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Trial lawyer Randy Mastro is out of the running to serve as New York City's corporation counsel, two weeks after a contentious nomination hearing that called into question, among other things, the King & Spalding LLP attorney's ties to former mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Proskauer Rose LLP has recruited the former head of arbitration at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP in London as the firm looks to boost its litigation practice in the U.K.
Activist hedge fund Engine Capital LP said in a letter Wednesday that it was "incredibly disappointed" and "blindsided" by news in legal tech provider Dye & Durham Ltd.'s fourth quarter results that it made two acquisitions for a total of nearly CA$70 million, instead of focusing on reducing debt.
A former longtime Troutman Pepper attorney who previously led the firm's diversity and inclusion committee has joined legal recruiting firm Major Lindsey & Africa in Philadelphia, where he expects to use his mentorship and counseling experience to assist with lateral moves.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP launched a suit in Florida state court last week seeking to recoup nearly $1 million in unpaid legal fees plus interest from Miss America Organization Inc. entities, marking the latest legal volley in years-long litigation over the fees.
Clyde & Co. LLP has said that newly qualified lawyers in the U.K. can now earn up to £85,000 ($110,800), as it joined many other law firms that have hiked pay as the market for junior talent becomes ever-more competitive.
Dickson Minto is breaking with its long tradition of virtually exclusively promoting partners from within its ranks by tapping into the lateral hiring market to rebuild its London offering, the Scottish firm's boss told Law360 Wednesday as the firm brings on a real estate veteran from Walker Morris LLP.
Holland & Knight LLP has bolstered its government contracts bench with a pair of recent partner hires, adding attorneys to both its Virginia and New York offices.
The U.K. legal industry posted its second-highest monthly revenue in 2024 as growth in the sector outpaces other professional services industries and the wider economy, new government statistics showed on Wednesday.
A former Blank Rome litigator whose eclectic resume includes crisis management and working as an agent for professional athletes has jumped to the New York office of Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner.
Dentons has recruited two new corporate partners to its Dublin office from U.S. rivals as it looks to expand its mergers and acquisitions practice in the Irish market and capitalize on its global footprint.
Holland & Knight LLP has hired two lawyers from Jones Day for its Mexico City office, where they will handle a sharp increase in litigation and arbitration cases in the country.
Documents detailing failed settlement negotiations between a former director at Simpson Millar LLP and the firm are inadmissible in the solicitor's claim that he was unduly coerced in the lead-up to his dismissal, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Latham & Watkins LLP said on Wednesday that it has recruited a former head of tax at Travers Smith LLP for its office in London, a blow for the U.K. law firm, which has been hit by the departure of a series of partners.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday brought a new insider trading case tied to the theft of confidential merger information from a Covington & Burling LLP lawyer, suing the cousin of a former FBI trainee who was sentenced to prison for filching the Merck & Co. deal info at the heart of the case and then tipping off others.
King & Spalding LLP has strengthened two of its Lone Star State offices with the addition of a veteran litigator from Vinson & Elkins LLP and a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP attorney who specializes in energy transactions, the firm announced Tuesday.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has tapped into both its East and West Coast offices to name the new leaders for its fund finance practice, according to a Tuesday announcement.
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP convinced a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to throw out the Chapter 11 filing of its former chief financial officer, who is behind bars for stealing over $1 million from the firm, with the judge finding Tuesday that the petition was brought in "bad faith" to stall related state litigation.
A former partner from Hogan Lovells's privacy and cybersecurity practice has joined Goodwin Procter LLP's data, privacy and cybersecurity group as a partner in New York City, the firm said Tuesday.
The merger between Womble Bond Dickinson and Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP is not about cutting costs because of mounting competition, the international law firm's U.S. boss told Law360 on Tuesday. It's about growth in the U.S., the U.K. — and beyond.
Vinson & Elkins LLP has launched a new office in Ireland to provide New York and English law advice to clients on aviation leasing and financing matters.
Six former Glencore employees, including the commodity giant's billionaire former head of oil, who have been charged with bribery by the Serious Fraud Office, have tapped an all-star list of the U.K.'s most experienced trial solicitors and barristers with a track record of prevailing against the white-collar agency.
McGuireWoods LLP continues to bolster its West Coast presence, announcing Tuesday that it has added a former federal prosecutor and the former general counsel for a fintech company as partners at its San Francisco office.
A former lead counsel with development bank IDB Invest has joined Holland & Knight LLP in Washington, D.C., boosting the firm's financial services team and its Latin American practice.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has continued expanding a Houston shop that opened months ago by bringing on a healthcare attorney from Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC whose wide-ranging practice has included representing hospitals and other providers on cybersecurity and related issues.