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Amid Patent Reform Push, Federal Circuit Sounds Ready to Relax Fee-Shifting
The Churn: Dentons Adds Toronto Dealmaker, Plus More Lateral Moves
Dentons lands a top Canadian deal lawyer from Baker & McKenzie; Abercrombie & Fitch hires a general counsel from the ranks of Greenberg Traurig; and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett expands in Houston. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].
Amid Deal Doldrums, Energy M&A Still Flows to Some Firms
Though the volume of energy-related M&A transactions has dipped to a nine-year low, Herbert Smith Freehills, Norton Rose Fulbright, Vinson & Elkins and White & Case are closing out 2013 by grabbing leading roles on a spate of big deals tied to the industry.
The Churn: Nixon Lands Bulger Prosecutor, Plus More Lateral Moves
Nixon Peabody hires the assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted mobster James "Whitey" Bulger; a top lawyer with the White House Council on Environmental Quality joins Covington & Burling; and the head of Cozen O'Connor's real estate practice becomes general counsel of a real estate investment trust. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected].
Tech Circuit: Soundtrack Edition
After planes, trains, buses, bicycles, subways and roller skates, we catch up with recent moves.
Littler Adds to Growing Global Network
Am Law 100 labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson is expanding its Littler Global network, which is structured as a Swiss verein, by absorbing 22-lawyer Puerto Rican firm Schuster Aguilo. The move follows Littler's recent moves into Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Venezuela, as well as several other combinations amid what has been a record-setting year for law firm tie-ups.
Miller Canfield Denies Conflict in Detroit Assignment
Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone insisted in a Wednesday filing that its role as counsel to the Public Lighting Authority of Detroit in bond negotiations aimed at ensuring that all of the hard-pressed city's 80,000 streetlights remain lit does not constitute a conflict despite the firm's concurrent representation of Detroit itself in its just-approved Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
With Detroit's Chapter 9 Filing Approved, Some Firms Win Big
In a historic ruling handed down Tuesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes approved Detroit's Chapter 9 petition and made the Motor City the largest U.S. municipality ever to declare itself legally insolvent. Rhodes' decision, which also permits the cutting of city pension obligations and the sale of municipal assets, means htat more than a dozen Am Law 200 firms will continue to rack up fees advising clients in the case.The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi hires The Beatles' longtime U.S. lawyer; a former U.S. ambassador to Australia rejoins Munger, Tolles & Olson; and Sidley Austin hires two new partners. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected].TRENDING STORIES
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