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From the legal industry:
Law firm Milberg, which said it unknowingly submitted fake claims as part of a $5.6 billion antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard, will escape sanctions for now … Tesla replaced its longtime law firm in a California class action, swapping a team from Cravath with attorneys from WilmerHale … Plus, Elon Musk’s longtime law firm, Quinn Emanuel, has been disqualified from representing his social media company X Corp in a data-scraping case.
Moves:
In New York …
Alston & Bird added investment funds partner Heather Wyckoff from Schulte Roth & Zabel … Haynes and Boone hired Counsel Meghan O’Reilly for its fund finance group from Herrick, Feinstein.
In Washington, D.C. …
Eversheds Sutherland hired Harmony Jones as a pro bono counsel from Steptoe … Davis Wright Tremaine added Former CFPB Enforcer Melissa Baal Guidorizzi to its national financial services team as a partner.
In Chicago …
Polsinelli added Timothy Schaum as a shareholder to its intellectual property litigation practice from Daspin & Aument.
In San Francisco …
ArentFox Schiff added Ehsun Forghany as a partner to its intellectual property practice from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius … Davis Wright Tremaine brought in Jerome Ku as partner from Gunderson Dettmer.
In Los Angeles …
Saul Ewing brought in new partner Stephen Ma from Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae … McDermott Will & Emery hired Brian Glennon as a partner in its litigation practice group from Latham & Watkins.
In Denver …
Buchalter hired attorneys Dylan Metzner, Amber Arias, Laura Chartrand and Albert Sahlstrom.
In Miami …
Sidley added partner Aryeh Kaplan to its commercial litigation and disputes practice from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
In Texas …
Polsinelli relocated its Dallas office to the Old Parkland Campus … Polsinelli opened an office in Fort Worth.
In Mexico …
Baker McKenzie hired partner Nadja Ruiz in its North America tax practice group from EY.
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