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Thermo Fisher Antitrust Counsel Returns To Ropes & Gray
A former Ropes & Gray LLP attorney has returned to the firm after a stint in-house at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., strengthening the firm's antitrust practice.
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Trustee Seeks Jackson Walker Docs In Judge Romance Probe
Arguing that the issue "presents a matter of national importance" with implications for the integrity of the judicial system, a U.S. bankruptcy trustee has urged a Texas federal court to force Jackson Walker LLP to turn over documents related to a former firm attorney's secret romance with a onetime judge.
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Firm Alleges Damage From Holland & Knight's File Breach
Hitting back at arguments that it had suffered no harm as a result of an ex-Holland & Knight LLP attorney's alleged unauthorized accessing of a client's confidential files, a Philadelphia personal injury firm countered Monday that it had been saddled with litigation costs and increased cybersecurity insurance premiums.
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Mayer Brown Lands Paul Hastings PE Atty In Chicago
Mayer Brown LLP is preparing for a possible uptick in mergers and acquisitions work next year with the addition of an experienced private equity attorney in Chicago from Paul Hastings LLP.
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Do Most In-House Attys 'Have One Foot Out the Door'?
Most in-house attorneys think they need to switch employers to advance their careers, according to a new report that warns legal leaders of an upcoming wave of attrition.
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McDermott Lands Pharma IP Attorney From DLA Piper In SF
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has added to its intellectual property group a former DLA Piper attorney who, a firm leader said, will strengthen the firm's litigation efforts in the life sciences space.
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Littler Adds To Litigation Bench With Ex-Fresno, Calif. Atty
Employment firm Littler Mendelson PC announced that a former deputy attorney for the City of Fresno joined the firm's office in the city, adding that his government along with employment law experience will help its employer clients.
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Holland & Knight Gains Latham Project Finance Atty In DC
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former Latham & Watkins LLP attorney, who has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C., to represent equity investors, developers, lenders and other clients in a range of project finance matters, the firm announced Tuesday.
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ABA Tweaks Planned Changes To Law School Diversity Rules
The American Bar Association is revising the language of its diversity standards for law schools after its August decision to remove references to race, ethnicity and other identities in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 decision striking down affirmative action in higher education was met with pushback from legal professionals.
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Simpson Thacher Acquires 'Rising Star' M&A Partner Duo
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP said Tuesday that it has added two new partners in its mergers and acquisitions practice to help the firm keep up with demand for high-end M&A services.
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MVP: Norton Rose's Jeffrey Webb
Jeffrey Webb of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP helped a Marathon Petroleum Corp. unit fend off trespassing claims against its pipeline in western North Dakota and challenge federal government decisions related to it, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Energy MVPs.
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MVP: Mayer Brown's John Nadolenco
John Nadolenco of Mayer Brown LLP helped General Motors Co. beat a defective airbag proposed class action and make a graceful exit from another class action over battery fires in Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Transportation MVPs.
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MVP: Weil's David Lender
David Lender of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP won a trade secrets arbitration for GoodRx and a contract jury trial for ExxonMobil against BP over an oil spill in north Brooklyn — where he grew up — after just two hours of jury deliberations and having the opportunity to cross-examine former federal judge Shira Scheindlin, an expert witness in the case, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Trials MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Christopher Yates
Chris Yates of Latham & Watkins LLP's antitrust and competition practice has guided prominent clients such as the U.S. Soccer Federation, Atlantic Coast Conference and UFC through some of the most closely watched antitrust litigation in the sports world, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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MVP: Covington's Gretchen Hoff Varner
Gretchen Hoff Varner of Covington & Burling LLP secured a $70 million judgment in favor of Brooklyn Union Gas Co., now owned by National Grid, establishing coverage for decades of environmental contamination along New York's Gowanus Canal, earning her a spot as a 2024 Law360 Insurance MVP.
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MVP: Freshfields' Caroline Richard
Caroline Richard served as lead partner when Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP recently achieved two back-to-back international arbitration wins for mining companies against Colombia in precedent-setting investor-state disputes — earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 International Arbitration MVPs.
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MVP: Paul Weiss' Audra Soloway
Audra Soloway, co-chair of Paul Weiss' securities litigation and enforcement group, secured a favorable result for Goldman Sachs in a 13-year class action, obtained a dismissal in an investor suit against Snapchat and secured the first substantive ruling applying a 2021 Supreme Court ruling in the Second Circuit, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Class Action MVPs.
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Eversheds To Close Beijing Office, Return To Singapore
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP said Tuesday that it is taking steps to close its Beijing office following a strategic review.
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Emerging Cos. Pro With SEC Background Returns To Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP is expanding its West Coast team, welcoming back an emerging companies expert who was a founding partner at Ketsal PLLC and worked for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and is now joining Latham as a partner in its San Francisco Bay Area offices.
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On The Ground: How Attorneys Safeguarded The Election
Attorneys worked tirelessly Tuesday to support citizens and election workers on the final day of voting in one of history's most contentious presidential contests.
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Cassidy Levy Kent Adds Brussels Office In EU Expansion
International trade firm Cassidy Levy Kent has expanded into Europe with a new office in Brussels and a cohort of attorneys specializing in customs, supply chains and the World Trade Organization.
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Morgan Lewis Lands Global Tech Atty From Mayer Brown
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that it has hired an attorney to strengthen its leading technology, outsourcing and commercial contracts practice who previously worked at Mayer Brown LLP for more than a decade.
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Attys At These Firms Donated The Most To Harris, Trump
Attorneys and staff at the country's largest law firms have donated more than 15 times as much money to Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign as they have to former President Donald Trump's, federal election records show.
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Freshfields Boosts Capital Markets Team With Latham Atty
A partner with experience advising companies on capital markets transactions is joining Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, which has recently represented clients in life sciences deals totaling more than a billion dollars, the firm announced Monday.
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MVP: Proskauer's Bart Williams
Proskauer Rose LLP partner Bart Williams led Gilead Sciences Inc. to a victory over a $3.6 billion antitrust lawsuit, and helped Netflix resolve claims that Ava DuVernay's show about the Central Park Five defamed the prosecutor of the later-exonerated men, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Trials MVPs.
Expert Analysis
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.