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Brett De Jarnette of Cooley LLP's unusual move of netting a dismissal of a stock drop claim during the class certification phase of a securities case, as well as the wide variety of industries he's worked in, from the biotechnology to commerce to social media, has earned him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Russell Balikian of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has helped internet service providers navigate a complex legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, earning him a spot among the telecom law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Shartsis Friese LLP has expanded its real estate team, announcing that it has brought in a litigator and bankruptcy expert from SSL Law Firm LLP as a partner in San Francisco.
Kaplan Martin LLP, the firm co-founded in June by intrepid litigator Robbie Kaplan, announced Thursday that two seasoned attorneys are joining as partners from Kaplan's previous firm, Hecker Fink LLP.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has urged a California federal judge Tuesday to toss Chinese investors' accusations that its attorneys filed lawsuits to cover their failure to read "draconian" contract terms that led the investors to lose their $92.5 million stake in a $2.5 billion Los Angeles mixed-used development.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday officially launched its pilot program to reward whistleblowers who alert prosecutors to significant corporate misconduct, although some whistleblower attorneys decried the program's award caps and what they described as its lack of enforceability.
A Black attorney sued Duane Morris LLP in California federal court, alleging the firm systemically underpaid female and nonwhite attorneys while also engaging in an employee misclassification scheme that allowed it to offload firm expenses onto nonequity partners.
A recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling "dramatically changes the landscape and scope" of a former Reed Smith LLP attorney's discrimination suit, the firm has told a state court judge in a brief asking that discovery and damages be limited and one claim be dismissed.
A New Jersey state judge on Thursday rebuffed for the most part an attempt by Rutgers University to prune a former law student's lawsuit alleging antisemitic discrimination, saying dozens of passages the school sought to excise from the 260-paragraph complaint are relevant to the case.
Two experienced employment defense lawyers are joining a California-based women-owned boutique whose clients have included big companies such as shipping giant UPS and software company Microsoft, the firm said Thursday.
Duane Morris LLP attorneys who recently won a Delaware Court of Chancery order unwinding a merger that set up unfair terms for distributions from a sunken pirate ship salvage venture potentially worth $200 million to $1 billion have asked for a $3.25 million fee for their five-year effort.
The Texas Office of the Attorney General announced a series of promotions Thursday, appointing Ralph Molina as deputy first assistant attorney general, Joseph Mazzara as special counsel to the attorney general and to the first assistant attorney general, Ryan Baasch as associate deputy attorney general for civil litigation and Amy Hilton as chief of the Healthcare Program Enforcement Division.
McCarter & English LLP has told the Delaware Chancery Court it is asserting a $492,000 lien over any monies awarded to tool manufacturer Red Mud Enterprises LLC, saying its former client has yet to pay the firm for representing the company in litigation in which it won legal fees.
A trio of life sciences intellectual property litigation attorneys from Desmarais LLP have joined Morrison Foerster LLP in New York.
Boston-based Manning Gross & Massenburg LLP announced Thursday the firm expanded its litigation resources and will launch a new consulting group catering to design and engineering professionals after acquiring another Boston law firm, Donovan Hatem.
A plan to return to Philadelphia has prompted a former Pennsylvania deputy attorney general to move his white collar defense practice to Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP after more than two years in Saxton & Stump's Harrisburg office.
The owner of a Pittsburgh-based home care agency is suing her former son-in-law in Pennsylvania state court, claiming the attorney tricked her into investing in a real estate company then mismanaged its funds and withheld her share of the proceeds.
K&L Gates LLP announced Thursday that it has added to its Delaware office a corporate attorney who previously worked at Greenberg Traurig LLP and has been based in the First State for her entire career.
A Michigan township's former general counsel was not denied due process when his position was eliminated in 2020, the Sixth Circuit has ruled, agreeing with the district court that the attorney's employment agreement did not guarantee him a job.
Tyson & Mendes LLP, a national insurance and civil litigation firm, announced Thursday that it has continued its expansion in the Lone Star State with an office in Dallas that follows the firm's entry into Texas last year with locations in Houston and San Antonio.
An attorney known for civil litigation work on major cases, such as Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, is leaving their position as a deputy practice chair at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to lead Her Justice, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to serving women living in poverty.
As a partner at Blank Rome, Robyn Michaelson is helping to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance benefits for victims of historical sex abuse at the hands of Catholic Church officials, earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Betty Yang of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP successfully secured a historic victory for technology giant Apple Inc. against antitrust attacks related to its app store, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Delaware's judiciary has announced that it is adopting a policy permitting personal electronic devices and cellphones in its courthouses, with some restrictions, following the success of a two-year pilot program.