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McGuireWoods bolsters energy coverage with partner hire from Balch & Bingham
David Martin Connelly returns to McGuireWoods in Washington after seven year hiatus
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The Authors Guild launches partnership to ensure authors in ‘driver’s seat’ in AI licensing
Collaboration with online platform Created by Humans aims to protect and monetise authors’ work in age of AI
Paul Hastings continues litigation hiring spree with addition of senior DoJ lawyer
Former assistant to the solicitor general Benjamin Sydner joins as a partner in Washington DC
Linklaters, Davis Polk lead on Rio Tinto’s $6.7bn Arcadium acquisition
Former Shearman & Sterling co-managing partner George Casey leads Linklaters team advising Rio Tinto
Linklaters recruits veteran Paul Hastings partner in Washington DC
Jospeh Profaizer to co-lead Linklaters’ international arbitration practice
Top law firms line up to advise on Richemont’s sale of Yoox Net-a-Porter to Mytheresa
Slaughters, Cravath, Bakers and Latham among firms acting on long-awaited offloading of online luxury retailer
Kirkland recruits FTC veteran in Washington DC
Stephen Mohr joins Chicago giant’s antitrust practice as a partner
White & Case hires chief innovation officer from Deloitte Legal
Isabel Parker joins US firm in new global role
Bitcoin start-up Thesis hires former Cooley lawyer as GC
Katherine Snow joins from crypto data platform Messari, where she was CLO
The race is on – UK vs US hiring markets
Higher lawyer salaries in the US are putting UK firms under pressure to compete and attract top talent amid buoyant hiring markets, writes Major Lindsey & Africa’s Nathan Peart
Verizon persuades court to throw out $847m 5G patent infringement verdict
US judge grants retrial as jury’s verdict is ‘against the great weight of the evidence’
US rail operator Amtrak promotes deputy GC to replace retiring legal chief
Byl Herrmann succeeds Eleanor Acheson, who has been in the role since 2007
Kirkland elevates 200 to partnership in latest round, with bulk of promotions in the US
Latest partner intake is down 2% on 2023’s record-breaking round
Burns & Levinson announces closure
Boston stalwart to shutter following raids from larger rivals
Jenner & Block names new co-managing partner
DC partner Ishan Bhabha to succeed Katya Jestin at the start of next year
Boies Schiller Flexner makes twin partner hire in New York and Washington
Peter Skinner returns from MoFo to co-lead investigations practice, while Andrew Smith joins from Holland & Knight
IMF appoints only second woman legal head in 80 years as deputy promoted to GC
Yan Liu will replace Rhoda Weeks-Brown, who is stepping down at the end of this month
Gibson Dunn hires Google’s chief privacy officer to expand AI practice
Keith Enright joins a growing group of former Silicon Valley executives at US firm
Freshfields to scrap ‘Bruckhaus Deringer’ in rebrand
Refreshed brand to be rolled out from October
End of the road as BMW secures victory in patent dispute over vehicle navigation tech
The automotive giant has been embroiled in a legal battle with Swiss-based Beacon Navigation for 13 years
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