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Law Firm News
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - Volume 21 No. 1465
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General
Even as hallucinations show up in legal filings, Big Law goes all in on AI with new Anthropic release - Fortune (Quinn Emanuel), May 13, 2026
Article: Holland & Knight refreshes leadership in Colombia - Latin Lawyer (Holland & Knight), May 13, 2026
Palestinian law grad sues DLA Piper over rescinded job offer - Reuters (DLA Piper), May 12, 2026
How AI Use Can Increase Failure to Prevent Fraud Risk - JD Supra (Wilmer Hale), May 12, 2026
U.S. law firm must pay Dutch DJ Tiësto nearly €17 million over faulty tax advice - NL Times (Greenberg Traurig), May 12, 2026
Mayer Brown launches new capital solutions team in London - Financial News London (Mayer Brown), May 12, 2026
Attorney Moves
Blank Rome Welcomes Corporate Partners Coyle and Choksi in West Palm Beach - ABF Journal (Blank Rome), May 13, 2026
Hogan Lovells hires Singapore corporate & finance practice partner - FinanceAsia (Hogan Lovells), May 13, 2026
Dentons boosts real estate practice with new partners Michael Kershaw and Kamil Umar - Canadian Lawyer Mag (Dentons), May 13, 2026
Dechert hires two partners, including ex-Milbank Seoul MP - Law.asia (Dechert), May 13, 2026
K&L Gates appoints Jake Bernstein as first-ever global AI and innovation partner - Australasian Lawyer (K & L Gates), May 13, 2026
Barnes & Thornburg adds entertainment trio from Nixon Peabody - The Global Legal Post (Nixon Peabody), May 12, 2026
Morgan Lewis Hires Covington Partner as European M&A Head - Bloomberg Law News (Morgan Lewis; Covington & Burling), May 12, 2026
Real Estate Transactional and Construction Litigation Partner Melissa Billig joins Jones Day in New York - Legal Desire (Jones Day), May 12, 2026
Akin adds four-partner private equity team in New York and London from Sidley - The Global Legal Post (Sidley Austin), May 12, 2026
Akin boosts PE bench with four-partner Sidley team across London and New York - Non-Billable (Sidley Austin), May 12, 2026
Morrison Foerster Bolsters Market-Leading Technology and Transactions Credentials with Triple Partner Addition Including Mike Pierides, Will Holder, and Oliver Bell – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle (Morrison & Foerster), May 12, 2026
Ryan Rohlfsen Joins Latham & Watkins Chicago White Collar Team - Bloomberg Law News (Latham & Watkins), May 12, 2026
Latham & Watkins Adds Prominent Real Estate Partner in New York, Marking Continued Expansion of Top-Tier Practice - PR Newswire (Latham & Watkins), May 12, 2026
DLA Piper hires South African M&A partner - African Law & Business (DLA Piper), May 12, 2026
White & Case hires Bakers infrastructure M&A partner in London - Non-Billable (White & Case), May 12, 2026
Squire Patton Boggs Expands DC Public Policy With Treasury Hire - Bloomberg Law News (Squire Patton Boggs), May 12, 2026
General Counsel Moves
Jeff Wheeler Appointed IAM Associate General Counsel - IAM Union (General Counsel), May 12, 2026
Eyeing growth, chassis provider CCM appoints new SVP-General Counsel - Yahoo Finance (General Counsel), May 12, 2026
Jennifer Meyerowitz Joins KCP Advisory as Senior Managing Director and General Counsel - PR Newswire (General Counsel), May 12, 2026
Technology
Aderant rolls out Agent Center at Momentum as part of Stridyn platform expansion - Legal IT Insider May 12, 2026
Anthropic Goes All-In on Legal, Releasing More Than 20 Connectors and 12 Practice-Area Plugins for Claude - LawSites May 12, 2026
New tool to catch AI hallucinations being in legal citations - Digital Journal May 12, 2026
Justice Technology Association Named Access to Justice Partner in Anthropic's Legal AI Launch - LawSites May 12, 2026
Clio Reveals Revenue Milestone Amid ‘Unprecedented’ Growth for Legaltech - techcouver.com May 12, 2026
"The AI conversation is turning into a data conversation": Elite Vantage puts data strategy centre stage - Legal IT Insider May 12, 2026
Navigating the minefield of legal technology investment - Legal Futures May 12, 2026
Boston
Barnes & Thornburg adds entertainment trio from Nixon Peabody - The Global Legal Post (Nixon Peabody), May 12, 2026
How AI Use Can Increase Failure to Prevent Fraud Risk - JD Supra (Wilmer Hale), May 12, 2026
California
Even as hallucinations show up in legal filings, Big Law goes all in on AI with new Anthropic release - Fortune (Quinn Emanuel), May 13, 2026
Morrison Foerster Bolsters Market-Leading Technology and Transactions Credentials with Triple Partner Addition Including Mike Pierides, Will Holder, and Oliver Bell – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle (Morrison & Foerster), May 12, 2026
Ryan Rohlfsen Joins Latham & Watkins Chicago White Collar Team - Bloomberg Law News (Latham & Watkins), May 12, 2026
Latham & Watkins Adds Prominent Real Estate Partner in New York, Marking Continued Expansion of Top-Tier Practice - PR Newswire (Latham & Watkins), May 12, 2026
Chicago
Dentons boosts real estate practice with new partners Michael Kershaw and Kamil Umar - Canadian Lawyer Mag (Dentons), May 13, 2026
Palestinian law grad sues DLA Piper over rescinded job offer - Reuters (DLA Piper), May 12, 2026
Akin adds four-partner private equity team in New York and London from Sidley - The Global Legal Post (Sidley Austin), May 12, 2026
Akin boosts PE bench with four-partner Sidley team across London and New York - Non-Billable (Sidley Austin), May 12, 2026
DLA Piper hires South African M&A partner - African Law & Business (DLA Piper), May 12, 2026
Mayer Brown launches new capital solutions team in London - Financial News London (Mayer Brown), May 12, 2026
New York
Article: Holland & Knight refreshes leadership in Colombia - Latin Lawyer (Holland & Knight), May 13, 2026
White & Case hires Bakers infrastructure M&A partner in London - Non-Billable (White & Case), May 12, 2026
Philadelphia
Blank Rome Welcomes Corporate Partners Coyle and Choksi in West Palm Beach - ABF Journal (Blank Rome), May 13, 2026
Dechert hires two partners, including ex-Milbank Seoul MP - Law.asia (Dechert), May 13, 2026
Morgan Lewis Hires Covington Partner as European M&A Head - Bloomberg Law News (Morgan Lewis), May 12, 2026
Washington DC
Hogan Lovells hires Singapore corporate & finance practice partner - FinanceAsia (Hogan Lovells), May 13, 2026
How AI Use Can Increase Failure to Prevent Fraud Risk - JD Supra (Wilmer Hale), May 12, 2026
Morgan Lewis Hires Covington Partner as European M&A Head - Bloomberg Law News (Covington & Burling), May 12, 2026
Squire Patton Boggs Expands DC Public Policy With Treasury Hire - Bloomberg Law News (Squire Patton Boggs), May 12, 2026
Other - Eastern US
K&L Gates appoints Jake Bernstein as first-ever global AI and innovation partner - Australasian Lawyer (K & L Gates), May 13, 2026
U.S. law firm must pay Dutch DJ Tiësto nearly €17 million over faulty tax advice - NL Times (Greenberg Traurig), May 12, 2026
Other - Central US
Real Estate Transactional and Construction Litigation Partner Melissa Billig joins Jones Day in New York - Legal Desire (Jones Day), May 12, 2026
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