Paul Hastings in Growth Mode Ben Thomson LawFuel editor Paul Hastings have recruited a four-partner team from Baker McKenzie in a further move by the firm to boost its presence in the major markets of New York and London and further evidencing the firm’s continued growth trajectory. The group’s arrival announced by Chair Frank Lopez […]
Mayer Brown have announced that the firm’s New York finance and restructuring division has been joined by former Winston & Strawn finance specialist Blaise Latella. The firm’s media statement is below – New York, October 21, 2024 – Mayer Brown announced today that Blaise Latella has joined the firm as a partner in its Banking & Finance
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The Big Law Pay Structure Upset Albert Goodwin, LawFuel Big Law editor Big law pay structure moves have been very much in the news of late, but now a move but A&O Shearman has bucked a recent trend by big law firms towards a salaried partner tier by having a full all-equity pay model. A&O
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George Gascón’s selective compassion: Ignoring crime victims’ rights to protect his narrative Crime victims have an unassailable right to be treated with respect, dignity, and compassion. Yet, George Gascón has shown a consistent and blatant disregard for this Constitutional right since taking office. He selectively engages with victims who support his policies, dismissing those who
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The US Attorney has reported on the guilty plea from the former accounting chief at celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi’s LA law firm, Girardi Keese, who embezzled tens of millions from firm clients. The law firm has closed following Girardi’s sentencing for fraud. The US Attorney media release on the case is below – Former Accounting
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Another non-equity partnership tier is added to a big law firm as Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton make a strategic move to join other big law firms in the non-equity partnership ranks. Cleary’s adoption of a non-equity partnership tier marks a departure from its traditional single-tier structure, where all partners held an ownership stake in
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NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 14 attorneys general in filing lawsuits against the social media platform TikTok for misleading the public about the safety of its platform and harming young people’s mental health. The lawsuits, filed individually by each member of
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Latham’s New Big Law Partner List Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor Kirkland & Ellis, widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and profitable law firms in the United States, has announced the promotion of 200 attorneys to partner effective October 1, 2024, opening the doors to potential major earnings. Lathams are regarded as one
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The Boutique Law Firm Trend The growing trend for specialist lawyers to operate from a boutique legal environment continues to grow with the latest example being a group of antitrust litigators who have formed their own boutique. Elias Gutzler Spicer, the newly minted firm, brings together top talent from Constantine Cannon and Robins Kaplan, signaling
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New York, October 1, 2024 – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Joseph Glatt has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department, resident in New York. Glatt was formerly partner and general counsel for the credit arm of Apollo Global Management, a major alternative asset management firm. “Joe has
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