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- The University of California Berkeley School of Law announced the launch of an artificial intelligence-focused master of laws degree program, which will begin in summer 2025. As part of its advisory group, the program tapped big law partners Beth George from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Miriam Kim from Munger, Tolles & Olson. (Law.com)
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough is working with high-profile international lawyer Robert Amsterdam in to lobby US lawmakers about the future of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Amsterdam is urging the US to take a stand against Kyiv’s efforts to create what it says is a Ukrainian Orthodox Church free of Moscow’s influence. (The Washington Post)
- TikTok and a group of creators on the app have tapped Supreme Court veterans Andrew Pincus from Mayer Brown and Jeffrey Fisher from O’Melveny & Myers in their challenge of a law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s US assets or face a nation-wide ban. TikTok and ByteDance are also represented by a team from Covington & Burling. (Reuters)
Laterals, Moves, In-House
- Aditi Sanyal joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in its banking and finance team. She joins from Simmons & Simmons.
- Bobby Cook joined King & Spalding as a partner in its real estate and funds practice group. He joins from Arnold & Porter.
- Timothy Fesenmyer joined Paul Hastings as a partner in New York. He joins from King & Spalding.
- Jake Keaveny and Courtland Tisdale joined Proskauer in its capital markets and global finance groups in London.
- Angela Ramson joined Fox Rothschild as a partner in its labor and employment practice in Atlanta.
- Tim Walsh joined Steptoe as a partner in its transactions and tax practice in New York.
- Thomas Speiss joined Snell & Wilmer as a partner in its intellectual property group in Los Angeles.
- Kirk Jenkins joined Lewis Roca as a partner in its litigation practice group in San Francisco.
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