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New Foley & Lardner Partners

Boston, MA Shabbi S. Khan: Intellectual Property, Boston, MA             Paul Meng Hoe Pua: Intellectual Property, Boston, MA    Chicago, IL Jonathan W. Garlough: Litigation, Chicago, IL       Shiva K. Sandill: Business Law, Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Gjina Lucaj: Business Law, Detroit, MI     Robert Nederhood: Business Law, Detroit, MI Los Angeles, CA Anil Shankar: Business Law, Los Angeles, […]

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Perkins Coie Announces 2019 Senior Counsel Promotions

SEATTLE, Wash. (January 2, 2019) – Perkins Coie has announced that four attorneys have been promoted to Senior Counsel, effective January 1, 2019. Senior Counsel have at least eight years of experience, are recognized for delivering high-quality legal work, and have the ability to supervise junior lawyers and staff and collaborate with partners on the development

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How To Transfer a Trust Book: A 12-Point Guide For Lawyers

John McFetridge, GM Personal Client Services, Perpetual Guardian Whether for succession planning, risk mitigation or other reasons, swelling numbers of professional services providers – chiefly lawyers and accountants – are seeking to divest themselves of their trusteeships and trust books generally. Building a number of trusts and trusteeships might have been decades in the making

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CyberAttacks – Ransomware Suspected at Several Major News Organizations and Hackers Threaten to Release 9/11 Insurance and Litigation Files

Robinson + Cole – Late last week, several major news organizations were hit with a ransomware attack believed to involve Ryuk ransomware that affected several Tribune newspapers around the country and two newspapers formerly owned by Tribune. Ransomware cyber-attacks typically attempt to disable systems and infrastructure and block access until ransom is paid as opposed

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Three New Partners At Cravaths

Three new partners have been elected from Cravath’s associate ranks. They are: Lauren Roberta Kennedy (J.D., Columbia Law School; B.A., Georgetown University), (pictured) Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea (J.D., Columbia Law School; A.B., Brown University) and Allison M. Wein (J.D., Northwestern University School of Law; B.A., University of Pennsylvania). Ms. Kennedy is a member of Cravath’s Litigation Department, where she

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Sullivan & Worcester Promotes Two to Partner

Boston, MA (January 3, 2019) – Sullivan & Worcester announced today that two associates, Maura C. Carney and Eric D. Simanek, have been promoted to partner. “Maura and Eric are dedicated to providing clients with the high level of service and critical thinking that are S&W hallmarks. It gives me great pleasure to introduce these two outstanding lawyers as

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Seven Elected to Lowenstein Sandler Partnership Among 2019 Promotions

Lowenstein Sandler is proud to announce that seven lawyers have been elected to the partnership in 2019: Lesley P. Adamo, Dmitry Andreev,Marc S. Kurzweil, James B. O’Grady, Eileen Overbaugh, Peter Slocum, and Julie Levinson Werner. These promotions represent the largest group of lawyers promoted to partner in the firm’s history and reflect Lowenstein’s accelerating growth in our key sectors and practices.

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Basketball Coach Used His Position to Enrich Himself US Attorney Says

Bland, a Former University of Southern California Men’s Basketball Coach, Pled Guilty to Accepting a Cash Bribe in Return for Steering College Players on His Team to Corrupt Financial Advisers Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY BLAND, a/k/a “Tony,” a former men’s basketball

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Perkins Coie’s 2019 Partner Class – 27 Counsel & Senior Counsel Promoted

SEATTLE, Wash. (January 2, 2019) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that 27 counsel and senior counsel have been promoted to partner. The new partner class of 2019 includes: Sunita Bali (San Francisco) Pam Berkowitz (Chicago) Emily Bushaw (Seattle) Elvira Castillo (Seattle) Harvey Chen (Palo Alto) Ulrike Connelly (Seattle) Bradley Cosman (Phoenix) Chelsea Curfman (Denver)

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