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Orthopedics Co. Recruits Stryker Atty As CLO After Probe
Orthofix Medical Inc. has hired a longtime in-house lawyer from Stryker Corp. to be its next chief legal officer, about seven months after the spine and orthopedics company ousted its top attorney and two other executives following an investigation into "repeated inappropriate and offensive conduct."
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Arbitrator Ken Feinberg Doesn't Shy From Litigation Funders
Well-known arbitrator Kenneth Feinberg, speaking at a conference on Monday, said that he doesn't automatically wrinkle his nose when he hears that a litigation funder is part of a complex legal matter that he is attempting to find a resolution to.
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Maynard Nexsen Boosts IP And Insurance Teams With Hires
Maynard Nexsen PC has added an intellectual property shareholder in Nashville and an insurance shareholder and counsel in Austin, Texas, the firm said last week.
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Orrick Adds Kramer Levin Life Sciences Head In NY
The former head of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's life sciences practice has jumped to the intellectual property litigation team at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in New York, Orrick said Monday.
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Haynes Boone Expands In Texas With New San Antonio Digs
Haynes and Boone LLP said Monday that it has relocated its San Antonio office to a larger, newly designed space in the same building.
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Insiders See Litigation Funding's Appeal Overcoming Its Risks
With higher interest rates and fights over disclosure rules on the horizon, the litigation finance industry is in a tenuous place, but it's not slowing down, a series of experts said at the International Legal Finance Association 2024 Conference on Monday.
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Microsoft, Walmart CLOs Recognized For Integrity, Creativity
The legal chiefs at Microsoft and Walmart are among about a dozen leading corporate lawyers who soon will be recognized at the Burton Awards as "Legends in Law" for their track records of addressing complex matters and creativity in solving challenges.
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Simpson Thacher Corporate Pro Rejoins Weil In Houston
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Monday that it has welcomed back an infrastructure lawyer who has rejoined the firm in Houston after six years with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
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V&E Gains Finance Specialist In Houston From White & Case
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that it has fortified its finance practice with an energy savvy partner in Houston who came aboard from White & Case LLP.
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Squire Patton Names Global Litigation Practice Co-Chair
Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Monday that partner Scott A. Kane, who previously managed its Cincinnati office, has been appointed a co-chair of the firm's global litigation practice.
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Berry Appleman Faces Disability Bias Suit By Ex-Tech Lead
Global immigration law firm Berry Appleman & Leiden is facing a disability discrimination suit filed Friday in Texas federal court by its former software tech lead, who says the firm set him up to fail when he sought reasonable accommodations for a coding project due to side effects from his medication.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after an Illinois federal jury found that Amazon owes $525 million in damages for infringing three patents covering cloud data storage technology.
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Nelson Mullins Lands Spencer Fane, K&L Gates Litigators
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has added two new partners to its litigation practice from K&L Gates LLP and Spencer Fane LLP, one who practices franchise and distribution law and the other who handles healthcare enforcement matters.
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Ex-Comerica, Exxon Atty Joins W&T Offshore's Board
W&T Offshore Inc. announced that an experienced in-house attorney who has served in general counsel roles with companies such as ExxonMobil and Comerica Bank has been appointed to its recently expanded board of directors.
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Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Hagens Berman being named interim lead counsel of a rent price-fixing proposed class action and Seward & Kissel's work on a finance industry acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from March 29 to April 12.
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White & Case Blazes With Series Of M&A Lateral Hires
White & Case LLP in recent months has become a virtual magnet for attracting top-notch laterals working in mergers and acquisitions, with the firm aggressively moving to hire partners in one of the legal industry's most competitive and elite job markets.
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Mary Kay CLO Goes To Private Practice At Lynn Pinker
The longtime top attorney for Mary Kay Inc. has returned to private practice at trial litigation firm Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann LLP in Dallas after more than two decades in-house, in what she calls a full circle moment bringing her back to her roots.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Law360 Pulse covered the biggest legal news this week, including new reports on law firm attrition, gender parity in law firms' real estate practice groups, and first quarter law firm combinations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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American Airlines' Chief Legal Officer Earned $7.7M In 2023
The chief legal officer of American Airlines earned a total of $7.7 million in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CFPB Says Credit Card Shares Disqualifying In 5th Circ. Case
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sparred Thursday with a coalition of trade groups over recusal standards in their Fifth Circuit lawsuit challenging the agency's new $8 credit card late fee rule, arguing that a judge's ownership of stock in a major card-issuing bank ought to be disqualifying in itself.
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Longtime Hogan Lovells Transport Head Joins Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has hired the former head of Hogan Lovells' transportation practice as a Washington, D.C.-based partner and co-leader of its global automotive and mobility practice.
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Law Firms Slowed Pace Of Hiring In First Quarter Of 2024
Despite a modest recovery in the latter half of last year, law firm lateral recruitment tapered off once again in the first quarter of 2024, with the hiring of associate candidates dropping the most during that period, according to Firm Prospects LLC.
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Houston Atty Beats Real Estate Deal Malpractice Suit
In a split decision Thursday, a Houston attorney accused of malpractice was handed a win by the majority of a three-justice Lone Star State appellate panel that cleared her of negligence in connection with a 2014 contract inked between the owner of a property management company and a pair of apartment complex investors, finding that she obtained no "improper benefit" from representing both sides.
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Spencer Fane Expands In Dallas With Pair Of Real Estate Pros
Spencer Fane LLP has added two new real estate partners to its Dallas office, including a former in-house general counsel at a marina company and a former Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP attorney.
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Dems Introduce Bill To Codify Policy Barring Judge Shopping
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., along with 37 other Democratic and two independent senators, introduced legislation on Wednesday to codify the new Judicial Conference of the United States policy against judge shopping after pushback from Republicans and a Texas court.