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White & Case Foreign Investment Pro Joins Paul Hastings
A longtime White & Case LLP attorney specializing in national security compliance for clients with international business dealings has made the jump to Paul Hastings LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm announced on Tuesday.
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Better Days Ahead For Associates, Recruiters Say
Things are looking up for associates, recruiters say, as a strong economic outlook for the legal industry appears to be driving increased demand for younger attorneys after two straight years of layoffs.
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Duane Morris Atty Asks Court To Keep Proposed Class Alive
A Duane Morris LLP attorney asked a California federal court to keep her proposed class action against the firm alive, alleging the BigLaw firm is mischaracterizing her claims that it underpaid and misclassified employees.
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Addleshaw Goddard Expands IP Team With Five Stobbs Hires
Addleshaw Goddard LLP has hired a five-lawyer team from an intellectual property boutique led by a veteran IP litigator from the high-profile Colin the Caterpillar case as it strives to grow a market-leading team.
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HSF To Boost Paid Leave For Parents And Carers
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Tuesday that it will offer its employees increased leave for parents and carers, marking it the latest firm to offer improved policies to give staff greater support when they start a family.
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Eversheds US Chief-Elect Talks Firm Goals, DC Move Plans
Eversheds Sutherland named Lino Mendiola III the chief executive-elect for the U.S. side of the firm on Monday. Here, Mendiola talks to Law360 about his goals, his plans to continue the firm’s culture of innovation and why he’s transferring from Austin, Texas, to Washington, D.C., with the promotion.
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Holland & Knight Slams Suit Over Ex-Atty's Client Info Access
Holland & Knight LLP urged a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday to throw out what it called a "scattershot and vague" lawsuit alleging that a former firm partner unlawfully accessed a client's confidential documents in order to gain an upper hand in the partner's contentious divorce proceeding.
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Ashurst Hires Fintech Pro From EY Law In London
Ashurst LLP has recruited an expert in financial technology from EY Law to strengthen its capability to advise clients on digital transformation projects.
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Ex-GT Attorney Joins Jones Day's Real Estate Ranks
A real estate attorney with a background in digital infrastructure work is moving from Greenberg Traurig LLP to the Washington, D.C., office of Jones Day.
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Profits Tumble At Australian Disputes Funder
Litigation Capital Management said Tuesday that its transition toward high return is progressing well, even though its latest financial results show that pre-tax profits tumbled by more than 60%.
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Farrer & Co. Lands Disputes Pro From Volterra Fietta
Farrer & Co. LLP has recruited a specialist in sovereign and diplomatic disputes from Volterra Fietta, a public international law firm, as it looks to boost its disputes resolution service.
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Longtime Cooley Litigator Jumps To Jackson Lewis In Calif.
Jackson Lewis PC has expanded its Orange County, California, office with a longtime employment litigator who spent more than two decades with Cooley LLP.
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Texas Trio Ordered To Pay Lewis Brisbois $1.5M After TM Spat
A Houston federal judge ordered a Texas trio to pay more than $1.5 million in statutory damages to Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP after finding last month that the group willfully stole the BigLaw behemoth's name for its mediation business in 2022.
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Banking Pro Returns To Sullivan & Cromwell
A former deputy general counsel at the Federal Reserve Board has rejoined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's financial services group as a partner in New York, the firm said Monday.
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DOJ Special Counsel Hur Among Duo Joining King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP announced Monday that Robert Hur, the former special counsel who declined to prosecute President Joe Biden earlier this year over his handling of classified documents, was rejoining the firm alongside fellow U.S. Department of Justice attorney Leah Grossi.
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Amazon In-House Atty, FTC Vet Joins Weil In DC
The latest addition to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's antitrust practice group is a former senior corporate counsel with Amazon with nearly a decade of experience at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
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Gibson Dunn Taps Akin Gump Atty For Private Credit Growth
A former Akin Gump partner has joined Gibson Dunn to lead the firm's private credit efforts, the firm said Monday, marking its latest addition to its New York office.
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Ex-Cadwalader Litigation Co-Head Among Duo Added By V&E
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's former global litigation group co-chair is one of two ex-partners in New York bringing their practices to Vinson & Elkins LLP, according to a Monday announcement.
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Eversheds Elects New Co-Chiefs To Start In 2025
Eversheds Sutherland announced Monday it has elected a pair of new chief executives whose roles will start in 2025, with one overseeing the U.S. arm of the firm and the other overseeing the international offices.
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Why Ballard Spahr Leaned On An AI Startup For Litigation
While initially hesitant about using generative artificial intelligence because of confidentiality concerns, Ballard Spahr LLP eventually adopted an AI tool from a startup that cut down on time spent in litigation.
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Lawyer Fined For Claiming Mishcon Represented Pinochet
A high-profile criminal defense lawyer has been fined £6,500 ($8,600) by a disciplinary tribunal for making misleading statements about Mishcon de Reya in an antisemitic broadcast on an Iranian state-owned documentary channel.
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Kennedys Adds 2 Knowledge Management Pros In London
Kennedys said on Monday it has boosted its back-office technology and knowledge management teams with the hire of two experienced experts in legal procedures and practices and IT.
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Burford Capital Adds Chief Development Role In London
Burford Capital LLC said Monday that it has appointed a legal finance specialist to the newly created role of chief development officer as part of ongoing efforts to expand the legal funder's business in the U.K., the U.S. and beyond.
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A&O Shearman Hires Finance Pro From Latham In Paris
A&O Shearman said Monday that it has recruited a leveraged finance expert as a partner from Latham & Watkins LLP in France, adding to a string of recent exits from the U.S. outfit in Europe.
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King & Spalding Nabs Ex-Arnold & Porter RE Finance Pro
A former Arnold & Porter partner has brought his real estate and finance expertise to the New York office of King & Spalding.