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    Holtzman Vogel Launches AI Practice Group Led By 2 Attys

    National firm Holtzman Vogel has announced the launch of an artificial intelligence practice group that is led by partner Jason Torchinsky and associate Oliver Roberts and includes three other attorneys.

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    Dechert Business Litigation Partner Joins Womble Bond In DC

    Womble Bond Dickinson LLP has hired a business litigation partner who spent nearly a decade at Dechert LLP, where he practiced with an attorney who moved to Womble Bond last month to lead its international disputes practice.

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    Ted Kennedy Jr. On Disability Inclusion In The Legal Industry

    Ted Kennedy Jr., a healthcare regulatory attorney at Epstein Becker Green and a pediatric bone cancer survivor who has an amputation, has made it his life’s work to advocate for people with disabilities. Here, Kennedy talks with Law360 Pulse about why legal employers should be more inclusive.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another action-packed week as Lewis Brisbois saw a founder leave and other BigLaw firms tapped new leaders and talent. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Two Years In, Law Firms See Real Results From Generative AI

    Law firms are reaping the benefits of generative artificial intelligence two years after this technology was publicly unleashed, despite some external challenges, a panel of BigLaw technology leaders said at a legal conference on Thursday.

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    McNees Wallace Consolidates, Rebrands Lobbying Group

    A decade of growth in the lobbying sector has led Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC to consolidate five subsidiaries into one entity under the name McNees Government Relations.

  • DQ'd Atty Says It Was Wrong To Boot Her From Dominion Suit

    An attorney barred from defending former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne in a defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems implored a D.C. federal judge during a Thursday hearing to allow her back on the case, insisting that a magistrate judge was wrong to disqualify her.

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    Baker Donelson Bolsters Innovation Team With TD Bank Atty

    Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has brought on the former head of external legal services for TD Bank, strengthening its client solutions and innovation group with a professional who has private practice experience in labor and employment law.

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    Veteran DC Policy Adviser Joins Brownstein Hyatt

    A longtime public servant, who worked in the U.S. House of Representatives on committees related to foreign affairs, is joining Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP as a senior policy adviser, the firm has announced.

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    A&O Shearman Opts For 3-Level Partnership Comp

    A&O Shearman has moved its partnership to a three-level compensation structure using an all-equity model, sources close to the firm told Law360 on Thursday.

  • White & Case Promotes 37 New Partners In Latest Round

    White & Case LLP said Thursday that it has promoted 37 lawyers to partnership in a slight dip from 2023, with women accounting for just a fifth of those who made the grade.

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    How BigLaw Firms Shape Knowledge Teams In The Age Of AI

    Generative artificial intelligence, change management and data strategy are among the factors affecting how BigLaw knowledge management teams are organized, according to a group of panelists who have successfully navigated different structures.

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    Polsinelli Hires McDermott Tax Counsel In DC

    Polsinelli PC has hired an attorney who joined the firm's tax group as a shareholder after 12 and a half years with McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

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    DLA Piper's New US Head On Adapting To Change

    DLA Piper announced this week that it has promoted a corporate finance attorney and former managing partner of its Atlanta office as co-U.S. managing partner of the firm. Here, Gerry Williams talks to Law360 Pulse about his main priorities.

  • Justices Torn On Interpretation Of Veterans Benefits Law

    U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned Wednesday whether two veterans expected more than legally required from a lower court that only granted limited review of the denial of their disability benefits claims, while challenging the government's denial in equal measure.

  • Justices Question EPA's Authority For 'Vague' SF Water Permit

    The U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments on Wednesday appeared genuinely torn about what to make of San Francisco's challenge to a Clean Water Act permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which the city argues is impermissibly vague and difficult to comply with.

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    Redgrave Adds 10-Atty E-Discovery Team From Sidley In DC

    Redgrave LLP, a firm focusing on information law, has hired a 10-attorney team from Sidley Austin LLP, including three partners and a founder of Sidley Austin's e-discovery and data analytics team, the firm said Wednesday.

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    Trump Mostly Denied 'Speculative' Jan. 6 Document Bids

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday largely denied Donald Trump's request for documents from a slew of federal agencies as he defends against election interference charges, calling the motion mostly "speculation."

  • Giuliani Says Ga. Poll Workers Can't Go After His Fla. Condo

    Disgraced ex-lawyer Rudy Giuliani told a New York federal court Wednesday that two Georgia poll workers cannot force a sale of his Florida condominium to help cover their $148 million defamation award against him because the property is his permanent residence and thus is shielded under a "homestead" exemption.

  • Ex-Jones Day Attys' Parental Leave Suit Gets 2025 Trial Date

    Two former Jones Day associates challenging the firm's family leave policy will go to trial in late 2025 after a D.C. federal judge allowed certain claims in the lawsuit to move forward.

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    2023 Minority Law Grads Are Still Finding Jobs At Lower Rates

    Law school graduates of color from the class of 2023 continue to find employment at lower rates than their white peers despite a red-hot job market, according to a report released Wednesday.

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    Skadden Hires Paul Weiss Marketing Chief

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Wednesday it was bringing on a new chief business development and marketing officer who has led marketing efforts at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP.

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    Veteran DC Recruiter Joins Garrison From Lateral Link

    A veteran legal recruiter in the nation's capital has joined Washington, D.C.-based legal search firm Garrison as the upcoming election drives the movement of attorneys from government to private practice.

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    Baker Donelson Adds Kay Granger Chief Of Staff In DC

    The former chief of staff for Congresswoman Kay Granger, whose experience includes serving as an assistant to a vice president and stints in private sector leadership positions, has joined Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC as a senior public policy adviser, the firm announced Wednesday. 

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    23-Year BigLaw Leader Cautions Against Chasing Money

    James L. Shea Sr. spent 23 years as the managing partner and chairman of D.C.-based BigLaw firm Venable before retiring from the post in 2017. He recently spoke with Law360 Pulse about how the industry has changed over the course of his career, having had some time away from private practice to reflect before joining a small firm last year.

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