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International Edition

The Transfer Window: recent moves including SNR, Gateley, K&L Gates

Harbottle & Lewis has recruited top-rated defamation and reputation management partner John Kelly from Schillings, in an eye-catching hire for the City firm. Kelly has acted for a raft of high-profile clients including disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and former England manager Steve McClaren, as well as other celebrities including Steve Coogan, Madonna, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Matt Lucas.
7 minute read

International Edition

DAC Beachcroft secures alliances with Colombia and Malaysia firms

DAC Beachcroft has boosted its international footprint after sealing two associations with firms in Colombia and Malaysia. The Colombia deal with De La Torre & Monroy, which is top-ranked by Chambers and Partners for insurance work in the Southeast Asian country, is an extension of the Botoga-based firm's existing relationship with legacy Davies Arnold Cooper, with which Beachcroft merged in 2011.
2 minute read

International Edition

RPC recruitment drive continues with hire of DLA IP and tech partner

RPC has made its sixth partner hire in four months with the appointment of DLA Piper intellectual property (IP) and technology specialist Mark Crichard in London. Crichard, who joined DLA in 2000 from Garretts, has worked with major clients including ITV, Easyjet, British Airways and Accenture, advising on matters including procurement, outsourcing, cloud computing and cross-border data protection compliance.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Analyst Receives Arbitration Award After 'Freeze-Out'

By | March 19, 2013
After a monthlong arbitration last summer, a minority shareholder alleging he was frozen out of an investment management firm he helped found has collected an arbitration award of more than $2.1 million that reflected a redemption payment for his shares of the company.
3 minute read

International Edition

Squire Sanders makes up UK quartet in eight-strong partnership round

Squire Sanders has promoted four UK-based lawyers to its partnership this year, comprising half of the firm's total partner promotions round. In London, pensions specialist Carol Dick, employment senior associate Supinder Sian and intellectual property lawyer Florian Traub are all due to join Squires' partnership on 1 May.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'Cybor' Warrior: Fort Worth Lawyer Targets Federal Circuit Precedent

David Skeels and his client are like a lot of patent litigators and litigants: They want the hard-fought claims-construction rulings they win in federal trial courts to stand a better chance of surviving appeal. So, they've mounted an attack on a seminal 15-year-old decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
6 minute read

International Edition

DLA names new UK managing partner as IP and tech chief takes reins

DLA Piper has appointed a new new UK managing partner, with UK head of intellectual property (IP) and technology Mark O'Conor set to take over the role from current incumbent Andrew Darwin. O'Conor will take up his new post on 2 April, with Darwin relocating to Australia to become managing partner of the firm's Australian arm.
2 minute read

International Edition

FFW's Abell brings in Herbert Smith for dispute over exit to Bird & Bird

Ex-Field Fisher Waterhouse intellectual property and technology head Mark Abell has turned to Herbert Smith Freehills to represent him in a partnership dispute with his former firm. Abell, who has been at Field Fisher since 1984, was suspended from the partnership at the start of the month after he announced that he was resigning to join Bird & Bird.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Broadcasters battle purveyors of new technologies

Aereo Inc.'s pitch is this: With one of its tiny antennas, no bigger than a dime, you can watch television through the Internet. For couch potatoes, it may sound like a great deal, but it is erupting into a litigation nightmare for broadcasters.
8 minute read

International Edition

High-profile Field Fisher IP and tech chief Abell set to join Bird & Bird

High-profile Field Fisher Waterhouse intellectual property and technology head Mark Abell is leaving the firm to join Bird & Bird. Abell was suspended from Field Fisher's partnership earlier today (1 February) following his announcement that he was resigning from Field Fisher to join another firm. It is not yet known when Abell will join Bird & Bird.
2 minute read

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