Anthony Lin

February 06, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Winston & Strawn has recruited an eight-lawyer group from Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner.

By Anthony Lin ALM

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October 13, 2006 | Law.com

Richmond, Va.'s LeClair Ryan has opened a New York office with three partners, who bring a combined background in bankruptcy litigation, in-house work, and white-collar and securities law. LeClair Ryan has approximately 140 lawyers. In addition to Richmond and New York, the firm has offices throughout Virginia and in Washington, D.C.

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May 11, 2007 | Law.com

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis has added an investment management partner in New York. Edward G. Eisert was formerly general counsel for Franklin Templeton Investments, where he also served as senior vice president and corporate secretary of Franklin Templeton subsidiary Fiduciary Trust Co. International.

By Anthony Lin

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October 28, 2009 | Law.com

Peter Yuen, a Hong Kong partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has been tracking a number of cases in which individual Chinese lawyers, many of them active in consumer rights issues, have used an article of the new law to bring private actions against large Chinese companies, including China Mobile, Baidu and China Netcom. The proliferation of such cases may eventually require the Supreme People's Court to issue an interpretation of the country's new anti-monopoly law, he says.

By Anthony Lin

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April 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

On the heels of losing the head of its antitrust practice to a rival firm, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson is losing another top antitrust partner. The Justice Department on Tuesday named Deborah A. Garza deputy assistant attorney general for regulatory matters. The announcement comes a day after Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft said it had recruited Fried Frank's antitrust chair, Charles "Rick" Rule, to head its own practice in the area.

By Anthony Lin

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February 02, 2006 | New York Law Journal

By Anthony Lin

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May 03, 2007 | National Law Journal

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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November 02, 2007 | Law.com

Two more New York law firms have followed Cravath, Swaine & Moore in announcing year-end and one-time special bonuses for associates. The year-end bonuses announced by Debevoise & Plimpton and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett were the same as both firms paid last year but the special bonus is a new wrinkle that Cravath introduced Monday as a means of rewarding associates for the firm's strong year.

By Anthony Lin

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February 14, 2007 | National Law Journal

Davis Polk & Wardwell has opened an office in Beijing -- its third in Asia, after Hong Kong and Tokyo. Though it has not previously had an office in mainland China, the firm has advised on some of the biggest deals in the region, including a $21.6 billion initial public offering. The Beijing office will be headed by re-located Hong Kong partner Show-Mao Chen.

By Anthony Lin

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March 18, 2010 | Law.com

The trial in China of four employees of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group on bribery and trade secrets infringement charges is set to begin Monday. According to Reuters, the hearing on the bribery counts will be open, but the trade secrets counts will be heard in a closed proceeding; both will be held in Shanghai. A lawyer for Ge Minqiang, one of the Rio Tinto employees, confirmed to the news agency that the trial would start on March 22, but said he did not know how long the trial might last.

By Anthony Lin

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