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By Sara Merken

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law first-of-its-kind state legislation setting rules for how lawyers are permitted to use generative artificial intelligence in their work.  

Newsom signed the bill, SB 574, yesterday alongside a slate of other AI-related measures that he said are intended to protect workers, empower doctors and prevent fraudsters online.

Read more about the requirements for lawyers and arbitrators under the new law.

In New York:

O’Melveny added corporate restructuring partner Penelope Jensen from Linklaters … McDermott brought on private funds partner Leslie Hung from Kirkland …  Jenner & Block tapped former New Jersey Solicitor General Jeremy Feigenbaum … Clark Hill hired corporate restructuring partner Hyung Soo Kim from Holland & Knight … Freshfields added capital markets partner Justin Michael from DLA Piper … Milbank picked up corporate finance and securities partner Claudia Carvajal Lopez from Davis Polk … Vinson & Elkins brought on capital markets partner Kirsten Harmon from Simpson Thacher … Akin added technology transactions partner Neil DuChez from Goldman Sachs … Kleinberg Kaplan hired trust and estates partner Sharon Weinberg Nokes from the Pew Charitable Trusts … Gibson Dunn picked up Gianluca Bacchiocchi from Clifford Chance as co-chair of its structured finance practice… Lowenstein Sandler added venture funds launch partner Hila Cohen from Morrison Foerster … King & Spalding hired restructuring partner Ted Dillman from Latham … Dechert brought on capital solutions partner Isabella Vecchio from Ropes & Gray … Holland & Knight added capital markets and M&A partner Jake Farquharson from Clifford Chance … Moses Singer added Jennifer Saint-Louis from Davidoff Hutcher & Citron as chair of its trusts and estates practice and bankruptcy partner Douglass Barron from Paul Hastings … Simpson Thacher