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    Ex-Norton Rose Public Finance Atty Jumps To Butler Snow

    A former Norton Rose Fulbright public finance attorney has joined the Jacksonville, Florida, office of Butler Snow, further boosting one of that firm's newest locations.

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    Starwood Property's Former GC Joins Its Parent As COO

    The former general counsel for Starwood Property Trust Inc. is returning to its parent company Starwood Capital Group after a short stint with a private equity firm.

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    Venable Moves Miami Office To Bustling Brickell Community

    Venable LLP has made a new home for its Miami office at 801 Brickell Ave. in the city's financial district, just over a year and a half after the firm made its entrance into the market.

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    ABA's President-Elect On Navigating Changing Legal Industry

    Law360 Pulse caught up with Michelle Behnke, the American Bar Association's new president-elect, to discuss the challenge of keeping up with changes in the legal profession.

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    Tech Is Helping Law Firm Trainers Boost Learning Programs

    Creating a successful learning program depends on finding the right tool at the right price to properly train users within a law firm, a panel of experts said during a discussion on Monday.

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    The 'Colorful' 11th Circ. Judge Behind Unusual Use For AI

    Eleventh Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom said judges should consider using artificial intelligence to analyze the ordinary meaning of terms in legal disputes, a proposal that comes as no surprise to attorneys who know him as an innovative jurist, a committed textualist and talented writer who pens "colorful" and "vibrant" opinions.

  • Convicted Fla. Atty Says Bogus Threat Testimony Tainted Trial

    A Florida attorney has urged the Eleventh Circuit to toss her criminal wire fraud conviction and six-year prison sentence, because she said the trial court wrongly let prosecutors "throw a loaded grenade" at her by allowing testimony about an "unsubstantiated and uncorroborated claim" that the attorney threatened a co-defendant.

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    BCLP Promotes GC For The Americas To Serve As Global GC

    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has promoted its general counsel for the Americas to global general counsel, elevating a litigator who began her career as a summer associate there, the firm announced Monday.

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    How 3 Law Firm Leaders Manage Multiple Generations

    Law firm leaders today are faced with an unprecedented challenge and opportunity: managing anywhere from four to five generations of lawyers together in a single workplace.

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    A Look At Cooley's Generative AI Chatbot For Startups

    International law firm Cooley LLP recently launched a generative artificial intelligence chatbot called Cooley GObot to make it easier for startups to access online resources provided by the firm about building a company.

  • Morgan Law Group Can't Escape Ex-Law Partners' Spat

    The Morgan Law Group PA can't escape a $20 million dispute between former law partners after a Florida state judge ruled Friday that all but one of the claims against the firm, which now employs one of the partners involved, can proceed.

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    Littler Announces 2 New Leaders for Mentor, Diversity Groups

    Employment law firm Littler Mendelson PC has announced that a pair of experienced shareholders have been named leaders of its associate mentorship program and one of its diverse affinity groups.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Robins Kaplan LLP's work pursuing royalties on the COVID-19 vaccine for the University of Pennsylvania and Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP's handling of an aviation acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 26 to Aug. 9.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit revived Florida-based NTE Energy Services' anticompetitive lawsuit accusing Duke Energy of squeezing it out of the market in North Carolina.

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    Recruiters Predict Domino Effect After Milbank Midyear Bonus

    As Milbank LLP becomes the latest law firm to award midyear bonuses, legal recruiters anticipate a ripple effect, with other major firms expected to follow suit in announcing similar bonus payments for their attorneys.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the American Bar Association held its annual meeting in Chicago. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Jackson Lewis Adds East Coast Principals In Virginia, Florida

    Jackson Lewis PC announced Thursday that it had hired two principals in Florida and Virginia whose practices focus on separate but essential areas of labor and employment law, one of whom is joining after spending his entire legal career at his previous firm.

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    Cooley Hit With Fla. Malpractice Suit Over Financial Docs

    Genetic Networks LLC has sued California-based Cooley LLP in Florida state court, alleging the law firm failed to file documentation needed to secure a lien when preparing loan papers for $1.2 million lent to ECI Pharmaceuticals.

  • Fla. Judge Dismisses Sex Abuse Suit, Blaming Lies By Atty

    A Florida state judge has thrown out a suit by a Palm Beach real estate developer's daughter who alleges her father sexually abused her, ruling that her attorney's misrepresentations about an expert and why he withdrew from the case are fraud against the court.

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    An Olympics Volunteer, This GC Still Seeks To Be Champion

    Robert Herbst, a former general counsel and world champion weightlifter, has woven together the law and sports throughout his career, including this week in Paris where he is working with the U.S. Olympic team as a volunteer.

  • Debby Dampens Court Operations In Southeastern States

    Tropical Storm Debby altered court operations in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia and Virginia as it swept through the southeastern United States this week, with some judiciaries extending early or total closure plans to Friday.

  • Ex-Morgan & Morgan Client Wants Malpractice Case In Court

    A Georgia deputy sheriff suing Morgan & Morgan PA's office in Jacksonville, Florida, for malpractice has urged a Georgia federal court not to send his case to arbitration, as he claimed the firm effectively bullied him into signing a contract with an arbitration clause.

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    Kelley Kronenberg Hires Attorney Trio In Fort Lauderdale

    Kelley Kronenberg announced that it hired three attorneys in Fort Lauderdale, highlighted by a former Fowler White Burnett PA professional liability attorney who joined as a partner.

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    Holland & Knight's Philly Leader Among 47 Joining Polsinelli

    Nearly 50 Holland & Knight LLP attorneys around the country have moved their practices to Polsinelli PC, led by 35 shareholders, counsel and associates who helped the firm launch a new office in Philadelphia.

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    GrayRobinson Adds Estate Planning Pro From Harrison In Fla.

    GrayRobinson PA has bolstered its private client services section with a shareholder in Naples, Florida, who came aboard from Harrison LLP.

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