Brian Baxter

November 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Day Pitney, Proskauer Rose, Seyfarth Shaw, Venable and insurance giant Travelers are the latest to benefit from an exodus of Bingham McCutchen partners not headed to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. The Am Law Daily is taking a holiday break from its regular compilation of notable hires from across the Am Law 200 spectrum to focus on Bingham McCutchen, a once storied firm that will seek the bulk of its assets folded into a now 2,000-lawyer Morgan Lewis.

By Brian Baxter and Nathalie Pierrepont

5 minute read

November 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer

With Time Warner-owned cable network HBO having 160 lawyers vet a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney on the Church of Scientology, we decided to republish a 1992 feature story by The American Lawyer about the nonprofit's various legal travails.

By Brian Baxter

43 minute read

November 25, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In addition to the 226 Bingham McCutchen partners it was announced were headed to Morgan Lewis a little more than a week ago, Morgan Lewis will take on 525 other lawyers, legal professionals and staffers. About 100 attorneys are joining Morgan Lewis' 175-lawyer practice in New York City.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

November 24, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Two weeks after news broke of its high-profile raid on O'Melveny & Myers for six prominent entertainment industry partners, Latham & Watkins has opened a second Los Angeles office in Century City. Joseph Calabrese, a former practice chair at O'Melveny and head of the firm's Southern California transactional group, chats with The Am Law Daily about his decision to join Latham.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

November 24, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Roughly 750 lawyers and staffers from Bingham McCutchen will join Morgan, Lewis & Bockius under the terms of an agreement finalized Sunday night between the Am Law 100 firms.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

November 21, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Romi Nayef, an ex-Dentons partner and a lead lawyer for Qatar in its controversial World Cup bid, joins Greenberg Traurig as of counsel in his hometown of Houston; Carlton Fields Jorden Burt hires more Bingham McCutchen refugees; a Hogan Lovells partner returns to Yale; Mintz Levin hires again from Edwards Wildman Palmer; Wiley Rein prepares to absorb a 50-person lobbying group and more notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read

November 20, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Two Reed Smith partners have left the firm for wildly different opportunities. Richard "Rip" Sullivan Jr. became a partner at Arlington, Va.-based Bean Kinney & Korman, which recently saw its managing partner hospitalized after a brutal stabbing. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh-based litigator Bruce Stanley, a longtime nemesis of recently indicted former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, launched his own solo shop to focus on representing the families of victims killed or injured in mining accidents.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

November 20, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Goodwin Procter, Hogan Lovells and Willkie Farr & Gallagher grabbed roles this week on a $2.29 billion initial public offering for Paramount Group, the largest-ever public listing for a real estate investment trust.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

November 19, 2014 | Law.com

The embattled Japanese auto parts company has retained a high-powered defense team from Dechert to handle a criminal probe, congressional inquiry and class action litigation related to a growing scandal into defective airbags.

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read

November 18, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Two Andrews Kurth partners peel off for Sidley Austin in Houston's hot lateral market; a handful of firms make big hires in London; Blank Rome adds a pair from Bingham McCutchen; and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read