Small Firms Are Billing More Hours, Report Says
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Modern Lawyer
Ballard Spahr Taps Practice Management Officer As COOBallard Spahr LLP has tapped one of its own to serve as its next chief operating officer, the firm announced Thursday.
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Modern Lawyer
Duane Morris Boosts Professional Team With Recruitment ProPhiladelphia-based Duane Morris LLP has recently expanded its executive team with the addition of a professional with deep experience in talent recruitment and professional development.
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DC Pulse
Inside Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's Big DC DebutJudging by the number of people at its launch party in Washington, D.C., at the beginning of this month, it was easy to see how the merger of Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP had turned the new Hogan Lovells Cadwalader into the city's second-largest law firm.
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Florida Pulse
Akerman Adds Holland & Knight Risk Atty In MiamiAkerman LLP has grown its transactional risk practice in Miami with the addition of an attorney from Holland & Knight LLP, the firm said Thursday.
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DC Pulse
5 Clifford Chance Finance And Tax Attys Join Sidley In NY, DCSidley Austin LLP announced Thursday that five Clifford Chance LLP attorneys have joined the firm's global finance and tax practices in New York and Washington, D.C.
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California Pulse
Longtime Fed. Prosecutor Joins Sanford Heisler In San DiegoSanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Wednesday a longtime federal prosecutor and former executive counsel at energy equipment company GE Vernova has joined the firm's San Diego office as a partner.
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Courts
Ohio Fuels Litigation Funding Debate As Foreign Ban Is EnactedOhio has enacted a sweeping law that bans all foreign litigation funders from doing business in the Buckeye State, drawing praise from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and outrage from the litigation finance industry.
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California Pulse
Painful Reality — When In-House Counsel Blow The WhistleIt is exceedingly rare when in-house counsel snitch on their own company. But when they do, in-house whistleblowers often suffer severe consequences.
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Modern Lawyer
Norton Rose Adds Greenberg Traurig Corporate DuoNorton Rose Fulbright announced Wednesday that it has brought on a pair of former Greenberg Traurig LLP corporate attorneys who bring particular experience in the data center, digital infrastructure and energy sectors.
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Courts
AI Speeds Up Litigation Tasks But Not Overall Pace Of CasesArtificial intelligence can plow through mountains of information to unearth pertinent details far faster than any associate or paralegal, but the technology can't really speed up individual cases since lawyers still need to decide how to best use the material to make their arguments in court, litigators say.
