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Sidley Bows to Pressure on Mandatory Arbitration as DLA Piper Digs In

Sidley Austin pre-emptively nixed a requirement that associates and staff sign mandatory arbitration agreements. But despite a Harvard Law School group now launching a #DumpDLA campaign, DLA Piper is defending the practice.
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New Jersey Law Journal

On The Move

Lateral moves and hiring at New Jersey firms and offices.
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International Edition

Transfer Window: hires for White & Case, Goodwin Procter and DWF

The latest hires across the legal sector
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New York Law Journal

Paul Hastings Hires Longtime Akin Gump Funds Partner in NY

Given the far-flung nature of the investments in question, a firm that can deploy legal resources not just in New York but in the U.K., Europe and Asia has an obvious competitive advantage.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Paul Hastings Hires Longtime Akin Gump Funds Partner

Ira Kustin had been at Akin Gump for 13 years.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Wilson Elser Ups Its Bid for Southeastern Market Share

As it expands its national insurance defense practice, the New-York based firm has opened satellite offices in Birmingham and Nashville to complement the growing Atlanta office it launched last year.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Not Everyone Cheers Kirkland's Move to End Associate Arbitration Policy

A. Michael Weber, a labor and employment partner at Littler Mendelson in New York. said Kirkland may have concluded that negative publicity arising out of the arbitration provision outweighed the benefits of providing confidentiality.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Not Everyone Cheers Kirkland's Move to End Associate Arbitration Policy

As more firms bow to pressure to abandon mandatory arbitration provisions, some observers warn of unintended consequences for young lawyers.
4 minute read

International Edition

K&L Gates Snaps Up Real Estate Partner in Melbourne

Randall Gerkens joins from Australian firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, where he led the real estate practice of its Melbourne office.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

USA Gymnastics Refuses to Grant Conflict Waiver, Stalling Houston Lawyer's Lateral Move

Efrain Gonzalez needs a conflict of interest waiver from USA Gymnastics to join Abraham. Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz, but the troubled organization is refusing to provide it.
4 minute read

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