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US coal mining business Alpha rehires former CLO to head legal team
Mark Manno rejoins as general counsel, replacing Roger Nicholson who is exiting the company at the end of this month
Womble Bond Dickinson names successor to US chair and CEO Temple
Finance partner Merrick Benn to take over from veteran leader Betty Temple at the start of next year
Cahill adds lawyer trio from crypto boutique, launches Delaware office
Wall Street firm hires team including prominent crypto partner Lewis Rinaudo Cohen in move intended to create one-stop shop for crypto advice
US pizza chain Marco’s Pizza promotes former Subway lawyer to legal chief
Kristin Corcoran, who has been with the company since 2022, will replace CLO Todd Watson
Venable debuts in Colorado with eight-lawyer team from Sherman & Howard
Trial lawyer James Sawtelle joins to lead new office in Denver alongside seven commercial and employment litigators and counsellors
Latham, Skadden and Paul Weiss among firms advising on $6.9bn Squarespace take private
Private equity firm Permira is leading the deal, with support from General Atlantic and Accel
US Supreme Court says no time limit on damages in copyright dispute involving Warner Music
Uncertainty regarding impact of ruling over work sampled in artist Flo Rida’s music as it relies on a “discovery rule” that could be invalidated in future cases
Lument promotes deputy to GC as legal head steps aside
Stephanie Culpepper replaces Jim Henson, who will focus on his role as president of Lument Finance Trust
Sullivan & Cromwell eyes artificial intelligence growth with new practice launch
New AI practice will be co-led by partners Nader Mousavi, Mehdi Ansari and Presley Warner
Alston & Bird boosts US litigation group with Pryor Cashman partner hire
Scott Schirick joins in New York where he will focus on federal and state litigation, regulatory and white collar matters
SPAM-owner Hormel Foods taps Hertz to end hunt for GC replacement
Colleen Batcheler to take legal head role, which has been vacant since Lori Marco left in October
Skadden recruits SoFi GC, Shearman fintech co-chair to lead financial institutions regulatory group
Adam Cohen and Mark Chorazak join in New York and Washington DC respectively amid increasing US bank regulation
Space internet business AST SpaceMobile hires CLO
Andrew Johnson joins from 3D Systems, replacing outgoing GC Brian Heller
Top legal trends in the luxury superyacht market in 2024
Foster Garvey lawyers Kevin Frisch and Erika Johnson discuss insights from the recent SuperYacht Law Summit and other trends affecting the luxury yacht market
Lumen Technologies names former Sabre CLO as next legal head
Chad Ho is replacing long-time legal chief Stacey Goff, who is exiting after 26 years with the company
Paul Weiss launches Latin America practice with corporate hire from Willkie Farr
M&A partner Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza joins in New York having founded and led Willkie’s LatAm practice
Top US patent litigation team joins Mintz from Proskauer Rose
Led by respected life sciences litigator Siegmund Gutman, the team of 10 move over from Proskauer Rose
Southwest Airlines upgrades legal VP to GC as veteran legal chief steps down
Jeff Novota will replace Mark Shaw, who is moving to an advisor role after almost 24 years as CLO
UPC issues preliminary injunction in DNA kits patent spat
Düsseldorf local division orders US life sciences company Curio Bioscience to stop selling its products in Germany, France and Sweden in dispute with rival 10x Genomics
Clifford Chance underlines US ambitions with hires from Shearman and White & Case
Announcement of former Shearman tax partner’s arrival came on day A&O Shearman came into being