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Four Paul Weiss litigation partners leave to form new firm
Prominent Democratic lawyer Karen Dunn among quartet of partners to leave two months after firm cut deal with Trump’s White House
AI, art and the law: new frontiers in creativity and IP
AI’s growing role in art creation and curation raises some of the industry’s most important IP issues, write Foley lawyers Bianca Ascolese and Arian Jabbary
HSF teams up with Kramer ahead of merger for London reinsurance IPO
Willkie Farr and Latham also called in for Third Point Investors’ proposed all-share combination with Malibu Life Reinsurance and re-IPO
US’s second largest bookstore chain Books-A-Million hires second GC in a year
Former Books-A-Million GC Catherine Hogewood returns just 11 months after it appointed Courtney Adair to the role
Luxpreneurs: ‘Entrepreneurs need lawyers who understand how they see the world’ – Get a Grip!’s Jennifer Nemec
When entrepreneur Jennifer Nemec couldn’t find the tennis product she wanted, she created it herself but needed to find the right lawyers for it
Wachtell, Latham advise on $34.5bn mega-deal between Charter and Cox
Deal will create US cable giant and follows Charter’s acquisition of Liberty Media’s broadband business last year
Photoshop-maker Adobe taps streaming platform Roku for next legal chief
Louise Pentland’s arrival ends search for GC replacement, after Dana Rao left last year
US cases to watch in fashion, beauty and apparel in 2025
Foley fashion, apparel and beauty law experts Jeff Greene, Ariba Ahmad, Tyler Dever and Allison Nelson explore some of the key luxury cases on the US docket this year
Latham, Willkie Farr guide Coinbase’s $2.9bn Deribit acquisition
Latham advises Coinbase with Willkie across the table in crypto industry’s biggest deal to date
Lumen Technologies hires former Motorola GC as second legal chief in a year
Mark Hacker replaces interim CLO Meredith Hayes, following departure of Chad Ho less than a year into the job
Akin hits Mayer Brown for first Chicago partners
Hires comes as Akin plans Chicago office launch, according to sources with knowledge of the matter
White & Case, Milbank, Willkie Farr guide NRG Energy’s $12bn LS Power deal
White & Case counsels NRG Energy in deal to acquire fleet of natural gas-fired power plants from LS Power, repped by Willkie Farr and Milbank
McDermott, Schulte in merger talks to create $2.8bn firm
Tie-up would create top 20 US firm by revenue and headcount
US video games industry body ESA hires IP veteran to lead legal team
Stan McCoy replaces Gina Vetere who left the organisation in January
Potter Clarkson appointed as landmark UK AI inventorship case heads to the High Court
Computer scientist Steven Thaler seeks procedural clarity as UK IPO rejects patent applications for his DABUS system