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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP's newest lateral hire is stepping back into private practice after two years as associate general counsel for orthopedic implant company Exactech, and should be a familiar face around the firm's Indianapolis office.
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has added to its financial markets litigation and enforcement practice group an attorney who formerly co-chaired a similar practice at Mayer Brown LLP and also has previous in-house experience.
Environmental, social and governance programming is becoming a bigger headache for companies around the world as regulations continue to develop and conflict with one another, according to a law firm report published Tuesday, but this doesn't mean industry is backing down from ESG, in-house counsel say.
Jessica Benvenisty of King & Spalding LLP led the trial team for the mobile gaming platform Skillz Inc. and won a $42.9 million jury verdict in California in February against rival Aviagames for patent infringement related to fraud allegedly enabled by bots, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Alexis Dyschkant of Covington & Burling LLP is an emerging leading expert on PFAS-related coverage issues, taking point on litigation strategy, summary judgment briefing and oral arguments, all earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Elizabeth Bock of O'Melveny & Myers LLP has mounted a staunch defense of Medicare Advantage organizations in False Claims Act cases, including her work securing the dismissal of two qui tam cases against Elevance Health Inc., earning her a spot among the healthcare attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Julian W. Kleinbrodt recently helped tobacco company Swisher undo an antitrust judgment after uncovering fraud on the part of plaintiff Trendsettah and has played a role in a number of recent victories for Apple Inc. in battles over antitrust claims related to its app store and watch, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Leonid Traps helped win a motion dismissing a multibillion-dollar securities fraud suit against Citigroup and aided AT&T in securing a full dismissal of two rare multilevel court cases seeking billions of dollars in damages, earning him a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
A Virginia bankruptcy judge Tuesday approved a settlement of more than $1.4 million of claims against the estate of the defunct LeClairRyan law firm by two former firm attorneys.
Atman Shukla of Sidley Austin LLP has helped guide some of the energy infrastructure industry's biggest players through multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including Enbridge Inc.'s $3 billion purchase of Moda Midstream Operating LLC, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Large law firms are hungry for top litigation partners who can bring strong client relationships and big books of business along with them, according to legal recruiters. But many are finding that a tall order in today's legal industry, where everyone is looking for the same thing and portability as a litigator can be a challenge.
Benjamin W. Massarsky of Miller Friel PLLC helped a flooded manufacturing factory obtain more than $112 million from its insurers, one of the largest verdicts in Indiana history and one of the largest bad faith wins nationwide in 30 years, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Hunter Biden's attorneys told a Los Angeles federal judge that while several statements in their motion to dismiss tax charges against the president's son were worded "perhaps inartfully," they never intended to mislead the court in a way that would merit sanctions.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Monday that a former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP funds attorney joined the firm's investment management practice as a partner in Washington, D.C.
The American Bar Association ethics committee published on Monday its first formal opinion on attorney use of generative artificial intelligence tools, saying lawyers should consider their ethical obligations, including those related to model rules on competency, confidentiality and fees.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has grown its energy transition team with the addition of an attorney from Clark Hill PLC who previously worked in-house at a petroleum company, the firm said Monday.
Dentons has brought on a former Foley & Lardner LLP senior counsel with a background in creditors' rights, out-of-court workouts and restructurings, and commercial litigation, strengthening its Chicago office and the firm's restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy practice.
A legal advocacy group of defense-side attorneys has come out against a proposal by several plaintiffs firms to allow live virtual testimony in civil trials, calling it a "thinly veiled attempt" to put CEOs and other top executives "on the stand in every federal trial."
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.