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MP Leaving Silicon Valley Office of Foley
Gerald Swiss, the managing partner who helped open Foley & Lardner's Silicon Valley office, is leaving, the firm says.Foley & Lardner Strives for Secure Exchange of Mega-Files
Daniel G. Rhodes, Foley & Lardner's IT director, faces the challenge of enabling attorneys to securely exchange large files. To put users in charge, not IT support, he tries a user-friendly but secure file-transfer appliance. See the results so far.Foley & Lardner Powers Up With Sacramento Lobbyist
In an effort to make itself more attractive to clients, Foley & Lardner has continued its push into California by hiring a top lobbyist in the state capital. The law firm has been affiliated with the lobbyist, George Steffes, ever since it merged with Los Angeles-based Weissburg & Aronson. Now Steffes will close down his lobbying company, and he, along with his four-person team, will officially move under Foley's umbrella.Foley & Lardner Cuts 39 Lawyers
Foley & Lardner is letting go of 39 lawyers throughout its 21 offices, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Chairman Ralf-Reinhard Boer told the newspaper that decreased client demand for legal services was the reason for the layoffs. Milwaukee-based Foley has aggressively expanded in recent years, adding eight offices and hundreds of lawyers to become the nation's 24th-largest law firm, and Boer said the firm would continue to recruit at the partner level.Judge Calls Suit Against Foley & Lardner 'Groundless'
A federal judge called a patent holding company's lawsuit against Foley & Lardner "groundless" and "beyond the pale" before dismissing it Friday. Judge Leonie Brinkema granted a voluntary dismissal requested by the plaintiff, SPH America, but not before giving the company's lawyer a stern lecture. "If Rule 11 were a little bit different, I would consider imposing sanctions on the plaintiff for having filed this suit," she said, referring to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure on frivolous lawsuits.For the second time in less than a year, Foley & Lardner and a Washington-based partner are facing legal malpractice claims from a former client upset about the firm's representation of Chinese competitors.
Foley & Lardner Picks Up Four Lobbyists
Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner has raided Arent Fox of four lobbyists � including GOP lobbyist Harry Katrichis, former head of Arent Fox's public policy practice.Foley & Lardner Opens Shanghai Office
Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner is opening an office in Shanghai, China. Partner Catherine Sun, chairwoman of the firm's Asia practice and currently based in New York, will relocate and oversee the new outpost, which initially will include one other lawyer. The Shanghai office is 900-lawyer Foley's second office in Asia following the Tokyo office, which opened in 2003.Suit Claims Foley & Lardner Helped Perpetuate $500 Million Ponzi Scheme
A trustee involved in the Chapter 11 case of bankrupt real estate investment company DBSI Inc. sued Foley Lardner this week, claiming that the firm played a role in perpetuating what the trustee claimed was a classic Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars.The suit-filed Monday in U.Trending Stories
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