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    BCLP Appoints New Office Managing Partner In Seattle

    A medical malpractice, product liability and tort law attorney who joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP just last year is the firm's new office managing partner in Seattle.

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    Ex-Solicitor General's Office Atty Rejoins Paul Weiss In DC

    A former assistant to the solicitor general who argued nine matters before the U.S. Supreme Court is returning to Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as a partner after leaving the firm in 2020 as counsel to join the government.

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    Barnes & Thornburg Names 5 IP Department Leaders

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced Thursday that it tapped five new leaders for its intellectual property department in an effort to further help clients protect, enforce and leverage their assets.

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    Polsinelli Adds M&A Pro From Dallas Boutique

    Polsinelli PC announced Thursday that it has added a shareholder in Dallas from Atwood & McCall PLLC whose background includes significant in-house experience.

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    Wilson Elser Adds Six More Bullivant Attorneys In Portland

    Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP added another six attorneys from Bullivant Houser Bailey PC to the firm's Portland, Oregon, office after hiring eight practitioners from the same regional litigation shop in July, the firm said Thursday.

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    Squire Patton Partner Who Helped Save Ohio Insurer Dies

    A longtime Squire Patton Boggs partner who was the legal architect behind one of the most momentous corporate governance battles in Ohio business history has died after an 18-month battle with pancreatic cancer, the firm announced.

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    Fisher Phillips Hires Liff Walsh Employment Group Leader

    The former leader of Liff Walsh & Simmons' employment and labor practice, who worked as a counselor to the solicitor of the U.S. Department of Labor and in several other public service roles, has joined Fisher Phillips as a partner in Washington, D.C.

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    Polsinelli Emerging Companies Ace Rejoins Pillsbury In SF

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is expanding its venture capital team, welcoming back an emerging companies specialist most recently with Polsinelli PC as a partner in its San Francisco office.

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    Ex-Commerce Official Joins Eversheds Sutherland In DC

    Eversheds Sutherland has brought on a former top lawyer in the U.S. Department of Commerce to help lead its congressional investigations practice, the firm said Thursday.

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    Mid-Law Mergers: Some Eye Gains, Others Under Pressure

    Mid-Law firms are increasingly eyeing tie-ups despite this year's lag in mergers, although industry observers note that some firms are jumping on opportunities while others are seeking a lifeline.

  • Musk Atty Spiro's Latest Gig: Cleaning Fluid Co.'s Crypto Pivot

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Alex Spiro is set to chair the board of directors for a cleaning product company pivoting to a crypto strategy as it builds a $175 million treasury of Dogecoin, a crypto token favored by Spiro's client Elon Musk.

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    Akin Opens In Chicago With 4 New Partners

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has opened the doors to its newest office, in Chicago, the firm announced Wednesday, with a quartet of partners who joined the firm this spring from Mayer Brown LLP.

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    Covington IP Atty Joins WilmerHale In San Francisco

    WilmerHale announced Wednesday that an experienced intellectual property attorney has joined the firm's San Francisco office after nearly 15 years at Covington & Burling LLP.

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    Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Ex-Asst. To The Solicitor General

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a former assistant to the solicitor general whose wealth of appellate experience includes six arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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    Goodwin Taps Flock Safety CIO To Lead Global Tech Strategy

    Goodwin Procter LLP has hired safety technology platform Flock Safety's former chief information officer for a newly created chief digital and technology officer role, the firm said Wednesday.

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    Legora's VP Of Legal Innovation On Why Legal Tech Is 'Cool'

    Legal artificial intelligence software startup Legora has added a former Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP partner as vice president of legal innovation and strategy. Kyle Poe talks to Law360 Pulse about his goals for the position and what makes the platform unique.

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    Mayer Brown Lands Justice Department Appellate Pro In DC

    Mayer Brown LLP has bolstered its Supreme Court and appellate practice in Washington, D.C., with a partner who joined following more than a decade at the Department of Justice, where he most recently was a Civil Division appellate attorney.

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    Indivior Attorney Rejoins McGuireWoods In Virginia

    A former associate general counsel for global pharmaceutical company Indivior Inc. has returned to private practice at her former firm, McGuireWoods LLP.

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    Rural Broadband Association GC Joins Womble Bond In DC

    The former general counsel of the National Telecommunication Cooperative Association's Rural Broadband Association, has joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a senior counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    Overheard At ILTACON: The Reality Underneath The AI Buzz

    A more grounded approach to artificial intelligence is emerging among law firm leaders, many of whom say they are focusing on team structure and cloud strategy, and in some cases recognizing where AI simply isn't needed.

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    Wright Close Elevates Former Texas Justice To Name Partner

    Lone Star State trial and appellate boutique Wright Close & Barger LLP announced Wednesday that it is changing the firm's name to Wright Close Barger & Guzman, highlighting the contributions of former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman.

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    More K&L Gates Attys Jump To Arnold & Porter In LA, Seattle

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP continues to grow its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday two more longtime K&L Gates LLP attorneys have joined as partners — a labor and employment expert in Seattle and a business litigation pro in Los Angeles.

  • AI Credential Theft, Poor Visibility Worry Legal IT Teams

    As information technology teams embrace new agentic artificial intelligence uses, IT leaders in the legal industry are raising the alarm on potential security risks in a new survey report Wednesday.

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    Legal Rates Surge Moderates, But Pressure Remains High

    As legal departments face mounting pressure to manage costs, increases in hourly billing rates from law firms appear to be moderating, with the first few months of 2025 presenting a snapshot of this reality, according to a recent report from Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions.

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    The Top In-House Hires Of August

    Legal department hires in the last month included high-profile appointments at the Association of Corporate Counsel, GE Vernova, and a California legal legend joining an AI startup named Anthropic. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from the past few weeks.

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