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Womble Bond Dickinson adds 20-strong team from Nashville firm Neal & Harwell
Incoming group includes 15 partners, the majority specialising in litigation
Latham & Watkins hires ‘formidable’ antitrust litigator from Cravath in New York
David Marriott is the latest in a series of partner hires in Latham’s antitrust practice this year
Wachtell, Latham, Arnold & Porter advise on Palo Alto Networks’ $25bn CyberArk deal
Transaction is latest cybersecurity megadeal, following Alphabet’s acquisition of Wiz earlier in the year
Quinn Emanuel launches first BigLaw arts foundation
An outgrowth of the firm’s artist-in-residence programme, the foundation supports early and mid-career artists
Cozen O’Connor hires IP litigation team for planned San Diego office
Three lawyers join from Eversheds Sutherland alongside another from Buchalter to help launch firm’s second San Diego office
Greenberg Traurig hires Gulf hospitality law veteran from Squire Patton Boggs
Elias Hayek will co-chair GT’s Middle East and European hospitality group from its offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and London
Arnold & Porter hires partner group from K&L Gates to launch in Seattle
New Seattle office will be led by partner and Western US strategic growth chair Pallavi Mehta Wahi
US patent suit filed against Skechers over its popular ‘slip-in’ sneaker line
Represented by Boies Schiller Flexner, rival footwear brand Kizik alleges infringement of its hands-free technology
US supermarket giant Kroger hires former Dinsmore managing partner as GC
George Vincent will replace Christine Wheatley, who is retiring in September
Jones Day helps Medtronic prevail against $106m patent damages verdict
US appeals court rules that rival medtech company Colibri Heart Valve could not assert infringement under doctrine of equivalents
Eversheds Sutherland launches Silicon Valley office
Transtalantic firm hires Baker McKenzie litigation partner to build out newest California office
Adtech business MiQ hires group GC from Stagwell Brand Performance amid AI push
Matt Speiser, a former Weil private equity lawyer, takes on newly created role at MiQ
Tech-led school bus operator Zum hires next GC from US robocar start-up Glydways
JoAnn Covington is replacing former Tesla and Apple laywer Lynn Miller in the GC role
Anthropic, Meta fair use rulings in AI training expose judicial split on market harms
Recent US copyright rulings on Gen AI model training disputes suggests plaintiffs may need to build stronger cases around ‘market dilution’ harms, write McKool Smith lawyers Avery Williams and Joseph Micheli
A&O Shearman New York partners exit, launch litigation boutique
David Esseks and Gene Ingoglia launch firm specialising in trials, high-stakes litigation, investigations and white-collar defence
Storytelling is key to brand differentiation – key takeaways from Luxury Law Summit London
Delegates heard from luxury luminaries like former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and celebrated designers Julien Macdonald and Karen Millen
Roblox unveils new licensing platform with Netflix and Lionsgate deals
Platform aims to streamline licensing deals between Roblox creators and major IP holders
Willkie builds in Dallas with PE partner trio from Akin, A&O Shearman
PE-focused office has doubled partner headcount since opening 14 months ago
US quantum computing business IonQ hires Quinn Emanuel partner as CLO
Paul Dacier is replacing Stacey Giamalis, who is leaving the company for new opportunities
Paul Hastings raids Latham for finance partner duo in New York
Firm hails ‘stellar reputation’ of Corey Wright, who is joining with long-time colleague Lisa Collier