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joshua — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:54:55 +0000

Good Morning! Today is Friday, December 3, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories…

The US Senate is preparing to pass a new whistle blower law…

Cleary is moving into Hong Kong…

Collas Day and Crill Canavan are set to merge…

A new panel has been authorized to consider pay raises for New York judges…

And WilmerHale has named a new pair of managing partners…

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joshua — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:53:48 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, December 2, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s headlines.

Chadbourne & Parke has a new managing partner…

The US Senate approved a pro-lawyer change to the “red flag rule”…

The UK is taking a stand against capital punishment by banning the export of thiopental sodium…

and Ruden McClosky has new leadership…

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joshua — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:17:11 +0000

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, December 1, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news.

Miller Thomson is reportedly in merger talks…

It was another rough year for Pennsylvania law firms…

Not everyone is happy with the Hammonds and Squire Dempsey merger…

and Jones Day is opening a new office in Boston…

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joshua — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:21:44 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, November 30th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines.

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens gave an interview to 60 Minutes…

New York and Southern California law firms registered a slight increase in terms of revenue growth…

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joshua — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:26:53 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, November 29th. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s headlines.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan added two partners…

Dorsey & Whitney added leading PRC Practitioner Peter Corne as a Partner in its Shanghai office…

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP recently named ten new partners…

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joshua — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:47:30 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 26th, and it’s Black Friday! Here’s a quick look back at the latest headlines.

Former Texas solicitor general Gregory Coleman died in a plane crash…

Milbank will pay associate bonuses on what is rapidly becoming known as the Cravath scale…

Skadden matched the associate bonus scale announced earlier this week by Cravath…

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joshua — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:17:48 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, November 24th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines.

The exchange of artillery fire between North and South Korea set the stage for China to make a distinctive mark on the world stage…

The law firm bonus season began…

Crowell & Moring LLP & the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law established the Took Crowell Institute for At-Risk youth…

Wilmer Hale announced a plan for leadership succession…

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joshua — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:19:52 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, November 23rd. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Russell Rogers, a partner in Thompson Hine LLP’s business litigation and product liability litigation practice groups, will assume leadership of the firm’s Atlanta office…

Davis Polk announced that Paul Chow, a leading Chinese and Hong Kong M&A lawyer, would join the firm as a partner in Hong Kong…

Clifford Chance added Meghan O’Reilly as counsel in the firm’s New York office…

Walmart’s legal department announced plans to form an in-house pro bono program…

International law firm King & Spalding added three partners to it finance practice…

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joshua — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:32:56 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, November 22nd. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s news.

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., promoted four attorneys to shareholder…

Ulmer & Berne LLP was recognized for strategic growth…

McDonald Hopkins added a lateral from Jenner Block…

Goodwin Procter Chairman Regina Pisa received the ACCESS First One Award…

Cleary Gottlieb announced plans to open an office in Brazil…

Sidley Austin added a partner in its Palo Alto office…

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joshua — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:43:51 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 19th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s headlines.

Greenberg Traurig announced that former Motion Pictures Associations of America IP Counsel Joseph Geisman joined its Intellectual Property and Technology Practice…

Prominent life sciences patent attorney Dr. Lauren L. Stevens joined Foley & Lardner…

Nixon Peabody expanded its presence in China through a new affiliation with Hong Kong firm Cheng Wong Lam & Partners…

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joshua — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:26:26 +0000

Good morning everybody! Today is Thursday, November 18th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

Lisa Murkowski won her bid to be returned to Washington as Alaska’s Senator…

Boies Schiller let three female associates go late last week…

Sidley Austin’s Matthew Sheridan was promoted to practice Co-Head…

Mintz Levin Co-Chairs will be the featured speakers at MIT Conference…

McGuire Woods finalized an agreement to combine operations with the Houston-based firm of Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP…

Hogan Lovells added two partners to its firm, one in Philadelphia, and one in Washington, D.C….

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joshua — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:51:32 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, November 17th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines.

Jones Day added three partners and three registered patent agents in Southern Calfornia…

Former Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, George H. Lowe, joined Brown Rudnick…

Former Health Policy Director Mark Hayes joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the firm’s Washington, DC office…

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joshua — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:55:09 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, November 16, and here’s a quick look back at Monday’s headlines…

Threats against social security judges have increased in both nature and scope…

The FDIC has filed a suit against Bryan Cave…

Venable picked up five attorneys from Wilmer Hale…

and Dickstein Shapiro added 12 attorneys to its M&A practice on the east coast…

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joshua — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:36:51 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 12th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

Energy law firm Burleson Cooke added three attorneys to its growing Pittsburgh office…

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP partner Joseph K. Brenner was named chief counsel of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Howrey laid off 32 staffers across its 10 offices…

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joshua — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:16:42 +0000

Good morning everybody! Today is Thursday, November 11th, and it’s Veterans Day. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Austin-based labor and employment shareholder Peyton Smith was named Winstead PC’s new firm-wide lateral hiring shareholder…

McKool Smith ranked high in the “Top 100 Workplaces in Dallas/Fort Worth”…

Crowell & Moring launched the Retail Law Observer, a blog covering legal issues and key trends facing the retail industry…

Ropes & Gray added hedge funds lawyer Sarah Davidoff, formerly the co-chair of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan’s private funds group in New York, to its New York office…

As of yesterday, the leader in the Alaska Senate race was the generic “write in” vote, who many presumed was incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski…

Almost a year and a half after announcing plans to move away from lockstep compensation and implement a merit-based pay system for its associates, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius decided against it…

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joshua — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:09:37 +0000

Good morning everybody! Today is Wednesday, November 10th. Here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories.

DLA Piper announced Henry Koda and William L. Androlia joined the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology (IPT) practice as Senior Counsel in Tokyo and Los Angeles…

Greenberg Traurig shareholder William R. Clayton was chosen for fellowship in the Litigation Counsel of America…

Sheppard Mullin added five attorneys to its Labor and Employment Practice group…

Six Jones Walker attorneys based in Louisiana have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America 2011 as “Lawyers of the Year”…

Eight partners fromThompson Hine were named “Leading Lawyers” for 2010 by Inside Business Magazine…

Perkins Coie launched an investment management group in its Washington D.C. office…

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joshua — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:16:26 +0000

Good morning everybody! Today is Tuesday, November 9th. Here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories.

Ballard Spahr will open its 13th office with the addition of a group of attorneys from the San Diego litigation boutique La Bella & McNamara LLP…

The partnerships at Squire Sanders & Dempsey and U.K-based Hammonds agreed to merge over the weekend…

Weitz & Luxenburg partner Robert J. Gordon was named the 2011 Mass Tort Litigator of the Year by legal publication Best Lawyers…

The partnership of Clifford Chance elected Malcolm Sweeting as the firm’s next senior partner…

The National Law Journal reported overall headcount at the nation’s 250 largest law firms fell for a second straight year…

Greenberg Traurig added six attorneys to its Orange County office, in its Real Estate, Real Estate Funds and REIT practices…

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joshua — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:45:56 +0000

Good morning everybody! Today is Monday, November 8th. Here’s a look back at Friday’s stories.

SolicitorsSearch.com released a report on the impact social media and social networking sites can have as a low-cost marketing solution for law firms…

The National Association for Law Placement’s (NALP) latest diversity statistics cited the recession as a likely factor in a ‘historic’ decline in law firm diversity…

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joshua — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:03:44 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, November 2nd. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

The U.S. Justice Department charged former Seyfarth Shaw taxpPartner John Rogers in a $370 million tax scheme…

doeLEGAL announced the release of their cloud-based portal software which provides collaboration solutions for corporate legal departments and law firms…

The Lanier law firm added two attorneys to its Toxic Exposure and Asbestos practice…

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joshua — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:50:46 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, November 4th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Although California’s controversial measure to legalize and tax medicinal marijuana failed, several cities joined with Oakland in imposing city-based taxes…

Ira “Ike” Sorkin, perhaps best known for his role representing Bernie Madoff, will leave Dickstein Shapiro for Lowenstein Sandler…

A settlement was reached in the Google Buzz class action suit…

Kilpatrick Stockton will merge with IP firm Townsend and Townsend…

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joshua — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:12:23 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, November 3rd. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Katten Muchin Rosenman added a team of 13 structured finance lawyers from Dewey & Leboeuf…

A former female associate filed a discrimination suit against Clifford Chance…

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe launched a Social Sector Finance (SSF) practice group…

Best Lawyers named Cohen & Grigsby attorney Charles R. Brodbeck “Pittsburgh Public Finance Lawyer of the Year” for 2011…

Corporate Counsel will host a one-day Focus Europe Summit at The Concierge Conference Center in New York City…

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joshua — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:04:22 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, November 2nd. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

DLA Piper added three attorneys as partners in the litigation practice of its New Jersey office…

Goodwin Procter elected 12 attorneys to the firm’s partnership…

Crowell & Moring added two attorneys to its environmental practice…

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joshua — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:09:05 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, November 1st. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s stories.

Law Students at Wake Forest University in North Carolina delved into an investigation regarding a twice-convicted murderer in South Carolina…

Alston & Bird reached an agreement to expand its office in Atlanta’s One Atlantic Center…

Greenberg Traurig was honored at the Chambers of Latin America Awards…

High-profile South Florida attorney Henry “Hank” Adorno is facing disbarment after the Florida Supreme Court suspended him from practicing law Wednesday….

Mario Mancuso, former US Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security and senior Pentagon official, has joined Fried Frank as a partner…

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joshua — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:42:07 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, September 28th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

The Innocence Project and Winston & Strawn LLP launched InnocenceRecord.org…

The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) launched an initiative to increase corporate America’s use of minority and women owned law firms for intellectual property (IP) law matters…

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joshua — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:56:42 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, September 27th. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s stories.

Dinsmore & Shohl Welcomes New Partner Michael DiSanto to Corporate Department…

The publisher of The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and other legal and business titles, is consolidating its legal research functions into a single organization…

Butzel Long Shareholder was named a recipient of the 2^nd Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor Award…

London-based firm Kennedy’s opened an office in Miami…

Poll conducted earlier this week by the New York State Bar Association revealed guarded optimism about hiring trends and demand for legal services in 2011…

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joshua — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:54:21 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, September 24th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Reed Smith was brought on as U.S. corporate and securities counsel for China Sun Group High-Tech Co…

Quarterly revenue at Britain’s 100 biggest law firms increased by an average of 5 percent for the three-month period ending July 31…

Arnold & Porter acquired three attorneys from Sonnenschein…

Four Davis Polk partners were named ‘Top Lawyers’ in California…

Troutman Sanders appointed a new managing partner in its Washington, D.C office…

The Best Lawyers in America 2011® will feature 58 attorneys from Winstead PC…

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joshua — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:54:47 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, September 22nd. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

King & Spalding opened an office in Singapore…

The Best Lawyers in America gave Jones & Walker high rankings for the fourth year in a row…

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe added two attorneys to its London office…

The American Lawyer, The Nationnew al Law Journal and Corporate Counsel will present the second annual “The Litigation Summit: The Business of Litigation” October 5-6, 2010…

O’Melveny & Myers formed a new integrated legal strategies practice…

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joshua — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:19:41 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, September 22nd. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

Dinsmore & Shohl welcomed former Deputy General Counsel for EPA…

A former Kennedy Chief of Staff Returned to WilmerHale…

A Thompson Hine Partner was reappointed to the Cincinnati State Technical and Community College board of trustees…

A Greenberg Traurig partner was named co-chair of the ABA Committee…

Cadwalader announced the launch of the Cadwalader International Law and Litigation Center…

48 Winstead PC Attorneys were selected as Texas Super Lawyers…

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joshua — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:35:45 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, September 21st. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Brooks Kushman Diversity Officer Phyllis Golden Morey was honored among “2010 Women In Law”…

Fish & Richardson was chosen as an elite “National Tier 1″ IP law firm by U.S. News & World Report…

Fourteen attorneys in the Texas offices of McKool Smith were recognized in the 2010 Texas Super Lawyers…

Highly regarded litigator and advisor Elizabeth P. Papez joined Winston & Strawn…

Mintz Levin earned high marks in the U.S. News Law Firm rankings…

Sidley Austin bolstered its international trade practice…

McKool Smith was recognized in the 2010 “Best Law Firms” rankings…

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joshua — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:07:51 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, September 17th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote was ranked among the top firms in Pittsburgh by U.S. News & World Report…

The Latin Builders Association (LBA) named international law firm Greenberg Traurig its 2010 “Law Firm of the Year”…

Sidley Austin topped all law firms in the inaugural U.S. News “Best Law Firms Survey”…

DLA Piper added two attorneys to its San Francisco office…

Sidley Austin named former Clifford Chance partner co-head of its capital markets group in London…

U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers released the 2010 Best Law Firms Rankings…

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joshua — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:40:36 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, September 15th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

The EPA threatened nine hydraulic fracturing companies with legal action…

Former Ambassador and Associate Attorney General Joins Fulbright & Jaworski…

Kramer Levin added three partners from Baker & McKenzie to its banking and finance group…

Andrews Kurth LLP added four attorneys to its Washington D.C. Office…

White & Case expanded its white collar and litigation practice…

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joshua — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:57:53 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, September 13th. Here’s a quick recap of Friday’s stories.

The ACLU will represent defense lawyers against U.S. Homeland Security…

According to a CT TyMetrix Inc. and The Corporate Executive Board survey, billing rates in Washington, D.C. are the second highest in the U.S….

The Quellos Group owners pled guilty to fraud and tax evasion…

The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was ruled unconstitutional in California’s 9th District…

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan disqualified herself from 10 more cases…

Law School admissions officers survey tells prospective students how to prepare…

Burleson Cooke added nine attorneys to its Pittsburgh office…

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joshua — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:02:41 +0000

Good morning everybody! Today is Friday, September 10th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Chambers USA recognized Monteleone & McCrory in the area of construction law in California…

Highly-regarded commercial trial and appellate attorney Thomas Gilbertsen joined Venable LLP…

Former Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer joined Akin Gump…

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joshua — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:37:10 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, September 8th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

Electronic brokerage veteran Joseph C. Lombard joined Murphy & McGonigle as partner…

Veteran corporate governance attorney Heidi Lawson joined Chadbourne & Parke as partner…

Kramer Levin added two partners to its private equity practice…

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joshua — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:47:26 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, September 7th. Here’s a quick recap of Friday’s stories.

More details emerged in proposed Squire Sanders, Hammonds Merger…

Nixon Peabody elected four new members to its partnership…

Lathrop & Gage merged with Denver Based Kamlet Reichert…