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    DLA Piper Taps Brussels Veteran As Int'l Head Of Competition

    A DLA Piper partner who has been with the firm in Brussels since 2015 is the new head of its international competition group.

  • Quinn Emanuel, Cohen Milstein Get $102M In Stock Loan Case

    A judge awarded $102 million in attorney fees to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC for settling claims from investors that major banks colluded to avoid modernizing the stock loan market.

  • King & Spalding Adds Former Kirkland Partner In Atlanta

    King & Spalding LLP said Thursday the firm had bolstered its ranks in Atlanta by bringing on a lawyer from Kirkland & Ellis LLP who specializes in the executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of corporate transactions.

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    Hogan Lovells To Close Sydney, South Africa, Warsaw Offices

    Hogan Lovells announced Thursday that it will be closing its offices in Johannesburg, Sydney and Warsaw, Poland, in a move that the firm framed as part of its strategy to grow in other key markets.

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    DLA Piper Adds Product Liability Pro To Austin Office

    In yet another notable BigLaw litigator lateral move in Texas this week, DLA Piper has added to its Austin office a product liability and mass torts expert from King & Spalding LLP.

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    Pillsbury Hires King & Spalding Atty To Lead Appellate Team

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on Wednesday named a new leader for its U.S. appellate practice, tapping a veteran litigator and former prosecutor who joined the firm's Silicon Valley office from King & Spalding LLP.

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    Fried Frank Information Chief Moves To Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP said Thursday that a former chief information officer from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has joined the firm in the same role.

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    Feds Eye Nixing Girardi's Ill. Case After Calif. Theft Conviction

    The federal government might drop its criminal charges in Illinois against disbarred attorney Tom Girardi following his recent conviction in California on similar charges of stealing millions from clients, a prosecutor indicated Thursday during a status hearing in the Prairie State matter.

  • Employment Firm GQ Littler Hires Pro From Baker McKenzie

    GQ Littler has hired a long-serving employment lawyer at Baker McKenzie to its office in London to represent U.K. and international clients, particularly in the financial services, technology and media sectors.

  • Ex-CBA Chief Jo Sidhu KC Accused Of Sexual Harrassment

    A former chair of the Criminal Bar Association is reportedly facing allegations of sexual harassment before a professional tribunal.

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    Boutique Litigation Firm Esbrook Adds Office In Delaware

    Boutique litigation firm Esbrook PC is opening the doors on a new Delaware office with a former Rosner Law Group attorney at the helm, a move that Esbrook says will help it better assist clients embroiled in disputes over books and records, corporate control issues and more.

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    Linklaters Hires Shell's Qatar Legal Chief For Energy Practice

    Linklaters LLP has hired the head of legal for energy giant Shell in Qatar to become its global sector lead for its energy transition practice.

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    Buchanan Ingersoll Looks Inward For New COO

    Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC didn't have to look far for its new chief operating officer.

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    Faegre Drinker Adds White Collar Trio From Greenberg Traurig

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is building out its white collar team with former veteran prosecutors, announcing Wednesday it had added two partners and an associate from Greenberg Traurig LLP who will bolster its San Francisco and Philadelphia offices

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    Accuracy, Security Top Firms' Concerns As AI Use Rises

    Most law firms are using artificial intelligence tools for routine tasks over the coming year or plan to use them, but lawyers are concerned about the accuracy and security of the technology, an industry survey revealed on Thursday.

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    Greenberg Traurig Grows Health Team With Ex-NY Official

    A former New York State Department of Health official has moved to the private sector with Greenberg Traurig LLP as the firm expands its healthcare and U.S. Food and Drug Administration practice.

  • Keystone Law Reports 8% Revenue Growth In First Half

    Keystone Law Group PLC said Thursday that revenue for the first half of 2024 had risen by more than 8% to reach £46.5 million ($60.8 million), driven by growing demand from clients and the success of its consultancy model.

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    Litigation Spending To Rise As Cases Grow More Aggressive

    A substantial number of large companies are expecting to increase their litigation spending by double digits next year in the face of more complex and hard-fought cases — and they are more open to bringing in new legal talent to navigate the matters, according to a report released Thursday. 

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    The Firms That Handle The Most Trade Secrets Work

    Gordon Rees remains the most active law firm representing plaintiffs in trade secrets disputes, according to a new report by Lex Machina analyzing a three-year period from 2021 to 2023, while Littler Mendelson continues to lead the pack on the defendants' side during that same timeframe.

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    Kirkland Can't Shake Former Associate's Bias Suit

    A California federal judge has mostly rejected efforts by Kirkland & Ellis to pare down the discrimination suit of a former intellectual property associate, while also backing a prior order that prevented the firm from subpoenaing her former BigLaw employers for confidential personnel information.

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    Sanford Heisler Taps Whistleblower Leader As Named Partner

    Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP has tapped a co-leader of its whistleblower practice group to be a named partner and co-vice chair of the firm, promoting an attorney whose record includes helping to secure a $3 billion settlement with Wells Fargo over its sales practices.

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    King & Spalding Adds 4 Attys To Mass Torts Practice In Texas

    King & Spalding LLP continues to grow its Texas presence, announcing Wednesday that it has added four partners from Butler Snow LLP to its product liability and mass torts practice group.

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    Sheppard Mullin Promotes CFO, Announces Innovation Chief

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP said Wednesday that it has promoted its chief practice management officer to the role of chief financial officer and hired a former senior director from Fenwick & West LLP to be its chief knowledge and innovation officer.

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    Dechert Global Managing Partner On What Inspired Him

    Dechert LLP's Vincent H. Cohen Jr. knew from a young age he wanted to be a lawyer. All he had to do was look at his father.

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    Mastro Bows Out Of NYC Top Atty Nom After Council Hearing

    Trial lawyer Randy Mastro is out of the running to serve as New York City's corporation counsel, two weeks after a contentious nomination hearing that called into question, among other things, the King & Spalding LLP attorney's ties to former mayor Rudy Giuliani.

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