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Willkie signals California commitment with Los Angeles launch
New office marks the latest instalment of the New York firm's 'strategic' West Coast expansion
Appointments: Linklaters hires real estate practice head in Italy, Baker McKenzie refreshes global executive committee
This week's roundup also sees moves at Allen & Overy, Squire Patton Boggs, K&L Gates, Dentons, Clyde & Co and Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle
Latham & Watkins mandates Covid-19 vaccines for US workforce
Global giant joins majority of leading firms mandating jabs, with all staff required to be fully vaccinated by 18 October
Latham & Watkins eyes bustling Texas legal market with Austin office launch
Los Angeles-based firm is the latest player to launch in the Lone Star State's emerging tech and life sciences hub this year
Banks, tech giants join law firms backing legal tech 'app store' Reynen Court
Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins-backed platform aims to accelerate advanced tech adoption in the legal industry
Appointments: Freshfields names new US managing partner, Wilberforce barrister joins McDermott in consulting role
This week's roundup of moves also sees Mayer Brown add leveraged finance depth in Chicago and Maddocks boost its healthcare offering in Sydney
Keith Sproule: ‘Again and again, I see that travel can indeed be transformational.’
Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy's executive director on nature-based tourism, ‘refrigerator memories,’ consciously choosing to travel and making a difference in host countries.
Around the house: Frost Bank secures energy veteran, new role for copyright GC
This week's roundup also sees moves at Spotify, Deloitte Legal, Citgo, Daily Harvest and INX Limited
Luminance targets Kira in AI legaltech PR spat over Litera sale
Slaughter and May-backed tech company sparks war of words after promoting 'rescue package' for rival's clients
UK and US corporates lack budgets to maintain regulatory compliance, study finds
Law firms, however, are better resourced than last year to help clients manage regulatory change, Integreon report shows
Withers hires Hollywood divorce lawyer to launch US family law practice
Firm posts 40% PEP hike as it unveils partner hires in LA, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore
Allen & Overy team files justice brief supporting trans rights in Alabama
UK's firm's US arm teams up with National Women’s Law Center in bid to secure change to state's 'discriminatory' policy over transgender community's access to driving licences
Appointments: UK Magic Circle continue US push with senior hires in Silicon Valley and Washington DC
Latest roundup features Freshfields, Linklaters, Hall & Wilcox, K&L Gates, Ashurst, Clayton Utz and Gherson Solicitors
New Zealand in-house law tech platform LawVu picks up $12m to accelerate US expansion
Tauranga-based ‘legal workspace’ provider targets US hires as investor cites appetite for Aussie and Kiwi startups
Reed Smith appoints first chief innovation officer in latest legaltech push
David Cunningham joins in Houston from Winston & Strawn; will continue to lead Legal Metrics law firm consortium
Cooley further expands new Chicago office with trio of litigation partner hires
New recruits arrive from Kirkland & Ellis, Mayer Brown and the DOJ
O'Melveny opens second Texas office in less than a month with Dallas launch
Firm has hired a quartet of partners from Norton Rose Fulbright to lead the new Dallas office
Kirkland and Ellis to grow Austin offering with IP litigation practice
Launch to come shortly after Kirkland set up shop in the Texan capital, with partner Jeannie Heffernan relocating form New York to lead the effort
Crowell & Moring to combine with Chicago tech and IP firm Brinks Gilson & Lione
Deal sees Crowell add 27 new partners and expand its presence in the Midwest for the first time
Goodwin Procter hires partners from Orrick, Jones Day and Latham to target surging US tech market
Seven partners and 12 lawyers in total joining New York, Silicon Valley and Washington DC arms