North America

PARTNER HIRES

Paul Weiss hires partner duo from Boies Schiller to bolster litigation practice

Meredith Dearborn and Jessica Phillips join the firm amid plans for West Coast expansion
TRADE HIRES

McDermott boosts Washington DC practice with arrival of seven-strong trade disputes team

Firm seeks to enhance its offering amid US government's 'fast and furious' trade policy
LEGAL TECH

LexisNexis invites applications for firm's fifth Legal Tech Accelerator programme

Three-month programme starting in September will run in a virtual format due to Covid-19
GC HIRES

Coca-Cola hires former Ford GC as its new top lawyer

Bradley Gayton will join the soft drinks giant at the end of August, with John Mellen lined up to replace him
TEAM HIRE

Jenner & Block hires team of eight from Kilpatrick Townsend to bolster Native American law practice

Three-partner team joins as Chicago-based firm celebrates landmark Supreme Court victory for Creek Nation in Oklahoma
ARBITRATION

Information aggregator tool to offer paid-for insight into leading arbitrators

Arbitrator Intelligence looks to the open up market by publishing feedback on arbitrators
FEES AND BILLING

Alternative fees and invoice discounting on the rise as GCs seek to cut costs, study finds

Discounting rises to levels normally only seen in year end as proportion of US matters using flexible fees reaches double figures
NEW LAW

Deloitte steps up US legal push with launch of Legal Business Services arm

Big Four giant hires executives from managed legal services rivals to ramp up offering to in-house legal departments
M&A LEAGUE TABLES

Covid-19 sees US M&A activity suffer bigger decline than during financial crisis

Wachtell Lipton and Kirkland & Ellis cling on to top league table positions despite slowdown
PRIVACY

Majority of tech GCs say their firms are unprepared for new global privacy regulations, survey finds

Only 31% of GCs say their organisations are prepared for CCPA and other privacy laws

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