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Greenberg Traurig Adds Bradley Arant Banking Ace In Dallas

By Emily Johnson

Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought on a former Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP counsel to its Dallas office to meet client demand, bolstering the firm's expertise in guiding banks on financial regulatory compliance and enforcement matters with a former senior attorney for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the firm announced Tuesday.
Kasowitz Defense Tech Trio Joins Pillsbury In DC

By Jack Rodgers

As investment in government contracts, defense, technology and cyber deals continues to increase, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has hired a trio of policy experts to its government law and strategies team in Washington to assist with lobbying support of U.S. allied-owned defense companies and other clients.
MoFo Adds Kirkland Capital Markets Ace In San Diego

By James Mills

Morrison Foerster LLP is boosting its transactions team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP capital markets pro as a partner in its San Diego office as part of the firm's plan to increase high-level talent on the West Coast.
Share Of New Partners Who Are Women Decreased This Year

By Alison Knezevich

More than 80 major law firms had new partner classes in 2024 made up of at least 50% women, according to an analysis released Tuesday by a think tank focused on diversity and workplace flexibility. However, the analysis also found that the proportion of new U.S.-based partners who are women decreased.
K&L Gates Hires Brussels Antitrust Pro From Gibson Dunn

By Tom Fish

K&L Gates LLP has added an experienced state aid and competition law specialist to its Brussels office, amid the European Commission's increased focus on renewable energy and the move to decarbonize.
4th Circ. Unclear On LeClairRyan Founder's Tax Liability

By Ryan Boysen

A Fourth Circuit panel appeared confused and noncommittal Tuesday as it wrestled with a narrow question of contract interpretation that could determine whether Gary LeClair of defunct LeClairRyan PLLC is on the hook for massive tax bills tied to the firm's collapse.
Approach The Bench: Judge Rosenthal Praises Zoom Hearings

While U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal calls the pandemic a disaster that "discombobulated" the federal courts, she thinks there was also a silver lining to the experience.
How Certifications Became Ubiquitous For Privacy Attorneys

By Emma Cueto

As privacy has become a more prominent and popular practice area, many attorneys have turned to certifications offered by the International Association of Privacy Professionals to market their skills, with those in the field saying that the popularity is the result of privacy's rapid evolution and the ubiquity is unlikely to diminish.
MVP: Beveridge & Diamond's Parker Moore

By Tom Lotshaw

Parker Moore of Beveridge & Diamond PC, who helped advance the fiercely contested Mountain Valley Pipeline and settled litigation against a leading supplier of endotoxin testing products, is now helping defend tiremakers in litigation over the rubber additive 6PPD, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.
MVP: Latham's George Davis

By Alex Wittenberg

George Davis, global chair of Latham & Watkins LLP's restructuring and special situations practice, negotiated successful prepackaged Chapter 11 plans for Joann Inc. and Audacy and helped Mallinckrodt navigate two bankruptcy cases tied to opioid litigation, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jonathan Youngwood

By Sarah Jarvis

Jonathan Youngwood of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's banking practice helped secure a New York state court reversal nullifying certain due diligence requirements for underwriters involved in offerings from Paramount Global, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Banking MVPs.
Ex-Jones Day Litigator Joins Honigman In Detroit

By Tracey Read

Honigman LLP has brought on a former Jones Day business and tort litigation associate as a business litigation practice group partner.
MVP: Davis Wright's Ambika Kumar

By Katherine Smith

Ambika Kumar of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has worked on multiple high-profile online free speech cases, including successfully halting a groundbreaking California law surrounding online privacy protections for children, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Technology MVPs.
MVP: Davis Polk's Derek Dostal

By Lauren Berg

Derek Dostal of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP led the team representing underwriters in chip designer Arm Ltd.'s $4.9 billion initial public offering and advised placement agents in connection to the upsized private investment in public equity related to Lionsgate's $4.6 billion SPAC merger, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Capital Markets MVPs.
MVP: Wiley Rein's Joshua S. Turner

By Jared Foretek

Wiley Rein LLP partner Joshua S. Turner has spent the last year taking on some of the biggest cases in telecommunications, including a Sixth Circuit case against the Federal Communications Commission's "net neutrality" reversal and a challenge to its 5G upgrade order, earning recognitions as one of the 2024 Law360 Telecommunications MVPs.
MVP: Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis

By Sam Reisman

John Yanchunis, head of the class action group at plaintiffs' injury firm Morgan & Morgan, helped secure a deal whereby Google agreed to settle claims that the search giant misled Chrome users about the privacy features of the browser's "Incognito Mode," earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
Ex-Fox Rothschild Clients Push To Revive Malpractice Suit

By Elliot Weld

Two former clients of Fox Rothschild LLP asked a New Jersey federal judge to reject the firm's bid to dismiss a third amended complaint alleging attorneys deceived them into opening credit cards and engaging in a fake marriage under the guise of trying to secure a U.S. visa.
MVP: Joseph Saveri Law Firm's Joseph Saveri

By Jared Foretek

Joseph Saveri of Joseph Saveri Law Firm has tackled some of the year's biggest antitrust class action cases — winning settlements for Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters, competitive cheer teams and Jackson Hewitt employees — earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Competition MVPs.
Simpson Thacher Taps Atty Duo As 1st Banking Team Leaders

By Emily Johnson

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has named two longtime New York City-based partners, including the co-head of its global banking and credit practice, as the first co-leaders of its global investment banking practice, the firm announced Monday.
Fox Rothschild Finishes Move To New Philadelphia Office

By James Boyle

After nearly 18 months of construction and preparation, the more than 100 attorneys and 250 professional staff in Fox Rothschild's Philadelphia office have a new place to call home.
King & Spalding Adds White & Case Antitrust Litigator In NY

By James Mills

King & Spalding LLP is expanding its business litigation team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a White & Case LLP litigator as a partner in its New York office to boost its antitrust capabilities.
Pierson Ferdinand Hires Ex-Morris Manning L&E Atty

By Andrea Keckley

Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday that a former Morris Manning & Martin LLP attorney whose practice spans litigation, human resources counseling and transactional work is the latest addition to its employment, labor and benefits practice.
CoCounsel's Research Changes Costly But Largely Embraced

By Steven Lerner

CoCounsel, a popular generative artificial intelligence tool in the legal industry, significantly changed its research capabilities in 2024, sparking mixed reactions from law firms.
Finance Committee Top Int'l Trade Atty Returns To Akin In DC

By Jack Rodgers

The chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee's chair, Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, has closed the book on a decade of public service work and rejoined the firm where she started her legal career as a summer associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Monday.
Linklaters Adds 4 A&O Shearman Finance Partners In NY

By Anna Sanders

Linklaters LLP announced Monday the addition of four partners from the recently merged Allen Overy Shearman Sterling to the firm's finance division, deepening its U.S. capital markets and restructuring offerings in New York.

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