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The road to nowhere: the Delta variant and war for talent force US firms to delay office return plans
Some firms now eyeing Q1 2022 after postponing plans to go back to the office this month
Current taps Shopify legal leader as first-ever general counsel
Digital banking startup reached unicorn status with $220m Series D funding round in April
Bakers names co-founders for data science and machine learning venture
Global firm secures senior executive from Elevate to lead partnership with New York AI platform SparkBeyond
Businesses prepare for 'new era of public scrutiny' amid spike in investigations, survey finds
FTI Consulting's Resilience Barometer identifies cybersecurity threats, class actions and workplace culture as areas of concern for businesses
Court of Appeal rejects AI inventor claims in Dabus patent ruling
Decision clarifies that AI systems can’t own patent rights under current UK law, putting it at odds with South Africa and Australia
A&O adds East Coast depth with tech M&A partner hire in New York
Move comes amid firm's recent US push focused on the West Coast legal market
Squire Patton Boggs names next global managing partner, launches DEI office
Michele Connell is set to take over the top job from Frederick Nance, who will be tasked with leading the US firm's new DEI office
Appointments: Willkie adds private equity expert in Paris, Mayer Brown names new leadership in DC
This week's roundup also sees moves at Shearman & Sterling, Eversheds Sutherland, DLA Piper, Payne Hicks Beach and Squire Patton Boggs
Around the house: Analog names new CLO; biotech heavyweight appointed as Flagship Pioneering's first GC
This week's roundup of top in-house hires also features appointments at WeCommerce, Transfix, Neptune Wellness, the Network Advertising Initiative
Willkie bulks up LA office with dozens more Venable hires
The New York firm tapped a trio of Venable partners to lead its LA launch earlier this month
More than 100 law firms clear Mansfield Rule certification with D&I efforts
Early adopters of the scheme have been shown to diversify management committees by more than 30 times the rate of non-Mansfield firms
Scholarship project inspired by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals inaugural recipients
The four first-year law students will receive a financial stipend and mentoring from SDNY alumni
Kirkland veteran launches DEI-focused consultancy
Jon Henes will lead a team of 15 professionals to advise CEOs, C-suites and law firms on business strategy with diversity and inclusion in mind
Withers expands US reach with Texas launch
The UK firm's 10th US practice aimed primarily at wealthy Americans moving from US east and west coast to Texas
Around the house: SoundExchange remixes legal leadership, Snap lands longtime Fox GC
This week's roundup of top in-house hires also sees a longtime Linklaters partner move to London VC firm Ahren Innovation Capital
A race against time: how Hogan Lovells volunteers have been helping the Afghan women’s cycling team
Efforts to secure evacuation of elite female athletes have featured 150-strong team working across nine time zones
Ogletree Deakins looks to Belfast for new immigration hub
Office launched in partnership with Invest NI expected to create 78 jobs for Northern Irish economy
Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer named Injective Labs' first general counsel
The startup has received backing from Mark Cuban and the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange
'Real disruption is just starting and needs to go much further'
TerraLex CEO Terri Pepper Gavulic on the law firm of future, what innovation really means and why clients aren't always right
Kirkland & Ellis targets top Utah law schools with Salt Lake City launch
Chicago-based global giant cites strategy of attracting top legal talent as it eyes 'extraordinary talent pool'