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The American Lawyer

Dechert Targets Middle East Real Estate With Dubai Hires

The firm added two attorneys from King & Spalding, saying the "spigot" of oil wealth in the Gulf shows no signs of being turned off.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Hunton Andrews Kurth Grabs Two Energy Regulatory Lawyers from Vinson & Elkins

Myles Reynolds and Tab Urbantke said they were drawn to Hunton Andrews Kurth because the recent merger that created the firm brought together one of the top electric and power practices and one of the top oil and gas practices in the nation.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

MoFo Energy Lawyers Head to Baker Botts on 2 Coasts

A year after landing MoFo's energy and environment practice group chairman, Baker Botts continues to tap the firm for energy talent, picking up attorneys in San Francisco and New York.
1 minute read

International Edition

Hogan Lovells' New Asia Pacific and Middle East Head Has Big Plans in an Interconnected World

Miguel Zaldivar is the first American partner to oversee the region for the firm. He wants to improve the interconnection between the firm's practices in the Asia Pacific/Middle East and its practices in the U.S. and Europe.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Some See Career Conundrum in Law Firms' Energy Work

With growing awareness of the threat of climate change, law professors said environmentally minded students are paying close attention to the fossil-fuel matters being handled by potential Big Law employers.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Federal Appeals Court Sides With FPL, Duke on Nuclear Costs

Attorneys for the plaintiffs sought to recover $2 billion that they said the utilities had collected from customers.
1 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Kavanaugh's First (And Only) SCOTUS Argument | Thomas Gets the 'Right' Seat

As Brett Kavanaugh's nomination advances, here's a look back at his first—and only—U.S. Supreme Court argument. Plus: Anthony Kennedy's retirement means Justice Clarence Thomas gets a new chair.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Kavanaugh Has Long Questioned Agency Power. Just Look at His First Opinion.

Brett Kavanaugh, on a panel with fellow judges Thomas Griffith and Douglas Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, was “kind of an unknown” going into the argument.
1 minute read

International Edition

Former Jones Day Partner Joins Hong Kong Boutique

Benjamin McQuhae joins GPS Legal, a Hong Kong law firm founded by a pair of ex-Jones Day lawyers and Addleshaw Goddard's former Asia corporate head.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Arbitrator Restores Benefits for Union Oil Workers

Arbitrator Thomas McConnell Jr. issued an order June 22 instructing Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing to return benefits the company cut in January 2017.
1 minute read

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