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Foley Hoag LLP has hired a longtime Boston-based senior partner in the intellectual property department as co-managing partner, the firm said Monday.
Public trust in the federal judiciary, and the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, has fallen in recent years, with fewer than half of Americans now expressing confidence in the federal courts, according to a study released Monday.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that it has hired three new partners to further strengthen its German offerings.
Tansy Woan of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has used her litigation prowess to score a one-of-a-kind victory in a crypto case, as well as successfully argue for the Second Circuit to free JPMorgan Chase from a long-running lawsuit, earning her spot as one of the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Bradley Justus of Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP has represented Tyson Foods in growers' antitrust litigation alleging an industry-wide conspiracy to suppress prices paid to chicken growers, and Google against claims it helped suppress competition, earning him a spot among the antitrust and competition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Jenner & Block LLP's Niqui Kohli has become the guy major energy companies are turning to early on in dealmaking, often involving himself in setting strategy from the beginning to help providers navigate the potentially treacherous waters of regulatory approval and stakeholder buy-in, landing him among the energy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Michael Snow of Hogan Lovells was co-lead counsel representing Kaiser Foundation Hospitals for the launch of its value-based healthcare platform Risant Health, helped the large hospital system acquire the $10 billion Geisinger Health, and represents Oregon Health & Science University in acquiring health system Legacy Health, earning him a spot among healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Britt Cramer secured a record $19.3 million civil verdict for deprivation of rights for a pro bono Jane Doe client who was repeatedly raped and abused by a counselor at an Illinois prison where she was housed, earning a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Dentons announced last week that it is bringing on Kate Barton, a former EY executive, as its new global CEO to replace Elliott Portnoy, who has held the position since 2013.
A Georgia judge has rejected an attempt to temporarily block a new state commission created to investigate and discipline state prosecutors, finding it doesn't violate Georgia's constitution.
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer was sentenced Friday in a New Jersey state court to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling more than $1.5 million from the firm and failing to pay income tax.
Margaret T. Karchmer of Wiley Rein LLP got a $14 million judgment against Travelers Indemnity Co. reversed and helped Tokio Marine HCC escape a $75 million matter, earning her a spot among insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
A Virginia federal judge has asked lawyers representing a plaintiff in a whistleblower case to defend why they should not be sanctioned for including seemingly fabricated case sources in a brief objecting to a protective order, questioning whether it was a case of "ChatGPT run amok."
The California federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden's criminal tax trial threatened to sanction the presidential son's lawyers Wednesday, saying they made "false statements" in a motion to dismiss that cited a Florida federal judge's order disqualifying the special prosecutor in Donald Trump's classified documents case.
Former Thompson Hine LLP income partner Rebecca Brazzano fired back at efforts by two firm partners to dismiss her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, contending among other arguments that they waived their right to contest personal jurisdiction by filing another motion that attempts to force arbitration that didn't raise the jurisdiction issue.
Reed Smith has added the co-chair of Winston & Strawn's structured finance practice as a New York-based partner in its financial industry group.
Boyden Gray PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Fifth Circuit struck down as unconstitutional the Federal Communications Commission's system for subsidizing telecommunications service for rural and low-income users.
Rutgers University wants a New Jersey state court to reject a bid by a law school student who filed a discrimination suit against it to hold the school in contempt for moving ahead with disciplinary measures against him, arguing there is "no basis" to grant the request.
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has filed suit against insurer Lloyd's of London in North Carolina state court, alleging the company has failed to reimburse the law firm for expenses related to a November 2022 data breach.
Female litigators regularly confront implicit biases and double standards when it comes to "their appearance, voice, attire, demeanor and their advocacy," according to the author of an American Bar Foundation research report on first chair trial lawyers.
Trial in a five-year-old case alleging two former Cognizant executives authorized a bribe to a government official in India could be delayed again after New Jersey federal prosecutors said on Friday that the current Sept. 9 date is too soon to complete necessary depositions in that country.
Brendan W. Sullivan has helped Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP notch big wins in securities cases, including a $1 billion cash settlement from Dell, one of the largest ever in any state-level court, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Courtney Whang of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped secure a highly favorable plaintiff-side settlement for KKR, one of the world's largest institutional investors, in a securities opt-out class action and is currently preparing for a jury trial representing HPS Investment Partners LLC in multiple actions arising from the bankruptcy of the oil and gas exploration company Alta Mesa Resources Inc., earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Jaime Cardenas-Navia of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP has worked on major litigation and scored wins for clients against industry giants, including a $525 million verdict against Amazon, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Peter G. Hanoian of Goodwin Procter LLP advised Webster Equity Partners on the formation of Retina Consultants of America and its initial financing and acquisition of five specialty practices for about $350 million, earning him a spot among the healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.