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The American Lawyer

For Stay-at-Home Lawyers Keen on Pro Bono, a New Kirkland Counsel Has You Covered

Kirkland & Ellis has hired an antitrust clearance expert by bringing on of counsel Donna Peel. The firm's new recruit spent the past six years as executive director of the Chicago-based Pro Bono Network.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Our Best-Read Stories of the Year

The list includes an assortment of signature surveys, profiles and features, including articles that went viral on social media. Enjoy them (again).
9 minute read

National Law Journal

DC's Biggest Lateral Moves of 2016

You know the government lawyers who joined the top firms in the nation's capital last year. And you've probably heard about the mergers to come for some in the city. But for reflection's sake as 2016 comes to a close, let's revisit the lateral moves, from one shop to another, that redesigned D.C.'s legal landscape over the past 12 months.
58 minute read

National Law Journal

Historic Mug Shots Line New Supreme Court Brief as Court Weighs Privacy Dispute

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to weigh a dispute over mug shots, a new amicus brief, backing the Detroit Free Press in its suit, presents a collection of historic and contemporary booking photos. The brief, filed by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, included the photos to argue that the images have a historical value, building an understanding of the context behind arrests, and should be widely available to the public. A federal appeals court ruling in July cited the privacy interests of defendants in concluding that the U.S. government does not have an obligation under public-records laws to release mug shots.
21 minute read

National Law Journal

Wiley Rein Practice Leader Decamps for Crowell & Moring

Laura Foggan, a longtime litigator at Wiley Rein and leader of the firm's insurance appellate group, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in Washington, D.C. Foggan's hire comes a few weeks after Crowell & Moring confirmed its discussions with New York's Herrick, Feinstein about a potential merger.
41 minute read

The American Lawyer

Wiley Rein Practice Leader Decamps for Crowell & Moring

Laura Foggan, a longtime litigator at Wiley Rein and leader of the firm's insurance appellate group, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in Washington, D.C. Foggan's hire comes a few weeks after Crowell & Moring confirmed its discussions with New York's Herrick, Feinstein about a potential merger.
41 minute read

The American Lawyer

After 36 Months in Afghanistan, Ex-Partner Returns to Big Law

Dickinson Wright recently welcomed back government contracts partner Scott MacGriff in Washington, D.C., from the U.S. Department of Justice, where he spent the past eight years as a lawyer in its national courts section. The post saw MacGriff spend more than three years as a Justice Department attaché in Afghanistan.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

On the Move

By | December 28, 2016
Boies, Schiller & Flexner has promoted six associates; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, two; and Jones Day, one. Also, three firms announce new additions.
18 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Opening a Door to Malpractice Suits Against the Veterans Administration

When veteran Richard Milbauer sued the government for medical negligence, a federal court ruled it did not have jurisdiction to hear the case. That decision could leave all veterans without a way to obtain judicial review of their malpractice claims against Veterans Administration hospitals, a petition for certiorari in Milbauer v. United States warns. Reed Smith filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of two law school clinics: the Antonin Scalia Law School Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic and the Baylor Law School Veterans' Assistance Clinic.
16 minute read

The American Lawyer

In Trump Era, Weil's Millstein Sees Promise for Corporate Governance

Having just turned 90, Weil, Gotshal & Manges senior partner Ira Millstein discusses his decades-long fight to reform corporate boards and his new book on the topic, published this month. Millstein believes directors of companies have a responsibility to improve Americans' view of the corporations they depend upon.
15 minute read

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