By Roy Strom | May 3, 2017
In what may be the first public announcement of a litigation funder investing in a law firm's portfolio of contingent fee cases, Los Angeles-based litigation upstart Pierce Sergenian has unveiled a tie-up with Arizona's Pravati Capital.
By Brian Baxter | May 2, 2017
Therese Doherty, head of the securities, futures and derivatives litigation practice at Herrick, Feinstein in New York, is headed to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo. The move to Mintz Levin, where Doherty will re-join a former senior Herrick colleague, comes a month after the firm ended merger talks with Crowell & Moring.
By Sue Reisinger | May 1, 2017
Kara Brockmeyer, former chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, is joining Debevoise & Plimpton's Washington, D.C., office as a partner and member of the white-collar and regulatory defense and the strategic crisis response and solutions groups, the firm announced Monday.
By Roy Strom | April 27, 2017
Familiar with crises involving President Donald Trump, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White is being tapped by Debevoise & Plimpton to be the first person to ring when a Tweet or viral video causes corporate chaos.
By Cogan Schneier | April 27, 2017
Details of the settlement were not disclosed, but attorneys said it would cover David Dao's injuries.
By Brian Baxter | April 26, 2017
Paul Tanck, chair of Chadbourne & Parke's intellectual property practice in New York, is headed to Alston & Bird ahead of his firm's proposed combination with Norton Rose Fulbright.
By Rebecca Cohen | April 25, 2017
Todd Toral, chair of cross-border litigation for the Americas at DLA Piper, is joining Jenner & Block as a complex commercial litigation partner in Los Angeles.
By Charles Toutant | April 25, 2017
A vicarious liability claim has been dismissed in a case involving husband-and-wife attorneys who represented themselves as law partners but did not share profits.
By Cogan Schneier | April 24, 2017
Of the record-breaking 33 firms that made the Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit's list of pro bono leaders in 2015, 24 are back on the list this year for their work in 2016. But, those who dropped off the list include some big names like Paul Weiss and Kirkland & Ellis.
By Brian Baxter | April 23, 2017
Foley & Lardner, which more than a year ago broke off discussions about a potential combination with Eversheds, is on the hunt for a merger partner in New York. One firm that has drawn Foley & Lardner's interest is boutique Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman. The two firms share more in common than just tie-up talks.
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