Cooley Adds Veteran Democratic Staffer to Investigation Practice
Cooley recruited Heather Sawyer, a 13-year Democratic staffer on Capitol Hill, as special counsel to help build the firm’s new congressional investigations practice.
Sidley Austin is advising the
Kirkland & Ellis LLP can’t represent genetic testing company Invitae Corp. in its Chapter 11 case because the law firm has a significant conflict of interest, the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog said.
Two former Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. clients allegedly owe the firm more than $4 million in unpaid legal fees and interest, according to a complaint filed Tuesday.
New guidance on the use of artificial intelligence tools in the patenting process may push applicants to limit certain information and increase clients’ risk of having patents invalidated down the road, attorneys said.
A Manhattan litigation boutique and its outside funder recently scored a $101 million jury verdict against Walmart Inc. on the company’s home turf.
Cooley recruited Heather Sawyer, a 13-year Democratic staffer on Capitol Hill, as special counsel to help build the firm’s new congressional investigations practice.
Labor and employment issues will take significant bandwidth for in-house lawyers as federal agencies race to finalize rules ahead of the presidential election and states take varied approaches with new laws affecting the workplace.
Alphabet Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. are the latest big companies facing upcoming shareholder proposals asking them to grapple with how fast-moving AI technology could harm workers and the public.
David Hoffman is a University of of Pennsylvania law professor who specializes in contracts. When he looks into the future of contract disputes, he sees a world that’s been dramatically altered by the technology underpinning ChatGPT. Big Law partners might not enjoy the view.
A measure to prevent the SEC from implementing its March climate disclosure regulation cleared a House panel Wednesday along party lines.
A federal appellate court judge with a stake in Citigroup Inc. doesn’t need to recuse himself from the banking industry’s challenge to an $8 cap on credit card late fees, a federal judiciary oversight committee said.
Loeb & Loeb has added two more corporate and tax partners from Morrison Cohen in New York, bolstering the group of seven it poached from the same firm in March.
Mona Bhalla has joined Alston & Bird as a partner with the litigation and trial practice group and insurance litigation and regulation team in New York, the firm said Wednesday.
Kimberly E. Zirkle has joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as a partner in the banking and financial services practice group in the Charlotte, N.C., office, the firm said Wednesday.
Law firm partners in Big Law earn a lot of money, but just how much they make can vary widely. Whether it's equity or non-equity or merit versus lockstep, this video explains what goes into determining the size of those paychecks at elite law firms.
CPAs pressed the US audit board to scale back a proposal to meant to prevent firms from falsely marketing their registration with the regulator as an endorsement of their work.
Binance is in talks with a number of jurisdictions on the matter, Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-f087-d583-afbf-f2df141d0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Richard Teng-bsp-person> says in an interview on Bloomberg Television.
Binance Holdings Ltd. received its long-sought full crypto license in Dubai after co-founder <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-f087-d583-afbf-f2df14390000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Changpeng “CZ” Zhao-bsp-person> agreed to give up voting control in the local entity, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-f085-d583-afbf-f2dd2e020000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Nana Murugesan,-bsp-person>previously charged with leading
The world’s largest crypto exchange <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1624796D%20CH%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f0b0-d583-afbf-f2fc40a80000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Binance-bsp-bb-link> has converted the entire pool of assets held in an emergency fund for users into USDC, the stablecoin issued by US firm <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1700828D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f0b0-d583-afbf-f2fc40a80001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Circle Internet Financial-bsp-bb-link>.
Federal jurors in New York heard sharply contrasting arguments on whether a trader manipulated the Mango Markets cryptocurrency exchange to steal $110 million or executed a perfectly legal strategy that was permissible under the rules of the platform.
Get the latest legal, regulatory, and enforcement news and analysis, as well as in-depth business and industry covering in the following areas: