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...Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Donald Klawiter and Jennifer Driscoll-Chippendale have left Mayer Brown and joined the antitrust practice at Sheppard Mullin. Klawiter, who has also worked for the Justice Department’s antitrust division, will chair the firms east coast antitrust group. Mayer Brown is an international law firm with 21 offices and 1800 attorneys. They specialize in commercial transactions and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 4, 2009
DLA Piper has shed four attorneys from its real estate practice in recent months. Pamela Westhoff left the firm’s Los Angeles office, joining Sheppard Mullin as a partner. San Francisco attorneys Donald Archer and Sara Hansen Wilson moved to Drinker Biddle & Reath as partners. Chicago’s Michael Ben-Isvy joined Quarles & Brady as a partner. DLA Piper is one [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Los Angeles recently became the host city for the newest regional chapter of the Association of Litigation Support Professionals (ALSP). ALSP’s mission is to establish global standards for the litigation support profession through collaboration, education and certification. The organization also focuses on further advancing the profession and contributing to the career development of professionals from [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sheppard Mullin, which instituted salary freezes in January, now admits it has been shedding attorneys since the beginning of 2009. At yesterday’s meeting of the Sheppard Mullin Associates’ Forum, firm management announced that by the end of this week about 25 attorneys firmwide will have been let go since the beginning of the year. Some of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 5, 2009
If you’re an associate of AmLaw 100 firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, and you haven’t checked your email because you were busy figuring out whether to spend your big 2009 salary increase on a solid gold car bra for your BMW M6 Convertible or on that Lladro figurine that will complete your collection, [...]
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Friday, November 13, 2009
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