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Davis Wright Appoints Tech Partner As Seattle Lead
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced Tuesday the appointment of a 10-year veteran of the firm and its technology practice as partner-in-charge for its Seattle office.
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Latham Adds 2 Simpson Thacher Attys To Its NY Office
Latham & Watkins LLP has added two attorneys from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for its New York office, one of whom joins as co-chair of its global hybrid capital practice.
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Cooley Hires Ex-Norton Rose Antitrust Chief In London
Cooley LLP has recruited Norton Rose Fulbright's London antitrust and competition chief to its London office as a partner in an effort to boost its ability to advise clients on competition disputes across the U.K. and the European Union.
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Carey Remembered As Practical Judge With Great Demeanor
Former Delaware bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey, who died Thursday at the age of 69, is remembered by colleagues as a respectful, practical judge who lawyers looked forward to appearing in front of in court.
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Arbitrator Ken Feinberg Doesn't Shy From Litigation Funders
Well-known arbitrator Kenneth Feinberg, speaking at a conference on Monday, said that he doesn't automatically wrinkle his nose when he hears that a litigation funder is part of a complex legal matter that he is attempting to find a resolution to.
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Freshfields Picks Up Covington M&A Pro In Silicon Valley
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is growing its corporate practice, bringing in a Covington & Burling LLP mergers and acquisitions expert as a partner in its Silicon Valley office, the firm said Monday.
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Orrick Adds Kramer Levin Life Sciences Head In NY
The former head of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's life sciences practice has jumped to the intellectual property litigation team at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in New York, Orrick said Monday.
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Haynes Boone Expands In Texas With New San Antonio Digs
Haynes and Boone LLP said Monday that it has relocated its San Antonio office to a larger, newly designed space in the same building.
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Insiders See Litigation Funding's Appeal Overcoming Its Risks
With higher interest rates and fights over disclosure rules on the horizon, the litigation finance industry is in a tenuous place, but it's not slowing down, a series of experts said at the International Legal Finance Association 2024 Conference on Monday.
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McElroy Deutsch Must Turn Over Amex Info In Firing Suit
One of the pair of married former McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP executives accused of jointly stealing millions from the firm has prevailed on a bid for access to credit card statements from several firm leaders in her gender discrimination countersuit.
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Allen & Overy Gains Another Milbank Atty In London
Allen & Overy announced Monday it added an attorney from Milbank to its London office, touting her in-demand expertise representing creditors in restructurings and special situations.
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Microsoft, Walmart CLOs Recognized For Integrity, Creativity
The legal chiefs at Microsoft and Walmart are among about a dozen leading corporate lawyers who soon will be recognized at the Burton Awards as "Legends in Law" for their track records of addressing complex matters and creativity in solving challenges.
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BigLaw Partner Moves In-House As NYCB's General Counsel
An experienced BigLaw partner who worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has been named the general counsel of New York Community Bancorp Inc. alongside other executive appointments.
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Simpson Thacher Corporate Pro Rejoins Weil In Houston
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Monday that it has welcomed back an infrastructure lawyer who has rejoined the firm in Houston after six years with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
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Ex-Calif. Bar Leader Loses Bid To Gut Ethics Case
A California Bar Court has denied the latest attempt by former State Bar of California Executive Director Joe Dunn to sink an ethics case accusing him of improperly using bar funds to pay for a 2014 trip to Mongolia, finding the court already twice rejected his effort to dodge the claim and there was no reason to change course.
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Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Cooley
Cooley LLP advised Horizon Therapeutics during its massive sale to Amgen Inc. — defeating an antitrust challenge along the way — and helped Moderna Inc. win a patent case centering on its COVID-19 vaccine, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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Consumer Class Action Trio Joins Morgan Lewis From Crowell
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP said Monday that it has added three partners from Crowell & Moring LLP to its consumer class action and product liability practice.
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V&E Gains Finance Specialist In Houston From White & Case
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that it has fortified its finance practice with an energy savvy partner in Houston who came aboard from White & Case LLP.
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Squire Patton Names Global Litigation Practice Co-Chair
Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Monday that partner Scott A. Kane, who previously managed its Cincinnati office, has been appointed a co-chair of the firm's global litigation practice.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after an Illinois federal jury found that Amazon owes $525 million in damages for infringing three patents covering cloud data storage technology.
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Nelson Mullins Lands Spencer Fane, K&L Gates Litigators
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has added two new partners to its litigation practice from K&L Gates LLP and Spencer Fane LLP, one who practices franchise and distribution law and the other who handles healthcare enforcement matters.
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On Eve Of Ethics Trial, Ex-Calif. Bar Head Tries To Gut Case
Former State Bar of California Executive Director Joe Dunn is trying once again to shut down the bar's disciplinary case against him, on the eve of a trial set to begin next week that centers on a 2014 scandal connected to disgraced plaintiffs attorney Tom Girardi.
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Freshfields Continues Litigation Growth With NY Partner Hire
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has announced that an experienced litigation attorney who has worked on high-profile matters including the FIFA corruption case joined the firm's New York office as a partner.
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Slaughter And May Select 6 Firms For Legal Tech Cohort
A legal forecasting tool, a scheduling tracker and a pricing analysis service are three of the six new tech startups in Slaughter and May's fourth Collaborate cohort, the London-based firm announced Friday, which offers the selected startups opportunities to test and develop their tools in a legal environment.
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Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP marshaled its considerable depth and breadth of experience to score a major Federal Circuit victory and to shepherd biotechnology deals that reached into the 11 figures, earning the firm a nod as one of Law360's 2023 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.