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    Trump Taps Williams & Connolly's Sarah Harris As Acting SG

    Sarah M. Harris of Williams & Connolly LLP will serve as acting U.S. solicitor general for President-elect Donald Trump while his permanent pick undergoes the confirmation process.

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    ITC Commissioner Heading To WilmerHale In DC

    One of the commissioners of the U.S. International Trade Commission, who had served as the agency's leader for a year and a half, has decided to leave and make the move to WilmerHale, according to the ITC.

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    Cahill Gordon Looks Within Ranks For 1st Marketing Chief

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has elevated its marketing and business development director to the newly established role of chief marketing officer.

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    Meet The Willkie Litigator Repping Drake Against His Label

    Michael Gottlieb, the Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner representing Drake in a new lawsuit against the Canadian rapper's music label, is a seasoned litigator and former federal prosecutor who has served as counsel to former President Barack Obama.

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    Cousins Of Wife Killed By Ex-BigLaw Atty Seek Deal Funds

    The cousins of a Georgia woman killed by her husband, former Fisher Phillips partner Claud "Tex" McIver, urged a state court to block McIver's designees from receiving proceeds from a settlement of an underlying wrongful death suit, arguing that they "are implicitly her next of kin" and should receive the proceeds.

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    Women, Minority Lawyers Continue Incremental Growth

    Women, people of color and women of color keep setting records for representation in the nation's legal industry, but a smaller percentage of Black summer associates may portend future challenges, according to a report released Thursday.

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    Ogletree Hires Jackson Lewis Atty, Former NBA Counsel

    Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has hired a former Jackson Lewis PC attorney, who also has experience working in-house for the National Basketball Association as an associate counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    McGuireWoods Consulting Adds Gov't Relations Pro In Austin

    McGuireWoods LLP's consulting arm has grown its government relations offerings in the Lone Star State with a former senior staffer for a Texas state representative.

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    Duane Morris Names First New Southern NJ Leader In 15 Years

    Duane Morris LLP's Southern New Jersey office is under new management for the first time in 15 years, as the firm elevated a co-leader of its energy industry group to take over from the office's founder and longtime leader.

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    Morrison Foerster Adds Tax Group Co-Chair From Jones Day

    Morrison Foerster LLP announced it has added a partner from Jones Day to serve as co-chair of the firm's global tax group in its New York office.

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    Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts

    President Joe Biden leaves office with 235 lifetime judges confirmed, just one more than President Donald Trump seated during his first term, and many firsts for diversity.

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    Amazon Sr. Counsel Moves To Mintz's Tech, Telecom Practice

    Mintz has tapped a former senior counsel at Amazon to join its Washington, D.C., office as a member and boost Mintz's decades-old technology, communications, and media practice, the global law firm announced Wednesday.

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    Former IRS Litigator Joins Jones Day In Boston

    Jones Day announced it added an experienced IRS litigator to its Boston office who will work as of counsel in the firm's tax practice.

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    How A Calif. Atty Couple's Wildfire Relief Efforts Went Viral

    After a viral Instagram post, a married pair of Los Angeles attorneys have helped transform their firms into an improvised relief agency and are now coordinating housing for hundreds of displaced people in the city.

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    Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Corporate Pros In Texas

    Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its Texas corporate team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP dealmaker and a Kirkland & Ellis LLP private equity pro as shareholders in Dallas and Austin, respectively.

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    Alston & Bird Hires McDermott M&A Duo In NY

    Alston & Bird LLP has kicked off the new year by adding two former McDermott Will & Emery LLP partners to its mergers and acquisitions and private equity teams in New York, as part of a strategic commitment to bolstering the firm's domestic and international transactional capabilities.

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    GCs Express Fear Of Giant Verdicts, Expect More Litigation

    General counsel in a new survey increasingly fear the rise of "nuclear verdicts" — unexpectedly high jury awards — and they are expressing growing support for the use of artificial intelligence to save resources and spot risk.

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    Littler Adds Akin Sports Labor Trio To DC Shop

    Littler Mendelson PC has hired the former co-chair of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's labor and sports law practices and two other Akin Gump attorneys. All three work on labor and employment matters related to sports, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    Former FDA Official Joins King & Spalding Life Sciences Team

    King & Spalding on Wednesday announced that a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration official has joined the firm's government matters and regulation practice group after an eight-year stint at the agency.

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    Buchalter Opens In Chicago With 15 Robbins DiMonte Attys

    Buchalter PC has opened an office in Chicago, staffed by 15 attorneys previously at Robbins DiMonte Ltd., the firm announced Wednesday.

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    V&E Taps 3 Biz Leaders In London And Houston For C-Suite

    Vinson & Elkins LLP announced a trio of promotions on Wednesday, appointing new leadership for the firm's non-U.S. operations and the team in charge of supporting practice group and legal department heads.

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    McElroy Deutsch Can Go After Ex-Exec's $1M Home

    A former business development director for McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, whose husband pled guilty to stealing millions of dollars from the law firm, where they were both employed, cannot duck her onetime employer's legal claim on her $1 million house, a New Jersey state court judge has ruled.

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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.

  • 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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