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Nixon Peabody and Stroock target summer merger deal, media report states
Talks follow team departures from New York-based Stroock as it seeks growth as 'number one priority'
Around the house: Swedish steelmaker lands new legal chief, Dollar Tree reveals interim GC
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Workbox, Korro Bio, Invariant and Cordance
Singapore partner succeeds London investigations specialist at helm of Baker McKenzie’s financial institutions group
Annual practice and sector group leadership refresh also ushers in new tax, IP and tech chiefs
Steptoe & Johnson bolsters Asia investigations practice in New York with Shearman & Sterling duo
Cáitrín McKiernan and Brian Burke join as latest in string of hires in Steptoe’s investigations and white collar defence team
Gilead prevails against US government in billion-dollar patent trial
In an unusual move, the federal government had accused the biotech firm of infringing its patents related to HIV prevention
Branding through talent: foreign employee recruitment for the US fashion industry
Foley & Lardner's Norka Lecca reviews the key US visa categories and requirements luxury fashion employers should know
Barnes & Thornburg adds healthcare and capital markets partners for Nashville debut
Five partners join from Holland & Knight, Baker Donelson and Bass Berry & Sims as US firm continues rapid expansion across the country
Should professional indemnity insurance be mandatory?
Paul Castellani of Kennedys assesses a recent IBA report aimed at assisting bar associations and regulatory bodies on professional indemnity insurance issues
S&C, Cleary, Ropes & Gray and Hengeler line up for $4.25bn Baxter Biopharma Solutions sale
Deal sees Advent and Warburg Pincus turn to longstanding advisers as they unveil standalone services business
Baker Hostetler adds eight lawyers to West Coast corporate team from AmLaw 100 rivals
Former M&A and securities practice leaders among arrivals from Proskauer Rose, Polsinelli and Kirkland & Ellis
McGuireWoods adds experienced deal financing partner from Paul Hastings in New York
‘Preeminent’ finance lawyer Jeff Goldfarb specialises in private equity-related transactions
Morgan Lewis raids Stroock for 10-strong US litigation and regulatory team
New hires include partners Arjun Rao, Brian Frontino and Allen Denson
Paul Hastings bolsters Silicon Valley litigation practice with hiring of top IP litigator
Rudy Kim joins top 30 US law firm from Morrison Foerster where he chaired its Palo Alto litigation department
Around the house: Sword Health appoints experienced startup GC, ResMed replaces retiring legal head
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at the UK Payment Systems Regulator, RAPT Therapeutics and the Girl Scouts of the USA
Partners take 100-plus lawyers from Lewis Brisbois for new employment spinoff
Am Law 100 firm’s employment team leaders defect to set up boutique, taking up to 140 lawyers with them