Bloomberg Law
March 8, 2017, 1:05 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Ropes & Gray to Spin Off Patent Practice

• Boston-based Ropes & Gray plans to spin off about 100 lawyers and staff over the next couple of months in a major restructuring aimed at creating a new patent prosecution practice firm. Joseph Giuliano, co-head of Ropes & Gray’s IP rights management practice in New York, will head the as-yet-unnamed firm. ( Am Law Daily )

• President Donald Trump announced 26 additions to the White House Counsel team, with 15 attorneys coming from large law firms. Most of the lawyers came from Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis, four from each firm. ( BLB )

• The House is poised to pass ...

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