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Cornell Hires Ex-Deputy AG Yates To Lead Internal Review

By Christine DeRosa

Following widespread public outrage over how a former student's rape allegations were handled, Cornell University has hired former deputy U.S. attorney general and King & Spalding LLP partner Sally Yates to lead an internal review of its policies and procedures.

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    Baker McKenzie Appoints New Global Chief Operating Officer

    Baker McKenzie announced on Tuesday that the firm had appointed a new global chief operating officer based in New York.

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    Legal Tech & AI

    Fox Rothschild Names CIO, Chief Data & AI Officer

    Fox Rothschild LLP announced tech leadership moves on Tuesday, with internal promotions to chief information officer and to chief data and artificial intelligence officer, the latter overseeing a newly created data and innovation department.

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    LawVu Launches Tool To Find Risks Across Contract Portfolio

    Legal operations software company LawVu on Tuesday announced the launch of an artificial intelligence tool to help in-house legal teams analyze risks across their entire contract portfolio.

  • Legal Tech & AI

    Frontline Managed Services Acquires KL Software

    Frontline Managed Services, which provides IT managed services for the legal industry, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of KL Software Technologies Inc. and its affiliate KLoBot Inc.

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    California Pulse

    Kelley Drye Names New Chair, Co-Managing Partners

    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP announced Monday that along with naming a new chair, the New York-based firm has expanded its leadership structure to include co-managing partners, in response to growth and the increased complexity of day-to-day operations.

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    California Pulse

    9th Circ. Pauses Rogoff's Return As Seattle US Atty

    The Ninth Circuit has put on hold a Washington federal judge's decision to reinstate Roger Rogoff as Seattle's top federal prosecutor, a post Rogoff held for less than an hour before he was fired by President Donald Trump.

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    California Pulse

    Fragomen, Sheppard Report New Legal Industry Cyberattacks

    Law firms Sheppard and Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP said Friday they were hit with data breaches this year, adding to the fast-growing list of cyberattacks on the legal industry in 2026.

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    California Pulse

    Clients, Firms Should 'Normalize' Conversations About AI Use

    In-house and outside counsel who neglect to discuss artificial intelligence risk eroding their relationship, because assumptions will be made on both sides, a group of attorneys said during a panel Monday.

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    Daily Litigation

    Eckert Seamans Says Data Breach Harm Is Only Speculative

    Pittsburgh-based law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday a pair of proposed class actions claiming damages from a data breach at the firm have not made specific complaints of actual harm caused by the breach and should be dismissed.

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    In-House

    GC Of Electronics Giant Flex To Lead Legal At Spinoff Co.

    International electronics manufacturing company Flex Ltd. said in a Monday securities filing announcing a spinoff of its cloud and power infrastructure that Flex's general counsel will become chief legal officer of the new company, to be known as Axiom Solutions International Inc.

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