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A&O Shearman To Cut Partner Numbers By 10%
A&O Shearman said Friday that it is cutting its global partnership by approximately 10% as the newly merged firm plows ahead with cost-cutting measures and seeks benefits from its transatlantic tie-up.
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Texas Could Be Next Delaware, Attys Say As Biz Court Opens
Law firms have been preparing for the upcoming Texas Business Court since the state announced that it wanted to compete with the Delaware Court of Chancery, but many have adopted a wait-and-see approach to the Lone Star State's newest venue, which opened for cases this week.
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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Announce Megamerger
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP will merge in January 2025 to create a combined firm with more than 1,600 attorneys across 33 offices in the United States and two in Europe, the law firms announced Thursday.
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Judge Sharp No Stranger To Complex Cases Biz Court To See
Business Court Judge Stacy Sharp says that most of the cases she's litigated across her career would have been a perfect fit for the state's newest venue.
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Culhane Meadows Rebrands With An Eye Toward Expansion
Culhane Meadows Haughian & Walsh PLLC unveiled a new name and branding this week, beginning its second decade as CM Law PLLC with an eye toward expansion.
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Buchanan Ingersoll COO Jumps To Faegre Drinker
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired a chief operating officer who previously held that role at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, the firm said Thursday.
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Haynes Boone Raises Volume On Atty Wellness With Podcast
From caffeine and parenting to ergonomics and sleep, Haynes and Boone LLP has taken on a wide array of topics in its "Wellness in Law" podcast series. Abby Read, the firm's first wellness manager, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the initiative.
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Travel Tech Biz Sabre Taps Another Chief Legal Officer
Travel tech company Sabre Corp. will soon welcome its third chief legal officer within the past few years due to the termination of the attorney who started in the post last year.
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Texas Real Estate Group Lands Veteran In-House Atty As GC
Austin, Texas-based real estate investment and development platform The Amherst Group has hired a new general counsel with 20 years of experience in real estate, including more than a decade of in-house work under his belt.
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With Dechert Chicago Closing, Shook Hardy Gets Criminal Pro
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has nabbed a Dechert LLP regional white collar practice chair and former federal prosecutor for its Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices in the wake of Dechert's recent decision to shutter its Windy City office.
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Texas Justices OK Some Online Learning For Bar Admission
The Texas Supreme Court has announced rule changes that would allow certain online degree programs to qualify for admission to the State Bar of Texas.
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Chief Justice Brister To Bring 20 Years' Wisdom To 15th Court
For newly appointed Chief Justice Scott A. Brister of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals of Texas, the creation of a new statewide appeals court came at the perfect time.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In August? Netflix, Apple And More
Netflix Inc. chief legal officer David Hyman added to his income by selling more than $29 million worth of company stock in August, while Apple Inc. general counsel Katherine Adams sold over $20 million worth.
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Can K&L Gates Quadruple Its Revenue Again?
In the last two decades, K&L Gates LLP has quadrupled its annual gross revenue. Global strategic growth partner Craig Budner discusses growth strategy, as well as industry factors at play as the firm and its peers look to the future.
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Immunity Can't Shield Ex-Judge In Romance Suit, Court Told
The former head of a now-shuttered barge company is asking a Texas federal judge to keep alive his claims against a former bankruptcy judge over his undisclosed romantic relationship with an attorney on the company's Chapter 11 case, saying the onetime jurist isn't entitled to immunity for "decidedly non-judicial acts."
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Former Judge Faces Risks With Looming Atty Romance Depo
Former Texas bankruptcy judge David R. Jones faces some serious risks in an upcoming deposition that was recently given the green light, especially since the U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly conducting a criminal investigation of his undisclosed relationship with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner who appeared before him, according to attorneys.
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Overheard At ILTACON: Law Firms Face AI Growing Pains
Law firms exploring artificial intelligence tools face growing hurdles in implementing those technologies effectively while dealing with pushback from clients, based on what I overheard at a recent legal technology conference.
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Construction Disputes Mark Opening Of Texas Biz Court
The first cases were filed in the Texas Business Court on Tuesday, setting the stage for a new era of litigation in the Lone Star State.
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5th Circ. Won't Revive BP Spill Malpractice Settlement
The Fifth Circuit will not take another look at a proposed global settlement over accusations that attorneys botched Louisiana residents' claims following the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, issuing an order on Tuesday denying residents' bids for an en banc hearing to revive the settlement that a Fifth Circuit panel overturned in August.
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Split 5th Circ. Dissolves La. Voting Consent Decree
An 11-member majority of the Fifth Circuit dissolved a 30-year-old voting consent decree over how justices are elected to Louisiana's highest court, finding in a split en banc opinion that the state has "satisfied its obligations."
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Hicks Thomas Hires 14-Atty Team From Larger Firm, Hunton
Hicks Thomas LLP announced Tuesday that it is welcoming a team of nine partners and five associates from international firm Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. The new hires are moving from a firm of more than 900 attorneys to one of less than 50.
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Holland & Knight Taps EY Exec For Expanded C-Suite Role
Holland & Knight LLP announced Tuesday the addition of a longtime Ernst & Young executive as chief business development and marketing officer, a new position where he'll be tasked with driving growth and bolstering the firm's brand.
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Lewis Brisbois Brings On COO From McGuireWoods
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a chief operating officer who previously filled the same role at McGuireWoods LLP.
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W&T Offshore Hires Former White House Atty As GC
Houston-based oil and gas producer W&T Offshore Inc. has found its new general counsel in an experienced attorney who worked as a White House appointee and as general counsel at traffic camera company American Traffic Solutions Inc.
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Founder Of Gibson Dunn Privacy Practice Joins McDermott
McDermott Will & Emery on Tuesday announced the firm added litigator Alexander Southwell, a former federal prosecutor who founded and co-led the privacy, cybersecurity and data innovation practice at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.