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The American Lawyer

Ali's Lawyers, Counsel to The Champ, Recall Representing The Greatest

Billions around the world have felt the death of Muhammad Ali, a legendary boxer who turned himself into a global icon. Not surprisingly, a man who made a living with his fists—but became known for his words—employed more than a few lawyers in his lifetime.
12 minute read

The Recorder

Ex-Broadcom GC Joins Sheppard Mullin

Arthur Chong will work as a special advisor.
21 minute read

Legaltech News

The 2016 Innovation Awards: Littler Mendelson, Client Service Innovator of the Year

Compliance HR, a joint venture with the software company Neota Logic, walks clients through a series of complex labor and employment questions.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Baker Botts, Bracewell Get Jolt From Utility Union

The Lone Star State firms are working with two other Am Law 100 firms in advising on Great Plains Energy Inc.'s $12.2 billion buy of Westar Energy Inc., the latest sign of consolidation in the utilities sector.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Weil Prevails in Five-Year Hamptons Pro Bono Battle

The Am Law 100 firm has finally put to rest a dispute over whether a community of Orthodox Jews on Long Island's affluent East End can put up a nearly invisible boundary that allows them to perform certain work tasks on the Sabbath.
14 minute read

Legaltech News

The 2016 Innovation Awards: Mayer Brown and Caterpillar, Pro Bono Innovators

Teaming up to create valuable digital resources for those suffering from gender-based violence, Caterpillar and Mayer Brown exemplify pro bono work in the modern age.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Amid Battles With League, NFL Players Incur Big Legal Fees

In an annual filing, The National Football League Players Association recently detailed expenditures to 16 law firms within the past year, including payments to Gibson Dunn, Latham & Watkins, Norton Rose Fulbright and Winston & Strawn.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dewey Case Memo Calls Birth of DA's Case “Troubling”

A defense attorney representing former Dewey & LeBoeuf CFO Joel Sanders suggested in a court filing that the criminal investigation of the now-defunct firm's former chairman "was pressed by" an ex-partner and a former top prosecutor in the Manhattan D.A.'s Office.
21 minute read

The American Lawyer

Transgender Bathroom Imbroglio Enlists Two More Big Firms

An Am Law 100 quartet—Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Jones Day, Jenner & Block and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher—have landed key roles advising on the fallout from HB2, North Carolina's controversial new transgender bathroom law.
29 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dewey Defendant Taps New Counsel for Retrial

Former Dewey & LeBoeuf executive director Stephen DiCarmine, who continues to battle multiple criminal charges related to his firm's 2012 collapse, chose a new white-collar defense lawyer for his upcoming retrial.
16 minute read

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