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By Legal Week | September 28, 2009
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has appointed a new managing partner, with competition partner Martijn Snoep set to replace Mark Biesheuvel at the helm of the Dutch firm. The appointment, made last week (24 September), will take effect from the beginning of 2010, when Snoep will start a four-year term. Biesheuvel, who has served one term in the post which he took up in 2006, will return to full-time fee earning in the litigation practice.
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By Legal Week | September 23, 2009
Norton Rose is relaunching its Paris competition practice with the hire of a four-lawyer team from Salans, including the firm's European competition law practice group head. The UK top 10 firm has recruited Melanie Thill-Tayara as managing partner of its Paris competition, regulatory and EU capability practice.
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By Legal Week | August 27, 2009
Shearman & Sterling is set to lose its only two Brussels-based partners to US rival Arnold & Porter. Shearman's local office head Annette Schild is joining Arnold & Porter in the Belgian capital, along with fellow partner Silvio Cappellari and counsel Stephanie Birmanns. All three lawyers focus on competition and antitrust and have advised high-profile clients including Arriva, BASF, Siemens and Novartis.
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By Legal Week | August 26, 2009
Jones Day has made its second lateral hire in the City this year with the recruitment of Mayer Brown competition and antitrust head Frances Murphy. Murphy will join Jones Day on 1 September as London head of antitrust. Her practice focuses on the pharma, biotech, telecoms, retail and construction sectors.
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By Legal Week | August 5, 2009
Allen & Overy's (A&O's) US antitrust chief has left the firm's New York arm to join local rival Howrey. Michael Jahnke joined the US firm this week (3 August) as a partner in its competition practice after seven years at the magic circle firm's US outpost.
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By Legal Week | July 2, 2009
General Electric (GE) has finalised its European non-M&A legal panel, with a clutch of UK firms winning roles, including Clifford Chance and Ashurst. DLA Piper, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Baker & McKenzie are also among the firms appointed to GE's 80-firm roster.
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By Legal Week | July 2, 2009
Australia's Minter Ellison has appointed a new chairman, with competition specialist Russell Miller to take on the role. The Sydney-based partner will replace Gillian Brown, who has held the post since 2006. Brown will return to full-time fee earning as head of finance in the firm's Queensland office.
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By Legal Week | June 18, 2009
Field Fisher Waterhouse has become the latest firm to announce its financial results, with turnover growing by 8% but the firm predicting a slump in profits per equity partner (PEP). The UK top 40 firm saw revenues rise to £95m during the 2008-09 financial year, up from £88m the previous year. The firm has yet to finalise its PEP figure, but confirmed that it does not expect profits to reach last year's high of £750,000.
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By Legal Week | June 12, 2009
BT Global Services general counsel and commercial director Tim Cowen is stepping down after 18 years at the company. Cowen, a former regulatory lawyer at Lovells, joined BT Ignite as head of legal in 1991. Ten years later he became general counsel of successor organisation BT Global Services and subsequently took on the role of commercial director.
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By Legal Week | June 10, 2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer competition partner Nicholas French is relocating from London to Beijing to co-head the China antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) practice.
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By Bruce Love | July 19, 2022
Carsten Reichel, who for more than a decade prosecuted criminal antitrust cartels, has joined Norton Rose from the DOJ.
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By Tasha Norman | July 12, 2022
"The most satisfied and successful lawyers I know are the ones that proactively seek out matters that they will enjoy."
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 12, 2022
The settlement is part of multidistrict litigation that includes a separate class action brought on behalf of consumers in 17 states, including Georgia, 39 AGs and Epic Games, but they are not part of the settlement agreement.
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By Karen Hoffman Lent and Kenneth Schwartz | July 11, 2022
Following the withdrawal, major sectors of the economy are left without any formal guidance on how the DOJ, the USPTO, and the NIST will treat issues concerning industry essential patents in the coming months. It appears as though uncertainty surrounding the future of Standard Essential Patent enforcement will continue in the Biden administration.
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By Aleeza Furman | July 8, 2022
The decision centered on the appropriate meaning to apply to the word "exemplification," a term that U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said has yet to be clearly defined.
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 8, 2022
The class action settlement, which is up for court approval on Aug. 4, contained many of the same provisions within a similar $100 million class action agreement with Apple, approved last month.
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By Philip Giordano and Paul Washington | July 6, 2022
The administration's antitrust policy shift comes at a particularly challenging time for companies facing supply chain disruptions. CLOs can play a leading role in helping their boards and management teams incorporate consideration of ESG factors and stakeholder perspectives into their business strategy.
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By Andrew Goudsward | June 30, 2022
E. Martin Estrada was nominated earlier this month to serve as U.S. attorney for the Central District of California.
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By Andrew Goudsward | June 22, 2022
A Justice Department official offered insight into the Justice Department's evaluation of corporate compliance programs during a panel discussion with white-collar defense lawyers.
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By James Carstensen | June 20, 2022
Quinn Emanuel advised US chipmaker Qualcomm on the victory that annulled a near-billion euro fine for the company's payments to Apple.
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