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The Legal Intelligencer

Amid Growth, New Legal Issues, Burns White Names General Counsel

For many midsize firms, success means more complexity.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Smart Contracts' Demand Sharper Tech Skills From Lawyers, Experts Say

Lawyers who advise clients on "smart contracts" drawing on blockchain technology say some potential adopters liken them to a "magic pill" that will provide a cure to all their contract-related headaches. But as 'smart contracts' become more common in more sectors of the economy, lawyers will need to increase their technical know-how and to renew their focus on counseling clients instead of ministerial work, according to specialists in this fast-evolving field.
14 minute read

The American Lawyer

Tony Valukas Steps Down as Jenner & Block Chairman

Anton “Tony” Valukas, a longtime partner and leader of Jenner & Block, will step down as chairman at month's end. Valukas, one of The American Lawyer's Lifetime Achievers, will not be replaced in the honorary role but remain a senior partner at the Chicago-based Am Law 100 firm.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Legal Food Frenzy Plows Ahead With Another Big Donation

The Georgia Legal Food Frenzy appears a full day ahead of last year's pace, with funds raised for the Atlanta Community Food Bank reaching $36,000, or…
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Proxy Access, Environment, Political Spending Top Issues in Proxy Season: Report

The 2017 Proxy Monitor Report sponsored by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a domestic policy think tank, finds that these are the top issues to watch this 2017 proxy season.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Leech Tishman Picks Up Patent Prosecution Group From Pietragallo Gordon

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti has shed its patent prosecution group, which is relocating to Pittsburgh-based Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Levine Lee Snags Former EDNY, Conn. Prosecutor

New York litigation boutique Levine Lee has hired Tracy Lee Dayton, a former federal prosecutor in Connecticut and Brooklyn, as the firm's sixth partner.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cadwalader's ITC Chair Decamps to IP Boutique

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, a suburban Washington, D.C.-based IP firm, has hired partner Alexander Hadjis from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, which he joined in early 2014 from Morrison & Foerster. Hadjis headed Cadwalader's International Trade Commission group and co-chaired the firm's technology industry practice.
35 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In LGBT Win, Court Says Gay Couple Had Common-Law Marriage

A gay man has won legal recognition of his common-law marriage to his partner, who died two months before the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Davis Polk Hires Ex-U.S. Prosecutor from Ropes & Gray in Hong Kong

Patrick Sinclair is the latest former federal prosecutor to wind up in the Hong Kong office of a U.S. firm.
2 minute read

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