Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

There is a widespread misperception around how law firms are using AI and how we conduct legal research. At Husch Blackwell, we have focused on end-to-end project efficiency in building and deploying our in-house AI tools, said Blake Rooney, the firm’s chief information officer.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Gibson Dunn Doesn't Care That Much About Diversity: Nothing says commitment like backing down. The IRS Got Its Hands On Some AI: Will your firm be the next target ? Not The Brightest Cohort: Generations of Columbia Law grads still don't get how email chains work. Former Biglaw Partner Pleads Guilty: Just pay your taxes, people.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Law360 ] * Gibson Dunn hires senior SEC enforcement official. Did they miss the news that the crypto industry would boycott firms hiring from the SEC ? * TikTok hires Noel Francisco to get ban struck down. Lawyer Monthly ] * Pro se Rudy is the most entertaining Rudy. Reuters ] * New lawyers don't need to master AI.

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Above The Law

APRIL 14, 2022

Biglaw firm is cutting back on office space. The Messy Sanctions Motion: Gibson Dunn has some thoughts. Buh-Bye, Corner Office! Who Needs Stop Signs? Not these cyclists. Who Is Actually Excited About The Metaverse? Apparently some attorneys. Case Against Former Biglaw Partner To Go Forward: Even if it seems silly.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Fox News ] * Gibson Dunn alters diversity scholarship criteria as activists ramp up threats to sue law firms for pursuing initiatives to make the profession less white. The law just requires gun owners to get a permit and bans magazines over 10 rounds. Again, this is what passes for the "most extreme" law in the country. [

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Above The Law

JUNE 7, 2023

Law360 ] * After inviting thorough mocking of their legal acumen, Harlan Crow's lawyers at Gibson Dunn back away from original "let's just do contempt" offer and suggest a meeting with Senate staffers. [ New York Times ] * Move over law firms, legal technology vendors poised to become next fashionable cyber target. Take a guess!

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LawSites

JUNE 28, 2021

Alma Asay , the former litigator who founded the litigation management platform Allegory Law, has joined the law firm Crowell & Moring as senior director of practice innovation and client value.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Marsh McLennan has hired a dispute resolution partner from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in London as a general counsel for two of its consulting businesses, the firm said Thursday.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired an attorney who has spent the majority of her professional career working with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in several positions, the firm announced Monday.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Armed with a team of six associates, Stephen Fackler , a Gibson Dunn partner based in Palo Alto and New York, volunteered to take the lead, advising on media distribution contracts, tax strategy, and charity solicitation regulations. The task, as Fackler explained to The Recorder , wasn’t an easy one.

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Law 360

MARCH 19, 2025

Despite an implicit understanding of the value of brand, misconceptions around logo and financial value have resulted in law firms being slow to manage and build this valuable asset, without which it becomes difficult to attract the same caliber of client or recruit the best lawyers, says Daniela Conte at Gibson Dunn.

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Law 360

AUGUST 2, 2022

The co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's financial institutions practice has jumped to King & Spalding LLP's New York office, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced this week that it has hired a litigator with stints at various firms, including Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, to work as a senior attorney in Dallas.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Federal prosecutors requested Saturday a former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP visiting attorney spend eight months in prison after he copped to charges that he used his access to the firm's internal database to trade and profit from protected information.

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Law 360

MAY 10, 2022

A Delaware vice chancellor has denied much of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's motion to quash certain documents amid litigation over control of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., saying the firm didn't show that the documents sought are duplicative of other discovery efforts "or intended to harass."

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LawSites

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Ilona Logvinova and Rachel Dooley share tips for driving innovation, both within a legal department and at a law firm. Consider these panels: A discussion of how the law firm Stradley Ronon built a firm-wide KM program from the ground up, with Marissa Parker, chief operating officer, and Sarah Andrews, director of knowledge management.

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LawSites

MAY 1, 2023

Asay had been a lawyer for more than six years at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher when she launched Allegory in 2012 as one of the first cloud-based litigation management platforms. The role encompasses all Relativity partners, including legal service providers, technology partners and consulting firms.

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InHouseBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Biglaw firms are heading back to the office as increases in vaccination rates, the supply of multiple vaccines and new vaccine mandates are helping push the pandemic into the rear view mirror. “More than 40% of the BigLaw firms that have announced plans to return to their offices are aiming for a Sept. at ABA Journal.

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Law 360

JUNE 9, 2022

A practice lead at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has joined Paul Hastings LLP as global co-chair of mergers and acquisitions, the firm announced Thursday.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A longtime Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney has taken her business restructuring and reorganization-focused practice to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Washington, D.C., office, the firm said Tuesday.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A Brazilian national who once worked as a visiting attorney with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has pled guilty to taking advantage of his position to commit insider trading in connection with a merger the firm was working on, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A coronavirus tracking app developer hinted Monday that it may seek to disqualify Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP from representing Apple against antitrust claims that the tech giant blocked competing COVID-19 apps from the App Store, telling a California federal court the firm improperly attacked the app's programmer out of "political retaliation."

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SimplyLawJobs

JUNE 15, 2021

Many law firms openly publish trainee and newly qualified solicitor salaries. Bear in mind that salaries depend on the type of law you practice, the firm you work for, and the city you are located in. International firms and reputable firms are leading in terms of high wages. Salaries by law firms. – UK.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 26, 2019

Vinson & Elkins’ Appellate Practice Group Co-Leader Tom Leatherbury and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Partner Ted Boutrous sit down with host Rocky Dhir to talk about “fake news,” opinion bias in reporting, the value of the First Amendment, and the impact of public perceptions. Ted Boutrous ( Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Partner).

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LawSites

JULY 2, 2021

Earlier this week, I reported that Alma Asay , the former litigator who founded the litigation management platform Allegory Law, has joined the law firm Crowell & Moring as senior director of practice innovation and client value. Her thought at the time was to seek a position in a law firm. “I

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Above The Law

AUGUST 23, 2024

A handy primer to some of the top firms serving this unique market. The post The White Sandal Elite: The Go-To Law Firms For Silicon Valley appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

MAY 21, 2021

Times are changing, and so is the firm.

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Above The Law

JULY 15, 2021

Associates will be in control of their own careers at this firm. How exciting!

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The new year is looking like it's going to be full of newly repopulated law firm offices.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Investing in a healthy company culture that supports employee well-being can help law firms build and maintain resilient, productive teams. . For example, your typical personal injury firm may juggle dozens of cases—all on different timelines and constant deadlines. What Can Cause Mental Health Struggles for Attorneys? .

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Above The Law

APRIL 4, 2025

Its a bet-the-company litigation matter, and youre not quite sure which law firm to choose to handle the issue. You turn to a colleague for advice, and luckily enough, theyre ready to make a recommendation to you on the spot thanks to one firms superior client service. But which law firms receive the most unprompted recommendations?

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Above The Law

MAY 14, 2025

Each case features powerhouse law firms and public interest litigators operating at the highest levels of appellate strategy. Kirkland & Ellis, Gibson Dunn, WilmerHale, King & Spalding, and the American Civil Liberties Union (among others) brought deep litigation benches and doctrinal sophistication. Denerstein, Jason C.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

You Know The Routine: Mayer Brown & Gibson Dunn. About Those Student Loans: Expect things to be different when Trump is back in office. Take Your Time: Courts can benefit from some extra time too. Happy Thanksgiving! The post Bonuses And Some Quick Student Loan Advice — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Someone Find The Wite-Out : Gibson Dunn , Paul Hastings , Jenner & Block , Allen & Overy , Stroock , and Akin all matched the Davis Polk scale. Firms Respond : Some firms are ditching Russian government and quasi-government clients. Oh Hai, Cravath : There were other raises today, but then Cravath showed up.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

secretary of labor under President Donald Trump and a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, will be making his first high court argument. UBS Securities LLC , he represents the defendant, an investment banking firm in a case brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act alleging retaliation against a whistleblower. In Murray v.

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Above The Law

MAY 13, 2025

As major law firms either cave to Donald Trumps demands by making deals with the administration or cower in silence, the gap between law firm leaders and the young lawyers who work for them has never been more stark. Some senior lawyers have also left firms that made deals with Trump. based firm tells me. The message?

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Law 360

APRIL 8, 2022

has continued apace in the last two weeks, as BigLaw firms have tapped lawyers with links to the Trump administration and GOP lawmakers for leadership roles at Hogan Lovells, Wilson Sonsini, and Gibson Dunn. The frantic pace of personnel moves across Washington, D.C.,

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