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The American Lawyer

Ropes Welcomes Wachtell Funds Head, Plus More Lateral Moves

The head of the private funds practice at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz joins Ropes & Gray; Clifford Chance grows in New York; Mayer Brown and Orrick hire in Hong Kong; Reed Smith snags an entertainment and media pro; Sheppard Mullin recruits in Florida; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.
135 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Hogan Lovells, Cravath Advise on KBR's $266M Honeywell Buy

Hogan Lovells represents Houston-based KBR in its pending acquisition of Honeywell Technology Solutions for $266 million.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Movers

By | August 15, 2016
Lateral moves and new arrivals in this week's column.
41 minute read

The American Lawyer

After 15 Years on the Bench, a Judge Returns to McDermott

Robert Cordy, an associate justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court who announced his retirement earlier this year, is poised to return to McDermott Will & Emery's Boston office, where he once served as managing partner.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dewey Judge Sets Retrial Date as DA Hints at Strategy Shift

As a retrial approaches in the case against Dewey & LeBoeuf's leaders, a Manhattan judge on Friday prevented defense lawyers and the prosecution from admitting certain evidence, while prosecutors said they would likely call expert witnesses this time around.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

On the Move

By | August 12, 2016
Seven firms have picked up new partners and Loeb & Loeb has elected three to partnership.
18 minute read

National Law Journal

Anthem-Cigna Deal Presents Judge a 'Bizarre Situation'

A Washington federal judge said Friday she hopes to rule by the end of January on Anthem Inc.'s proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp., casting aside the health insurance companies' request for a decision by the end of the year. Both sides in the case have acknowledged contentiousness between Anthem and Cigna. "It is, as I said at the beginning, a bizarre situation that we're doing all of this for the benefit of a merger that may not be desired," U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Friday.
11 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Adam Alper and Michael De Vries of Kirkland & Ellis

Trial was only seven months away when Energy Labs Inc. brought in Kirkland & Ellis last fall to defend a patent suit by a rival air conditioning company. It was a bet-the-company case in a multi-billion dollar market--and the Kirkland team delivered.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Litigator, Meet Lion: A Miami Lawyer's Travel Adventures Online

Litigation isn't a career people choose because it's relaxing. But a day in court is a breeze compared with some of Gray Robinson shareholder Anastasia Protopapadakis' adventures on vacation.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Firms on Opposite Sides of Restaurant Bankruptcies

The owners of casual dining chains Logan's Roadhouse and Fox & Hound found themselves in bankruptcy court this week in Delaware. Some large law firms grabbed Chapter 11 work related to those cases, while others are owed payments for past expenses.
11 minute read

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