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Dechert Partner On How Firm Is Challenging The Status Quo
Dechert LLP has started multiple visionary programs since creating an Innovation Task Force eight years ago. Devin Swaney, New York-based innovation partner at Dechert, talked to Law360 Pulse about how innovation is in the firm’s blood.
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FisherBroyles, Pierson Ferdinand See Growth In Year Since Split
One year after nearly half of the partners at FisherBroyles LLP left to form the breakaway firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP, both firms have grown their headcount and reported a successful 2024, and industry observers say it demonstrates the appeal of their offbeat model as partner-only and fully remote.
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Many Attorneys Not Meeting ABA's 50-Hour Pro Bono Goal
While most attorneys have volunteered pro bono services at some point in their career, many lawyers are not meeting the American Bar Association's goal for every lawyer to provide 50 hours of pro bono work every year, and lack of time was the biggest discouraging factor, according to a recent report.
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SurePoint Adds To Growing Portfolio By Acquiring ZenCase
The legal technology company SurePoint Technologies acquired the legal practice management software company ZenCase on Thursday to bolster its burgeoning collection of law firm tools.
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Law Firms Beef Up E-Discovery Hiring As Vendors Stay 'Lean'
The landscape of e-discovery hiring appears to have undergone a noticeable shift in 2024, with law firms emerging as the primary employers for the first time in recent memory.
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Greenberg Traurig Folds Digital Infrastructure Into RE Group
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced that the firm is merging its digital infrastructure, data center and cloud computing practice group into Greenberg Traurig's global real estate group, noting that the integration will allow it to better serve data center clients.
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Fennemore Craig Fills New Director Role To Lead AI Initiative
Fennemore Craig PC has hired a senior solutions architect from Thomson Reuters to be its first-ever director of emerging technology and innovation, a role in which he will lead the firm's artificial intelligence initiative.
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Spend Optimization Tool Vertice Secures $50M Series C
Vertice, a spend optimization platform serving legal and other enterprise teams, raised a $50 million Series C funding round Wednesday.
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What Lawyers Really Think About Working In-House
Law360 Pulse asked corporate counsel to identify some common misconceptions about working in-house and share their thoughts on the rewards and challenges of their jobs. Here's what they said.
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In-House Attorneys Have Saner Schedules, But Long Hours
It may once have been that the typical in-house lawyer worked a 40-hour week, but that no longer appears to be the case for many corporate counsel, with more than 40% reporting they exceed 50 hours at work each week in a recent survey by Law360 Pulse.
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How Happy Are In-House Attorneys At Work?
In-house attorneys report high job satisfaction when it comes to schedule flexibility, team collegiality, and compensation, but concerns linger about workload and career advancement, particularly for mid-level lawyers seeking to climb the career ladder, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.
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In-House Etiquette — Tips For Outside Counsel
While most in-house lawyers seem generally happy with their outside counsel, about 9% of participants in Law360 Pulse's first In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey want more, saying they are fed up with being nickel-and-dimed while receiving low quality work and poor communication from their outside attorneys.
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Macfarlanes Launches New AI Tool For Client Use
Macfarlanes LLP said Wednesday it has launched a new generative artificial intelligence tool for its clients to use, aiming to help their in-house teams get through "routine work" more efficiently.
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A Look At UK Firm Avantia Law's AI Agent Ava
London-based law firm Avantia Law has developed an artificial intelligence agent platform called Ava that can assist with a range of tasks including email drafting, contract review and compliance checks, the firm announced Wednesday.
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CloudLex Rolls Out AI Tool For Personal Injury Lawyers
CloudLex became the latest legal technology provider to release an artificial intelligence platform designed exclusively for personal injury law on Tuesday.
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Legal Services Co. JND Names An E-Discovery Sales VP
Legal management and administration services provider JND Legal Administration has picked a former attorney turned e-discovery expert to be its vice president of e-discovery sales.
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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Luminance Appoints Featurespace CEO As Chair
Luminance, which provides legal software using artificial intelligence, announced Monday the appointment of Martina King, chief executive at payments protection company Featurespace, as its chair.
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Insurer Tried To 'Embarrass' Cadwalader, NC Court Told
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has accused a Lloyd's of London syndicate of attempting to "embarrass" the firm by publicly revealing the firm's data breach recoveries amid the insurer's bid to toss a coverage suit stemming from a 2022 hack.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as law firms inked new deals, elevated attorneys and expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Legal Tech Roundup: US Legal Support, Epona
There were several acquisitions this week in legal technology, including deals involving a medical record retrieval company, a legal case management system and a digital transformation provider.
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Calif.'s Chief Justice On Preparing For Trump, AI
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero told reporters Thursday that the judiciary is preparing for the possibility that the Trump administration will target state courthouses to arrest unauthorized immigrants, and described how the judiciary plans to evaluate the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the judicial process.
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Venable Hires Senior Cybersecurity Services Director In DC
Venable LLP has hired the former head of advanced cybersecurity solutions and partnerships at Mandiant, a cybersecurity company, as senior director for cybersecurity services in Washington, D.C..
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Freeths Appoints Ex-Deloitte E-Discovery Manager
Freeths LLP announced Wednesday the appointment of Jake Pennington-Slater, who departed Deloitte late last year, as its first in-house e-discovery manager.