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Daily Business Review

GrayRobinson Adds Miami Commissioner Suarez, Seven Lobbyists

Miami City Commissioner Francis Suarez is joining GrayRobinson's Miami office as seven Tallahassee lobbyists join the Orlando-based law firm.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lanny Davis Launches New Firm With Orrick, Patton Boggs Alums

The lawyer, spinmaster and longtime Clinton ally has a new law firm, Davis Goldberg & Galper, and a new public relations shop to go with it.
4 minute read

Law.com

Big Law Alums Seek to Grow Tech Startup Scene in New York

New York City's efforts to grow as an East Coast technology hub are being helped by Tech:NYC, a new nonprofit headed by a former Loeb & Loeb and Dentons lawyer that has two Am Law 100 alums on its board. Gunderson Dettmer is also involved with the organization.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

In-House Counsel Profile: Amy Hancock

Amy Hancock is general counsel of the American Beverage Associ­ation, the trade group of the non­alcoholic beverage industry. The group represents the interests of soft-drink companies, bottled-water producers and makers of energy and sports drinks and teas.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Former Rendell Chief of Staff Charged in FBI Probe

John Estey, an ex-chief of staff to former Gov. Ed Rendell and former Ballard Spahr partner, has been charged with using a lobbying firm as a pass-through for campaign donations to state politicians, the result of an undercover FBI investigation into lobbying of the Pennsylvania legislature.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Presidential Transition Is Sooner Than We Think

New presidential transition rules mean that the vetting of hopeful presidential appointees will start sooner than ever before. Are the campaigns, and the prospective appointees, ready?
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Orrick Partners With Pro-Pot Nonprofit Group

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has launched a project with the Americans for Safe Access Foundation—a national cannabis advocacy group—to provide pro bono support to medical marijuana patients.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Dickstein Shapiro State Attorneys General Lawyer Didn't Breach Ethics Rules | John McKay Returns to Private Practice

An ethics commission finds a resolution in its investigation of the Dickstein Shapiro-turned-Cozen O'Connor state attorneys general practice, and big-name turnover materializes at K&L Gates, Davis Wright Tremaine, the Sacramento U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia bench. This is a round-up of legal industry news from ALM and other outlets.
14 minute read

The American Lawyer

Blazing Billables: State Laws Expand Pro-Pot Legal Work

To mark 420, the unofficial holiday for marijuana enthusiasts worldwide, The Am Law Daily spoke with some of the go-to Am Law 200 lawyers in the legal weed field.
27 minute read

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