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Weil Merger Talks Spotlight Growing BigLaw Split On Scale

By Aebra Coe and Daniel Moritz-Rabson

After dozens of partners left the firm this year, including several practice leaders, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP faced two paths: embrace a leaner footprint or merge with another law firm.

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Smiling woman with long brown hair wearing rimless glasses and a black blazer over a cream blouse Longtime Quinn Emanuel Partner Launches Calif. Boutique
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    California Pulse

    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    By Kevin Penton

    McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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    Legal Tech & AI

    Legal Tech Roundup: Rulen, Smith.ai, Harvey

    By Matt Perez

    Several partnerships were struck up between legal artificial intelligence companies this past week, and new investment and leadership hires also top the news.

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    California Pulse

    'Foregone' Outcome In Calif. AG Election Has National Impact

    By Jack Karp

    California's attorney general is largely expected to defeat a former U.S. Department of Justice official in next month's election and hang onto his position at the center of the state's outsize role in nationally important litigation and enforcement, attorneys and scholars say.

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    California Pulse

    Ogletree Hires Fisher Phillips Counsel In San Francisco

    By Jack Rodgers

    Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has hired a Fisher Phillips of counsel in San Francisco who will represent clients in privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence matters.

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    Daily Litigation

    Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

    By Al Barbarino

    Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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    Courts

    Texas Judge Probe Shows Lack Of Mental Impairment Process

    By Jack Karp

    Fifth Circuit officials have done a reasonable job of handling a rare situation involving a Texas federal judge who appears to be undergoing a mental health crisis, but the episode highlights that a more standardized way of dealing with federal judges experiencing mental impairment needs to be established, experts and scholars say.

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    Courts

    Watchdog Can Pursue Jackson Walker Fees, Judge Says

    By Clara Geoghegan

    The U.S. Trustee's Office has standing to pursue millions of dollars in fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP in cases assigned to a judge who was in an undisclosed romantic relationship with one of the firm's ex-partners, a Texas bankruptcy court has concluded.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Weil Loses 2 More Lawyers To Paul Weiss' London PE Team

    By Ashish Sareen

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has hired two more lawyers from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP to strengthen its London private equity practice, the latest in a string of departures from the Wall Street law firm as merger rumors swirl. 

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    DC Pulse

    Balch & Bingham Hires Hunton Attorney As Nuclear Partner

    By Jack Rodgers

    Balch & Bingham LLP has brought on a senior attorney from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP who focuses her practice on nuclear energy issues, nuclear transactions and project development, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    Legal Tech & AI

    Legora Hits $8.8B Valuation In $550M Funding Round

    By Matt Perez

    Sweden-based Legora, which offers a legal artificial intelligence platform, announced on Wednesday the raising of a $550 million Series E at an $8.8 billion post-money valuation for the purposes of expanding further into North America.

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