Sara Merken is a legal reporter for Reuters, specializing in covering the business of law and the evolving legal market. She co-writes the Daily Docket and provides in-depth coverage of law firm developments, attorney moves, and industry trends.
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By: Sara Merken
Reed Smith is planning to close its Beijing office, becoming the latest major U.S. law firm to shrink its footprint in China.
Longtime Google lawyer Kevin Yingling is joining global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which has served as outside counsel to the tech giant, as an antitrust partner in Washington, D.C., the firm said on Monday.
A spate of U.S. law firm combinations continued on Monday, as Philadelphia-founded Ballard Spahr and Seattle-founded Lane Powell said that they have agreed to merge.
A plan to relax rules on who can deliver legal services in Washington State got mixed reactions in newly disclosed public comments, with critics warning it could erode ethical safeguards and supporters welcoming its goal of expanding access to justice.
U.S. law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister on Monday said it will combine with Denver-founded firm Sherman & Howard, extending a string of law firm mergers announced this month.
Keith Enright, Google's former chief privacy officer, has joined law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a Palo Alto-based partner and a co-chair of its artificial intelligence practice, the firm said on Tuesday.
Arizona's program that allows people who are not lawyers to co-own law firms now has more than 100 approved businesses, as other states weigh similar legal practice rule changes.
A federal lawmaker has introduced legislation that would require the disclosure of third-party funding in civil lawsuits.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is shutting down its Shanghai office, the U.S. law firm said on Friday.
The Delaware Supreme Court said on Tuesday that judges and other court officials in the state can use artificial intelligence in their work but set limits on when and how they can use the technology.
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