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US district court patent filings hit 10-year high in 2025 - Lex Machina study
Apple, Samsung and Google were among the most active patent defendants last year
Holland & Knight targets defence work with debut in Alabama boomtown
Florida-based firm opens office in Huntsville led by former IP chair for Southeastern firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Sidley Austin adds 11-lawyer fund finance team in New York from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
US firm continues hiring spree with two-partner group that includes a former co-head of legacy Cadwalader's fund finance practice
AI workforce training platform Skillsoft names former Pegasystems GC as CLO
Matthew Cushing replaces interim legal chief Scott Semel
Northern Ireland law society council member resigns as pressure mounts over chief exec’s reference for paedophile cousin
Philip Armstrong refers to society decisions ‘with which I cannot in all conscience agree’ in LinkedIn post
Brown Rudnick hires 34-lawyer IP litigation team from HSF Kramer, opens in Silicon Valley
US firm’s biggest-ever team hire sees group led by seven partners join across Silicon Valley and New York
ArentFox Schiff opens in Silicon Valley with Reed Smith trademark team
US firm points to ambition to grow corporate and real estate offering alongside IP in new office as it takes on team of around 10 attorneys and paralegals
King & Spalding adds WilmerHale duo in London to continue arbitration build-out
Steven Finizio and Jonathan Lim become latest WilmerHale partners to join King & Spalding’s disputes team
Northern Ireland law soc chief sacked from human rights body over reference for paedophile cousin
David Lavery found to have ‘demonstrated a severe failure of judgement regarding public office responsibilities’
Mourant takes private equity investment to fund international expansion, AI investment
Offshore firm sells 27% stake to mid-market PE firm MML to fund international expansion, lateral hires and investment in AI
Dubai crypto exchange Bybit hires ex-regulator legal head as CLO
Peter Loo was formerly GC at Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
US AI-powered IP governance start-up CopySight raises $3m in seed round
Financing led by Mucker Capital to expand its technology into commercial video production
Reed Smith hires London antitrust partner from Morgan Lewis
Former Baker McKenzie partner Paul Johnson leaves Morgan Lewis after 18 months
Reed Smith boosts Middle East corporate practice with lateral hire
Mohammed Basama has joined from US rival King & Spalding as a partner
Manchester Law Society chief executive retires after 38 years
City’s lawyers express warm tributes to Fran Eccles-Bech for helping transform Manchester’s legal community