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What A Trump Return Could Mean For Federal Attorneys
Former President Donald Trump’s vows to “shatter the deep state” if he’s reelected could affect attorneys who work for the federal government through his plans to overhaul agencies and reclassify certain government employees.
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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert J. Giuffra Jr.
Robert Giuffra Jr. of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped shepherd Goldman Sachs through 13 years of investor litigation that ended in a victory for his client last year when the Second Circuit applied a new U.S. Supreme Court standard for the first time, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.
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MVP: Wachtell's Karessa L. Cain
Karessa Cain of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz successfully led Hess Corp. through federal antitrust scrutiny amid Chevron's ongoing $53 billion acquisition and represented eBay Inc. in a complex, cross-border transaction to take a Norwegian classifieds business private, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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MVP: Weil's Michael Moiseyev
Michael Moiseyev of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has helped tech behemoth Microsoft navigate a gauntlet of regulators across different countries and knock out antitrust challenges to large transactions, including its buy of Activision Blizzard, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Competition and Antitrust MVPs.
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MVP: Williams & Connolly's Joseph G. Petrosinelli
Joseph G. Petrosinelli led Williams & Connolly LLP teams in successfully defending major U.S. corporate clients, including Pfizer, Gerber and Google, from large class claims often spilling across multiple state and federal courts, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Product Liability MVPs.
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MVPs: Wachtell's Adam Emmerich & Robin Panovka
Adam Emmerich and Robin Panovka of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's real estate practice group guided Spirit Realty Capital Inc. in its $9.3 billion all-stock acquisition by Realty Income Corp., one of a string of multibillion-dollar acquisitions that earned the practice group leaders a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.
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MVP: Dechert's Jonathan R. Streeter
Jonathan R. Streeter, co-chair of Dechert LLP's global litigation practice, guided Icahn Enterprises LP in the navigation of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and related civil litigation, and also represented Energy Harbor through a corruption investigation that was followed by a successful sale of the company earlier this year. Streeter's efforts in these matters, among others, earned him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 White Collar MVPs.
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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Eric Wang
Sullivan & Cromwell's S. Eric Wang advised clients on the tax law implications of major deals over the past year, including a transaction that created the largest gas utility company in North America, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 2024 Tax MVPs.
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Calif. Supreme Court Signs Off On Remote Bar Exam
The California Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the green light to the California State Bar's push to make the Golden State's bar exam mostly remote starting in February 2025, according to an order that also backed a study pretesting "experimental" exam questions.
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Giuliani Must Give NYC Apartment, Watches To Poll Workers
A New York federal judge Tuesday ordered Rudy Giuliani to hand over most of his property to two Georgia poll workers, including his Manhattan apartment, Mercedes-Benz, luxury watches and valuable sports memorabilia, to help cover the $148 million judgment the former mayor owes for defaming them.
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Stigma Of Disability In Legal Industry Is 'Very Real,' Panel Says
People with disabilities still face challenges when pursuing a legal career, but law firms, law schools, bar associations and corporate legal departments can take steps to help advance disability equality, according to panelists speaking Tuesday for National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
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Firm Lobbying Revenue Flattens As Clients Eye Election
Some BigLaw lobbying practices in the nation's capital reported flat federal lobbying revenue in the most recent quarter compared to the same period of 2023, but with the election weeks away, lobbyists anticipate busy months ahead as clients seek to influence a new administration and Congress.
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Norton Rose Names Atty Duo As Global Arbitration Leaders
Norton Rose Fulbright has elevated the firm's U.S. arbitration team leader and a London-based partner to co-lead its global international arbitration practice, shaking up the group's leadership for the first time in over a decade, the firm announced Tuesday.
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3 Energy Attys Join Greenberg Traurig From Brownstein Hyatt
Three energy attorneys from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP have moved to Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholders in Denver, the firm announced Tuesday, as it builds out the practice in response to clients seeking new development opportunities.
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Lawyers For Good Government Recognizes Yale Law, 3 Firms
The nonprofit Lawyers for Good Government, or L4GG, announced the recipients of its 2024 Pro Bono Awards on Monday, recognizing three law firms and Yale Law School for their work in support of environmental justice, immigrant rights, children's rights, racial equity and reproductive freedom.
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Ariz. Firm Axiom Advice Adds DLA Piper Atty In Phoenix
Arizona-based law firm Axiom Advice & Counsel, has welcomed a corporate and securities attorney from DLA Piper, growing its offerings to private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, venture-backed entities and closely held businesses, the firm said.
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Winston & Strawn Boosts Transactions Team With NY Tax Atty
As Winston & Strawn LLP continues to build out its transactions team, the firm has hired a new attorney from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP with a focus on the tax aspects of real estate financing.
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Morgan Lewis Taps M&A Atty As New Philly Office Leader
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has tapped a transactional attorney from its mergers and acquisitions group to take over as leader of the firm's Philadelphia location.
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Winston & Strawn Finance Pro Joins Mayer Brown In New York
Mayer Brown LLP announced that a longtime finance attorney at Winston & Strawn LLP has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in what it said is part of a strategic priority to expand its global leveraged finance and private credit platform.
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MVP: E. Danya Perry of Perry Law
E. Danya Perry represented former President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Micahel Cohen in a trio of cases, including Trump's criminal trial in which Cohen was a star witness, and started her own law firm. Those and other events from the past year landed her a spot among Law360's 2024 White Collar MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Justin Hamill
Justin Hamill leads the Latham & Watkins LLP team representing Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. in its $13 billion take-private acquisition by private equity firm Silver Lake, and is also advising Skydance Media in its multibillion-dollar merger with Paramount Global, putting him among the 2024 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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MVP: Reichman Jorgensen's Reichman And Lehman
Courtland Reichman and Christine Lehman of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP won a $525 million patent infringement trial against Amazon and secured an $84 million verdict in another patent infringement case against tech giant VMware in the span of a year, earning them a spot as 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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MVP: Proskauer Rose's Christopher Ondeck
Christopher Ondeck of Proskauer Rose LLP helped convince a jury to reject claims that Sanderson Farms conspired to limit chicken production, allowing the company to escape $7 billion in potential damages after scoring key pretrial wins in the massive case, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Competition MVPs.
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How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status
For decades, a handful of New York-based law firms thoroughly dominated the national consciousness when it came to power, profitability and prestige. But in today's legal market, increased movement of partners and clients from one firm to the next has begun to shake things up and create opportunities for go-getters to ascend the ranks.
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Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club
As many BigLaw firms see their revenues climb ever higher, we highlight those that reported topping the billion-dollar mark in the most recent calendar year.