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Legionnaires’ Attorney Demands Answers After Hotel’s Own Tests Find Legionella on the Premises

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NEW YORK, August 11, 2026 — A New York Legionnaires’ disease attorney is demanding answers from the operator of a Chelsea hotel after the company’s own testing reportedly found Legionella bacteria at the property — and workers say they were denied access to information about the contamination and were not allowed to leave the hotel. The High Line

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Data Center World and The AI Summit Series to Showcase the Technologies, Talent and Infrastructure Shaping the AI EconomyData Center World Australia

Anthropic, NVIDIA, Microsoft and Google to join speaker programme as Melbourne hosts Australia’s premier gathering for AI and digital infrastructure leaders this SeptemberMELBOURNE, Australia–Data Center World Australia and The AI Summit Australia will welcome the world’s foremost innovators in artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 7–9 September 2026. Designed as Australia’s

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Simpson Thacher Opens Chicago Office with Kirkland Private Equity Team

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is launching a Chicago office by hiring five partners from Kirkland & Ellis: Ryan Harris (Managing Partner of the new office), Cole Parker, Kyle McHugh, Ryan Jackson, and Ziyad Ziyadzade. The group specializes in middle-market private equity and family office work, advising on M&A, leveraged buyouts, growth investments, restructurings, and

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The Law Firm Branding Battle And Why Law Partners Is Rethinking Its Marketing

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Personal Injury Marketing Battle Heats Up Australia’s largest specialist personal injury firm, Law Partners, is sharpening its marketing strategy, appointing independent agency Today the Brave to handle brand strategy, creative and media following a competitive pitch. It is more than the customary agency reshuffle in the law branding space as the move reflects an increasingly

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Barrister Discovers That Bowing To The Judge Is Not Entirely Optional

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A New South Wales barrister has been reprimanded after apparently deciding that some of the more tiresome conventions of courtroom practice, such as standing, bowing to the judge and arriving on time, were more guidelines than rules. Mahmoud Mandoh was reprimanded following his conduct during a 2023 criminal trial, with the disciplinary register recording what

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Pillsbury Puts AI in the C-Suite With Oz Benamram Hire

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Pillsbury is putting AI firmly into the executive suite, appointing veteran legal innovation strategist Oz Benamram as Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. Benamram, who has led innovation functions at Simpson Thacher, White & Case and Morrison & Foerster, will oversee the firm’s AI strategy, governance, data science and knowledge management. The appointment puts Pillsbury among a

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Jones Day Welcomes Tax Controversy Lawyer Thomas Ickeringill in Melbourne

Thomas Ickeringill has joined Jones Day as of counsel in its Tax Practice. He is based in the Firm’s Melbourne Office. Mr. Ickeringill brings nearly 15 years of professional tax experience across Australia and the United Kingdom, with a practice focused on tax controversy involving international tax, transfer pricing, Mutual Assistance Procedures, and integrity measures.

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Jones Day adds leading tax controversy lawyer Jennifer Breen in Washington

Jennifer Breen has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Tax Practice. She is based in the Firm’s Washington Office. Ms. Breen represents domestic and multinational businesses, large partnerships, high-net-worth individuals, and family offices in tax controversy and IRS administrative matters. Ms. Breen has decades of experience across government service, a Big Four public

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Law Firms Are Rolling Out AI Faster Than They Can Measure Changes in Lawyer Behavior, New BARBRI Research Finds

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Report also offers a path for Learning & Development (L&D), Knowledge Management (KM), and Innovation teams to work together to bridge those gaps  DALLAS, Aug. 6, 2026 – Even as firms race to deploy AI tools, Learning & Development, Knowledge Management, and Innovation teams at law firms are grappling with measuring and leveraging these rollouts, new research from BARBRI Professional Education

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