What's Next For The Global Legal Market In 2025?
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California Pulse
Covington Helps Take Calif. Court Reporter Shortage To CourtCovington & Burling LLP is among the counsel for groups petitioning the California Supreme Court to address the state's court reporter shortage by mandating the use of electronic recording when court reporters are unavailable.
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California Pulse
Skadden Adds A&O Shearman IP Litigator In Silicon ValleySkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP continues expanding its technology team, announcing Thursday it has brought in an Allen Overy Shearman Sterling intellectual property litigator as a partner in its Silicon Valley office.
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Georgia Pulse
Top American Cancer Society Atty Moves To Habitat In Ga.The chief legal and risk officer for the American Cancer Society, known for his ability to "inspire and build consensus," will now serve as the top in-house attorney for Georgia-headquartered Habitat for Humanity International, according to the organization.
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In-House
Barclays Group GC To Join A&O Shearman Cyber TeamA&O Shearman has tapped the current general counsel for Barclays Execution Services to co-head its global cybersecurity team, the firm announced Thursday, with the lawyer set to make the jump early next year.
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California Pulse
AAUP Appoints UC Irvine Law Prof As General CounselThe American Association of University Professors has chosen a professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law to serve as its general counsel, the organization recently announced.
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Courts
'A Different Ballgame': Courts Contend With AI DeepfakesLawyers, judges and forensics experts must be proactive in recognizing deepfakes, or artificial intelligence-modified content, in courts, a panel of experts said during a webinar on Thursday.
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Daily Litigation
Hinckley Allen Opens New Ill. Office To Tackle Asbestos WorkHinckley Allen has debuted an office with an 11-member team to service the southern Illinois and St. Louis metropolitan areas, hiring three partners specializing in complex product liability and toxic tort matters as it seeks to plant its flag in a "critical jurisdiction" for those kinds of cases.
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Daily Litigation
E-Discovery Pros Urge Clients To Tackle Burnout Via BudgetsLaw firms and their clients can achieve better cases outcomes, tackle e-discovery attorney burnout and cut expenses by allocating more money for e-discovery services in litigation, according to a panel of e-discovery professionals.
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In-House
Google's Ex-Litigation Head Joins AI Co. Turing As Its 1st CLOArtificial intelligence technology company Turing Enterprises Inc. announced Wednesday that it had brought on Catherine Lacavera, a former vice president of legal at Google, to serve as its first-ever chief legal officer.
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Mid-Law
Withers IP Partners Hop To Sullivan & WorcesterSullivan & Worcester LLP has said the Boston firm picked up a team of five intellectual property lawyers, including two partners, from Withers who have expertise in filing patents and working on deals for biotech startups.
