Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced today that M. Sean Royall, Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, will rejoin the firm as a Partner in the Washington, D.C. and Dallas, Texas offices, and as Co-Chair of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice Group. Royall returns to Gibson Dunn after more than two years […]

Chadbourne & Parke Represents Société Générale in Uzbekistan Airways Financing Deal for Two Boeing 767-300ER Wide-Body Jets Chadbourne & Parke is representing Société Générale in an airline lease-financing transaction for two Boeing 767-300ER wide-bodied aircraft and related spare parts and fees. The purchase financing of the aircraft by a special purpose leasing company based in

Hunton & William LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Atlanta office with the creation of a Lending Services Practice Group, and the continued growth of both its Corporate Technology and Labor Teams. Joining Hunton & Williams from Smith Gambrell and Russell (SGR) are partners Bruce W. Moorhead and John R. Schneider and

Solidifying its commitment to the Washington, DC community, the law firm Venable LLP has moved to a prominent new space in an historic downtown location. Venable is occupying more than 240,000 square feet at newly completed Terrell Place, located across F Street from the MCI Center. The new development consists of three connected structures: the

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP continues its leadership in the community, earning awards as one of the Best Places to Work for the Greater Triad Area, one of Atlanta’s A+ Employers and one of Triangle’s Best Places to Work. “Ensuring a positive work environment has always been a commitment of the Kilpatrick Stockton culture,” said Bill Brewster,

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Alice Fisher is rejoining Latham & Watkins as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department in Washington, D.C. after serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Department of Justice since July 2001. Fisher was responsible for managing both the Counter-Terrorism

Lawyers for people who sue the government for civil rights violations and win policy changes through out-of-court settlements have the right to claim attorney fees, according to a Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruling issued yesterday. On September 30th, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the federal appellate court for

Associate Paul Koppel has helped to secure permanent resident status under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (HRIFA) for a client whose political asylum application had been pending for more than a decade. As a teenager in Haiti, the client was a neighborhood activist and known as a supporter of Jean Bertrand Aristide, which subjected

Cummings & Lockwood, one of Connecticut’s leading law firms, announced today that the firm has decided to restructure its operations into one integrated private client and business legal practice. As part of this effort, a group of attorneys in its Hartford, Conn., office will relocate to another law firm. The restructuring plan, which terminates the

Powell Goldstein announced the launch of its Logistics Practice Group with a team of more than 26 attorneys from a variety of practice areas in both of the Firm’s Washington and Atlanta offices. “The logistics practice initiative brings to bear both industry knowledge and depth of experience in legal practice specialties which are particularly critical