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From the legal industry …
A federal judicial panel proposed stronger amicus brief financial disclosures … A U.S. judicial panel approved the first-ever rule designed to govern federal mass torts cases and provide judges an initial roadmap to follow … STEM majors looking to become attorneys could lose some of their competitive edge with the removal of the “logic games” portion of the LSAT … Mondelez and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner must face a class action over a data breach at the firm that compromised personal information belonging to thousands of Mondelez employees … Two federal judges issued contradictory rulings on whether litigation funding firm Burford Capital can take over as the plaintiff in lawsuits brought by its financing client Sysco … Washington agreed to pay Munger, Tolles & Olson up to $2.5 million for legal work on its lawsuit seeking to block Kroger’s $25 billion purchase of Albertsons … A federal judge dismissed a race and sex discrimination lawsuit challenging the selection process for New York University School of Law’s flagship law review.
Moves:
In New York …
Abraham Kwon joined Lowenstein Sandler as an emerging companies and venture capital partner from Goodwin in New York … Cozen O’Connor picked up securities and enforcement partner Alexander Cohen from Sidley. … Pryor Cashman brought on white collar and regulatory partner Jasmine Juteau, who joins the firm from Morvillo Abramowitz … Skadden added Andrea Griswold as a white collar partner from the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. Griswold served there as deputy U.S. attorney … Kramer Levin hired Robert Stewart as a partner in the firm’s special situations practice from Davis Polk … Kirkland hired partner Michael Urschel as leader of the firm’s structured finance and structured private credit practice from Milbank … King & Spalding brought on Chris Duffy as a business litigation partner from Vinson & Elkins … McGuireWoods added litigation partner Seth Kruglak from Norton Rose Fulbright … Foley Hoag hired Basil Seggos, the former commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, as a partner and senior policy director in its energy and climate group … Ellis Oster jumped to Hinshaw & Culbertson, where he’ll be a partner in the consumer financial services practice. Oster was previously at LOGS Legal Group.
In Washington, D.C. …
Dentons picked up Warren Margolies as a partner in the firm’s real estate practice from Grossberg, Yochelson Fox & Beyda … Quinn Emanuel hired Kevin Arquit as co-chair of its antitrust and competition practice. He most recently was chief legal officer at meat supplier JBS USA … Paul Weiss added antitrust partner Christopher Wilson from Gibson Dunn … Andrew Shaw, an energy and environmental lobbyist, joined Bracewell’s policy resolution group as a partner from Dentons.
In Chicago …
Marc Krickbaum, who served as U.S. deputy special counsel under Robert Hur in his investigation of President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, rejoined Winston & Strawn.
In Boston …
Blank Rome hired maritime partner Luke Reid in the firm’s new office. Reid was at K&L Gates … Locke Lord picked up litigation partner Andrea Martin from Burns & Levinson … Wiggin and Dana will open an office anchored by corporate partner Daniela Badiola Spanos, who joins from Choate Hall & Stewart. … Blank Rome added partners Stephen Brook and Robert Chow to its corporate, M&A and securities group. The attorneys were previously at Burns & Levinson … Cozen O’Connor brought on labor and employment partner Walter Foster from Eckert Seamans.
In Dallas …
Willkie brought on J. Holt Foster to lead its recently launched office. He previously was at Sidley.
In Houston …
Brown Rudnick is opening an office with the addition of trial partner Adam Schiffer to its litigation and arbitration practice. He was a founding partner of Schiffer Hicks Johnson. … Sidley added Stephen Boone as a partner in the firm’s energy, transportation and infrastructure group. Boone was previously at Akin.
In Denver …
Snell & Wilmer picked up partners Aubyn Krulish and Bill Ojile. Krulish is joining the corporate and securities practice group, and Ojile is joining the special litigation and compliance practice group.
In Fresno, CA …
Ogletree Deakins opened an office which will be led by partner James Miller, who joins from Raimondo | Miller alongside partners Ryan Porte and Kevin Piercy.
In Los Angeles …
Alston & Bird added IP litigation partner Erik Carlson to the firm’s office from BakerHostetler.
In London …
Alston & Bird brought on international arbitration partner Amir Ghaffari, who arrives from his Dubai-founded firm Ghaffari Partners.
In Toronto …
Littler picked up Shana French as a partner. French was previously at Sherrard Kuzz.
And more …
Paul Hastings hired a large team of finance and restructuring partners from rival King & Spalding … Loeb & Loeb expanded its nonprofits and tax-exempt organizations practice with New York-based partner Yael Fuchs, who most recently was at Sedreddine & Whoriskey, and D.C.-based partner Meghan Biss, who joins from Caplin & Drysdale … Eversheds Sutherland brought on Robert Lamkin as a global energy partner in the firm’s D.C. and New York offices. Lamkin was previously at McDermott … Dorsey & Whitney added two partners to its government solutions and investigations practice. Andy Stone joins the firm in Phoenix from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, while Margot Laporte joins in D.C. from Miller & Chevalier.
