WilmerHale is expanding its West Coast transactions team, bringing in an Arnold & Porter sports attorney to be a partner in its San Francisco office.  
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WilmerHale Adds Arnold & Porter Atty As Sports Co-Leader

By James Mills

WilmerHale is expanding its West Coast transactions team, bringing in an Arnold & Porter sports attorney to be a partner in its San Francisco office.  

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Meet New Paul Weiss Chairman Scott Barshay

By Anna Sanders

New Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP chair Scott Barshay is a rainmaker who most recently led the corporate department, guiding clients through some of the largest transactions in recent history after joining the firm's New York office a decade ago.

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Lionsgate Studios GC Earned $2.7 Million In 2025

By Christine DeRosa

Lionsgate Studios Corp.'s top attorney earned over $2.7 million last year, a slight dip compared to the previous year.

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Alston & Bird Hires Ex-Baker McKenzie Tech, Privacy Pro

By Kevin Penton

Alston & Bird LLP has added a technology and privacy specialist previously with Baker McKenzie as a partner in its Silicon Valley office, the firm announced Thursday.

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Eversheds Sutherland Hires Paul Hastings Trial Pro

By Grace Dixon

Eversheds Sutherland announced that it has added a partner to its litigation practice group, who joins the firm from Paul Hastings LLP fresh off the heels of guiding Prologis Inc. through a three-month jury trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

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Davis Polk Picks Up IP Ace From Debevoise & Plimpton

By Gina Kim

Preeminent intellectual property attorney John "Jay" Neukom, who has a storied track record prevailing on behalf of major companies in high-profile legal battles across the country, has joined Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in Northern California, after spending nearly four years with Debevoise & Plimpton LLC, according to an announcement made Monday.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akin Gump

Alston & Bird

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Baker McKenzie

Cravath Swaine

Davis Polk

Debevoise & Plimpton

Eversheds Sutherland

Morrison & Foerster

O'Melveny & Myers

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Skadden Arps

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3G Capital

AT&T Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

American Arbitration Association

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/NV

Apollo Global Management LLC

Apple Inc.

Bayer AG

CBS Corp.

Cerberus Capital Management LP

Chevron Corp.

Cisco Systems Inc.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

Google LLC

Harvard University

International Business Machines Corp.

Jana Partners LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

McDonald's Corp.

Noble Energy Inc.

Paramount Pictures Corp.

Paypal Holdings Inc.

Pershing Square Capital Management LP

Prologis Inc.

Red Hat Inc.

Renewable Energy Group Inc.

SABMiller

Stanford University

Starbucks Corp.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

UCLA School of Law

Uber Technologies Inc.

Ultimate Fighting Championship Ltd.

Unilever PLC

United Airlines Holdings Inc.

W.R. Grace & Co.

Waymo LLC

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

Yale University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

National Economic Council

National Security Council

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission