/pulse/modern-lawyer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Modern Lawyer Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:56:43 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348325?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348325 Honigman LLP announced the additions of two former Mayer Brown LLP attorneys to its intellectual property litigation group on Monday, touting their experience advising clients in the biotechnology, medical device and pharmaceutical sectors. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:43:55 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348521?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348521 Voting is set to end Wednesday night in the annual D.C. Bar elections, which have seen historically high participation from members. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:21:18 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348803?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348803 Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its product liability team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing in a K&L Gates LLP trial attorney as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:20:39 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348688?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348688 A partner with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP announced on LinkedIn this week that he's joining a new small firm that consists of other former Paul Weiss partners. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:13:44 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348124?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348124 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Monday the hiring of a former counsel at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as a partner in its mergers and acquisitions practice in New York. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:00:29 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2339039?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2339039 Reid Collins & Tsai LLP co-founder and managing partner Lisa Tsai and her team secured a $64.7 million final judgment against Credit Suisse for its role in a fraudulent appraisal that overvalued the Lake Las Vegas development, inducing plaintiff Claymore Holdings and other lenders to invest, earning her recognition as one of °µÍø½ûÇø’s 2025 Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:54:43 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348771?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348771 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has hired a longtime official of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, who started her career at the agency in 1988 as a patent examiner and who joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a senior patent counsel, the firm said Tuesday. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:51:59 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348549?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348549 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has bulked up its capital markets practice group with the addition of a Houston-based partner from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the firm announced Tuesday. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:50:49 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348807?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348807 Linklaters LLP announced Tuesday that it has appointed George Casey, its global chairman of corporate, as chairman of the Americas. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:00:31 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2345428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2345428 A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the °µÍø½ûÇø 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:58:19 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348301?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348301 BakerHostetler said it has added a former K&L Gates LLP real estate partner and a real estate practice group leader from a regional firm in its Seattle office. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:00:30 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347429?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347429 Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired two partners and two associates from Kirkland & Ellis LLP to boost Katten's regulatory and transactional expertise in the firm's healthcare practice. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:35:20 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347386 Morrison Foerster LLP has hired the former assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legislative Affairs, who is joining the firm to co-lead its congressional investigations group, the firm announced Tuesday. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:01:28 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347189 Crowell & Moring LLP and Faber Daeufer & Itrato PC announced Tuesday they have combined, allowing Crowell & Moring to open an office in Boston that builds on Faber Daeufer's strong presence in the city's life sciences community. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:27:24 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348182?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348182 The order striking down the Trump administration's executive order targeting Jenner & Block LLP "meant what it said," a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Monday, saying the government must rescind enforcement of all parts of the president's directive. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:19:27 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348353?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348353 President Donald Trump on Monday nominated a Vinson & Elkins LLP attorney to replace current Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark Christie, whose term expires on June 30. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:50:33 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347907?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347907 Clark Hill PLC recently bolstered its resources for oil and gas industry clients in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania and West Virginia by adding a trio of attorneys who moved their practices from Bernstein-Burkley PC. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:46:33 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347938?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347938 Hogan Lovells has expanded its corporate and finance group in New York with the addition of the former legal leader for the National Football League's New York Jets. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:45:20 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348221?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2348221 Ropes & Gray LLP has moved its Silicon Valley office to a new location in downtown Palo Alto, California, a move to strengthen its presence in the tech region, the firm announced Monday. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:40:27 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347396?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2347396 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Monday it has rehired a privacy and cybersecurity attorney from Cooley LLP as a partner, touting her expertise with technologies like artificial intelligence.