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Litigators of the Week: The Defense Team that Showed Ripple's XRP Isn't 'In and Of Itself' a Security

The eyes of the cryptocurrency industry have been on the SEC's case with Debevoise and Kellogg Hansen representing Ripple Labs and Cleary and Paul Weiss representing company executives.
11 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'Make Yourself Indispensable, No Matter Your Skill Set,' Says Maryssa Simpson of The Simpson Tuegel Law Firm

"Find out your best skills and what you truly enjoy about the law, and make sure that is needed wherever you go. That is the quickest path to making partner."
6 minute read

International Edition

Two Herbert Smith Freehills Leaders on Breaking the Glass Ceiling and into New Markets

From being unheard to the current economic pressures, the duo have experienced several challenges along their way to becoming EMEA managing partner and Milan managing partner.
5 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'Reflect on What You Want Out of Your Career,' Says Carlos Ardila of Latham & Watkins

"Once you know what is valuable to you in your field, many roads to success open, and the partner track may be just one of them."
7 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'The First Step Is Making Sure Your Own Work Is Excellent,' Says Jacquelyn Clarke of Hall Booth Smith

"Above all, be committed to service to others and maintain a positive approach and opportunities will come to you. When they do, don't be too buried in the day-to-day to say 'yes' to them!"
7 minute read

Law.com

Missing 'Light Bulb Moments': Former Western State Law Dean Easley on Retiring After 44 Years in Academia

"And I thought to myself, I've got to find a way that I can be a law student permanently and yet make money at it. So I loved every minute of the 44 years—year after year as everything was evolving and changing," Allen Easley told Law.com.
8 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'Put Yourself Out There and Make Your Goals Known,' Says Natalie Prager of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

"If you put yourself out there, ask for advice, make clear you want to be on a certain deal or work with a certain client, the answer is usually 'Yes, how can we make that happen?'"
10 minute read

Legaltech News

Women of Legal Tech: Early Client Responsibilities Can Be Pivotal in Accelerating Your Upward Career Trajectory, Says Sasha Rao

Sasha Rao, Partner and Intellectual Property Practice Leader at Maynard Nexsen, discusses how she gets to work with inventions that were once part of science fiction shows she loved, defusing tricky situations of sexism in the workplace, and how technology, including AI, can improve the delivery of legal services.
8 minute read

International Edition

Covington & Burling Secures Venue for Human Rights Case Against Venezuela

An Argentine prosecutor has ordered a criminal probe into the actions of Venezuelan security forces stemming from the 2014 deaths of civilians who participated in protests against the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Civil Rights Law Protects Everybody': Joseph Sellers on His Fight For the Disenfranchised

Elite Trial Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award winner Joseph Sellers on his role in drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and on his practice group viewing itself "as something of a private attorney general. We try to take on matters of public importance that serve our clients' interests as well as places where the federal, state or local enforcement efforts haven't worked as well."
9 minute read

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