Seyfarth Adds Partner Delaney to Corporate Department in Atlanta
Michael Delaney has joined Seyfarth Shaw as a partner in the corporate department in Atlanta, the firm said Wednesday.
Baker McKenzie is picking up a 17-lawyer corporate group from Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles, the latest move to expand its deals roster.
The White House plans to nominate April Perry to a US district court seat in Chicago after her selection as the first female federal chief prosecutor in the city stalled in the Senate.
A former Dykema Gossett PLLC administrative assistant failed to show the law firm fired her because of her age or her internal discrimination complaint, a federal appellate court said Tuesday.
A derivatives attorney for Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP filed a lawsuit against Unum Group subsidiaries, saying he was wrongly denied $50,000 in monthly disability benefits on account of Covid-related ailments.
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Michael Delaney has joined Seyfarth Shaw as a partner in the corporate department in Atlanta, the firm said Wednesday.
Andrew J. Merken has joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in the Boston office, the firm said Wednesday.
For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden plans to sign it Wednesday — beginning a 270-day countdown for a sale or a US prohibition of the popular video-sharing platform.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court pulled the license of a lawyer who threatened to sue his client’s relatives if the woman wouldn’t give up her attorney-client privilege so the attorney could use the material in a tell-all book about a murder trial.
Stephanie Marcantonio has joined Sheppard Mullin as a healthcare partner in the New York office, the firm said Wednesday.
The White House plans to nominate April Perry to a US district court seat in Chicago after her selection as the first female federal chief prosecutor in the city stalled in the Senate.
Kwan-Ho Chung has joined Sheppard Mullin as a partner in the intellectual property practice group and life sciences industry team in Washington, D.C., 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.
Columnist David Lat explains the controversy behind universal injunctions and their impact on public policy and judicial power.
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