LONDON and WASHINGTON, D.C., 27 April 2015 – Hogan Lovells has elected new partners to its Board. Ruth Grant takes on the role of London representative, Craig Hoover has been re-elected to one of the “at large” seats, and Cate Stetson has been elected as the representative for the Washington, D.C. area. Grant replaces Emily
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi warns Floridians to be aware of charity scams in the wake of Nepal’s destructive earthquake. On April 25, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Nepal devastating the region and killing more than 5,000 people. Relief efforts are underway to assist victims of this tragedy. Some of these emergent relief charities could
Dan Harris – The China Law Blog – Way back in 2006, I wrote about fake China law firms in China Where Even The “Law Firms” Are Fake. In that post I talked about fake Chinese lawyers taking money from American companies for trademark registrations: There are those who take money to file trademarks in
Jennifer Jaff, a Connecticut lawyer who suffered from Crohn’s disease became a significant voice representing those with chronic diseases. She died aged 55. When her illness meant that she could no longer work in her law practice, she founded and became director of Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness in 2005. In her practice, she
Latham & Watkins has moved into Number 1 position for top grossing law firms according to a report from the American Lawyer, generating $2.6 billion in revenues. The revenue increase is 14 percent more than the previous year. AmLaw’s rankings look at financial metrics including revenues and profits per partner and it moves Lathams into
Bankruptcy law, as you might expect post-GFC and a few other crises along the way, is big business. And one of the biggest – if not the biggest – attorney handling bankruptcy law is Weil Gotshal partner Harvey Miller. Mr Miller, 82, died recently after acting for such notable bankrupts as Lehman Brothers Holdings. “Harvey
Xerox-xls.com – In February, the White House appointed DJ Patil as the first “chief data scientist” in U.S. history in order to address the challenges of Big Data, who will be tasked with trying to use that data to create efficiencies, promote innovation and unlock economic potential. Businesses face a similar situation in dealing with
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Hong Kong, 28 April 2015 – LawFuel.com – Mayer Brown JSM today announced that Thomas Kollar has joined as a partner in the Corporate & Securities practice group in Hong Kong. “Tom is a great technical lawyer with a wealth of experience in regional cross-border capital markets matters,” said Jason T. Elder, Mayer Brown
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– Sullivan & Cromwell represented Baker Bros. Advisors, LLC (U.S.) in connection with their funds role as lead investor, along with several co-investors, in the purchase of a newly authorized class of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Shares of BeiGene, Ltd. (China), collectively representing 23.55% of BeiGene’s total capital shares on a fully diluted basis, for
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— LawFuel.com – Attorney General Pam Bondi today filed a complaint against the Obama administration in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida challenging the federal government’s attempt to coerce Florida into expanding Medicaid by withholding Low Income Pool healthcare funding. The complaint was filed on behalf of Governor Rick
