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Kilpatrick Townsend Expands Asian Presence with Strategic Move into Beijing

Firm Establishes Trademark Agency to Serve Growing Client Needs ATLANTA and BEIJING (January 14, 2019) Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Kilpatrick Townsend’s Beijing office will operate as a trademark agency and will primarily support the strategic client needs of U.S. and European-based brands in the […]

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Leadership Changes At Baker + McKenzie

As Baker McKenzie’s Annual Partner meeting in Washington, D.C, concludes, the Firm announces a number of changes to its global leadership team with immediate effect. Esteban Raventos (Barcelona), Michael Santa Maria (Dallas) and Michael Wong (Taipei) join the Firm’s Executive Committee, while existing members Ai Ai Wong (Singapore), Constanze Ulmer-Eilfort (Munich) and Duane Webber (Washington,

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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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Andrew G. May Admitted to Partnership in Neal Gerber Eisenberg Litigation Practice Group

CHICAGO (January 3, 2019) – Neal Gerber Eisenberg (NGE) is pleased to announce that Andrew G. May, previously an associate of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, has been promoted to partner, effective January 1, 2019. May focuses his practice on high-stakes litigation and has substantial experience in successfully prosecuting and defending a wide variety of litigation

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Arent Fox Continues National Expansion, Merges with Boston’s Posternak

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Boston, MA – December 18, 2018 – Arent Fox LLP and Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP are pleased to announce they have reached a formal agreement to merge, effective January 1, 2019. The merger will mark Arent Fox’s first expansion into the Boston market. Founded in 1980, Posternak is a 55-lawyer Boston-based firm focusing on business transactions and complex

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Baker McKenzie Retains Top Position in Euromoney’s Real Estate Survey for 10th Consecutive Year

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has once again retained its number one position at the top of Euromoney’s annual Real Estate survey for its global legal services.  Canvassing the opinions of almost 2,500 real estate advisors, developers, financial institutions, investors and corporate end-users worldwide, the 2018 Euromoney survey aims to determine the best providers of

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Privacy & Data Security: All Roads Appear to Lead Towards Uniformity of Privacy Regulation in US Law

Privacy and data security is constantly evolving and 2018 presented no exception. Let’s take a look back at some of the highlights of this year. Cambridge Analytica (March 2018): Facebook announced that Cambridge Analytica and its parent company, SCL Group, had misappropriated data from 87 million Facebook users, mostly located in the United States. Congressional hearings

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Miami Investment CEO Used Sham Companies To Steal Money and Identities

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            Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the filing of a criminal complaint charging FABIO BRETAS DE FREITAS with commodities fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud,

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Law Firm Tie-Up Will Double DC Presence for Both

Dykema and Loss, Judge & Ward Announce Combination Detroit/Washington, D.C. – December 4, 2018 — Dykema, a leading national law firm, and Loss, Judge & Ward, LLP, a Chambers-ranked Washington, D.C., firm, today announced their strategic combination. The combination takes effect on January 1, 2019, and will double each firm’s Washington, D.C., presence. The depth and experience of Loss, Judge

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