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Another Meredith Connell Exit As Jacob Barry Joins Boutique Litigation Bench

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Jacob Barry is the latest senior litigator to depart Meredith Connell, adding further weight to the ongoing questions around the Crown Solicitor firm’s ability to retain top-tier talent, or whether the move signals a strategic slimming of the firm. Now joining Lindsay Francis & Mangan’s Auckland office as a partner, Barry brings a well-established reputation

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Akin Gump Strengthens Global Creditor-Side Franchise with Addition of Market-Leading London Restructuring Team; Neil Devaney Named Head of London Financial Restructuring

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(London) — Akin announced today that Neil Devaney, Lois Deasey and Matt Benson—all of whom previously practiced at Akin—have re-joined the firm as partners in London. The team, who have worked together for over a decade advising the world’s most sophisticated credit investors on complex cross-border restructurings and capital solutions, brings next-generation leadership and depth of experience

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Norton Rose Fulbright welcomes back employee benefits partner in Houston

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Matthew Grunert’s addition reflects the firm’s continued investment in its growing corporate platform Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Matthew Grunert has rejoined its employee benefits and executive compensation practice, enhancing the firm’s ability to support clients on all aspects of complex transactions. Based in Houston, Matt previously practiced with the firm as an associate

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The OpenAI Defense: Inside the Wachtell Trial Team That Just Beat Elon Musk

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While Elon Musk’s legal team tried to transform a federal courtroom in Oakland, California into an existential debate about the fate of human civilization and a “stolen charity,” Sam Altman’s defenders quietly built a procedural guillotine.

A unanimous nine-member federal advisory jury took less than two hours to reject all of Musk’s claims against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, and President Greg Brockman, which presumably was both surprising and disappointing for the multi-billionaire.

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers immediately adopted the verdict from the bench, dismissing the case in full. The same statute-of-limitations finding wiped out Musk’s aiding-and-abetting claim against Microsoft, an early backer of OpenAI’s for-profit arm.

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How Ohio’s 51 Percent Bar Could Wipe Out Your Car Accident Claim

Article source: Joseph Law Group Image generated by Gemini Traffic fatalities in Ohio rose 26 percent in the decade before 2023 and show no signs of slowing. A six percent increase in fatal crashes across Mahoning, Columbiana, and Trumbull counties highlights growing regional danger. Each highway trip is a gamble. What often catches most injury

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LawDragon Guide to 100 Leading Immigration Lawyers

LawDragon has released its guide recognizing 100 leading U.S. immigration lawyers, spanning corporate/global mobility work for multinationals, EB-5 investor visas, family-based immigration, deportation defense, compliance (I-9/E-Verify), and broader advocacy/litigation. The list draws from journalistic research, peer nominations, and vetting. It builds on LawDragon’s coverage of immigration since 2007, with an emphasis on both business needs

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Morrison Foerster Add Digital Infrastructure Lawyers

Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Andrew Mina and Justin Mirabal as partners in the Transactions Department, with industry focus on Energy and Data Centers + Digital Infrastructure. Mina and Mirabal collectively bring over 25 years of public and private sector energy regulatory and energy transactions experience to the firm, alongside a

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What Sets Mark Casto Apart in Personal Injury Law

Article source – Mark Castro Personal injury lawsuits are truly personal. After a serious accident or wrongful death case, families can find themselves facing medical expenses, lost wages, and emotional trauma simultaneously. At such times, a person’s need goes beyond legal documents. What they want is someone who can fight and someone who can listen.

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NZ Law News – Bar Association warns of growing risks to rule of law 

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The New Zealand Bar Association | Ngā Ahorangi Motuhake o te Ture is urging the Government to  reconsider proposed legislation by taking a broader view of long-term effects of making such  retrospective laws.   >> NZ Law Jobs here The Government has said that it intends to introduce legislation to prevent the courts from deciding  claims

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Sixteen Partners Join Debevoise & Plimpton Partnership

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Megan Arrogante, Fatema Al-Arayedh, Tom Berry, Konstantin Bureiko, Jake Grandison, Anne-Mette Heemsoth, Samuel Krawiecz, Matthew Parelman, Felix Paterson, Anne-Lise Quach, Aseel Rabie, Sergio Torres, Dominique Trudelle, Wendy Widman, Chen Xu and Guang Yang will become partners of the firm, effective July 1. Fatema Al-Arayedh is based in the London office and a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group. Her practice focuses on advising private fund sponsors on

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