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  • January 21, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Report: Nixon Peabody in Merger Talks With Chicago Firm

    Nixon Peabody, having had unsuccessful tie-up talks in recent years with Blank Rome and Locke Lord, is now reportedly looking at a potential acquisition of Chicago's 100-lawyer Ungaretti & Harris. With roughly 100 lawyers, Ungaretti & Harris has seen its fortunes slip along with many midsize Windy City shops in recent years.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • January 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Hedge Funds Add Top Talent, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Kirkland & Ellis saw a pair of leading M&A partners depart for new roles on the business side; a former Bingham McCutchen practice leader lands at Willkie Farr; Skadden snags a leading trusts and estates lawyer; Squire Patton Boggs adds a retired Utah congressman; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • January 16, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Davis Polk Partner Decamps, Plus More Lateral Moves

    A Davis Polk & Wardwell corporate partner in Silicon Valley leaves the firm to return to the business side; Greenberg Traurig grows in Mexico City; Hogan Lovells expands in Vietnam; Wilmer adds a new lobbying cochair and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • January 15, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Former Simpson Thacher Clerk Indicted in New Jersey

    Steven Metro, a former managing clerk in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's New York office charged nearly a year ago with insider trading, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Trenton. The indictment comes at the same time another key figure in the alleged insider trading scheme appears to have reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • January 14, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    After Long Careers, Am Law Luminaries Look to New Horizons

    From Akin's John Dowd to Vinson & Elkins' Joe Dilg, the start of 2015 has led some lions of the bar to retire. Some, like Dilg, are leaving Am Law 100 life early to try their hand on the business side, while others, such as Baker Botts' Robert Jordan and McGuireWoods' Richard Lieberman, are preparing for book tours.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • January 13, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Financial Litigation Hiring Heats Up, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Paul Hastings, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Debevoise & Plimpton and Boies, Schiller & Flexner make high-profile litigation hires; an Akin project finance head goes in-house; Kelley Drye & Warren adds a Bingham McCutchen refugee but loses its private equity chair; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • January 12, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Name Game: Farewell to the Wildman (and Palmer)

    The completion of the merger between Edwards Wildman Palmer and Locke Lord this past weekend spells the end of the Wildman and Palmer names on the firm's shingle.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • January 10, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Big Firms Hire in Bulk, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Davis Wright Tremaine and Dentons absorb two small shops; Cadwalader adds a seven-strong team from Latham & Watkins; a former senator signs on at DLA Piper; McDermott's European antitrust head goes in-house; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • January 8, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Mintz Levin Adds More From Edwards Wildman, Bingham McCutchen

    Mark Robinson, the former cochair of Bingham McCutchen's white-collar investigations and enforcement group, is headed to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo along with 18 lawyers from Edwards Wildman Palmer, including the latter's former IP practice leaders David Conlin and Peter Corless.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • January 6, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Star Litigators Depart, Plus (Many) More Lateral Moves

    An array of high-profile litigators from Irell & Manella and Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi are starting their own firms as January's annual “running of the laterals” begins. Also, Hinshaw & Culbertson hires Dewey & LeBoeuf's former general counsel; a Bingham McCutchen partner and ex-Cadwalader leader find new homes; Blank Rome opens in Pittsburgh; Greenberg Traurig goes to Tokyo; Quinn Emanuel heads to Seattle; and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

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