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King & Spalding Hires Ex-Google AI Regulatory Counsel Benjamin Softness
King & Spalding- Significance
- Low
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
King & Spalding is buying the talent to run AI at scale. A directional signal rather than a step change.
King & Spalding hired Benjamin Softness, one of Google's first lawyers responsible for AI regulatory response and litigation, as a partner in San Francisco to grow the firm's AI investigations and litigation offering.
- Significance
- Low
- Source type
- Trade Press
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