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National Law Journal

Amid Law Firm Merger Frenzy, Former Leaders of Wilmer and Hale Offer Insights

"The fact that we brought all these people into the loop in October and it never leaked until we made it public on May 31 said to me that it was going to work," said Bill Lee.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Alston, Eversheds, Dentons and Bracewell Bring on DC Partner Hires

Law firms invested in their cyber, energy, policy resolution, health care and real estate practices with lateral hires.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Boutique Combines With New York Law Firm to Create 'Powerhouse' Tax Practice

"We weren't shopping the firm, we weren't hunting for a merger. This was just a natural, organic discussion about how well we worked together," Todd Welty said about creating a 40-lawyer firm.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Amid Growing Battle for Talent, 3 DC and Virginia Firms Increased Their Equity Partner Pay Spreads

Six other Am Law 200 firms across Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia either kept these spreads at the same level between 2022 and 2023 or decreased the spread.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Quinn Emanuel, Paul Weiss Stock Up on Antitrust Talent in DC

Former FTC general counsel Kevin Arquit joined Quinn Emanuel from meat processing giant JBS, while former DOJ trial attorney Chris Wilson came to Paul Weiss from Gibson Dunn.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Senators Refuse to Advance Judicial Nominees Post-Trump Conviction

"It is difficult to understand what they're doing," said a law school professor who studies federal judicial appointments. "It has nothing to do with the merits of the nominees."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Finds Popular DC Restaurant Infringed 'Gypsy' Mural Photo

Southern Proper Hospitality Group (SPHG) and managing partner Chris Hadermann "exceeded the scope of the license with all their uses relating to Gypsy Kitchen's D.C. location," Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia wrote in a memorandum opinion.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

The Biden Administration Is Taking Antitrust Seriously. These Law Firms Are Defending Its Biggest Targets

"These are the cases that firms dream about, where they can throw an incredible amount of resources at it, because the stakes are so incredibly high," said law firm recruiter Jeffrey Lowe.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Union Publication Can't Cite Free Speech Right in Rejecting Campaign Ad, Split DC Circuit Panel Rules

A postal worker's request to publish campaign materials in multiple editions of the Postal Record as a candidate for president of the NALC labor union is supported by Section 401(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found in a 2-1 decision reversing a lower court ruling.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

White & Case Recruits DOJ KleptoCapture Task Force Official

David Lim was the co-director of the task force dedicated to enforcing sanctions, export restrictions and economic countermeasures implemented in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
3 minute read

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