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For Legal Ops Pros, Shorter AI Contracts Are The New Norm

By Anna Scott Farrell

Legal operations teams are increasingly limiting artificial intelligence tool contracts to about a year, betting that the ability to walk away from the wrong product is worth more than the discounts that once made three-to-five-year tech deals attractive.

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    Riker Danzig Gains Ex-NY State Prosecutor As Counsel

    Riker Danzig LLP's commercial litigation practice has gained a new counsel who brings more than 20 years of litigation experience, including three years as an assistant attorney general for New York.

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    California Pulse

    WilmerHale Trade Secrets Litigation Co-Lead Joins Debevoise

    San Francisco-based litigator Joshua H. Lerner has left his job as co-chair of WilmerHale's trade secrets litigation practice to join Debevoise & Plimpton LLP as a partner, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    5 NYC Legal Service Provider Union Contracts Have Expired

    The collective bargaining agreements for five New York City-based indigent defense and civil legal aid providers expired at the end of the day Tuesday as multiple unions reported outstanding points of contention in their negotiations.

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    Daily Litigation

    Office Snapshot: Hogan Lovells Set To Reclaim Turf In Boston

    Amid Hogan Lovells' rapid growth in multiple practice areas and ahead of its merger with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, the firm has expanded its downtown Boston office to include space for more than a dozen additional attorneys.

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    California Pulse

    Pierson Ferdinand Adds Partners In 4 Of Its U.S. Offices

    Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Tuesday that it has added four partners to its corporate, intellectual property and litigation departments to bolster its capacity to handle corporate litigation, patent, bankruptcy and other matters.

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    California Pulse

    Buchalter Real Estate Partner Joins Holland & Knight In LA

    Holland & Knight LLP announced that an experienced real estate finance attorney who most recently practiced at Buchalter PC has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner.

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    DC Pulse

    Venable Adds Former Cooley Employee Benefits Atty In DC

    Venable LLP has hired a former Cooley LLP special counsel who focuses her practice on employee benefits matters including retirement, health and welfare plans, the firm announced Monday.

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    Connecticut Pulse

    Eckert Seamans Names New Division, Group Leaders

    Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC announced a host of leadership changes Tuesday, including a new chair of the firmwide litigation division and chair of the firm's labor and employment group.

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    NY State Bar Wants New Bar Exam Rules For Emergencies

    Following two recent incidents that drew scrutiny over their handling, the New York State Bar Association is calling for new standardized protocols to be followed should emergencies occur during the administration of the bar exam.

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    Daily Litigation

    2 Ex-Clifford Chance Attys Say Firm Wants To Claw Back $6M

    Two former practice group leaders at Clifford Chance LLP have sued in New York federal court alleging the firm is trying to claw back nearly $6 million in total from the pair after they moved to Sidley Austin LLP early this year.

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