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Quinn Emanuel Taps Houston Leader To Co-Chair Trial Group
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has named a co-managing partner of its Houston shop as co-chair of the firm's national trial practice.
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Attys Name Evolving Legal Tech As Industry's Top Challenge
Adjusting to ever-evolving technology including artificial intelligence, automation and emerging legal tech is the biggest challenge facing the legal industry in 2025, according to a new survey by peer-review publication company Best Lawyers.
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Elusive Cognizant Witness Ready To Testify, Gov't Says
A witness from India whose 2023 absence on the brink of the foreign bribery trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives set off a lengthy delay is now willing to testify, federal prosecutors said, despite stating they were under no obligation to respond to defense counsel's concerns.
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Holland & Knight Adds Ex-GOP Rep. To Policy Advisory Team
Holland & Knight LLP has hired seven-term Indiana Republican Congressman Larry Bucshon as a senior policy adviser.
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SEC Sues Elon Musk Over Late Twitter Buy-Up Disclosure
Elon Musk violated securities laws by failing to timely disclose his initial buy-up of Twitter stock ahead of his $44 billion acquisition of the company, allowing him to purchase shares at artificially low prices, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in a D.C. federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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Ex-Department Of Commerce Trade Pro Joins King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired an attorney who formerly served as a U.S. Department of Commerce official and assistant general counsel for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to bolster its international trade team.
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Orrick Elevates Partnership Class With 17 Attorneys
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has promoted 17 senior associates to partner, marking a 70% increase over the 10 promoted to partner a year ago, the firm announced Monday.
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Ex-Cognizant Execs Seek Update On Elusive Gov't Witness
A vital prosecution witness whose unavailability delayed the highly anticipated 2023 trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives on foreign bribery charges in New Jersey federal court might again be missing in action as the new trial date of March 3 approaches, according to court filings.
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Goodwin Enters Brussels With Ex-Quinn Emanuel Antitrust Atty
Goodwin Procter LLP has opened an office in Brussels, focusing on competition matters with the hiring of a former Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorney who once served as the head of Shearman & Sterling LLP's global antitrust group.
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Steptoe Hires A&O Shearman Political Law Leader In DC
Steptoe LLP has hired the former head of A&O Shearman's political law group, who is joining the team in Washington, D.C., as a partner to continue her practice focused on a range of white collar investigations and political law issues, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Trump Org. Taps Quinn Emanuel Atty For Ethics Adviser
A co-managing partner of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has been selected to step into the role of outside ethics adviser for the Trump Organization, President-elect Donald Trump's real estate conglomerate, according to an announcement by its executive vice president.
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Duane Morris Adds IP Vice Chair To Executive Committee
Duane Morris LLP announced this week that it added the Philadelphia-based vice chair of its intellectual property practice group to the firm's eight-member executive committee.
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DC Litigator Rejoins McGuireWoods From Brown Rudnick
McGuireWoods LLP announced on Tuesday the ninth partner to be added to its Washington, D.C., office in approximately half a year— a versatile litigator who is returning to the firm after a little more than a year with Brown Rudnick LLP.
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K&L Gates Inks 15-Year Lease For Smaller Pittsburgh Office
K&L Gates LLP has signed a new 15-year lease to remain in its central business district location in the heart of Pittsburgh in a smaller, more flexible workspace, the firm announced Monday.
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Ex-NC Assistant AG To Co-Lead WilmerHale State AGs Group
WilmerHale has tapped the former first assistant attorney general and general counsel to former North Carolina attorney general Josh Stein as co-leader of its state attorneys general practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Why Law Firms Are Seeing 'Profit Leakage'
Even as many law firms see rising profitability, a number of factors are still negatively affecting their profit margins, including write-offs and discounts, according to a new report out Tuesday.
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Legal Pros Most Challenged By 'Overwhelming Work Volume'
Legal, risk and compliance professionals identified "overwhelming work volume" as the biggest challenge they face, according to an annual survey conducted by e-discovery and document review company Consilio LLC released on Tuesday.
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Stanford AI Expert Reamed For Erroneous AI-Generated Brief
A Minnesota federal judge on Friday threw out an erroneous expert declaration prepared by a Stanford University expert on artificial intelligence in litigation over the state's law on deepfakes, finding that the fake, AI-generated sources in his declaration "shatters his credibility with this court."
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Quinn Emanuel Scoops Up SDNY Securities Fraud Chief
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced Monday that it has hired the former chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's securities and commodities fraud task force as a partner in its Manhattan office.
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Microsoft, Patent Firm Ramey Lose Dueling Sanctions Bids
A Texas federal judge denied dueling sanctions motions Monday in a post-litigation spat between Microsoft and prolific patent firm Ramey LLP, holding that neither party met the standard to win disciplinary fees from the other.
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Ex-US Attorney Chris Kavanaugh Joining Cleary In DC
Former U.S. Attorney Chris Kavanaugh of the Western District of Virginia will join Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in Washington, D.C., after nearly two decades as a prosecutor, the firm announced Monday.
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Sidley Lands M&A Pros From Jones Day, Simpson Thacher
Sidley Austin LLP is expanding its mergers and acquisitions team, announcing Monday it has brought on a Jones Day M&A expert and a Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP pro as partners in its New York office.
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Ex-State Department, Google Atty Joins King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP has hired a former Biden administration official with expertise in artificial intelligence policy and content moderation who previously worked in an international criminal tribunal and for the parent company of Google.
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Goodwin Procter Adds NY IP Attys From Fenwick, Desmarais
Goodwin Procter LLP announced Monday that it was expanding its intellectual property practice in New York with two scientifically talented lawyers, one from Fenwick & West LLP, the other from Desmarais LLP.
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Sheppard Mullin Lands 6-Atty Bradley Arant White Collar Team
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Monday that it has added the managing partner of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP's Dallas office and five others to bolster its governmental practice and enhance its white collar defense, corporate investigations and healthcare enforcement services.