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Corporate Counsel

Wells Fargo Picks New Compliance Officer From Barclays Amid $1 Billion in Litigation Costs

Wells Fargo & Co. has named Michael Roemer, former group head of compliance for Barclays bank, as its new chief compliance officer even as it reported third-quarter revenue at least two percent below the same quarter a year ago in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

Gibson Dunn Partner, Other Lawyers Warn of Threat to Rule of Law in Hong Kong

Former Lord Chancellor Charlie Falconer and prominent human rights lawyers question Hong Kong's judicial independence.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Bryan Cave, Big British Firm BLP Confirm Merger Talks

Berwin Leighton Paisner, which discussed a combination with Greenberg Traurig in 2016, is now mulling a potential union with Bryan Cave.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

PwC: Law Firms Are Falling Behind on Technology, Client Expectations

A new report by the Big Four accounting giant has found that Big Law firms are failing to adequately invest in cutting-edge technologies.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Crowell & Moring Votes Out First-Term Leader

Two years after Crowell & Moring named government contracts partner Angela Styles its new leader, the firm is poised to pass that role to Philip Inglima, a member of Crowell & Moring's white-collar and regulatory enforcement group.
27 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ropes & Gray Issues Bonuses to Retain Associates Amid Lateral Raids

The Boston-based Am Law 100 firm is paying big money to hold on to junior lawyers that were part of teams that left its ranks in recent months.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Despite Court Error, Dechert Still on Hook for Seafood Company's $1.8M Loss

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has revived a legal malpractice suit against Dechert, ruling that the firm could have done more to prevent a court's legal error in Tahiti.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

UAE Firm, Ex-Big Law Partner's Shop Unite for London Launch

Peter Gray, a former partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Dubai who was suspended from the firm in 2015 for his role in a dispute with a Djibouti businessman, is merging his small firm with an outfit from the United Arab Emirates.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

For 2 Top DC Lawyers, Time Away Helped Soothe the Soul

Two name partners at Washington, D.C.-based boutiques took sabbaticals within the past year to spend more time with their families. These are their travel stories.
24 minute read

The American Lawyer

Brown Rudnick Lands Longtime Mayer Brown Partner in NYC

The Boston-based Am Law 200 firm has bolstered its Big Apple base by recruiting the co-chair of Mayer Brown's financial institutions M&A group.
3 minute read

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