Judge Rules Against California’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
A federal judge Wednesday struck down California’s controversial Proposition 8 voter-approved ballot measure that banned same-sex unions. In his ruling,…
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Jones Day Continues California Expansion
Jones Day announced it has bolstered its California offices with a pair of lateral hires. Cynthia Cwik, formerly of Latham…
Fox Rothschild Adds Six to Tax and Estate Practice
Fox Rothschild LLP continued its program of steady expansion with the addition of six tax and estate attorneys from Hackensack-based…
Milbank Raids Latham for 5-Person Banking Team
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has added five banking and leveraged finance attorneys from Latham & Watkins. Joining the firm’s…
Hogan Lovells Enters Mongolia
Megafirm Hogan Lovells, which was created earlier this year through the merger of U.K.-based Lovells and Hogan & Hartson, is…
Practice Head Leaves Shearman & Sterling for Dechert
Dechert LLP announced Tuesday that M. Holland West, formerly the head of Shearman & Sterling’s private equity and derivatives practice,…
Kagan Confirmation Nears Final Vote
The U.S. Senate made final arguments on whether to confirm Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan Tuesday and all signs indicate…
Squire Sanders Bolsters IP Life Sciences Practice
Squire, Sander & Dempsey added to its intellectual property life sciences practice with the additions of IP litigator Gerald P.…
Former FDA Official Senger Joins Sidley Austin
Sidley Austin announced that Jeffrey M. Senger, former acting chief counsel and deputy chief counsel of the Food and Drug…
Paul Hastings Adds Nine Lawyers to Corporate Practice
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP announced that nine lawyers have joined the firm’s corporate practice in Chicago. The group…
Eugene Anderson, Founder of Anderson Kill & Olick, Dies at 82
The New York Law Journal reports Eugene R. Anderson, a founding partner of Anderson Kill & Olick, died from pneumonia…
Cozen O’Connor Adds RNC Finance Director
Robert G. Bickhart, the former finance director for the Republican National Committee, has joined Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies LLC in…