By Katelyn Polantz | June 24, 2017
The annual Battle of the Law Firm Bands took place in Washington, D.C., on June 22, featuring acts like the “Estoppelgangers,” “Nuclear Covfefe,” “Sutherland Comfort,” “The Perks” and “The Precedents.” Washington Wrap is a weekly roundup of Big Law and federal government hires and other Washington, D.C., legal news.
By Meghan Tribe | June 23, 2017
On Sunday, June 25th, Pride Month celebrations will culminate with parades across the country, from New York to San Francisco. Lawyers and staffers from many law firms will be participating in the festivities.
By Roy Strom | June 23, 2017
A Midwest experiment to provide trusts and estates legal services at a lower cost is showing signs of success. TuckerAllen, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Louis Rice, has served 1,000 families in its 10 months of existence. This week it expanded by acquiring a small, local law practice.
By Paul Shechtman | June 23, 2017
Wonder Woman is a box office hit; Rotten Tomatoes rates it at 92 percent. This past week, I saw it with the Bracewell first year and summer associates and was wowed. But what is little known to lawyers—despite a brilliant book by Harvard historian Jill Lepore—is the role of Wonder Woman's creator, Dr. William Mouton Marston, in the history of evidence law.
By Miriam Rozen | June 23, 2017
British comedian John Oliver has a good defense in a defamation suit filed against him and HBO, the cable network that produces “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” said Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment litigation veteran and senior partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.
By Anna Zhang | June 22, 2017
Wei Tu Law Firm, an associate firm of the U.K.'s Stephenson Harwood in Guangzhou, is expanding after hiring three partners and promoted one.
By Marcia Coyle | June 22, 2017
Adam Jed, a 2008 Harvard Law School graduate and former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, has joined Special Counsel Robert Mueller III's legal team in the investigation of Russia's interference with the U.S. presidential election. At the DOJ, Jed defended the Affordable Care Act and helped implement the Supreme Court's DOMA ruling.
By therecorder | The Recorder | June 22, 2017
C.A. 1st; A148956 The First Appellate District granted a petition for writ of mandate. The court held that a law firm, and not the attorney who worked…
By Meghan Tribe | June 22, 2017
Toronto-based Blake, Cassels & Graydon is launching a first-of-its-kind fund to provide subsidized legal services to support the rapidly growing Canadian startup market.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 22, 2017
Larry Waks is representing an investment group that includes George Clooney on the roughly $1 billion sale of the premier Casamigos Tequila brand to global spirits giant Diageo plc, which is being advised by Sullivan & Cromwell.
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