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Orrick Brings On 3-Atty A&O Shearman Energy Team
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Wednesday that the firm has bulked up its energy platform with three former Allen Overy Shearman Sterling attorneys who have come aboard as partners in California, Washington state and Texas.
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Seyfarth Fills 2 New Innovation-Focused C-Suite Roles
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has promoted two senior directors at the firm to the newly created positions of chief data and artificial intelligence officer and chief innovation and strategic design officer, the firm said Wednesday.
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Knobbe Martens To Give Special Spring Bonuses Up To $25K
Knobbe Martens will be paying special spring bonuses to all associates and counsel based on the year of partnership consideration, the intellectual property and technology law firm said Wednesday.
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Cleary Hires Ex-Wachtell Atty For Exec Compensation Group
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Tuesday that it hired a new partner for its executive compensation and employee benefits group out of New York.
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Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Kirkland Energy Regulatory Pro In DC
Mayer Brown LLP has added an energy regulatory partner with a decade of BigLaw experience to its growing Washington, D.C., office.
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DLA Piper Adds Litigator And Ex-Baseball Pro From Quinn Emanuel
DLA Piper continues expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP commercial litigator, who previously was a professional baseball player, as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Law Schools, Attys Defend Judiciary Amid Gov't Attacks
More alarm bells rang Tuesday over the Trump administration's recent remarks questioning the judiciary's authority to keep the executive branch's power in check, as more than 2,000 American lawyers and a group representing U.S. law schools voiced concern about the need to uphold the country's constitutional democracy.
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Jury Won't Tour Living Room Where Calif. Judge Shot Wife
A California state judge facing trial this week on charges of murdering his wife lost his bid to have jurors tour the living room of the house where she was shot to death, after a Los Angeles County judge ruled Tuesday that there's sufficient photographic evidence of the scene.
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Weakened CFPB Prompts Ballard Spahr To Form State Team
Ballard Spahr LLP announced Tuesday that it has formed a new state attorneys general consumer finance response team in response to the Trump administration's efforts to effectively shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Sidley Expands In Calif. With Latham Emerging Cos. Atty
Sidley Austin LLP is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Latham & Watkins LLP emerging companies specialist as a partner in its San Francisco Bay Area offices.
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Akerman Brings On Florida Litigation Firm's 8 Attys
Akerman LLP has expanded its litigation capabilities in Florida with the addition of Keller Landsberg PA's founder and the firm's attorneys, Akerman said Tuesday.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Joins Fray Over Deal Funds
The former BigLaw partner who fatally shot his wife has entered a Georgia state court dispute over the distribution of wrongful death proceeds related to her death, saying he was required to assign the proceeds to his wife's godson as part of his plea deal but took no position on the validity of that assignment.
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Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorneys recently represented HPS Investment Partners on a $21.1 billion direct lending fund, and advised Goldman Sachs Alternatives as it raised more than $20 billion, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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Pillsbury Adds Reichman Jorgensen Trial Ace In Austin
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its litigation bench with a partner who previously led the Austin, Texas, office of Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Willkie Farr Registered Funds Team
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced on Tuesday the hiring of a four-partner registered funds team formerly with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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Career FERC Atty, Enforcement Leader Joins McGuireWoods
Following a 16-year career at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that spanned myriad leadership roles, the former deputy director of the agency's enforcement wing has moved his practice to McGuireWoods LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Int'l Arbitration Attorney Returns To Quinn Emanuel As Partner
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced Tuesday that an ace international arbitration attorney and former associate has rejoined the firm as a partner in New York.
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Trials Group Of The Year: Keker
Attorneys at Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP prevailed at trial last year in a $1.4 billion patent case with major implications for the global diabetes care market, one of a handful of courtroom victories that earned the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Trials Groups of the Year.
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Transportation Group Of The Year: O'Melveny
O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped Alaska Airlines obtain regulatory approval for its $1.9 billion merger with Hawaiian Airlines, securing not only a rare consolidation in the aviation industry but also landing the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.
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Product Liability Group Of The Year: Kline & Specter
Kline & Specter PC's product liability practice group secured billions of dollars in verdicts in cases against Monsanto over its weedkiller Roundup and has helped to lead mass tort litigation over Elmiron's bladder drugs, earning it a place as one of the 2024 Law360 Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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Securities Group Of The Year: Robbins Geller
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP guided investors in securing a $490 million settlement from Apple Inc. in California federal court after alleging CEO Tim Cook had misled them, and obtained a $434 million settlement with Under Armour Inc. in Maryland federal court to settle claims the company had artificially inflated stock prices, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
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Healthcare Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP attorneys advised Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC in its $8.9 billion acquisition, with TowerBrook, of revenue cycle management firm R1 and resolved a six-year battle involving EmblemHealth and its subsidiary Group Health Inc., earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.
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Fintech Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP helped the first cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund get U.S. approval, persuaded a federal agency not to take enforcement action against a stablecoin issuer, and assisted Visa with creating a novel stockholder liquidity program, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP attorneys advised Goldman Sachs in a first-of-its-kind securities offering backed by capital call lines of credit and helped Sotheby's structure a groundbreaking securitization program made up of loans secured by fine art and collectibles, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.
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Competition Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP helped pull off a stunning interception-touchdown on behalf of the NFL, convincing a California federal judge to reverse a $4.7 billion jury verdict and carving out a spot for the firm as one of the 2024 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.
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.