Google and its Buzz technology have been hit with a class-action complaint filed by a 24-year-old Harvard Law student. Working with law firms in San Francisco and Washington D.C., Eva Hibnick filed what is the first reported suit against Google ‘s Buzz, a social network that launched last week. According to the complaint, Google automatically signed-in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 20, 2009
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has hired four law clerks, two of whom have already clerked for other justices. Robert Yablon formerly clerked for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. His JD is from Yale Law. Lindsey Powell formerly clerked for John Paul Stevens. Her JD is from Stanford Law. Jeremy Marwell clerked for DC Circuit Judge Stephen Williams. His JD [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Houston’s Andrews Kurth, which laid off at least 20 lawyers across its offices in March, has brought on two attorneys. Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister joins Andrews Kurth as a partner in its Austin office, to lead the appellate practice. He will focus on litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Brister was previously with Andrews Kurth [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 13, 2009
Arnold & Porter, the best DC law firm for which to work, has added four lawyers to its stable. Duane J. Mauney rejoins as a partner in the firm’s product liability practice in Washington DC. He represents consumer products clients in state and federal courts across the country in a wide array of actions, including mass [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 7, 2009
President Barack Obama has appointed two lawyers with whom he has close personal ties to the Legal Services Corporation. Martha Minow is the Dean of Harvard Law School, where she has taught for nearly thirty years. Her research focuses on equality, human rights, law and social change, and religion and pluralism. Minow was a law clerk [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Tax partner Stephen E. Shay is leaving Ropes & Gray to join the US Treasury as deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs. Before joining Ropes & Gray in 1987, Shay was international tax counsel for the Treasury. Meanwhile, Mark Popofsky joins Ropes & Gray in Washington DC as co-head of the antitrust practice group. He was [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: James Donato joins Shearman & Sterling’s San Francisco office as a partner. He was previously with Cooley. Donato is an antitrust lawyer and past president of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Also, Donato served as a trial attorney in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. Jesse Witten joins [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 24, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Gary Hnath (not a typo) joins Mayer Brown as a partner from Bingham McCutchen, in the intellectual property and government/global trade practice groups. He is a former senior trial attorney at the US International Trade Commission. His JD is from Harvard Law School. William F. Johnson joins Fried Frank [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 18, 2009
Eckert Seamans has picked up two Seyfarth Shaw partners for its real estate practice. Ralph Stone and Rachel Gould join Eckert Seamans in Boston. Stone will handle commercial, industrial, and residential properties. He earned his JD from Harvard Law School. Gould will represent parties in commercial real estate matters. She earned her law degree from Northeastern University School [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Winston & Strawn has lured three partners and an of counsel away from Hunton & Williams, to join the firm in Charlotte, North Carolina and Washington DC. T. Thomas Cottingham III will serve as head of the litigation in Charlotte. He was previously the managing partner of Hunton & Williams’ Charlotte office and head of its [...]
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