From Cravath Star to Paul Weiss Chair Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing writer In one of the most dramatic leadership transitions in Big Law history, Scott Barshay has been appointed Chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, effective immediately, following Brad Karp’s decision to resign as Chairman. The sudden change, announced February 4, 2026, […]
Dechert has fired the opening shot of 2026’s lateral wars, lifting a 20‑plus partner team – including a top‑ranked complex litigation and accounting defense squad – from McDermott and using it as the launchpad for new offices in Chicago, Dallas and a disputes outpost in Houston.
Dechert has brought in more than 20 lateral partners across litigation, corporate and securities, IP and employment from McDermott Will & Schulte, anchored by a preeminent U.S. complex litigation practice and a Chambers Band 1 accounting defense team.
The group is led by Chicago trial and strategy heavyweight law star Mike Poulos, formerly partner in charge of global strategy and an executive committee member at McDermott, who becomes Dechert’s vice chair and global head of strategy.
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Latham & Watkins isn’t just hiring; it’s buying headlines in the sports law arms race. On January 6, the New York office pulled off a pair of marquee additions by luring partners Matthew Eisler and Russell Hedman from Hogan Lovells to supercharge its Entertainment, Sports & Media, and M&A & Private Equity practices. These aren’t
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The Class Action That Redrew Banking’s Rules When a relatively unknown litigator forces two of the country’s most powerful banks into a nine-figure reckoning, you don’t call it luck. You call it LawFuel’s 2025 Lawyer of the Year. Scott Russell of Russell van Hout has been named LawFuel’s 2025 New Zealand Lawyer of the Year,
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Minnesota Jury Delivers $65.5 Million Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson December 19, 2025 PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million to a 37-year-old mother of three minor children after finding in her favor in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, concluding that the company’s talc products exposed her to asbestos and contributed to
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Jennifer Newstead’s Big Meta to Apple Move Meta’s chief legal officer Jennifer Newstead is exiting Menlo Park and heading to Cupertino, where she will join Apple in January as senior vice president and take over as general counsel on 1 March 2026, replacing longtime GC Kate Adams, who is retiring. In a single move, Apple
LawFuel Premiers The Legal Stars Behind The Netflix Mega-Deal Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing writer Hollywood finally did what everyone feared it might do and handed the keys to the Warner Bros kingdom to the world’s rrichest and determined binge machine, Netflix in an $82.7 billion deal that has involved platoons of lawyers. The deal is
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Trump’s Media Law Hit Man Alejandro “Alex” Brito has emerged as one of the most signifcant litigators in America right now due to his track record of representing President Donald Trump in his fight against media outlets like – most recently – the defamation claim against the BBC. The Miami-born trial lawyer, once known primarily
