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Monday, October 4, 2010
Proskauer has announced the release of The New Health Care Reform Law: What Employers Need to Know (A Q&A Guide), a definitive handbook for managers on the sweeping changes brought about by the new United States health care reform law.
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Weil corporate governance partners Holly J. Gregory and Ira M. Millstein have been named among the National Association of Corporate Directors' (NACD) "2010 Directorship 100." The Directorship 100 list is comprised of leading corporate directors, CEOs, practitioners, policymakers, and regulators (including President Barack Obama, Senator Christopher Dodd,...
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Monday, October 4, 2010
J. Thomas Schieffer, a former U.S. ambassador to both Australia and Japan, has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as senior counsel, the firm announced today. Amb. Schieffer will advise clients in the global energy, trade, transportation, defense and intelligence industries.
Amb. Schieffer began his career in the Texas Legislature. Elected...
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Fish & Richardson has announced that José P. Sierra has joined the firm's Boston office as a principal in its Litigation Group. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sierra was chief compliance and ethics officer for Sepracor Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. He will work in the firm's pharmaceutical and medical device industry practices focusing on...
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Monday, October 4, 2010
In a recent decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Goodwin Procter LLP achieved a litigation victory for its client Pass & Seymour/Legrand (P&S), a leading supplier of electrical wiring devices. The Federal Circuit affirmed an ITC ruling that a number of China-based manufacturers and their U.S. distributors had...
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Gregory D. Ruback, a corporate lawyer with significant experience in leveraged finance, has joined Proskauer's New York office as a partner, further expanding the firm's global finance and transactional capabilities.
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has announced that William P. Hunt III has joined the firm's Chicago office as special counsel. As a member of the Telecommunications Practice Group, which is among the largest telecommunications practices in the United States, Mr. Hunt represents clients in regulatory and compliance proceedings, in private litigation, and in...
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Sills Cummis partner Beth S. Rose, longtime member of the firm and Product Liability Practice Group Chair, has been selected as one of Law360's "10 Most Admired Product Liability Attorneys."
Ms. Rose has served as national counsel to pharmaceutical and medical device makers in mass tort litigation, including claims related to PPA and a generic form of...
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Monday, October 4, 2010
King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today that S. Bruce Wilson will join the firm's Washington office as a senior counsel in its international trade practice, effective October 1, 2010. Mr. Wilson, who has served for the past eight years as the head legal officer of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, has...
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Epiq Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of technology solutions for the legal profession, has opened a new managed review, legal services facility located in mid-town Manhattan. Created to accommodate the growing demand for its specialized legal review services, Epiq's center was designed to facilitate knowledge transfer between review and legal...
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Jones Day has announced that Giovanna Cinelli and Kenneth Nunnenkamp have joined the Washington office as partner and of counsel in the Government Regulation Practice, strengthening Jones Day's already significant international trade, export and national security capabilities.
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Phillips Lytle LLP has earned 15 top rankings in U.S. Media Group and Best Lawyers 2010 Best Law Firms survey.The full findings of the inaugural survey, which will be featured in the October issue of U.S. News & World Report, includes 30,322 rankings of 8,782 law firms in 81 practice areas.
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Monday, October 4, 2010
In its inaugural rankings of the nation's law firms, U.S. News & World Report has rated seven Wiley Rein practices among the best in the nation and Washington, DC region. Ranked in the top tier nationally is the firm's preeminent Communications Practice, which also is recognized, together with the firm's Insurance and Intellectual Property Practices,...
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Monday, October 4, 2010
James H. Jenkins has joined Stradley Ronon as chief financial officer, responsible for all aspects of the firm's financial management, including budgeting, billing, collections and cash management. He is also responsible for maintaining the firm's banking relationships and finance-related technology.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Editor: In a Letter dated June 21 to Peter Orszag, then Director of Management and Budget at the White House, the Business Roundtable (BRT) and Business Council (BC) urged that restraints on the ability of U.S. businesses to foster growth be reduced. An attached Executive Summary and Report gave examples of issues having a dampening effect on economic...
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Monday, August 30, 2010
DataCert, Inc. has been selected as a finalist for the International Legal Technology Association's (ILTA) Technology Implementation of the Year award. DataCert's finalist status is attributed to the successful international implementation of AIMS (Advanced Invoice Management System), its legal spend management solution, for Novartis AG. The implementation...
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Kelley Drye obtained a significant victory for its clients Dynamic Currency Conversion, Inc. ("Dynamic"), Dynamic's President, David Nahor, and Mark Silverman, one of Dynamic's employees, in a lawsuit commenced by two of Dynamic's competitors. The Plaintiffs alleged that Dynamic tortiously interfered with a contract between the Plaintiffs and a third-party...
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Lowenstein Sandler has once again earned top rankings in The Best Lawyers in America ®(2011) for its Corporate Law, Environmental Law and "Bet the Company" Litigation practices. In Corporate Law, Lowenstein Sandler is first in the state for its work in Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Funds, Securities,...
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Proskauer advised its longtime client, the National Hockey League, in a successful, private arbitration proceeding that upheld the rejection of Ilya Kovalchuk's 17-year contract with the New Jersey Devils, which the league claimed flouted its salary cap rules.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Suren E. Gortsunyan will join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Moscow as a partner in the international corporate transactions practice, the firm announced today.
Mr. Gortsunyan advises both Russian and Western companies on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. His clients include...
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Jones Day advised Adani Enterprises Limited in connection with its US$850 million Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP), the largest QIP in the history of Indian capital markets. Adani Enterprises Limited is the flagship company of The Adani Group, one of India's largest conglomerates.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. is pleased to announce that Laura A. Laughlin, Daniel A. Lebersfeld and Thomas Kane have joined the Firm as Associates in the Litigation Practice Group. Ms. Laughlin and Mr. Lebersfeld are resident in the Firm's Newark office and Mr. Kane is resident in the Firm's Princeton office.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Phillips Lytle LLP has announced that Thomas E. Popek has joined the firm as an associate attorney with expertise in Intellectual Property, Corporate and International practices.
At Phillips Lytle, Mr. Popek's practice is focused on the domestic and international development, acquisition, protection, and commercialization of technology. Mr. Popek is...
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Continuing the expansion of its global footprint in energy and international arbitration, King & Spalding announced today that it has applied for government permission to open an office in Singapore to serve as the regional hub for its work in both disciplines.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Epiq Systems has launched a comprehensive European document review service to assist law firms and corporate clients with the efficient management of their e-disclosure and e-discovery processes. The European offices for the firm are based in London and Brussels.
