Rebecca Cohen

March 29, 2017 | Legaltech News

Hogan Lovells won a bidding war for Climan's crew, according to one source briefed on their decision to depart Weil.

By Rebecca Cohen

59 minute read

March 28, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Hogan Lovells is poised to hire a high-profile technology transactions team in Silicon Valley from Weil, Gotshal & Manges led by partners Richard 'Rick' Climan, Keith Flaum, Jane Ross and John Brockland. The quartet headed to Weil five years ago ahead of the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf, which they joined from Cooley in 2009.

By Rebecca Cohen

60 minute read

March 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

While some large law firms are cutting back on their intellectual property practices, California-based Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear is in expansion mode. The IP-focused firm, which saw its gross revenue rise to $220 million in 2016, is preparing to move five lawyers to a new office in New York.

By Rebecca Cohen

34 minute read

March 23, 2017 | The Recorder

Former Howrey partner a complex commercial litigation and data security expert Daniel Lisi is leaving Greenberg Traurig for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Palo Alto, California.

By Rebecca Cohen

40 minute read

March 22, 2017 | The Recorder

Steven Witmer, an employee benefits and executive compensation partner at Ivins, Phillips & Barker, has returned to the firm's Los Angeles office after joining Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in a three-partner lateral move in January. Two of the partners that moved with him have chosen to remain with Morgan Lewis in Washington, D.C.

By Rebecca Cohen

38 minute read

March 21, 2017 | The Recorder

Matthew Kemner, a former chairman of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, discusses what the past year has held for him and his colleagues at the San Francisco-based litigation firm following their decision to join forces with Squire Patton Boggs.

By Rebecca Cohen

19 minute read

March 21, 2017 | Legal Week

US firm posts 2016 revenue decrease after year of 'significant investments'

By Rebecca Cohen

3 minute read

March 21, 2017 | International Edition

US firm posts 2016 revenue decrease after year of 'significant investments'

By Rebecca Cohen

3 minute read

March 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer

After ticking upward in 2015, Morrison & Foerster saw its financial performance slide last year. Gross revenue at the firm fell 3.5 percent, to $945 million, as revenue per lawyer and profits per partner also dropped to $990,000 and $1.41 million, respectively.

By Rebecca Cohen

17 minute read

March 17, 2017 | The Recorder

The South Carolina-based firm has opened an office in Gardena, California, a city just south of downtown Los Angeles, after hiring a new local managing partner in Richard Otera, most recently general counsel at Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. Three other partners have also joined the firm's first outpost on the West Coast.

By Rebecca Cohen

29 minute read