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The American Lawyer

Op-Ed: It's Time to Address the Justice Gap

Candidates have debated everything—except for the crisis in legal aid.
10 minute read

The American Lawyer

Florida Biopharma's Bankruptcy Leaves Big Firms Holding Bag

Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals filed for bankruptcy in Delaware last week, owing nearly $3.7 million to lawyers from more than 20 firms, including at least eight from the Am Law 200. The Sarasota, Florida-based company, formerly known as Star Scientific, once made headlines over a criminal complaint filed against a former Virginia governor.
73 minute read

The Recorder

McGuireWoods Grows San Francisco Office With Alston & Bird Hire

Lior Nuchi has left Alston & Bird's Silicon Valley office to join McGuireWoods' corporate practice in San Francisco.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Trump University Taps Kasowitz to Advise on Appellate Fight

Marc Kasowitz, advising Donald Trump in his spat with The New York Times over its decision to publish his 1995 tax returns, has been retained to assist in the defense of Trump University in a case before a New York appellate court. Meanwhile, a Morgan Lewis partner received a letter from the New York AG's office over the Trump Foundation.
35 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cadwalader Loses Two Lawyers, But Forges French Alliance

Gregory Markel and Shane Stroud left Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft on Monday for Seyfarth Shaw and Hughes Hubbard & Reed, as their former firm inked an alliance with France's Bremond & Associes.
28 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Docket Chat: Women Take Lectern in Upcoming SCOTUS Arguments

The calendar for the first two weeks of oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court is unusual in several ways, not the least of which is that nearly half of the lawyers stepping up to the lectern will be women.
15 minute read

The American Lawyer

Why Law Firms Should Support Legal Fellowships

Far more young lawyers want to help the poor than there are firms that sponsor fellowships. Meet a few of these remarkable young people.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ethics Opinion Questions Use of Swiss Verein Firm Names in Texas

The State Bar of Texas Professional Ethics Committee concluded in a recent opinion that Texas lawyers may not use the name of an organization as their firm's name unless all names in the organization name are current or former lawyers of the firm or a predecessor.
51 minute read

National Law Journal

Movers

By | October 03, 2016
Lateral moves and new arrivals in this week's column.
42 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Two Big Firms Find McLovin in Ad-Tech Transaction

Fenwick & West and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are advising on the $1.4 billion sale of Silicon Valley-based mobile marketing platform AppLovin Corp. to a private equity firm. AppLovin gets its name from its founders' love of the McLovin character in the 2007 film “Superbad.”
55 minute read

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