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
Steven Chester, former Michigan Department of Environmental Quality director, has joined the Detroit office of Foley & Lardner LLP. Chester will work in the firm’s environmental regulation practice. Chester left the DEQ in early January after the merger of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the DEQ. Before his work with the DEQ Chester [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, February 4, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines. Woodcock Washburn has a new litigation chair… Adams & Reese is expanding in Florida with an office in Tampa… Sidley Austin has received an award for its work in life sciences law… Thompson Hines promoted 10 law clerks to associates… Foley & [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
James Chapman, who established and managed Nixon Peabody’s Palo Alto office, has moved to Foley & Lardner in Silicon Valley. Chapman has more than 20 years of experience in corporate and securities law and has been involved in over 200 mergers, acquisitions and finance transactions. He also represents emerging growth companies and investors and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 25, 2010
Chuck Greenberg, a partner at Pepper Hamilton whose practice has focused on sports related transactions, will become the new managing partner and CEO of the Texas Rangers once MLB approves the transaction. Greenberg, who already owns three minor league teams, leads a team of investors that agreed to buy the team along with associated [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 13, 2009
Today is Friday, November 13th, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news. Foley & Lardner snag a prominent IP lawyerfrom Sheppard Mullin… Baker Hostetler open an office in Chicago… Intel and AMD have reached a $1.2 billion settlement… and according to a survey from PWC, UK firms are feeling the pinch… Anyone interested in the history of the superstitions [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 12, 2009
Amar Thakur, who was the co-chair of Sheppard Mullin’s IP practice group, has jumped to Foley & Lardner, bringing one other attorney with him. Thakur said that Foley’s larger IP practice and interest in his growing specialty of monetizing IP portfolios factored into the decision. Jeffrey Solomon also moved to Foley as special [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday, October 29th and here in Las Vegas it feels like winter has already arrived. As I write this, my house is being buffeted by gusts of wind up to 50mph. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories… Foley & Lardner has struck a deal with the NIH… McGuire Woods gets [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
The National Institute of Health has awarded a ten year, $208 million contract to Milwaukee based Foley & Lardner. The contract calls for Foley & Lardner to provide intellectual property services in areas such as patents for biotechnology. Foley & Lardner recently deferred for the second time its incoming IP associates, who will be starting [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Earlier this month tipsters alerted us to layoffs at Foley & Lardner, which the firm later confirmed. Like many firms, Foley & Lardner deferred its incoming associate class, but now it appears that some of those associates are being deferred again. Incoming IP associates have been pushed back to September of next year, [...]
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