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    McGuireWoods Taps BNY Litigator For Pittsburgh Office

    McGuireWoods LLP announced on Thursday the hiring of a managing director at the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. as a litigation partner in its Pittsburgh office, marking the third new partner hire for the location this year.

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    Orrick Hires Former Head Of A&O's Restructuring Practice

    The former head of Allen & Overy's U.S. restructuring practice prior to A&O's transatlantic merger with Shearman & Sterling has joined Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in New York.

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    Goldstein Freed As Judge Doubts Feds' Crypto Claims

    A Maryland federal magistrate judge on Thursday ordered Tom Goldstein released from jail after expressing skepticism toward federal prosecutors' claims that the SCOTUSblog publisher and U.S. Supreme Court advocate secretly made millions of dollars' worth of cryptocurrency transactions in recent days.

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    Greenberg Traurig Adds Goodwin Life Sciences Pro In Texas

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has expanded its life sciences and technology practice with a shareholder in Austin, Texas, who has extensive expertise in handling cross-border deals and came aboard from Goodwin Procter LLP.

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    Estate Of Wife Killed By Ex-BigLaw Atty Opposes Consolidation

    The administrator of the estate of the wife of former BigLaw attorney Claud "Tex" McIver has called on a state court to not consolidate an action regarding the proceeds of a wrongful death settlement and a separate probate case involving her will.

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    Kirkland Outpaces BigLaw Rivals In Law Grad Hiring

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired the most Class of 2023 law graduates among the top 50 law firms, bringing on 411 new attorneys, almost as many as the second and third-ranking firms combined, according to an analysis released Wednesday by legal data company Firm Prospects LLC.

  • Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Attorneys from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised Blackstone, a longtime client of the firm, on a $7 billion data center campus joint venture with Digital Realty, as well as the investment giant's $725 million sale of a Hawaii resort, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • Trials Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP successfully defended a video game company in a trial in which LeBron James' tattoo artist claimed that his tattoos shouldn't have been shown in the game, and freed Samsung from a $4 billion patent infringement trial, making it one of the 2024 Law360 Trials Groups of the Year.

  • Construction Group Of The Year: Troutman

    Providing counsel on the design and construction of a new Terminal One at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and the Big Apple's first soccer-specific stadium, as well as handling litigation over a $2 billion hydroelectric project in Chile, earned Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP its selection as one of the 2024 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • Healthcare Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP attorneys' recent work successfully defending private equity group Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe from federal antitrust allegations that it deployed a "roll-up" strategy to acquire anesthesiology practices in Texas has earned the law firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.

  • Energy Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP worked on large matters for energy clients over the past year, including representing Pattern Energy in securing $11 billion in financing for the largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • International Arbitration Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP lawyers were able to secure a nearly $900 million payment to Colombia's state-owned oil company following a dispute over a refinery modernization project with Dutch and British units of Texas-based construction firm McDermott International, landing the firm among the 2024 Law360 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.

  • International Trade Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington tackled a broad range of high-profile trade matters in the last year, like getting the U.S. International Trade Commission to vote in favor of U.S. can manufacturers who relied heavily on foreign steel and guiding BAE Systems' $5.5 billion acquisition of Ball Aerospace, earning Covington a spot among the 2024 Law360 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • Fintech Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped longtime client Squarespace go private in a $7.2 billion acquisition and stayed on the cutting edge of securities law questions for digital assets in litigation both in district court and the Second Circuit, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • Compliance Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP helped the Can Manufacturers Institute land a unanimous victory before the U.S. International Trade Commission — stopping proposed tariffs on imported tin mill products, and securing the firm's place among the 2024 Law360 Compliance Groups of the Year.

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    McDermott Adds Litigation, Private Funds Partners In NY

    McDermott Will & Emery announced Wednesday the hiring of a former Cleary Gottlieb partner for its litigation practice group in New York, as well as a former investment management partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP as head of its U.S. private equity fund regulatory practice out of New York.

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    A&O Shearman Ups IVF, Adoption Benefits For US Employees

    A&O Shearman has increased the benefits it offers U.S.-based personnel, with unlimited in vitro fertilization treatment and $40,000 in adoption or surrogacy services, the firm said.

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    Morgan Lewis, Patent Specialist End Age, Race Bias Suit

    A discrimination complaint filed by a former patent prosecution specialist against her former employer, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, has been dismissed from Washington, D.C., federal court after both sides reached a settlement agreement.

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    Winthrop & Weinstine Brings In Tax Counsel Duo As Co-Chairs

    Minneapolis-based Winthrop & Weinstine PA has added tax attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Shartsis Friese LLP to become shareholders of the firm and co-chairs of its tax practice, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    DOJ Exits Continue As Fraud Atty Leaves, Rejoins DLA Piper

    A U.S. Department of Justice attorney, who most recently was the principal assistant deputy chief of the Criminal Division's fraud section, is among the latest lawyers to leave the agency, rejoining DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.

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    Sidley Litigator Tapped For Treasury GC Post

    President Donald Trump has nominated Sidley Austin LLP regulatory litigation and white collar partner Brian P. Morrissey to become the U.S. Department of the Treasury's top lawyer, which would mark a return to the department where he was previously the number two lawyer.

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    Munger Tolles Coaxes Corporate Pro Out Of Retirement

    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP announced Wednesday that it has added a mergers and acquisitions specialist with 30 years of experience to its roster at its Los Angeles headquarters, in a role that will have him spearheading the expansion of the firm's corporate practice to meet clients' growing needs.

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    Advisory Firm Aprio To Combine With Radix Law In Arizona

    Atlanta-based advisory and accounting firm Aprio is planning to combine with full-service law firm Radix Law as an alternative business structure under the name Aprio Legal LLC in Arizona, the firms said Wednesday.

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    Emerging Hot Spots In Real Estate Practices

    New real estate practice areas are emerging as the commercial real estate lending landscape shifts, office landlords look to repurpose their buildings, distress plays out and a race to build data centers shows no sign of slowing.

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    Squire Patton Brings On Polsinelli Tax Ace In Houston

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Wednesday that a former Polsinelli PC shareholder has joined the tax strategy and benefits practice group in Houston, an addition that helps the firm address growing client needs.

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