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February 19, 2008 | National Law Journal

Skadden Builds in Asia With Shanghai Debut

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom launches an office in Shanghai this week, with the relocation of corporate partner Gregory Miao, who previously split his time between Hong Kong and Beijing. The branch will focus on M&A, corporate and real estate, with Miao leading the corporate practice and Ed Sheremeta heading up its real estate division. The Shanghai location will be the law firm's fifth Asian office.
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July 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

Merger Creates India's Largest Law Firm

India's Fox Mandal and Little & Co. have merged to create the country's largest law firm. Fox Mandal Little boasts 250 attorneys, 38 of which are partners. The merged firm circumvented a restriction that normally limits Indian firms to just 20 partners by adopting a plan to create multiple partnerships depending on location. Fox Mandal was attracted to the 50-attorney Little & Co. because of its capital markets practice and strong Mumbai presence.
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December 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

Weil Gotshal Moves to End Legal Malpractice Suit

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has moved for summary judgment in a legal malpractice suit by a former bankruptcy client. The National Benevolent Association, one of the largest non-profits ever to file for bankruptcy, sued Weil Gotshal in 2005, claiming the firm pushed it into a "disastrous" Chapter 11 filing rather than exploring a negotiated settlement with creditors. In last week's motion, Weil Gotshal said the group's claims were based on "nothing more than speculation, conjecture and surmise."
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June 22, 2006 | National Law Journal

San Francisco-Based Sedgwick Opens Office in Austin

San Francisco-based Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold has moved into Austin, Texas, with a new office led by media/litigation lawyer Laura Lee Prather, whose clients include Fox Broadcasting and Court TV. Prather left Jackson Walker, where she had been a partner since 1998, to open the Sedgwick office on June 14. The Austin location is the 12th office for Sedgwick, which has 351 lawyers firmwide.
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August 09, 2007 | National Law Journal

Edwards Angell Adds Group From Nixon Peabody

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has recruited five lawyers from the New York office of Nixon Peabody, including two partners who will join a new emerging markets practice group. In a separate move, Edwards Angell said it had added an intellectual property partner from boutique firm Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu.
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March 29, 2006 | National Law Journal

Fried Frank and Proskauer Rose Show Financial Growth

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and Proskauer Rose each showed impressive growth last year according to recently released financial results for 2005. Fried Frank's gross revenue rose to $390 million, and Proskauer Rose's fee income totaled $454 million. In addition, each firm reported a 7 percent to 8 percent increase in partner profits.
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August 07, 2006 | National Law Journal

White Supremacist Files Malpractice Lawsuit Against His Former Attorney

White supremacist Matthew Hale, who is serving a 40-year prison sentence for seeking to have U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow murdered, has filed a malpractice lawsuit against his former attorney. Hale is seeking $30 million in damages. He alleges that Thomas Durkin charged Hale's father legal fees for services that never were performed and claims that Durkin improperly excluded white jurors and worked to get blacks on the jury, which worked against his case.
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April 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

John Marshall Law Names New Library Director

The John Marshall Law School has appointed June Hsiao Liebert assistant professor of law and director of its Louis L. Biro Library. Liebert previously worked at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where she has been since 1998.
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September 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

Mayer Brown Hits Sao Paulo With Clifford Chance Veteran

Mayer Brown has opened a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after hiring Clifford Chance local head Stephen Hood, the Chicago-based law firm announced last week. Mayer Brown, which already has a Latin American group numbering around 40 lawyers, hopes to build the practice to around a dozen fee earners over the next 18 months.
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December 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

Jones Day Elects New Managing Partner in New York

Jones Day has appointed a new partner-in-charge of its New York office. Labor and employment lawyer Willis J. Goldsmith will head the firm's Manhattan office beginning Jan. 1, following in the footsteps of Dennis W. LaBarre, who has led the office since it opened in 1986. The 300-lawyer New York location became Jones Day's largest office in 2004, after the firm acquired most of the lawyers from now-defunct intellectual property boutique Pennie & Edmonds.
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