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Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A Major Defense Win in Insider Trading Case

In one of the first cases to go to trial since the Supreme Court lowered the bar for prosecutors in insider trading cases, this team from Goodwin Procter handed the feds a big defeat.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Wiley Rein Associate, 'Ivy,' No Stranger to NFL's Super Bowl

Colin Cloherty, an ex-NFL tight end who once made it to the Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts before concluding his pro football career a few years later with the now big game-bound Atlanta Falcons, is embarking on a new journey. Cloherty spoke with The American Lawyer about his new role as a first-year Big Law associate.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ballard Spahr Snags Securities Litigator From Morgan Lewis

The firm added Philadelphia litigator Timothy Katsiff as a partner in its Philadelphia office.
26 minute read

The American Lawyer

Chicago Litigation Funder Adds Nixon Peabody Practice Leader

Longford Capital Management LP has hired Russell Genet, national head of the IP group at Nixon Peabody in Chicago, as a director. Genet helped Nixon Peabody open its Windy City office a decade ago.
40 minute read

The American Lawyer

Covington Bags Brinkmann to Bolster Appellate Expertise

Beth Brinkmann, a deputy assistant attorney general for the past eight years who headed the civil division's appellate staff at the U.S. Department of Justice, has chosen Covington & Burling for her post-Obama administration landing.
22 minute read

The American Lawyer

Stinson Snags Former Wilkinson Walsh Managing Partner

Eric Liebeler, a former Kirkland & Ellis partner who left his role last year as administrative head of high-powered litigator Beth Wilkinson's new firm, has joined Stinson Leonard Street as a partner in Washington, D.C.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Picking a Jury in NJ: A Guide to Garden State Voir Dire

A discussion of the current status of voir dire in New Jersey and some strategies for conducting jury selection.
17 minute read

National Law Journal

Big Law Joins Opposition To Trump's Refugee Ban

Steven Schulman, the head of pro bono at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, described how the corporate defense bar pitched in to represent immigrants stuck at airports over the weekend, and the next steps for the legal community's involvement.
23 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: An Exceptional Carve-Out in VW Litigation

Arent Fox partner Russell McRory got a big win when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reinstated a case he brought against Volkswagen, but a bigger problem was about to wipe out his victory.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Courtrooms and Hearing Rooms of the Future: Five Key Technological Trends for 2017

Meaningful technological innovation in legal proceedings is finally beginning to emerge and could make a big impact as early as this year.
8 minute read

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