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New Morgan Lewis Litigation Head Aims To 'Move The Needle'
Troy Brown, a longtime Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP litigator, took over as global head of the firm’s litigation department in October. He joined Law360 Pulse to catch up about the journey to the new position and his plans for the firm’s largest practice group.
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McGuireWoods Elects 13 Lawyers To 2025 Partnership Class
McGuireWoods LLP has announced that 13 attorneys will soon join its partnership, with the new partners spanning many of its offices and practice areas.
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MVP: Weil's Drew Tulumello
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Drew Tulumello helped PepsiCo Inc. and subsidiary Frito-Lay Inc. fend off multiple proposed class actions under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, and got a $228 million damages award against BNSF Railway Co. in BIPA litigation wiped out, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Class Action MVPs.
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MVP: Gibson Dunn's Matthew Hoffman
Matthew Hoffman of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's insurance and reinsurance practice group helped secure wins for AIG insurers in major areas of coverage litigation involving opioid, COVID-19 and sexual abuse claims, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Insurance MVPs.
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MVP: Wilkinson Stekloff's Rakesh Kilaru
Wilkinson Stekloff LLP partner Rakesh Kilaru negotiated a landmark settlement resolving a collection of antitrust class actions over benefits and compensation for NCAA athletes and led post-trial briefing to overturn a $4.7 billion jury verdict in a lawsuit over the NFL Sunday Ticket television service, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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MVP: Jenner & Block's Matthew E. Price
Matthew E. Price of Jenner & Block LLP's energy practice helped persuade a Pennsylvania federal court to overturn a state commission's denial of a transmission line project that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said would reduce regional congestion, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Energy MVPs.
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MVP: King & Spalding's Thomas Sprange KC
King & Spalding LLP partner Thomas Sprange KC acted as lead counsel for Colombia's state-owned oil company in a dispute with global engineering giant McDermott International Ltd. that ended in a $900 million settlement favoring his client, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 International Arbitration MVPs.
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Trials MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michele Maryott
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Michele Maryott led a trial team that defended ride-sharing giant Uber Technologies Inc. in a case brought by the Massachusetts attorney general, achieving a favorable settlement against employee misclassification claims and earning herself a spot among the 2024 Law360 Trials MVPs.
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MVP: Keller Rohrback's Ryan McDevitt
Keller Rohrback LLP's Ryan McDevitt secured a $150 million settlement for drivers suing General Motors over allegedly faulty batteries in Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles that could catch fire, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law36 Transportation MVPs.
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Paul Hastings Lands Morgan Lewis Enviro Litigator In Dallas
Paul Hastings LLP announced Thursday that it is expanding its top-notch environmental litigation practice into Texas with a partner in Dallas who came aboard from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and is the latest in a string of additions this year that has tripled the firm's Lone Star State headcount.
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Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO Ordered To Pay $1.2M For Theft
A New Jersey state judge on Wednesday ordered McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer to pay the firm $1.2 million in restitution for the "excess salary and bonuses" he paid himself.
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GOP Will Get A Crack At The Judiciary, But First, Lame Duck
With a little more than two months left in the Biden administration following Republicans' capture of the White House and Senate on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Durbin intends to confirm "every possible nominee" before time runs out on this Congress.
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Ex-Ga. DA To Face Arbery Obstruction Charges In January
The former Georgia district attorney accused of obstructing the investigation of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery will stand trial in January, a state court judge said Tuesday, after her defense attorney was recently freed up by the conclusion of the prosecution of Atlanta rapper Young Thug.
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The Legal Work Awaiting Attys During Trump's Second Term
Former President Donald Trump's return to the White House following his election victory on Tuesday is sure to bring a series of policy changes that will keep lawyers busy, particularly attorneys working in international trade, immigration, tax and antitrust.
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Fake BigLaw Atty Duped Exec Into Wiring $55M, Co. Says
A German rubber product manufacturer is suing a California woman and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA in California federal court alleging a company employee was tricked into wiring more than $54.9 million to at least 18 bank accounts by a fraudster posing as both an Orion executive and a partner at Clifford Chance LLP.
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Squire Patton Taps Trial Lawyer To Lead In Dallas
Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Wednesday that it has appointed a new managing partner for its Dallas office, a trial lawyer with nearly a decade at the firm who hopes to see the Texas shop grow its corporate practice.
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Fani Willis, Ga. DA Who Charged Trump, Wins Reelection
Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, easily won reelection Tuesday, securing a second four-year term as Fulton County's district attorney.
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Texas High Court Delays Rule Changes For Non-Atty Services
The Texas Supreme Court has delayed the effective date of rules for allowing non-attorneys to perform some legal services, saying it will take the extra time to "give due consideration to the comments received."
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O'Melveny Continues Texas Growth With Orrick Energy Atty
An oil and gas transactional attorney has joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP as a partner, making him the latest addition to what has been a nearly 80 attorney gain for the firm in the Lone Star State since 2021, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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Kasowitz Hires Int'l Arbitrator From Baker McKenzie
New York City-based Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP has announced the hiring of a former associate at Baker McKenzie to step into a special counsel role.
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Gordon Rees Unveils Silicon Valley Office, Its 11th In Calif.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has opened its newest California office in Palo Alto, in an effort to strengthen the firm's presence in Silicon Valley by providing a "collaboration hub" for attorneys there and a new access point for local clients to connect with the firm's national platform.
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MVP: Irell's Jason Sheasby And Lisa Glasser
Lisa Glasser and Jason Sheasby of Irell & Manella LLP's trials practice won three cases in court over just five weeks this spring, resulting in more than half a billion in damages and earning them spots on the list of 2024 Law360 Trials MVPs.
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MVP: O'Melveny's Mark W. Robertson
Mark W. Robertson of O'Melveny & Myers LLP has spent the year defending Piedmont Airlines Inc. and American Airlines from proposed class actions and other litigation over overtime, sick leave and other employment issues, earning himself a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Transportation MVPs.
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Polsinelli's New Shareholder Class One Of 'Most Diverse Ever'
Polsinelli has elevated 27 attorneys to shareholder — more than half of whom are women or members of other groups underrepresented in the legal profession, the firm announced Tuesday.
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MVP: Cadwalader's Holly Chamberlain
Holly Chamberlain led teams from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP in advising major lenders on several significant deals this year, including the origination of three mortgage loans worth a combined $3.1 billion as part of Blackstone's $10 billion take-private transaction of multifamily owner AIR Communities, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.