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The latest wave of leadership moves shows firms increasingly adding tech-savvy executives to drive innovation and transformation, as firms race to keep pace with emerging technologies, shifting client expectations and intensifying market pressures. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Law Firms Bet Big On Tech Leadership In 2025 - Law360 Pulse
The latest wave of leadership moves shows law firms increasingly adding tech-savvy executives to drive innovation and transformation, as firms race to keep pace with emerging technologies, shifting client expectations and intensifying market pressures.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Littler Mendelson PC and Norton Rose Fulbright have all announced new innovation appointments and hires this week. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Ogletree, Littler, Norton Rose Announce New Innovation Roles - Law360 Pulse
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Littler Mendelson PC and Norton Rose Fulbright have all announced new innovation appointments and hires this week.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Chipotle Mexican Grill has promoted its chief human resources officer, announcing that she is now also the restaurant chain's chief legal officer. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Chipotle Replaces Legal Chief Amid Leadership Moves - Law360 Pulse
Chipotle Mexican Grill has promoted its chief human resources officer, announcing Monday that she is now also the restaurant chain's chief legal officer.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP has named its partner class for 2026, promoting 41 attorneys and outdoing last year's class by seven attorneys, the firm announced Monday. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Wilson Elser Promotes 41 Attorneys to Partnership - Law360 Pulse
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP has named its partner class for 2026, promoting 41 attorneys and outdoing last year's class by seven attorneys, the firm announced Monday.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, a subsidiary of the Dutch information services giant, announced Monday the appointment of a longtime senior vice president as general manager of its enterprise legal management solutions business. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Wolters Kluwer Appoints Longtime VP As ELM Business Lead - Law360 Pulse
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, a subsidiary of the Dutch information services giant, announced Monday the appointment of a longtime senior vice president as general manager of its enterprise legal management solutions business.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
A legal technology software provider welcomes a new CEO, topping Law360's roundup of recent industry news. This first full week of 2026 also included new C-suite appointments for several legal tech providers. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
January 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
As legal leaders in Connecticut say two major factors will be top of mind in 2026 — how to responsibly take advantage of rapid advancements in technology and AI, and how to maintain growth in terms of their headcounts and real estate portfolios. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
What Conn. Legal Leaders Are Focused On In 2026 - Law360 Pulse
As legal leaders in Connecticut think about the year ahead, they say two major factors will be top of mind — how to responsibly take advantage of rapid advancements in technology and artificial intelligence, and how to maintain growth in terms of their headcounts and real estate portfolios.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Michigan's Varnum LLP tapped a former mail-room messenger who started in 1995 and worked his way up to partner in the litigation and trial practice team to serve as its next executive partner. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
3 Decades After Mail-Room Start, Varnum Atty To Lead Firm - Law360 Pulse
Michigan's Varnum LLP tapped a former mail-room messenger who started in 1995 and worked his way up to partner in the litigation and trial practice team to serve as its next executive partner.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Husch Blackwell LLP has hired an 18-person immigration team made up of two lawyers, eight paralegals and eight business professionals. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Husch Blackwell Expands With 18-Person Immigration Team - Law360 Pulse
Husch Blackwell LLP has hired an 18-person immigration team made up of two lawyers, eight paralegals and eight business professionals, the firm announced this week.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Delaware's state court administrator will retire next month after more than 30 years in various posts with the judiciary and helping steer the First State's courts through the COVID-19 pandemic. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Del. State Court Admin. Retiring After Decades With Judiciary - Law360 Pulse
Delaware's state court administrator will retire next month after more than 30 years in various posts with the judiciary and helping steer the First State's courts through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
McDermott Will & Schulte is revamping its artificial intelligence strategy in 2026, going beyond rolling out new technology to prioritizing deep skills development among lawyers aimed at crafting new ideas to help clients. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
McDermott Plans AI Shakeup With Rigorous Lawyer Training - Law360 Pulse
McDermott Will & Schulte is revamping its artificial intelligence strategy in 2026, going beyond rolling out new technology to prioritizing deep skills development among lawyers aimed at crafting new ideas to help clients.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Balch & Bingham LLP announced that it has added 21 attorneys in Texas through a combination with Austin-based Duggins Wren Mann & Romero LLP that significantly expands the firm's energy sector expertise. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Balch & Bingham Expands In Texas With 21-Atty Firm Combo - Law360 Pulse
Balch & Bingham LLP announced Tuesday that it has added 21 attorneys in Texas through a combination with Austin-based Duggins Wren Mann & Romero LLP that significantly expands the firm's energy sector expertise.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
BakerHostetler is starting off the new year with new leaders, announcing on Monday the appointment of new office managing partners for its Los Angeles and New York offices, plus a new head of its litigation practice group. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
BakerHostetler Names New LA, NY Leaders, Litigation Head - Law360 Pulse
BakerHostetler is starting off the new year with new leaders, announcing on Monday the appointment of new office managing partners for its Los Angeles and New York offices, plus a new head of its litigation practice group.  
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January 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
As a trio of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP lawyers — including a founding partner — are in the process of decamping, the law firm said it has named a new chair of global hospitality. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Jeffer Mangels Names A New Hospitality Chair As 3 Attys Exit - Law360 Pulse
As a trio of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP lawyers — including a founding partner — are in the process of decamping, the law firm said Friday it has named a new chair of global hospitality.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Attorney Marc Mukasey, known for representing high-profile clients including Donald Trump, is closing the boutique firm he ran alongside Torrey Young to join Seyfarth Shaw LLP. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Marc Mukasey Shutters Boutique To Move Team To Seyfarth - Law360 Pulse
Attorney Marc Mukasey, known for representing high-profile clients including Donald Trump, is closing the boutique firm he ran alongside Torrey Young to join Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP has announced its second merger in as many months, growing with a dozen patent and trademark attorneys and patent agents, from Washington, D.C.-based Global IP Counselors LLP. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Spencer Fane Merges With Global IP Counselors In DC - Law360 Pulse
The Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP has announced its second merger in as many months, growing with a dozen patent and trademark attorneys and patent agents, from Washington, D.C.-based Global IP Counselors LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Contract management software provider ContractPodAi, which offers an automated legal assistant called Leah, announced it would rebrand the company to match its artificial intelligence software. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
ContractPodAi Rebrands As Leah, To Match Its AI Assistant - Law360 Pulse
Contract management software provider ContractPodAi, which offers an automated legal assistant called Leah, announced Monday it would rebrand the company to match its artificial intelligence software.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Every DLA Piper attorney based in the United States now has access to the legal artificial intelligence assistant Harvey, the legal technology giant told #Law360Pulse exclusively. www.law360.com/pulse... #BusinessOfLaw
DLA Piper Marks AI Tool Rollout to 3,000 Lawyers With Harvey - Law360 Pulse
Every DLA Piper attorney based in the United States now has access to the legal artificial intelligence assistant Harvey, the legal technology giant told Law360 Pulse exclusively on Friday.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
General counsel LaTanya Langley prides herself on being a "people first" leader, and an even better one now that she has returned from maternity leave after giving birth at age 50. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
How One GC Finds Synergies Leading HR And Legal Teams - Law360 Pulse
General counsel LaTanya Langley prides herself on being a "people first" leader, and an even better one now that she has returned from maternity leave after giving birth at age 50.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Spencer Fane LLP announced Wednesday that it is entering New York City's market through a combination with Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, a full-service firm of about 50 attorneys. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Gibson Dunn Names Largest Partner Class In Firm History - Law360 Pulse
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has promoted its largest partner class in history, promoting 42 attorneys in 17 offices across the globe, effective Jan. 1, the firm announced Wednesday.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Spencer Fane announced Wednesday that it is entering New York City's market through a combination with Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, a full-service firm of about 50 attorneys. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Spencer Fane's Latest Combo Is With Midsize NYC Firm - Law360 Pulse
Spencer Fane LLP announced Wednesday that it is entering New York City's market through a combination with Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, a full-service firm of about 50 attorneys.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The legal technology market is at an inflection point and industry leaders expect growing investment interest will weed out underperforming companies and shake up tool options for lawyers in the coming years. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
It's A 'Go Big Or Go Home' Turning Point For Legal Tech - Law360 Pulse
The legal technology market is at an inflection point and industry leaders expect growing investment interest will weed out underperforming companies and shake up tool options for lawyers in the coming years.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Susman Godfrey announced on Tuesday that it is topping New York's bonus scale with payouts that range from a median of $120,000 for first-year associates to a median of $280,000 for the most senior associates. www.law360.com/artic... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Susman Godfrey Bests Market With Bonuses Of Up To $280K - Law360
Susman Godfrey LLP announced on Tuesday that it is topping New York's bonus scale with payouts that range from a median of $120,000 for first-year associates to a median of $280,000 for the most senior associates.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The pressure for legal operations teams to implement generative artificial intelligence has intensified as outside counsel spend jumps and demonstrating tangible cost savings from the technology remains elusive. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Legal Ops Teams Are Feeling Executive Pressure To Adopt AI - Law360 Pulse
The pressure for legal operations teams to implement generative artificial intelligence has intensified as outside counsel spend jumps and demonstrating tangible cost savings from the technology remains elusive, according to a new survey report Tuesday.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A former Kasowitz LLP partner has accused the firm and its founder, renowned litigator Marc Kasowitz, of misrepresenting its finances and failing to pay him the millions he is owed in a lawsuit in New York state court. www.law360.com/artic... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw
Kasowitz Hid Plummeting Profits From Ex-Partner, Suit Says - Law360
A former Kasowitz LLP partner has accused the firm and its founder, renowned litigator Marc Kasowitz, of misrepresenting its finances and failing to pay him the millions he is owed in a lawsuit in New York state court, alleging the firm's profits have plummeted due to poor management.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM