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Sterlington Boosts Aviation Group With Ex-Mintz Member
Sterlington PLLC has added a first-chair litigator in commercial, partnership, private aviation and intellectual property disputes from Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC as a partner in New York.
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Hinshaw Brings On Ex-JPMorgan Counsel From Ballard Spahr
A Ballard Spahr LLP attorney and former in-house counsel for JPMorgan Chase & Co. has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as a partner in the firm's consumer financial services practice group in New York, where he will advise banks, lenders and fintechs on state and federal regulations, compliance matters and litigation.
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Steptoe Elevates 12 Attys In Firm's Largest Promotion Class
Steptoe LLP announced that it has promoted 12 attorneys to partner or of counsel, highlighted by five promotions coming from the summer associate class of 2015, in what it said is the largest class in the firm's history.
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Cleary Hires Milbank Atty For Capital Markets Team
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced the addition of a former Milbank LLP transactional attorney to its New York office on Wednesday, saying she will be an asset for its capital markets clients.
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Simpson Thacher Outpaces Last Year With 2025 Partner Class
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP unveiled its 44 partner promotions for 2025 on Tuesday, touting a class of 12 more attorneys than last year.
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Weil Litigation Leaders Jump To Paul Weiss In NY
The co-chair of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's global litigation department and the co-head of Weil's patent litigation practice will soon be joining Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, the latter firm announced Wednesday.
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Trump Wants 'Immediate Dismissal' Of NY Hush Money Case
President-elect Donald Trump's legal team told the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial that his conviction should be thrown out due to his "overwhelming victory" at the polls, according to a filing released Wednesday.
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BigLaw Begins Matching Milbank On Associate Bonuses
Following the news Tuesday that Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP will pay associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those handed out by Milbank LLP this year, the firms' peers have begun to respond, with swift matches Wednesday by Paul Hastings LLP and McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
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Cravath Matches Milbank On 2024 Associate Bonuses
Longtime legal compensation leader Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has reportedly announced year-end and special bonuses for its associates in line with those offered by peer law firm Milbank LLP over the summer and earlier this month.
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Personal Injury Atty Buzbee Accused Of Assault, Malpractice
Tony Buzbee, a high-profile Texas personal injury lawyer known for representing women who have accused Sean "Diddy" Combs and Deshaun Watson of sexual abuse, was hit with a legal malpractice suit in New York state court Tuesday alleging that he assaulted a client seeking a divorce and deprived her of millions of dollars in settlement funds.
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Gunnercooke Adds Life Sciences, Immigration Partners In NY
U.K.-based law firm Gunnercooke LLP announced the hiring of its fifth and sixth lateral partners in the U.S., bringing aboard both a life sciences and an immigration partner to its New York office.
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NY Judge Rejects Ozy Media CEO's DQ Bid Over Investments
U.S. District Judge Eric R. Komitee of New York's Eastern District on Tuesday refused to step aside from former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson's fraud and identity theft case, slamming as meritless Watson's effort to undo his convictions over the judge's financial investments.
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McGuireWoods Lands Health Ace, Former GC From Akin In NY
A veteran healthcare and life sciences attorney who previously served as general counsel at pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Daiichi Sankyo has made the move from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to McGuireWoods LLP.
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Law Firms Set To Close Out 2024 With Near-Record Billing
Amid high demand, billing rates at U.S. law firms were up 9% during the first nine months of 2024 compared to this time last year, revealing the industry is on track to see strong year-end financial results, according to survey results released Tuesday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.
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Crowell & Moring's NY Antitrust Head Joins King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP has hired the former leader of Crowell & Moring LLP's New York antitrust practice, saying Tuesday that he will strengthen the firm's business litigation bench.
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Poll Workers Fight Giuliani Attys' Bid To Exit Collection Cases
Two of Rudy Giuliani's attorneys doubled down Tuesday on their attempt to withdraw as counsel in the $148 million defamation case against him, saying in a redacted letter that the two Georgia poll workers hoping to stop their withdrawal are unaware of the facts that led up to the request.
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Tarter Krinsky Adds CRE Transaction Atty
An attorney with experience across the spectrum of commercial real estate transactions has joined Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP's real estate practice from Riley Riper Hollin & Colagreco PC, the firm announced.
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Longtime White & Case Structured Finance Atty Joins Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP announced that a longtime White & Case LLP structured finance attorney joined the firm's New York office as a partner, which the firm said helps address increased demand from clients in the private equity and credit spaces.
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DA Says Trump Sentencing Could Be Delayed Until 2029
Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday suggested that President-elect Donald Trump's criminal sentencing could be delayed until after he serves out his next term, but urged a judge not to throw out his conviction over an alleged hush money scheme.
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Diddy Calls DOJ's Possession Of His Notes 'Outrageous'
Sean "Diddy" Combs said Monday that federal prosecutors are in possession of privileged attorney-client materials, including his own written notes, which they're "actively" using to detain him ahead of his trial, a move the hip-hop mogul called "outrageous government conduct."
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Menendez Calls Trial Evidence Flub 'Deeply Troubling'
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez raised red flags Monday about "deeply troubling" recent revelations that Manhattan federal jurors accidentally received unredacted text messages before convicting him of bribery, slamming prosecutors for trying to brush aside the significance of this evidence.
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Blackstone Funds Name New CLO Amid Leadership Shift
The chief executive officer and chief legal officer for three Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC funds, have stepped down from their posts, with new executives named from within the company to replace them immediately.
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In-House Female Attys Say They Prefer Work Culture, Balance
In a first-of-its-kind survey by the National Association of Women Lawyers, in-house female attorneys report finding their work-life balance, work substance and workplace culture superior to that of law firms.
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Why AI May Be The Secret Weapon For Starting A Law Firm
The secret ingredient to opening a solo practice or small firm might be artificial intelligence, Chris Stock, a vice president at legal tech company Clio, said at the New York City Bar's Small Law Symposium last week.
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Ozy Media CEO Turns To 2nd Circ. Over Judge's Investments
The "atypical" conflict and threat to public confidence in the judiciary created by a New York federal judge's financial investments warrant the Second Circuit stepping in to undo former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson's fraud and identity theft convictions sooner rather than later, Watson told the appellate court on Monday.