Amanda O'brien
July 29, 2024 | Law.com
Morgan Lewis Builds Out Germany Offices With IP, PE HiresA pair of IP partners are arriving from Reed Smith, while the firm is turning to Milbank for one private equity partner.
By Amanda O'Brien
2 minute read
July 29, 2024 | Pro Mid Market
Midsize Firms' Family Leave Policies Caught Between Attorney and Client Needs"Their benches aren't as deep," said consultant Peter Zeughauser. "It has a much bigger impact and firms feel it."
By Amanda O'Brien
5 minute read
July 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Schnader Harrison Can't Escape Suit Over Allegedly Misappropriated Comp, Judge FindsFormer income partner Jo Bennett's putative class action survived a motion to dismiss.
By Amanda O'Brien
3 minute read
July 23, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Holland & Knight Weighs Fate of Philadelphia Office Following Polsinelli RaidThe firm first entered Philadelphia with a cohort of 11 partners from Reed Smith in 2018, and a number of these attorneys are likely now establishing Polsinelli's presence in the city.
By Amanda O'Brien | Alexander Lugo
5 minute read
July 22, 2024 | Law.com
Could There Be Class Actions Over CrowdStrike's Global Tech Outage?Law firms are investigating potential lawsuits to come out of CloudStrike's global tech outage, but there may be limits on who can recover damages.
By Amanda Bronstad | Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
July 19, 2024 | The American Lawyer
CrowdStrike Outage Yields Mixed Impacts on Big Law"I'm hearing of more West Coast latencies than on the East Coast," said one Am Law 100 executive. "It really depends where [the office] is regionally, whether they're experiencing the same symptoms even within the same firm."
By Amanda O'Brien | Samson Amore
5 minute read
July 18, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Blank Rome Adds Energy Partners From Reed Smith in Pittsburgh, HoustonThe three-partner team includes former energy and natural resources practice co-chair Ryan Purpura.
By Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
July 17, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Aim to Wrap Merger by End of YearWhile the firms had hoped to hold partnership votes in July for an October merger, sources said, the plan is now to formalize the combination before the start of 2025.
By Amanda O'Brien | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
2 minute read
July 16, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Blank Rome Adds Private Equity Duo From Ballard SpahrJeffrey Fickes, who co-chaired Ballard's private equity practice, and Christopher DePizzo join the firm in New York as partners.
By Amanda O'Brien
3 minute read
July 16, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Ex-Reed Smith Partner Gets Candid About the Back End of Legal CareersIn a conversation about his new book, Douglas Wood pushes firms to help support aging attorneys as they come to "embrace irrelevancy."
By Amanda O'Brien
6 minute read
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