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California Dreaming for Some Obama Lawyers

Once labeled by pundits as the nation's first tech president, Barack Obama recruited like-minded West Coast executives, lawyers and engineers to Washington with a plea to help reboot government. With the clock ticking down the Obama administration's final months, will those appointees return to Silicon Valley, California or other points west?
26 minute read

National Law Journal

These Four Practices Flourished During the Obama Years

With the end of the Obama administration nearing, some lawyers who worked in the administration are climbing to success in a growing bevy of private-practice areas. We look at four practices—from tech sophisticates, to financial regulation experts, to fraud specialists, to third-party settlement appointees—that have gained steam during Barack Obama's presidency.
46 minute read

The American Lawyer

Canadian Lawyer, Ex-Alberta Premier Killed in Plane Crash

Jim Prentice, a well-respected lawyer who worked at Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain and once served as Alberta's premier, died at 60 on Oct. 13 with three other people in a plane crash in British Columbia. Prentice was once called "the chief operating officer" of Canada by the country's former prime minister.
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

As Trump's Troubles Pile Up, Lawyers Line Up

Marvin Putnam and Marshall Grossman, two lateral hires by Latham & Watkins and Orrick, respectively, are the latest lawyers to represent clients caught up in the traveling circus that has become Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Gibson Dunn's Ted Boutrous Jr. and Beverly Hills litigator Charles Harder have also entered the mix.
42 minute read

The American Lawyer

Shearman Gambles on Wall Street Rarity: Nonequity Partners

Shearman & Sterling's move to expand its nonequity tier will likely increase the firm's profitability, at the least in the short term. But it also carries risks.
28 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Bracewell Snags White-Collar Group from K&L Gates

The firm beefed up its white-collar team with a four-lawyer group in Dallas led by partners Barrett Howell and Brandon McCarthy.
18 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jones Day Advises Newell on $1.95 Billion Sale of Tool Business

The deal, announced Wednesday, is part of the consumer products giant's "new strategic plan" to sharpen its "portfolio choices and investment priorities that will focus on the businesses with the greatest potential for growth."
28 minute read

The American Lawyer

Sheppard Mullin Snags Sichenzia Ross Founding Partner

Richard Friedman, the former head of New York's Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference, has left the firm he co-founded in 1988 to join Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. Three other partners are also making the move.
45 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Chadbourne Partner Seeks to Join Campbell's Gender Bias Suit

Jaroslawa Zelinsky Johnson, a former managing partner of Chadbourne & Parke's now-defunct Kiev office, has filed papers with a federal court in New York seeking to join a putative class action against her former firm filed in late August by current litigation partner Kerrie Campbell.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Little-Discussed Aspect of CFPB Ruling Could Be Boon to Lawyers

Lawyers who advise banks, mortgage lenders and other industries regulated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were hit by a blizzard of calls and inquiries this week by clients who are feeling more confident in challenging the agency after a court ruling limited its authority and rejected its statutory interpretations.
18 minute read

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