By Meghan Tribe | June 11, 2018
At least five notable firms, including Cooley; Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear and Paul Hastings, will require their 2019 summer associate classes to agree to mandatory arbitration provisions, according to a new survey released Monday by students from the nation's top law schools. Nearly half of firms surveyed remained silent about whether they would ask their young talent to assent to such obligations.
By Pearl Wu | June 8, 2018
New hires, promotions, appointments and awards in-house and at law firms in the California legal market.
By Brian Baxter | June 7, 2018
Bruce Haglund, who is awaiting sentencing on charges that he helped perpetrate a $5 million Ponzi scheme, filed for Chapter 7 in late May.
By Miriam Rozen | June 7, 2018
San Francisco-based partner Jeewon Serrato, most recently counsel and head of the global privacy and data management practice at Sherman & Sterling, is among the three lawyers brought on to bolster the practice.
By Jenna Greene | June 6, 2018
“Lawyers are risk-averse by nature, but I knew if I didn't give this a try, I'd regret it for the rest of my life,” said Randolph Gaw, whose litigation boutique Gaw Poe celebrated its fourth birthday with a pair of wins.
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | June 6, 2018
Before agreeing to serve on an outside board, it is helpful to first consider how some of the risks can be mitigated.
By Miriam Rozen | June 5, 2018
Steven Selna is leaving after 17 years at Drinker Biddle & Reath, where he served as regional partner in charge of the firm's San Francisco office and vice chairman of its products liability and mass tort group.
By Miriam Rozen | June 4, 2018
Esha Bandyopadhyay has joined Fish & Richardson in Silicon Valley, only nine months after she made another high-profile lateral move, one that caused conflicts for the patent litigator.
By Ross Todd | June 4, 2018
Former SEC chair Mary Jo White and her enforcement chief Andrew Ceresney, both now at Debevoise, are representing the fintech company alongside co-counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in a private investor suit claiming Ripple's XRP tokens are unregistered securities.
By Ross Todd | June 1, 2018
Former Bingham partner Michael DiSanto claims that Cotchett and former partner Philip Gregory mishandled an arbitration where he was seeking millions of dollars in unpaid guaranteed compensation from the firm. He lost counterclaims forcing him to hand over stock units from his prior employer to Bingham.
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