Good morning everyon! Today is Tuesday, August 24th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories. The “Tax Lady’ Roni Deutch was slapped with a $34 million lawsuit for fraud by California Attorney General Jerry Brown… Dickstein Shapiro added two partners, previously from Patton Boggs… The American Lawyer publication Corporate Counsel announced the top coporate law firms… McCarter & English named a new [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 23, 2010
American Lawyer publication Corporate Counsel has come out with its annual list of law firms representing the big shots in corporate America. The survey stuck to Fortune 100 companies as a marker for “corporate America.” In general corporate law, the mentions were as follows: Cleary represented 12 Fortune 100 corporations, Davis Polk represented 11, Cravath represented [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 19, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, July 19th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories. White & Case added two partners to its IP practice n Washington… Shearman & Sterling ranked No. 2 worldwide in global M&A…
Continue reading...Friday, July 16, 2010
A pair of former partners at Alston & Bird has left the firm to join the intellectual property practice of White & Case in Washington. The Blog of the Legal Times reports Trevor Nagel, who was chairman of Alston & Bird’s global sourcing practice, and Lee Van Blerkom joined White & Case on Tuesday. They will [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The lateral market for 2010 is expected to be brisk and we’ve already seen some big moves in the first month and a half of the year. This is following a record high for lateral moves in 2009, although some of that can be attributed to mergers or failing firms. Big moves so far this year [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 5, 2010
Thomas Amis, the chair of Alston & Bird’s renewable energy practice, and Nik Patel, an energy partner, have moved to Cooley Godward, and according to Amis another ten to twelve lawyers will be making the jump in the next two months. Amis will become the new chair of Cooley’s clean energy and technology practice. Cooley Goodward [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 5, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 5, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines. Tycko & Zavareei filed a class action suit against Fifth Third Bank… Pillsbury gave raises (sort of) and bonuses… Gardere Wynne added four attorneys to their roster… Morrison & Foerster hired Joe Calve as their Chief Marketing Officer… Danna McKitrick attorney Ruth Binger [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
Alston & Bird has hired a developer to explore constructing a potential new office building in Atlanta, Georgia. The Law Firm would be the anchor tenant o the building. Daniel Corporation is the development company investigating the project. Last year Alston & Bird said it wanted to downsize from its current 420,000 square feet to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Jones Day expanded its presence in California today with the addition of four partners. In San Diego, Patrick Elsevier is moving to Jones Day from Alston & Bird’s Atlanta office, and Ken Funahashi is coming on board from Baker & McKenzie. Elsevier is an IP litigator specializing in biotechnology patent litigation. Funahashi is a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 28, 2010
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… James O’Keefe’s lawyer says his client was not trying to bug Senator Landrieu’s phones… Reed Smith picked up two corporate partners in New York… Four partners jumped from [...]
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