Anthony Lin

February 15, 2007 | National Law Journal

Chicago-based McDermott, Will & Emery has recruited Andrew D. Kaizer, a top partner from the New York office of WilmerHale, to become head of its SEC defense group and a member of its trial department. Kaizer's move comes days after WilmerHale lost a trio of London technology partners to a new U.K. office for San Francisco's Heller Ehrman.

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October 04, 2006 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Sidley Austin's petition for writ of certiorari in the age discrimination suit being brought against the firm by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The firm, which is facing allegations it demoted 31 partners in 1999 on the basis of age, had argued for the suit's dismissal on the grounds the EEOC had no authority to seek monetary damages. But that motion was denied by both the Chicago district court hearing the case and the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

By Anthony Lin

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March 06, 2006 | National Law Journal

Clifford Chance has elected London partner David Childs as its next global managing partner. Childs, 54, is expected to take over the firm's top management job May 1 and serve for four years. One of the largest firms in the world and a member of London's Magic Circle of leading corporate firms, Clifford Chance has had difficulty in its U.S. expansion efforts, seeing a large number of U.S. partner departures following its acquisition of New York's Rogers & Wells in 2000.

By Anthony Lin

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December 03, 2003 | New York Law Journal

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July 13, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The Pittsburgh-based firm has opened its third China office, in Shanghai, with the hire of partner Jay Yan from Dorsey & Whitney.

By Anthony Lin

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July 01, 2010 | Law.com

It's a rite of passage well known and well feared by new law school graduates in the United States. Now, an attempt to introduce a bar exam to India has stirred up a wave of indignation -- and litigation. The first exam is scheduled for Dec. 5, 2010, meaning new graduates will have to wait six months to begin practicing, assuming they pass. That post-grad gap has become the target of many of the lawsuits filed in recent weeks over the bar exam requirements. A Mumbai-based legal blog has counted six suits so far.

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May 03, 2007 | Law.com

Dreier has established a matrimonial practice to be led by Judith L. Poller, a former partner in the New York office of Bryan Cave. The 100-lawyer Dreier focuses on litigation, bankruptcy, real estate, employment law and intellectual property.

By Anthony Lin

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February 20, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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October 15, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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April 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

Philadelphia's Pepper Hamilton has added two partners to its New York office. Kenneth J. King and Samuel J. Abate will both become partners in Pepper Hamilton's health effects litigation practice, which represents pharmaceutical and medical device companies in product liability cases.

By Anthony Lin

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