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National Law Journal

Meet the Cleary Gottlieb Partner Who Lobbied for Big Banks on Tax Reform

During a Cleary Gottlieb webinar on Dec. 20, James Duncan began his remarks with a word of caution: “One phenomenon that I would like to avoid is we have to remember that taxes are not the center of the universe,” he said. Lobbying records show Duncan was an advocate recently for Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Husch Blackwell Launches Lobbying Arm With National Eye

The Kansas City, Missouri-based Am Law 100 firm has started Husch Blackwell Strategies, a government affairs and lobbying unit focused on state and federal advocacy work.
4 minute read

International Edition

Global Firms Continue to Lose Lawyers to Chinese Domestic Firms

Partner Elvis Zhou leads a five-lawyer team joining China's JunHe following the breakup of six-year-old exclusive alliance with the U.K.'s Pinsent Masons.
2 minute read

International Edition

Global Firms Continue to Lose Lawyers to Chinese Domestic Firms

Partner Elvis Zhou leads a five-lawyer team joining China's JunHe following the breakup of six-year-old exclusive alliance with the U.K.'s Pinsent Masons.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Merged Firm Faces $214M Malpractice Suit Over Kaye Scholer Work

Billionaire Ira Rennert is looking to hold Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer accountable for the alleged shortcomings of one of its predecessors.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Burford Says It Poured $1.3B Into Legal Market in 2017

The amount the litigation funder put into new commitments is triple its investment figure from the year prior. Most of the money went into portfolio finance deals.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

New Report Warns of a 'Wake-Up Call' for Stagnant Law Firms

"Consensual neglect?" An annual report from Georgetown University and Thomson Reuters states that many law firms are ignoring drastic changes occurring in the legal market.
7 minute read

International Edition

Hogan Lovells Selects Germany-Based Partner Leopold von Gerlach as Next Global Chair

Von Gerlach assumes the post on May 1, replacing London-based partner Nicholas Cheffings, who will have served two terms.
3 minute read

International Edition

Deloitte Seeks Senior Hires as It Makes First Push Into UK Legal Market

Deloitte becomes the last of the Big Four to enter the U.K. legal market.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firm Merger Sends Seven New Laterals to Barnes & Thornburg

Barnes & Thornburg has added more than a half-dozen new lawyers in 2018, thanks in part to a merger between Ballard & Spahr and Minneapolis-based Lindquist & Vennum.
4 minute read

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