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Thompson Hine Nabs Former Arnold & Porter Head

Thompson Hine has bolstered its Washington D.C. product liability practice group with the addition of Fern Phillips O’Brian, a one-time…

Kagan Keeps It Cool On Day Two

Today was Day 2 of the Kagan confirmation hearings and here’s just a few of the highlights, according to an…

Mayer Brown, Simmons & Simmons Break Off Merger Talks

Merger negotiations between Mayer Brown and Simmons & Simmons have been discontinued, according to a report from LegalWeek Tuesday. The two…

The Kagan Hearings Begin

As I write this, Senators on the judiciary committee are making their opening statements while Elena Kagan sits silently, more…

Feulner Returns to Chadbourne & Parke as Special Counsel

The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today Gary R. Feulner has rejoined the firm as senior…

Sidley Austin Partners With MetLife in Scholarship Initiative

Sidley Austin announced it is teaming with MetLife in support of Sidley’s Prelaw Scholars Initiative and offer a legal internship…

NLJ Names Washington’s Most Influential Women Lawyers

The National Law Journal today named its 2010 list of “Washington’s Most Influential Women Lawyers.” The listing recognizes women who…

Missouri Law Firm Has News Re Potential Anti-Trust Suits

According to St. Louis, Missouri firm Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, companies considering mergers, tender offers, acquisition transactions and joint ventures…

D.C. Bar Reports That, Despite Economy, Good Being Done

The Washington Business Journal:  Major DC firms are still doing work pro bono despite downsizing and the current economic lag. …

Award Celebrating Diversity Given To Crowell & Moring

The D.C. office of Crowell & Moring announced that its mid-Atlantic offices have received the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s (“MCAA”)…

Proskauer Rose GC Steven Krane Dies of Heart Attack

Proskauer Rose general counsel and former New York State Bar president Steven C. Krane died Tuesday of a heart attack…

Kaye Scholer Nabs DLA Piper Practice Head

U.K.-based attorney Andrew B. Harris has left his position as private equity head at DLA Piper to take over as…