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Covington & Burling Bolster Beijing Office

Covington & Burling Bolster Beijing Office

Timothy P. Stratford, the former assistant U.S. trade representative for China affairs, has joined Covington & Burling as a partner. He will be resident in the firm’s Beijing office, where…

Arent Fox Adds Partner from Jones Day

Arent Fox Adds Partner from Jones Day

Arent Fox LLP has added labor and employment lawyer Harry I. Johnson III as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Arent Fox Johnson served in the…

Google Execs Found Guilty in Italy for Privacy Violations

Google Execs Found Guilty in Italy for Privacy Violations

A decision by an Italian court to convict three Google executives of privacy violations has drawn outrage on both side of the Atlantic Ocean. Officials for the Internet company used…

Morgan Stanley’s Chief Legal Officer Steps Down

Morgan Stanley’s Chief Legal Officer Steps Down

Gary Lynch will step down from his position as Chief Legal Officer at Morgan Stanley. The move comes as the firm reorganizes its legal department in order to better address…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, February 24, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories… Curtis Mallet reports an increase in profits and revenues in 2009… Revenue is down…

Cannabis Shops Fight Legal Action in L.A.

The Los Angeles City Attorney is attempting to shut down 21 medicinal cannabis dispensaries. The shops have made a vow to legally fight back against claims that the shops are ‘nuisances.’…

Old School Law School Grad

Old School Law School Grad

Alice Thomas doesn’t expect to be a lawyer for long; just long enough to “nibble” at some injustices. Why is that, you ask? Because on May 15, at 79, Thomas…

Revenue, Profits Get a Boost at Crowell & Moring

Revenue, Profits Get a Boost at Crowell & Moring

Crowell & Moring reported 2009 gross revenue of $296 million – a 14.5 percent jump from 2008’s $339 million – and profits per partner rose to $1.01 million last year,…

Sam Buffone Leaves Ropes & Gray for BuckleySandler

Sam Buffone Leaves Ropes & Gray for BuckleySandler

Samuel J. Buffone has left Ropes & Gray’s government enforcement practice group to become a partner in Washington D.C.-based financial services law firm BuckleySandler. Buffone had been with Ropes &…

University of Maryland School of Law Investigating Payments to Former Dean

University of Maryland School of Law Investigating Payments to Former Dean

Former University of Maryland School of Law dean Karen Rothenberg is being investigated for questionable payments she received during her tenure at the school. A routine audit of the university…