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Skadden hires ex-Pentagon special counsel to co-lead cybersecurity team
David Simon joins in Washington DC from leadership role at Mayer Brown
Sullivan & Cromwell adds former USPTO head and federal circuit judge
Andrei Iancu and Kathleen O’Malley join from Irell & Manella to bolster US firm’s patent practice in Los Angeles and Washington DC
Former acting deputy USPTO director moves to O’Melveny
Veteran government litigator Coke Morgan Stewart joins firm’s Washington DC office
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner names co-chair Steve Baumer as new global CEO
Fellow co-chair Lisa Mayhew will stand down as the firm moves to a single leadership structure
Around the house: Google parent’s health business hires new GC, ex-ITV lawyer takes CLO role at Arqiva
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at SiriusPoint, Bambee, SIG Sauer and GPS Capital Markets
O’Melveny hires senior Shearman real estate finance partner in New York
Shearman has lost two US partners this week as it gears up for landmark Allen & Overy merger vote
Cleary Gottlieb adds antitrust partner in Washington DC from Shearman & Sterling
Ryan Shores is latest partner to depart Shearman ahead of its planned merger with Allen & Overy
SCOTUS curtails foreign reach of US trademark law in surprise ruling
Some 70 years of jurisprudence ‘effectively overruled’ as proving infringing and counterfeiting acts abroad becomes harder
Around the house: Daimler Truck replaces outgoing CLO, Ex-Latham partner to head Teleperformance legal team
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at BlueLinx, Nacha, MSA Safety and T5 Data Centers
Bills aim to shake up US patent law
Legislation to tackle uncertainty surrounding what is patent-eligible subject matter and reforming the USPTO’s post grant review process was introduced last week in the US senate
Mattel objects to Burberry’s BRBY trademark
Toymaker has asked USPTO to reject British fashion house’s trademark application
Nixon Peabody adds 10-lawyer real estate litigation team in San Francisco from Kaufman Dolowich
Team led by partners Ashley Klein and Jeanne Grove significantly boosts Boston-based firm’s recently-launched construction and real estate litigation team
White & Case elects New York litigator as first woman chair
Executive committee member Heather McDevitt to succeed veteran chair Hugh Verrier 1 September
US corporates see C-suite take on bigger role in ESG leadership, MoFo study finds
Increased regulatory demands prompts shift in ESG policy from GCs to chief compliance officers and CEOs
Around the house: Former Star Wars lawyer named Surf Air legal chief, Empower AI adds GC in newly created role
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at VEON, MapLight Therapeutics, Dianthus Therapeutics and Clark Hill
More than half of in-house lawyers back ChatGPT’s use for legal work, study shows
Three-quarters of corporate counsel also recognise the potential risks, according to Thomson Reuters
Kirkland & Ellis builds energy offering in Washington DC with tax partner from Allen & Overy
Hire latest example of law firms responding to Biden administration’s $370bn clean energy subsidies
Financial services firms face culture risk from tech, managing multi-generational workers, study finds
Organisations need to view culture as a strategic imperative, according to Allen & Overy report
Former Dentons US chair decamps for BCLP alongside 14-strong IP team
Seven partners among those joining transatlantic firm in Atlanta and Washington DC
Skadden names senior corporate lawyer Jeremy London new executive partner
London to succeed incumbent Eric Friedman next April as Wall Street heavyweight’s fourth executive partner