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New York Law Journal

Headhunting Firm Seeks to Boost Claims Against Simpson Thacher

Boston Executive Search Associates said Simpson Thacher & Bartlett not only failed to pay a percentage of a recruited partner's expected $3.75 million first-year pay, but also a portion of the partner's $1 million signing bonus.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cadwalader Adds Simpson Thacher Financial Services Pro in New York

Mark Chorazak served as lead regulatory counsel on some of the largest bank mergers in the wake of the financial crisis.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Antitrust Shuffle; Bauer Moves On; Gibson Dunn Raids Kirkland

In this week's Washington Wrap: Keeping up with antitrust moves and other partners playing musical chairs in the capital. Plus, find out where Bob Bauer disagrees with Bob Mueller when it comes to the Russia investigation.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Should Law Firms Embrace Artificial Intelligence and R&D Labs?

There is a puzzle in the legal business. Our economic landscape is filling up with innovative organizations who have embraced the convergence of technology and business to meet new market demands, yet the legal market remains conservative.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Expresses Support for New Law Clerk Hiring Plan

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke favorably of the plan last week during a meeting of the Federal Judges Association in Washington. Justice Elena Kagan said she supports the two-year pilot plan and will "take into account" in her own hiring whether judges and law schools comply with it.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Arnold & Porter Brings Back Former International Arbitration Pro

Maria Chedid, chair of the California arbitration practice at Baker McKenzie, has returned to her former home in San Francisco, where she had previously established and led a West Coast international arbitration practice.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Tosses Ex-Big Law Attorneys' Fraud Suit Against Boutique

Attorneys Brian Brook and Matthew Peed had alleged a host of claims against 10-attorney Simon & Partners and its founder, Bradley Simon.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Mayer Brown Hires M&A Team From White & Case in Mexico

Mayer Brown has welcomed aboard a three-lawyer team in Mexico City led by partner Raúl Fernández-Briseño and two associates. Fernández-Briseño will serve as his new firm's head of local M&A.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Initiative Aims for 100 Black GCs at Top Companies by 2025

The long-term goal is to increase the number of black in-house legal leaders in both public and private large companies.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Simple but Important Role in Diversity for Big Law

Sitting in a diversity and inclusion orientation session when I joined my firm as a first-year associate in the fall of 2014, I quickly became reacquainted with the low numbers and low retention rates of diverse associates at big law firms generally, statistics I was only previously aware of in the abstract.
6 minute read

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