BakerHostetler Launches in San Fran, COVID-19 Takes Its Toll, Fed Up with Judicial Misconduct: The Morning Minute
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March 09, 2020 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
LAUNCHING – Baker & Hostetler is launching a San Francisco office led by Winston & Strawn's former white-collar co-chair Robb Adkins. Dan Packel reports that Adkins served as the managing partner of Winston's San Francisco office and its head of West Coast litigation. His move to Baker & Hostetler follows that of Winston's former managing partner in Los Angeles office and several other lawyers who recently have made the jump to the firm. The San Francisco office opens with eight lawyers.
SPREADING - A Quinn Emanuel partner in New York has tested positive for the coronavirus. David Bario reports that the lawyer is the first known Big Law partner to contract COVID-19. The firm's announcement on Sunday, which did not identify the lawyer, said it would implement a work-from-home plan this week and would continue monitoring the situation.
PROTEST – Mexican law firms are rallying around a call for women who have vowed to "disappear" today, as the country grasps for ways to address endemic gender violence. Amy Guthrie reports that nearly a dozen firms, including Hogan Lovells, are joining a women's strike to remove themselves from society for a day. The strike was prompted in part by Mexico's recorded 3,825 cases in which women were killed because of their gender last year.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
Cancellations, Crisis Planning and Clorox: COVID-19 Strikes Legal Community
'Systemic Problems' & 'Culture of Silence': Lawmakers Challenge Judiciary's Misconduct Reforms
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
NEW LEADER – Latham & Watkins has appointed Stephen Kensell, global vice chair of its banking practice as the managing partner of its London office. Hannah Roberts reports that Kensell replaces Jay Sadanandan who had been in the role since 2015. Kensell joined Latham in 2016 from Allen & Overy, where he had been a finance partner and had unsuccessfully run to become senior partner of the Magic Circle firm.
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