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    McGuireWoods Taps Consulting Director As Innovation Lead

    McGuireWoods LLP announced Monday that the director of its in-house consulting group, MWAccel, will additionally take on the role of chief innovation and artificial intelligence officer at the firm.

  • Croke Fairchild Adds Litigation Attys Including Ex-Ill. Justice

    Chicago-based Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC has added a former Illinois Supreme Court justice and a former Hinshaw & Culbertson attorney as litigation partners.

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    Baker Donelson's 'Growing' Atlanta Office Hires 2 Of Counsel

    Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has brought on two attorneys from FordHarrison LLP and Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP to its Atlanta office, strengthening its labor and employment group and its complex litigation and class actions group, the firm announced Monday.

  • Law Firm Recruiter Ambition Opening 1st US Office In NYC

    Australian-headquartered law firm recruiter Ambition announced Monday that it is opening its first U.S. location in New York City, citing demand from U.K. clients to use its services for their U.S. offices.

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    Exec Comp Atty Returns To Wilson Sonsini As Practice Leader

    A San Francisco-based attorney from Freshfields, known for his work on some of the highest-profile deals of the past several years, is returning to Wilson Sonsini to co-lead its employee benefits and compensation practice, the firm announced Monday.

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    Haynes Boone Hires Dallas-Based Pro Bono Head

    Haynes and Boone LLP has tapped an attorney who spent the last six years leading the legal department of a women's shelter nonprofit as the new head of the firm's pro bono efforts.

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    Former Judge On Trump Assassination Attempt Panel

    A former federal judge who previously sat on an oversight panel for the Secret Service was among those the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Sunday would conduct an independent review of the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

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    Texas Looms Large In A&O Shearman's Post-Merger Plans

    Law360 Pulse caught up with Doreen Lilienfeld, co-managing U.S. partner for A&O Shearman, and Emily Westridge Black, managing partner of the firm’s Austin shop, to discuss their post-merger plans for Texas

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    BDB Pitmans Moves To Launch International Firm Network

    BDB Pitmans LLP and consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal are joining forces to launch an international law firm, more than a year after the U.K. legal business walked away from talks about a proposed merger with Womble Bond Dickinson.

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    Rising Star: Covington's Ross Demain

    Ross Demain of Covington & Burling LLP has represented and advised tech giants in several multibillion-dollar deals, including Amazon's $8.5 billion purchase of MGM and Salesforce's $27.7 billion acquisition of Slack, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Weil's Pravin Patel

    Pravin Patel of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP successfully defended refrigerator maker Dometic Corp. against multiple class actions asserting billions in damages filed in Florida and California, defeating allegations its refrigerators for RVs leaked coolant and had design defects, earning him a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Jones Day's Jim Saywell

    James R. "Jim" Saywell of Jones Day has a passion for all aspects of his issues and appeals practice, and recently prevailed before the Third Circuit as lead counsel in defense of Whirlpool against a large consumer class, earning him a spot among appellate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Filippatos' Tanvir H. Rahman

    Tanvir Rahman of Filippatos PLLC secured a $12 million settlement for a former Fox News producer who said she was used as a scapegoat during the network's legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Goodwin's Lynette Elam

    Lynette Elam of Goodwin Procter LLP guided the $16.5 billion fundraise for private equity firm TA Associates on its TA XV fund, which the firm has identified as one of 2023's biggest private equity funds, in the latest chapter of her work with the longtime client. This accomplishment and others have arned her a place among the fund formation attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    After Kindred Case, Questions Linger About Clerk Safeguards

    When Alaska federal Judge Joshua Kindred resigned, it was the culmination of an 18-month inquiry into a hostile and inappropriate work environment he'd fostered in chambers. During that investigation, it seems he continued to supervise law clerks. Experts say that may signal a gap in protections for clerks.

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    LA Superior Court Closed Monday Due To Ransomware Attack

    The Superior Court of Los Angeles County was forced to close Monday as the court continued to work to repair and reboot network systems that were severely impacted by a ransomware attack that occurred on the same day as an unrelated global tech outage.

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    Paul Hastings Lands New GC From Kirkland

    Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that Kirkland & Ellis LLP's former deputy assistant general counsel has joined its roster and will serve as its general counsel.

  • Calif. Bar Backs Creating New Virtual Bar Exam To Cut Costs

    The State Bar of California's Board of Trustees has signed off on plans to negotiate a potentially $8 million, five-year deal with Kaplan North America LLC to replace the Multistate Bar Exam with its own state exam that could be taken remotely, according to a statement issued Friday.

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    NYC Bar OKs Attys' Financial Stakes In Alternative Biz Entities

    A new ethics committee report says a New York City lawyer may hold a financial interest in alternative business structures in jurisdictions that let them provide legal services, provided the lawyer is merely a financial investor, not practicing law through the entity.

  • Morgan & Morgan Opens Latest Fla. Office In Port St. Lucie

    Morgan & Morgan PA has announced its latest Florida office opening with a new 5,000-square-foot office location that officially started operations earlier this month in the "Treasure Coast" city of Port St. Lucie.

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    Greenberg Traurig Adds Former SEC Regional Director In SF

    A former regional director for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Salt Lake City office has left the public sector to join Greenberg Traurig LLP in San Francisco.

  • 2nd Circ. Upholds Ax Of Ex-Ropes & Gray Clerk's Bar Exam Suit

    A former Ropes & Gray LLP attorney who was fired after twice failing the New York bar exam can't sue the state agency that administers the test for failing to accommodate her disabilities, the Second Circuit ruled Friday, finding the agency is protected by sovereign immunity.

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    Dentons Hires Foley & Lardner Bankruptcy Partner

    Dentons said Friday it has hired a bankruptcy partner in Chicago who spent the past 25 years at Foley & Lardner LLP.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their footprints and Donald Trump scored a court victory. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Blanche Law PLLC and Continental PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Florida federal judge tossed the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his allegedly illegal retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

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