Tonight may well be the most important speech of President Obama’s political life. His signature issue, health care reform, is on the ropes. His unfavorable ratings are rising and the…
M. Patricia Thayer has joined the San Francisco office of Sidley Austin as a partner in its intellectual property litigation practice. The move comes as part of Sidley’s ongoing expansion…
Gregory Craig, former White House counsel under President Obama, has joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a partner in its Washington D.C. office. Craig will lead Skadden’s new…
Four former partners in Alston & Bird have launched Mowrey Meezan Coddington Cloud. The new firm, with offices in Atlanta and Washington D.C. will focus on environmental, climate change and…
Arthur D. Perschetz has joined Baker & Daniels as counsel in the firm’s insurance and financial services group. He specializes in the formation of captive insurers and risk retention groups.…
Nearly two weeks after the massive earthquake that killed an estimated 100,000 pepole, Jean-Frédéric Salès reopened his law office, Cabinet Salès, located outside Port–au-Prince, Haiti. Salès counts himself lucky, as…
Northwestern University Law School is offering a “dovetail” loan forgiveness program that it will cover the annual student loan payments of all graduates who enter the public sector. Under a…
Disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein will plead guilty to running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scam in a Fort Lauderdale , Florida federal court today. Rothstein was charged in December with five…
Sacramento based law firm McDonough Holland & Allen have been ranked the number one law firm in the country for having the highest concentration of women law partners, according to…
Former deputy general counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation Jennifer Brosnahan McIntyre has joined Boeing as their chief counsel for Washington Operations. At Boeing McIntyre will supervise lobbying, regulatory…
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