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California Pulse
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Simpson Thacher Outpaces Last Year With 2025 Partner Class
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP unveiled its 44 partner promotions for 2025 on Tuesday, touting a class of 12 more attorneys than last year.
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Calif. Judicial Nominee Asked About Race, Parenting Writings
A California judicial nominee's previous writing about the murder of George Floyd in 2020, which sparked a national reckoning on race, was the subject of debate during a Senate nomination hearing on Wednesday.
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LegalZoom Adds Squarespace CFO To Board Of Directors
Online legal services provider LegalZoom Inc. has grown its board of directors with the addition of Squarespace Inc.'s chief financial officer as the company focuses on its subscription revenue growth.
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AI Startup That Predicts Case Results Raises $2.2M
Theo Ai, a new legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict the outcome of legal disputes, announced Wednesday the raising of $2.2 million in pre-seed funding.
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Ex-K&L Gates Chair On Growth, Leadership And Remote Work
During the two decades Peter Kalis served as chairman and managing partner of K&L Gates, from 1997 to 2017, the law firm grew from a primarily Eastern Seaboard firm to one with offices around the globe, with annual revenue that ballooned by 700%.
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BigLaw Begins Matching Milbank On Associate Bonuses
Following the news Tuesday that Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP will pay associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those handed out by Milbank LLP this year, the firms' peers have begun to respond, with swift matches Wednesday by Paul Hastings LLP and McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
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Cravath Matches Milbank On 2024 Associate Bonuses
Longtime legal compensation leader Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has reportedly announced year-end and special bonuses for its associates in line with those offered by peer law firm Milbank LLP over the summer and earlier this month.
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Calif. Biotech Firm Vera Taps Veteran Chief Legal Officer
Biotechnology firm Vera Therapeutics is welcoming a new chief legal officer in advance of an anticipated biologics submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a treatment targeting an autoimmune kidney disease.
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Calif. Judges Get 'Road Map' For Recall, Election Comments
A California Supreme Court committee on Tuesday laid out a "road map" for judges to make comments during an election or recall with respect to decisions that come under fire, saying they must follow ethics rules with such remarks.
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Ballard Spahr Brings On Former Federal Prosecutor In LA
Ballard Spahr LLP is expanding its consumer finance services team, announcing Tuesday that a former assistant U.S. attorney is joining its Los Angeles office as of counsel.
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Law Firms Set To Close Out 2024 With Near-Record Billing
Amid high demand, billing rates at U.S. law firms were up 9% during the first nine months of 2024 compared to this time last year, revealing the industry is on track to see strong year-end financial results, according to survey results released Tuesday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.
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Trellis CEO On Leaving Law And Starting Legal Tech Co.
Legal analytics company Trellis on Tuesday launched a generative artificial intelligence platform that can draft arguments and provide case assessments. Here, Trellis co-founder and CEO Nicole Clark spoke with Law360 Pulse about how she pivoted from law to legal tech, and how generative AI is accelerating her company's vision.
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McDermott Adds IP Pro From Gibson Dunn In Los Angeles
McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired partner Timothy Best from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to help bolster its intellectual property practice group, especially its efforts serving life sciences and biotechnology clients.
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SEC Says Calif. Atty, His Wife Stole $2.2M To Buy House
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday accused a Los Angeles-area attorney of scheming to control publicly traded penny stock companies and then stealing $2.2 million from one of those companies to buy a home with his wife, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.
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Diddy Accusers' Atty Buzbee Accused Of Extorting Celebs
An anonymous public figure lodged a suit in Los Angeles court Monday accusing personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee of using false rape allegations to "shake down innocent celebrities, politicians and businesspeople" who have even the smallest ties to indicted hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.
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USPTO Director Kathi Vidal To Rejoin Winston & Strawn
Winston & Strawn LLP said Monday that Kathi Vidal, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is slated to rejoin the firm.
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In-House Female Attys Say They Prefer Work Culture, Balance
In a first-of-its-kind survey by the National Association of Women Lawyers, in-house female attorneys report finding their work-life balance, work substance and workplace culture superior to that of law firms.
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LA Atty Again Accused Of Bilking Inmates With False Hope
A Los Angeles attorney accused of raking in thousands of dollars by giving inmates and their families intentionally misleading information about their chances for resentencing after convictions for violent crimes has been hit with more charges by the State Bar of California, this time an 18-count disciplinary notice that follows an earlier 18-count notice filed in August.
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Why AI May Be The Secret Weapon For Starting A Law Firm
The secret ingredient to opening a solo practice or small firm might be artificial intelligence, Chris Stock, a vice president at legal tech company Clio, said at the New York City Bar's Small Law Symposium last week.
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Where Women Are And Are Not Getting Ahead In Law
Women now make up the majority of law school graduates, law firm associates and lawyers in the federal government and will likely soon make up the majority of law school faculty, according to a report from the American Bar Association out Monday, however the proportion of women in certain positions of power within the profession continues to lag.
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Intuit's GC-Turned-People Chief Sees Comp Reach $15.8M
An executive who helps oversee financial software company Intuit's workforce and formerly served as its general counsel earned roughly $15.8 million in compensation for fiscal year 2024, most of that from stock awards, a public filing says.
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Calif. Bar Asks State High Court To Wipe Some Discipline Files
Amid an effort to reform attorney regulation, the trustees of California's state bar have asked the state high court to approve a proposed rule change that would expunge older discipline files that don't involve disbarment.
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JAMS Grows Golden State Groups With Ex-Calif. Judges
JAMS, the arbitration and dispute resolution service group, has hired a pair of former California judges who are bringing decades of experience from their time working both in private practice and serving on the Central District of California Los Angeles County Superior Court benches, to their new teams.
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Ex-Chief Judge Of Calif.'s Eastern District Joins Judicate West
The alternative dispute resolution service Judicate West is expanding its roster of neutrals, bringing in a recently retired Eastern District of California federal judge to act as a mediator.
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Musk Adds Microsoft To Legal Fight With OpenAI
Elon Musk is expanding his breach of contract, fraud and antitrust suit in California federal court against OpenAI and its founder, Sam Altman, this time adding Microsoft and erstwhile business partner Reid Hoffman to the list of defendants.