive counsel at energy equipment company GE Vernova has joined the firm's San Diego office as a partner.

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    Courts

    Ohio Fuels Litigation Funding Debate As Foreign Ban Is Enacted

    Ohio has enacted a sweeping law that bans all foreign litigation funders from doing business in the Buckeye State, drawing praise from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and outrage from the litigation finance industry.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Norton Rose Adds Greenberg Traurig Corporate Duo

    Norton Rose Fulbright announced Wednesday that it has brought on a pair of former Greenberg Traurig LLP corporate attorneys who bring particular experience in the data center, digital infrastructure and energy sectors.

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    Courts

    AI Speeds Up Litigation Tasks But Not Overall Pace Of Cases

    Artificial intelligence can plow through mountains of information to unearth pertinent details far faster than any associate or paralegal, but the technology can't really speed up individual cases since lawyers still need to decide how to best use the material to make their arguments in court, litigators say.

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    Legal Tech & AI

    Pillsbury Hires Ex-Simpson Thacher Exec As Chief AI Officer

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced on Wednesday the hiring of the former chief knowledge and innovation officer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as its chief artificial intelligence officer.

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    Connecticut Pulse

    Charles Russell Speechlys Launches In US With Withers Hires

    Charles Russell Speechlys LLP said Wednesday that it has hired a team of lawyers from Withers to establish a permanent presence in the U.S. for the first time, the next step in its international expansion strategy.

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    California Pulse

    Ogletree Co-Founder Deakins, 'Beacon Of Wisdom,' Dies At 90

    A co-founder of the global labor and employment juggernaut Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC died Monday after decades of helping shape the firm's values of honesty and transparency.

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    Courts

    House Dems Push To Ban Judges From Prediction Markets

    Ranking members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday called on the federal judiciary to ban judges from taking part in prediction markets amid growing concerns that court-related wagers could undermine judicial integrity.

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