• March 4, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: DLA Posts Record Profits Despite Flat Revenue

    Despite flat revenues and a second consecutive drop in total lawyer head count, DLA Piper's net income rose by more than 10 percent in 2014, to a record high of $667 million. This increased efficiency pushed the firm's profit margin from 24 to 27 percent—its highest since 2008—while average profits per equity partner rose 12.5 percent, to $1.49 million, another firm record.

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  • March 3, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Butler Snow Forms New Economic Development Arm

    Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada departed from its traditional legal services by announcing Monday the creation of a new economic development arm called VisionFirst Adv

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  • March 3, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Fried Frank and Paul Hastings Poach IP Heads, Plus More Lateral Moves

    A pair of IP practice leaders have set up shop at new Am Law 200 firms. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson raided Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler for JEFFREY LEW

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  • March 3, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Butler Snow Forms New Economic Development Arm

    Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada departed from its traditional legal services by creating VisionFirst Advisors, to be led by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour as chairman, along with former Florida Secretary of Commerce Gray Swoope as president and CEO.

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  • March 3, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Fried Frank and Paul Hastings Poach IP Heads, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Patterson Belknap and Shearman & Sterling lose a pair of IP practice leaders; Cadwalader rebuilds in Houston; more Bingham McCutchen refugees find new homes; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • Harry E. Gould, Jr., Plaintiff v. Japan Pulp and Paper (U.S.A.), Defendant, 14 Civ. 7905

    Publication Date: 2015-02-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Robert Sweet
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff By: Jonathan D. Siegfried, Esq., DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant By: Chris LaRocco, Esq., Steve Stimell, Esq., Bryan Cave LLP, New York, NY. By: Mark S. Shipow, Esq., Business Legal Partners, Pasadena, CA.

    Case Number: 14 Civ. 7905

    Cite as: Gould v. Japan Pulp, 14 Civ. 7905, NYLJ 1202718610514, at *1 (SDNY, Decided February 11, 2015) 14 Civ. 7905 District Judge Robert

  • February 24, 2015 | Legal Times

    White House Backs Caplin & Drysdale Lawyer For DOJ Tax Post

    The White House hopes a Caplin & Drysdale partner will be the

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  • February 23, 2015 | Litigation Daily

    PLO Terror Verdict Looms Over Arab Bank Case

    In the first terrorism case ever to go to trial against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, a Ma

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  • February 23, 2015 |

    People Moves: Orrick Herrington

    Alexander Lange , Berlin, Germany , University of Potsdam

    Shaunicie Fielder , Los Angeles, CA , Harvard Law School

    Amy Zant , Menlo Park, CA , University of California

    Isabel Ajuria , San Francisco, CA , New York University School of Law

    Aravind Swaminathan , Seattle, WA , Boston University School of Law

    Ahalya Sriskandarajah , San Francisco, CA , Northwestern University School of Law

    Henning Bigalke , Berlin, Germany , Universitat Postdam

    Brandon Soleimani , New York, NY , Georgetown University Law Center

    Rob Woodward , Menlo Park, CA , Stanford Law School

    Carine Dong , Hong Kong, China , University of Melbourne

    Vinella Sido , Menlo Park, CA , University of Jos

    Michael Sugarman , Los Angeles, CA , Loyola Law School Los Angeles

    John Wolfe , Seattle, WA , Seattle University School of Law

    Samiron Ray , Menlo Park, CA , Harvard Law School

    Cory Greenbaum , New York, NY , Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

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  • February 23, 2015 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    LATERALS Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Los Angles): David Phelps joins the firmwide real estate practice as partner

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