Humans First, Tech Second: Winston Taylor's New Atty Prep
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California Pulse
McKool Smith Litigator Joins Faegre Drinker In Los AngelesFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP announced that a veteran litigator with nearly 40 years of experience has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner from McKool Smith.
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Courts
White House Aims To Shield Advisers Behind Law Firm EOsThe Trump administration and Justice Department "strongly object" to an Aug. 3 discovery order requiring them to name individuals involved in drafting and approving executive orders targeting law firms, amid their repeated refusal to hand over certain communications in a suit brought by the American Bar Association.
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Georgia Pulse
Ministry Brands Names GC Amid AI ExpansionMinistry Brands, a provider of church management software and online giving solutions, has named a new general counsel about a month after launching its Equip AI platform.
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Legal Tech & AI
Jackson Lewis Atty Appointed Privacy, AI Lead Of L&E GlobalLabor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC announced Tuesday that its attorney Mary T. Costigan was appointed co-leader of data protection and artificial intelligence at L&E Global, an alliance affiliated with Jackson Lewis.
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Daily Litigation
Blank Rome Taps Ex-Jones Day Partner To Co-Lead PracticeAn attorney with expertise advising clients on major capital development projects in the United States and abroad has moved his practice from Jones Day to Blank Rome LLP's Pittsburgh office, where he now co-leads the firm's construction group.
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Georgia Pulse
Maynard Nexsen Grows Its Atlanta Office A Year After LaunchMaynard Nexsen PC is growing its Atlanta office a year after it moved into the city by merging with a real estate firm, an expansion that comes after the firm has grown its presence in Atlanta from eight attorneys to more than 20 and added expertise in six practice groups.
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DC Pulse
K&L Gates Hires Linklaters Financial Counsel In DCK&L Gates LLP has hired a Linklaters LLP counsel who focuses his practice on advising broker-dealers and other financial institutions on regulatory compliance, enforcement and trading matters, the firm announced Monday.
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Modern Lawyer
DLA Piper Taps Weil Partner As New York PE Co-LeadDLA Piper has announced it hired a Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner to co-lead its private equity practice in New York.
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California Pulse
Pro Bono Leaders See AI's Potential To Close Justice GapLaw firms and legal aid leaders see artificial intelligence as a powerful tool that could help bridge the justice gap by saving attorneys' time and enabling them to serve more clients in the future, but the complete impact of AI on pro bono work today is unclear.
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In-House
Jack Daniel's IP Atty Returns To Baker McKenzie In DallasBaker McKenzie has boosted its commercial practice group with a Dallas-based partner who returned to the firm after nearly a decade of in-house intellectual property work with Jack Daniel's Properties Inc.
