Wake Up Call: Big Law Dives Into Hong Kong LGBT Case

• More than a dozen large banks and law firms are backing a woman who sued after her application to reside in Hong Kong as a dependent of her same-sex partner was denied. The case is seen as a landmark LGBT rights dispute in Hong Kong and has drawn a motion to intervene from firms including Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Clifford Chance LLP, and Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. ( Bloomberg via BLB )

• Andrei Iancu, director of the Patent and Trademark Office and former managing partner of Irell & Manella LLP in Los Angeles, said ...