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The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
The legal market expanded more tentatively in 2023 than in previous years amid a slowdown in demand for legal services, especially in transactions, an area that has been sluggish but is expected to quicken in the near future.
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ABA's Education Section Endorses Alternative Atty Licensing
The American Bar Association's national accrediting arm for law degree programs announced during a council meeting Friday the adoption of a report that effectively recognizes alternative methods of attorney licensing outside the bar exam.
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Courts' 'Wait And See' On Deepfake Rule Gets Mixed Reviews
A new evidentiary rule for dealing with artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes is unnecessary right now, according to a federal judiciary committee, but the courts' "wait and see" approach may be too cautious, some experts told Law360 Monday.
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Goodwin Adds Sidley Startup, Climate Tech Ace In Calif.
Goodwin Procter LLP is expanding its technology team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Sidley Austin LLP startup and climate tech specialist as a partner in its Silicon Valley office.
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Snell & Wilmer Lands Hahn Loeser Employment Pro In Calif.
Snell & Wilmer LLP has added a Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP partner in San Diego, strengthening its labor and employment practice.
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SunPower CLO Moves To Top Legal Spot At Infinera
Telecom equipment company Infinera Corp. announced a new legal chief on Monday whose resume includes close to 25 years of in-house experience, including most recently as executive vice president and chief legal officer of SunPower Corp.
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Girardi Wants To Probe Jurors' 'Real Housewives' Exposure
Public defenders for Tom Girardi want to ask prospective jurors in his upcoming fraud trial whether they have seen his wife's reality television show and news reporting about his law firm's massive scandal, according to a recent motion in Los Angeles federal court.
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Retired Santa Cruz County, California, Judge Moves To JAMS
The alternative dispute resolution service JAMS has expanded its mediation team, announcing last week it added a former California state judge as a mediator.
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Calif. OKs Rule For Judges To Work Remotely In Civil Cases
California's Judicial Council on Friday approved a new rule of court to allow judges to preside remotely under limited circumstances over civil proceedings from a location other than a courtroom.
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Calif.'s Top Judge Launches Task Force To Probe AI Uses
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero has created a new task force to look into how generative artificial intelligence could benefit the court system and its users, while also evaluating its potential risks, the court announced Friday.
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Co-Lead Counsel Named In Baby Food Toxins MDL
A California federal judge has tapped attorneys from Wisner Baum LLP and the Wagstaff Law Firm PC to lead multidistrict litigation alleging products from baby food manufacturers and distributors, including Walmart Inc. and Gerber Products Co., contain toxic metals and caused children to develop autism spectrum disorder and other conditions.
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Nestle Assistant GC Joins Mayer Brown's IP Practice In LA
Mayer Brown LLP has hired Nestle's U.S. head of brand intellectual property as counsel for its global IP practice in Los Angeles.
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Ex-Berkeley Law Dean Remembered As 'Transformational'
Former Harvard and Berkeley law professor and onetime Berkeley Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr. is being remembered as a "transformational" academic leader and influential civil rights activist.
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Dykema Names New CFO, Practice And Office Leaders
Dykema Gossett PLLC has tapped multiple new leaders across the firm, including bringing on a new chief financial officer who was previously controller at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
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Lewis Brisbois Taps Attys To Help Lead Asbestos Litigation
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP named two new vice chairs of its asbestos litigation practice group this week, looking to experienced litigators from its Philadelphia and Atlanta offices to fill the roles.
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Gen Z Women Are Shunning BigLaw Partnership. Here's Why.
A recent survey of Generation Z lawyers at large law firms found that significantly more men than women say their ultimate career goal is to make partner, while far more women than men say their goal is to transition in-house.
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Calif. Bar Approves Plan To Expunge Nondisbarment Records
The State Bar of California approved a plan to automatically expunge records of attorney disciplinary actions after eight years, so long as there was no disbarment and the lawyer stayed out of trouble — a move designed to bring greater fairness to the state's attorney disciplinary system.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Haynes and Boone LLP and Lubin & Enoch PC lead this week's edition of Law360's Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously determined that federal courts do not have discretion to toss a case once it's decided that the claims belong in arbitration.
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McDermott Adds Dechert Blockchain Ace In Calif. Offices
McDermott Will & Emery LLP is growing its transactions team, announcing Friday it is bringing in a Dechert LLP blockchain and digital assets expert as a partner in its Orange County and Silicon Valley offices.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The middle of May marked another action-packed week for the legal industry as former President Donald Trump's hush money trial continued and BigLaw firms expanded their reach in the U.S. and abroad. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Trial Firm Ellis George Adds Former LA Prosecutor, Ex-Mayor
Ellis George LLP is expanding its team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in a litigator who is a former deputy district attorney, a former mayor and former legal counsel to litigation finance company Omni Bridgeway as a partner in its Los Angeles office in Century City.
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$2B Default Recommended For Making Fair Trial 'Impossible'
Years of lies should put a pair of Chinese electronics companies on the hook for over $2 billion in default judgment, a special master told a California federal judge, adding that their yearslong no-show and disregard of U.S. counsel advice to retain documents have rendered a fair trial "impossible."
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Judge OKs Plan For Those Hit By Rescinded Trump Travel Ban
Immigration advocates who sued the federal government said they were celebrating "a glimmer of hope" this week after a federal judge OK'd a plan that would require immigration officials to reconsider visa applications for people denied entry into the U.S. because of a Trump-era travel ban affecting individuals from Muslim-majority countries.
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Smollett Atty Says Attackers' Defamation Suit Must Fail
An attorney who represented "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to end claims that she defamed two brothers accused of attacking Smollett by suggesting they wore "whiteface," arguing it was an unimportant detail that meshed with their own descriptions.
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Lowenstein Sandler Pro Bono Head Leaves Legacy Of Service
As she winds down her tenure leading Lowenstein Sandler LLP's Center for Public Interest this month, Catherine Weiss is leaving behind a legacy as a fierce public advocate for immigrants and reproductive rights at a time when public interest law as a whole faces new challenges.