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Morning Roundup

Friday, November 13, 2009

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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 [...]

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Foley & Lardner Snag IP Co-Chair from Sheppard Mullin

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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Foley & Lardner Snag IP Co-Chair from Sheppard Mullin

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 [...]

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Two Antitrust Partners move to Sheppard Mullin from Mayer Brown

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Two Antitrust Partners move to Sheppard Mullin from Mayer Brown

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 [...]

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DLA Piper Loses 4 Real Estate Lawyers

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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DLA Piper Loses 4 Real Estate Lawyers

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 [...]

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ALSP Opens Los Angeles Chapter

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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ALSP Opens Los Angeles Chapter

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 [...]

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Sheppard Mullin Admits to Stealth Layoffs

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Sheppard Mullin Admits to Stealth Layoffs

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 [...]

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Sheppard Mullin “Freezes” 2009 Salaries

Monday, January 5, 2009

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Sheppard Mullin “Freezes” 2009 Salaries

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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