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Former Morgan Lewis Tokyo Head Joins Hogan Lovells

Lisa Yano also previously led Paul Weiss' office in the Japanese capital.
42 minute read

Law.com

Microsoft to Fund New Pilot Project to Improve Legal Aid

The Legal Services Corp. is expected to announce a $1 million gift from the technology giant at the White House on Tuesday. The group will also name a new leadership council whose members range from Eric Holder to University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh.
15 minute read

The American Lawyer

U.K. Litigation Funder Taps Proskauer Lawyer for U.S. Debut

Therium is hoping a trio of former Am Law 100 lawyers can stake its claim to the U.S. litigation finance market.
24 minute read

The American Lawyer

DLA Piper Practice Leader Starts Commercial Litigation Shop

Patrick Smith, co-chair of DLA Piper's white-collar and investigations group, has formed a new firm in New York called Smith Villazor with Rodney Villazor, a fellow former federal prosecutor who joined the global legal giant's litigation group last year.
61 minute read

The American Lawyer

Holland & Knight, Choate Hall Latest Firms Tapped for Sex Abuse Work

The two Am Law 200 firms have been hired by Phillips Exeter Academy to probe sexual abuse allegations roiling the elite New Hampshire-based boarding school.
29 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Locke Lord Staffer Sentenced for Hacking Firm Computers

A former IT engineer at the firm got nine years for a cyberattack in 2011. Plus: A plaintiffs lawyer files the first of several promised law firm cybersecurity class actions.
23 minute read

National Law Journal

Morrison & Foerster Expands Government-Contracts Practice With Eight-Partner Team from Jenner

Jenner & Block waved goodbye to the bulk of its government-contracts and procurement practice this week, when eight partners in Washington and Northern Virginia announced they would join Morrison & Foerster.
28 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Big Law Alum's Charm Offensive Pays Off

In 2008, Thacher Proffitt & Wood was almost finished, and so was Jordan Harbinger's Big Law career. Luckily for Harbinger, he'd already started planning his second act.
17 minute read

International Edition

Are India's 1,200 Law Schools Enough?

The South Asian country with the world's largest lawyer population—two million—saw more than 400 new law schools open in the last three years. And yet, firms say, good law graduates are still rarities.
9 minute read

International Edition

K&L Gates Adds Two in China and Hong Kong

Corporate partner Henry Wang and disputes partner Jay Chiu arrive from Mayer Brown JSM and Goodwin Procter, respectively.
32 minute read

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