Wake Up Call: Foley & Lardner Said to Mull New York Tie-Up

• Foley & Lardner is said to be talking to New York-based Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman about a tie-up that could nearly double the Milwaukee firm’s Manhattan presence. Last year Foley cut off merger talks with British firm Eversheds, which later ended up merging with Atlanta-based Sutherland Asbill & Brennanz. ( Am Law Daily )

• Kirkland & Ellis is set to announce the return of Neil Eggleston, who as White House counsel under former President Barack Obama, among other things helped in the vetting process for Obama’s ill-fated nomination of Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court. ( BLB )

• Work by former New York Mayor Rudy ...