Two member shops of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — commenced strikes Tuesday, with deadlines for others looming later this week as the ALAA hopes its sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to better contracts.
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2 NY Legal Services Shops Go On Strike, More Could Follow

By Andrea Keckley

Two member shops of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — commenced strikes Tuesday, with deadlines for others looming later this week as the ALAA hopes its sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to better contracts.

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Foley Hoag Creates New Exec Committee Seats Amid Growth

By Tracey Read

Foley Hoag LLP announced Tuesday that it has elected partners Peter "Chip" Korn Jr. and DeAnn Smith to its executive committee, filling two newly created seats with their deep experience in corporate and intellectual property law.

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Bond Schoeneck Moves Chief Strategy Officer To Ops Lead

By Matt Perez

New York-based Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC announced Monday the appointment of Kimberly Wolf Price, who has served as the firm's chief strategy officer the past two years, as its latest chief operating officer.

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Paul Hastings Adds M&A Specialist From Paul Weiss

By Tracey Read

Paul Hastings LLP has brought on a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner who specializes in mergers and acquisitions as well as complex transactions for public and private companies and private equity firms, the firm said Tuesday.

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Moses & Singer Lands Former Showtime Networks GC

By Christine DeRosa

Moses & Singer LLP has grown its intellectual property, entertainment/media and technology and artificial intelligence and data law practice groups with the addition of the former general counsel for Showtime Networks Inc.

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AI Specialist Joins Cleary's Innovation Team

By James Boyle

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has expanded its professional team by adding an attorney with expertise in artificial intelligence to grow the firm's technology resources.

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Covenant, An 'AI Law Firm' For Investors, Raises $4M

By Matt Perez

New York-based firm Covenant, a legal counseling service for private market investors that relies on artificial intelligence, announced Tuesday the raising of a $4 million seed funding round.

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Reed Smith Says Docs Slipped Through Stay In Eletson Row

By Emily Sawicki

Reed Smith has asked the Second Circuit to again step in and block new owners of reorganized Greece-based international shipping company Eletson from viewing communications between the firm and the company's prior owners, saying that, despite a stay already in place, the new owners were allowed to acquire some files.

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Recent Law School Grads Have Already Held 2 Different Jobs

By Kevin Penton

Nearly two of three attorneys who graduated from law school three years ago have already held two jobs, but only 13% are on the hunt for a new gig, according to a report from the National Association for Law Placement released on Tuesday.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Barclay Damon

Bond Schoeneck

Bottar Law

Cleary Gottlieb

Clifford Chance

Foley Hoag

Goulston & Storrs

Herbert Smith Freehills

Moses & Singer

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

White & Case

Willkie Farr

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

Bellisio Foods Inc.

BriefCatch

Brooklyn Law School

CVC Capital Partners Ltd.

Charter Communications Inc.

H.I.G. Capital LLC

Hunt Cos. Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Microsoft Corp.

National Association for Law Placement Inc.

New York Legal Assistance Group Inc.

New York State Bar Association

New York University

RXO Inc.

Roark Capital Group Inc.

Showtime Networks Inc.

WESCO International Inc.

WeWork Inc.

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

National Labor Relations Board

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York