O'Melveny & Myers has lost the chair of its class actions practice and two other litigation partners to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, reports the Am Law Litigation Daily. John Beisner, who has been one of the most visible of O'Melveny's partners in recent years, has joined Skadden in Washington along with with Stephen Harburg and Jessica Davidson Miller. High-profile mandates for Beisner include last year's negotiation of a multibillion-dollar settlement for Bank of America with 11 state attorney generals over troubled mortgages issued by its Countrywide unit, while in 2007, he played a leading role representing Merck in its $4.85bn (£3.2bn) Vioxx settlement.
May 13, 2009 at 08:28 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
O’Melveny & Myers has lost the chair of its class actions practice and two other litigation partners to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, reports the Am Law Litigation Daily.
John Beisner, who has been one of the most visible of O’Melveny’s partners in recent years, has joined Skadden in Washington along with with Stephen Harburg and Jessica Davidson Miller.
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