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Andrews Kurth Adds Three to D.C. Office, Including Former U.S. Attorney

Andrews Kurth Adds Three to D.C. Office, Including Former U.S. Attorney

Andrews Kurth announced today that Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., Daniel S. Seikaly and Meena T. Sinfelt have joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Howard has joined the firm as a…

Chadbourne & Parke Establish New Alternative Vehicle Practice

Chadbourne & Parke Establish New Alternative Vehicle Practice

Chadbourne & Parke recently established a “next-generation vehicle” practice group that will deal with cars, transportation and alternative technologies that falls outside the traditional gasoline driven model. Chadbourne partner Kenneth…

Nixon Peabody Appoints Senior Counsel and Team Leader

Nixon Peabody Appoints Senior Counsel and Team Leader

Nixon Peabody has appointed William Lasher as senior counsel in the New York City office and Boston partner Robert Coughlin as team leader of the firm’s corporate trust practice. Lasher…

Former Associate Files Suit against Howrey

Former Associate Files Suit against Howrey

Kamisha Menns, a former associate at Howrey, filed a $30 million suit against the firm in D.C. superior court yesterday, alleging that she was routinely subjected to discriminatory treatment based…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, January 28, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s headlines… President Obama took on the Supreme Court in last night’s State of the Union……

Obama v The Supreme Court

Obama v The Supreme Court

Part way through tonight’s State of the Union address, President Obama took the extraordinary step of first upbraiding the Supreme Court for its Citizens United decision, and then urging Congress…

O’Keefe’s Lawyer Says Client was not Trying to Bug Phones

O’Keefe’s Lawyer Says Client was not Trying to Bug Phones

This case gets weirder by the day. James O’Keefe, along with Joseph Basel, Stan Dai and Robert Flanagan, were caught up in a scheme whereby two of them posed as…

Reed Smith Adds Two

Reed Smith Adds Two

Reed Smith has added two partners to its corporate and securities group in New York. Michael Smith, whose practice focuses on corporate and securities law with regards to international financing…

Four Partners move From Paul Hastings to Haynes & Boone

Four Partners move From Paul Hastings to Haynes & Boone

Four real estate partners in New York, including Steven Koch, the head of Paul Hastings real estate practice, have moved to Haynes & Boone. Bob Grados, Ken Friedman and Walter…

Staff Layoffs at Brown McCarroll

Staff Layoffs at Brown McCarroll

Tipsters report that an unconfirmed number of staff have been shown the door at Texas powerhouse Brown McCarroll and that some partners may be on their way out as well.…