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The American Lawyer

Baker & Hostetler, In-House Lawyers Star in Baseball's Interesting Offseason

Major League Baseball's rules for signing international players have provided a bevy of legal work for in-house lawyers and outside counsel ahead of the holidays.
27 minute read

The American Lawyer

Sedgwick Back Office to Close, Lay Off 75 Employees

More than three years after moving its back-office operations to Kansas City, Missouri, Sedgwick is poised to close its facility in the city as the firm prepares to dissolve.
20 minute read

The American Lawyer

After DUI Plea, Ex-US Attorney Leaves Am Law 200 Firm

Stephen Wigginton, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, has left Armstrong Teasdale nearly two years after he joined the firm's St. Louis headquarters.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Sedgwick's Resolution a Potential Dickstein Shapiro Redux

The Am Law 200's decision to wind down its operations by early January may be the beginning of a long and costly ordeal for its former partners and potentially for the law firms where they resume their careers.
23 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Buchanan's Vacation Time Suit Dismissed Over Jurisdiction

A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that a California court is the better venue for the firm to duke it out with three of its former lawyers.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

As More Partners Depart, Sedgwick Confirms Plans to Close

The San Francisco-based Am Law 200 firm will dissolve in early January, although London-based Clyde & Co could emerge as a white knight to absorb the bulk of Sedgwick's operations.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Three Law Firms See Green in Cross-Border Cannabis Deal

Dentons, Cassels Brock & Blackwell and Stikeman Elliott nabbed roles on one of the biggest deals in the cannabis space ahead of Canada's legalization of recreational marijuana next year.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Court Rules Ex-Inmate and Skadden Fellow Can Sit for Bar Exam

After a long legal battle, the Washington Supreme Court recently held that convicted felon Tarra Simmons has the "requisite moral character" to take the state's bar exam.
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

Large Law Firm Taps Reality TV Star to Assist in Innovation Efforts

Blake, Cassels & Graydon announced this week a partnership with Canadian technology entrepreneur Michael Hyatt in an effort to build out the Toronto-based firm's offerings for its startup clientele.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

After More Than a Century, No More Marbury at DLA Piper

Hugh Marbury has joined Cozen O'Connor, leaving a firm that can trace its history back to his great-grandfather.
44 minute read

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