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Paul Hastings hires Latham partner in Boston to co-head new global tech transactions practice
Sarah Gagan will team up with New York-based Amir Ghavi who joined from Fried Frank earlier this month
Greeting cards giant Hallmark promotes deputy GC to legal chief role
Erin Kobler will replace Jill Marchant, who is leaving the company
Latham elects 19 counsel to partner in latest promotions round
Round follows Los Angeles giant promoting 24 associates to partner in January
Condé Nast and Guardian among group accusing Canadian AI start-up of ‘wholesale, verbatim copying’
Launch of latest Gen AI suit follows victory for Thomson Reuters in tussle with legal research outfit ROSS
Latham, BCLP advise on Tapestry’s sale of luxury shoe brand Stuart Weitzman to Caleres
In a luxury shake-up, Tapestry divests high-end shoe company for $105m in cash to focus on Coach and Kate Spade brands
Simpson Thacher builds out in Boston with hires from Cooley, Ropes & Gray
Recently launched office bolstered with two partners practising across private funds and government investigations
Online radio broadcaster SiriusXM lures ex-Airbnb CLO out of retirement as new GC
Richard Baer is replacing Patrick Donnelly, who is retiring
Legal AI start-up Luminance, backed by Slaughter and May, raises $75m
Funding round marks one of largest capital raises by pure-play legal AI company in UK and Europe
Simpson Thacher taps Willkie Farr for four-partner registered funds team
Firm cites growing client focus on retail market products as partners join across New York and DC
Macfarlanes and Linklaters lead on Ferrari Group’s €785m IPO
Italian-based luxury logistics company sells 25% of founding family shares to fund transaction
ABA challenges Trump administration’s diversity policies, foreign aid cuts and judicial attacks
US president issued executive order in January seeking to end private sector DEI initiatives
World’s largest cinema operator AMC Entertainment names interim GC
Edwin Gladbach steps up from legal VP role to replace Kevin Connor, who is retiring after 23 years with AMC
Travers Smith and Foley & Lardner among firms advising on Steve Madden’s Kurt Geiger acquisition
Steve Madden pays £289m in cash to acquire luxury UK brand Kurt Geiger from PE firm Cinven
Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue joins Twenty Essex as an arbitrator
Retired American judge took unusual step last year of correcting media reports over controversial ICJ Gaza genocide ruling
The media is dead, long live the media - law firm communications in the age of narrow media
Marketers need to embrace both old and new media as part of their comms strategies, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg
Legal sector is still unprepared for AI, IBA report highlights
The Future of Legal Services - White Paper 2024 reveals that legal professionals don’t consider AI a short-term priority
IBA denounces Trump sanctions against the International Criminal Court
IBA executive director Mark Ellis says US sanctions ‘weaken the rule of law globally’
KPMG hires Walmart chief ethics and compliance officer as GC in the US
Matt Miner fills spot left vacant by Tonya Robinson’s departure to Vanguard last year
Recently rebranded US financial data firm Octus hires GC from FactSet
Megan Jones replaces Rochelle Boas, who left in October when company was known as Reorg
Morgan Lewis secures quintet of West Coast IP partners from Knobbe Martens
US firm snaps up team with expertise in life sciences and technology space