Wake Up Call: Moonves Hires O’Melveny Litigation Star as CBS Investigation Looms

• CBS Corp. chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves brought on some star power to represent him as the network conducts an internal investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him. Moonves hired O’Melveny & Myers litigator Daniel Petrocelli, who’s fresh off a big antitrustwinlast June for AT&T, which successfully fought off the Justice Department’s effort to shoot down its acquisition of Time Warner. ( Variety )

• Morgan Lewis reached into McDermott for a second time in a month to expand its intellectual property practice, this time getting a nine- partner patent prosecution and litigation team in Orange County, California, that will eventually also include over 40 of ...