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Dentons Launches Generative AI Contract Automation Tool
International law firm Dentons has attorneys in Europe testing a generative artificial intelligence tool for contract automation, the firm said Monday.
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Feds Ask To File Up To 180-Page Brief On Trump Immunity
Federal prosecutors are seeking permission from a D.C. federal judge to file a lengthy brief making the case that Donald Trump is not immune from charges of election interference, telling the court that the "substantially drafted" motion won't be longer than 180 pages.
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Cozen O'Connor Elevates 8 New Shareholders In 7 Offices
Cozen O'Connor announced Monday the promotions of eight new shareholders in seven different cities to the law firm and its public affairs and lobbying arm.
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Wilkinson Barker Brings On FCC Deputy Bureau Chief In DC
A 12-year veteran of the Federal Communications Commission, who most recently was the deputy bureau chief of the agency's Wireline Competition Bureau, is returning to private practice as a partner with Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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Holland & Knight Adds Former Treasury Adviser In DC
A former adviser for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and counsel for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has moved his practice to Holland & Knight's office in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
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IMF Promotes Deputy General Counsel To Top Job
The International Monetary Fund has promoted from within to fill the general counsel position held by Rhoda Weeks-Brown since 2018.
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Veteran High Court Litigator Warns Of Ethics Debate's Impact
Accusations that U.S. Supreme Court justices are corrupt or nothing more than politicians in robes are unwarranted, tremendously dangerous and threaten to irreparably harm the institution's legitimacy, veteran high court litigator Kannon Shanmugam warns.
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Q&A With Former CPSC Chair Elliot Kaye
The legal career of Elliot Kaye, who was chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission from 2014 to 2017, has intrepidly crossed the government, private and nonprofit sectors. Kaye talked with Law360 about life after leaving the CPSC, which include a kidney transplant and being on the ground in Ukraine while working for World Central Kitchen.
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Avenatti Seeks Top Court Review Of Daniels ID Theft Verdict
Incarcerated celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his conviction for misappropriating money from ex-client Stormy Daniels, claiming the Second Circuit's decision upholding the verdict runs afoul of precedent for identity-theft cases.
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What A Second Trump Term Could Mean For The Courts
During his speech in Milwaukee in July accepting the Republican nomination for president, former President Donald Trump called Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida a "highly respected federal judge" and touted her ruling a few days earlier throwing out the "fake" case against him involving his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of summer with another action-packed week as BigLaw snagged new talent and lawmakers sought an increase in federal judgeships. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Legal Industry Split On Regulating AI's Use In Profession
Nearly half of the participants in a survey examining the impact of artificial intelligence said they support regulation around the technology's use in the legal profession, according to a recently released report from the International Bar Association and the Center for AI and Digital Policy.
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Chevron's Demise May Not Bring Deluge Courts Had Feared
Though the death of Chevron deference has opened a door to attacking administrative decisions, the expected uptick in litigation probably won't threaten to clog federal courts, numerous administrative law experts told Law360.
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Colleagues Remember 'Fiercely Loyal' Venable Leader Gesner
Colleagues at Venable LLP are remembering co-managing partner Larry Gesner as a focused problem solver who was fiercely loyal and quietly helped others.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Covington & Burling LLP and Pisanelli Bice PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Nevada Green Party's request to have Jill Stein's name reinstated on the state's presidential ballot Friday.
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Beltway Moves: Squire Patton, King & Spalding, Kramer Levin
Firms in the nation's capital brought on top former government officials in recent weeks, with Squire Patton Boggs LLP tapping former Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper and King & Spalding LLP welcoming back Robert Hur, the former special counsel who investigated President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.
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Womble Bond Hires New Head Of Int'l Disputes From Dechert
Womble Bond Dickinson has hired a former Dechert LLP partner as the head of its international disputes practice, who will be based in the firm's Washington, D.C., office and will double as a partner in its business litigation practice group, Womble Bond recently announced.
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Ex-Stradley Ronon Securities Leader Joins Chapman In DC
An attorney with more than two decades of experience in investment securities has moved his practice to Chapman and Cutler LLP's Washington, D.C., office after 22 years with Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP.
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Trump Again Asks To Delay Evidence In DC Election Suit
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump again asked the Washington, D.C., federal judge overseeing his election interference case to push back a highly anticipated evidentiary filing from prosecutors, saying special counsel Jack Smith's office shouldn't be allowed to publicly lay out evidence until the court addresses Trump's concerns about the scope of discovery.
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High Court Refuses To Put Jill Stein Back On Nevada Ballot
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Nevada Green Party's request to have Jill Stein's name reinstated on the state's presidential ballot Friday, allowing the Silver State to exclude the minor party from its general election after it filed the wrong form at the direction of state officials.
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Ex-George Mason Law Prof Can't Stop Title IX Investigation
A former George Mason University law professor can't stop the school or its Title IX coordinator from investigating sexual misconduct claims lodged against him, but he can pursue some of the claims in his suit over the university's handling of the sexual misconduct accusations, a Virginia federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Why Justice Thomas' Gifts Probe Is Likely Taking So Long
The federal judiciary's governing body has spent more than a year reviewing complaints alleging U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas unlawfully failed to disclose decades of luxury gifts and travel. Ethics watchdogs argue it's time to wrap up the investigation, but politics — in every sense of the word — may cause further delay.
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Judge Keeps Hur Investigation Ghostwriter Tapes Sealed
A D.C. federal judge said Thursday she would review portions of President Joe Biden's ghostwriter's interview with special counsel Robert Hur's office to see if more of it should be publicly released, but denied a separate request from the Heritage Foundation to make the audio of the same conversation public.
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BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Baker Botts Accident Response Duo
Months after hiring former Baker Botts attorney Greg Dillard to lead its catastrophic accident response team, BakerHostetler has announced the hire of two more attorneys from the firm as counsel in Washington, D.C., and Houston.
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Morgan Lewis Partner Exits Grow As 3 Join Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig LLP confirmed Wednesday afternoon that it has brought on three partners from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, bringing the total number of recent departures from Morgan Lewis' telecommunications, media and technology practice this week to five.