• November 19, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    O'Melveny, Bracewell Add Lawyers to Texas Energy Teams

    O'Melveny & Myers hired McDermott Will & Emery energy transactions partner Jibin Luke as a partner in Houston, while Bracewell brought on Vinson & Elkins tax counsel Peter Rogers as a partner in Dallas.

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  • November 13, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    The American Lawyer Names Industry Award Winners

    Attorney of the Year, Law Firm of the Year and winners for other highly anticipated awards were announced Wednesday evening at the Industry Awards in New York.

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  • November 12, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Morgan Lewis Snatches Up Former Orrick Partner in Boston

    Litigator Stephen Hall focuses his practice on representing companies in a variety of regulated industries, such as tech and life sciences.

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  • November 8, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Judge Approves Orrick's $8M Data Breach Settlement While Gunster Agrees to $8.5M

    More than 600,000 people were affected by Orrick's 2023 data breach while nearly 10,000 people were affected by Gunster's November 2022 breach.

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  • Farhane v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Naz Ahmad, Mudassar Toppa, Clear Project, Main Street Legal Services, Inc., CUNY School of Law, Long Island City, NY; Alan E. Schoenfeld, Emily Barnet, Sandra Redivo, Trena M. Riley, Dylan Reichman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY; Thad Eagles, Jeremy W. Brinster, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; Asma S. Jaber, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, on the brief, Ramzi Kassem.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee United States of America: Jun Xiang, Hagan Scotten, on the brief, Karl Metzner, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: John C. Yang, Niyati Shah, Marita Etcubañez, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Washington, DC; Andrew Z. Michaelson, Mateo de la Torre, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Immigrant Defense Project in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Andrew Wachtenheim, Nabilah Siddiquee, Immigrant Defense Project, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Federal Public Defender's Office for the Western District of New York, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Connecticut, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont, and Office of the Public Defender for the Northern District of New York in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Joel B. Rudin, Matthew A. Wasserman, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York, NY; Richard D. Willstatter, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, NY; S. Isaac Wheeler, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Professors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Immigration Law in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Alyssa Barnard-Yanni, Andrew D. Silverman, Daniel A. Rubens, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Lauren A. Weber, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Seattle, WA.

    Case Number: 20-1666

    Lawyer Must Inform Naturalized Citizen of Risk of Deportation After Denaturalization

  • November 7, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    O'Melveny, Vinson & Elkins Recruit Energy Partners in Houston, DC

    The hiring comes as Big Law energy practices, including those focused on oil and gas transactions, are expected to stay busy under a second Trump presidency.

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  • November 6, 2024 | Law.com

    Trump Win Ignites Global Legal Market: Lawyers Prepare for High Demand & Uncertainty

    Trade tensions are expected to increase as Donald Trump seeks to unleash a slew of tariffs during his second term as U.S. president.

    7 minute read

  • November 6, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Trump Win Ignites Global Legal Market: Lawyers Prepare for High Demand & Uncertainty

    Trade tensions are expected to increase as Donald Trump seeks to unleash a slew of tariffs during his second term as U.S. president.

    7 minute read

  • November 5, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Fewer Big Law Firms Give Full PTO This Election Day

    Many law firms that were vocal in 2020 about giving attorneys and staff a full day of PTO on Election Day didn't issue similar statements this year.

    4 minute read

  • November 3, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    All Eyes on America

    On November 6, whether it's Harris' or Trump's America that the world wakes up to, little will change the fact that Big Law is retreating westward, writes The Global Lawyer.

    4 minute read