Ex-Willkie Atty To Lead New Paul Weiss Latin America Practice
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Daily Litigation
Greenberg Traurig No Longer Repping Guatemala In $32M SuitGuatemala's newly elected government has decided not to have Greenberg Traurig as its counsel in its fight against a construction and engineering firm's bid to enforce $31 million in arbitral awards, according to a Friday filing in a D.C. federal court.
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DC Pulse
Atty Turned Headhunter Launches New DC Recruiting FirmA former attorney who is now a legal recruiter, Karen Vladeck, has opened her own recruiting business, with experienced government attorney Katy Robinette joining her as managing director.
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California Pulse
Law360's Legal Lions Of The WeekClement & Murphy PLLC and Yetter Coleman LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit reversed a Texas federal court's $1.6 billion ruling against IBM in an operating agreement dispute with Houston-based software company BMC.
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Daily Litigation
Lewis Brisbois Adds 2 Insurance Coverage Pros In The SouthLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has hired a pair of attorneys from a boutique insurance coverage firm as partners for its insurance coverage and bad faith litigation practices for its office in Jackson, Mississippi, the firm said Friday.
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California Pulse
Zoom's Interim CLO Sees Lower Comp After Stock Award DipZoom Video Communications Inc.'s chief operating officer, who served as the company's interim chief legal officer from June 2020 until March 2024, saw her compensation drop by over $16.5 million in the past fiscal year.
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Modern Lawyer
Faegre Drinker Brings On DLA Piper's Texas Finance HeadFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has expanded its finance and restructuring practice with a Dallas-based partner who formerly helmed DLA Piper's finance practice in the Lone Star State.
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In-House
AstraZeneca's Legal Services Head Becomes Legal Tech GCThe head of legal services at AstraZeneca has departed the pharmaceutical giant to join the artificial intelligence litigation platform Fileread as general counsel and chief strategy officer, the legal technology startup announced Friday.
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Mid-Law
Recent BigLaw Moves Show Boston Is 'Clearly On The Map'Three BigLaw firms' recent moves to build out physical footprints in Boston are a testament to the region's thriving technology, healthcare, life sciences and finance industries — a trend that shows no signs of slowing down, experts say.
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In-House
US Soccer Nets Ex-SXSW, Heineken Legal Chief As Top AttyThe U.S. Soccer Federation said Thursday it has recruited a former top attorney at South by Southwest and Heineken as its next chief legal officer.
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Daily Litigation
Watergate Atty Exits Squire Patton For Fla. Litigation BoutiqueFlorida boutique firm Heise Suarez Melville PA has bulked up its roster with a veteran litigator of the Watergate scandal who was with Squire Patton Boggs LLP and a predecessor firm for nearly five decades.
