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Dentons promoted Canadian real estate partner Scott Wilson to an office managing partner role in its Vancouver office, the firm announced.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has announced that an experienced litigator who focuses on clients from and working in the Middle East joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office from boutique Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC.
The American Bar Association unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that calls on state admission authorities to stop asking would-be lawyers to disclose their experiences of sexual violence and harassment during the attorney licensure process.
A longtime attorney at Exxon Mobil Corp. has made the move from in-house to private practice at Duane Morris LLP to begin the next chapter of his career.
In seeking to make legal help accessible to low-income residents of the Lone Star State, the Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday laid the groundwork for allowing nonattorneys to provide limited legal services, while remaining silent on the issue of nonlawyer ownership in organizations that provide legal services.
Frost Brown Todd LLP announced Tuesday that it tapped a new head of diversity with more than a decade of experience in the legal industry from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.
The latest finance attorney to join Holland & Knight LLP's ranks in 2024 is the former co-head of Otterbourg PC's lender finance practice, the firm has announced.
Eighteen months of retirement was all Saul Ewing's latest addition to its insurance practice could take before he returned to private practice and joined the firm's New York office.
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Tuesday passed a resolution urging all state supreme courts and bar associations to accommodate the unique needs of military spouse attorneys who must move frequently to support the nation's defense.
Claire Pauly of Jones Day acted as lead counsel in a preliminary phase of a construction company's arbitration against a major French energy producer, convincing an international tribunal to toss the bulk of the billion-dollar claim and earning her a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Rémi Jaffré of Jenner & Block LLP has participated in some of the most high-profile fair use cases of the past few years, including a dispute over an MTV reality show and helping prevent copyrighted images from "Harry Potter" and "Gilmore Girls" from being used by virtual running clubs. That work, and his role helping overturn an unconstitutional ban on a drag show in southern Utah, has earned him a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner George Gray has used his expertise to navigate Markerstudy Group's $1.6 billion merger with an insurance brokering giant and to help private equity firm HgCapital LLP exit its investment in Argus Media, earning him a spot among private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Adam Acosta of White & Case LLP helped secure a Second Circuit win for AbbVie Inc. in a "pay for delay" suit over its hypertension drug Bystolic, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Linda Ann Bartosch of Dechert LLP has advised clients on complex transactions and securitizations involving new kinds of assets at the leading edge of technology and finance, from cryptocurrency to real estate, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP partner Alexandra Krasovec has helped two clients defend against a sprawling, first-of-its-kind Telephone Consumer Protection Act mass tort action and successfully decertified a separate TCPA class action after replacing the previous defense counsel, earning her spot as one of the telecommunications attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Eden Schiffmann of Williams & Connolly LLP has successfully petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari several times, including most recently in 2023, when he helped bring before the justices the first contested criminal case against a foreign sovereign instrumentality in U.S. history. His work before the high court, and other high-profile matters involving a broad range of legal issues, have earned him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Paul Hastings announced Tuesday that its meteoric growth in Texas is continuing with the addition of a partner in Dallas who strengthens its global tax practice and came aboard from McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP is bulking up its restructuring capabilities with three lateral hires from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, including Willkie's former business reorganization and restructuring department chair, who now takes on the role of global chair of Fried Frank's restructuring department.
Although a federal judge ruled disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi mentally competent to stand trial this month for wire fraud, the 85-year-old's defense team may use his dementia diagnosis to attack prosecutors' allegations he knowingly and intentionally stole millions of dollars from his clients, experts said.
The American Bar Association's policymaking body has recommended against including nondisclosure agreements as a condition of employment, and for legislation to be enacted that protects patients' access to "gender-affirming care."
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has bolstered its intellectual property litigation capabilities in its Bay Area office with the addition of a seasoned senior federal prosecutor, who has experience with high-profile cases like that of the attempted kidnapping of then-Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and the attack on her husband.
When Tom Girardi's criminal fraud trial gets underway this week, the notorious disbarred attorney will be facing a team of seasoned federal prosecutors who've convicted several former Los Angeles City Council members, a sitting U.S. congressman, insider traders, Ponzi schemers and con artists who bilked millions from their victims.
Goodwin Procter LLP announced Monday the hiring of the former chief legal officer in charge of cybersecurity, data privacy and artificial intelligence at Prudential Financial as a partner in its New York office.
The California federal judge who will preside over the closely watched criminal trial of disgraced attorney Tom Girardi is a veteran jurist who runs a tight ship, but is also known for being extraordinarily thorough and thoughtful.
With evidence of allegedly stolen millions and attempted escapes to the Bahamas taking center stage, disgraced attorney Tom Girardi's criminal trial is set to begin Tuesday at the murky intersection of client theft and TV celebrity, where attorneys will grapple with novel legal issues like the use of evidence from a bankruptcy trustee.