• August 10, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Baker McKenzie Latest Large Firm Seeking Wealth in the Windy City

    The lateral market for trusts and estates lawyers has been brisk in 2017. Baker McKenzie became the latest big firm to get into the recruitment game this year by bringing on private client partners Deb Doyle and Jack Newlin in Chicago from Greenberg Traurig, where they joined the latter in 2013.

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  • August 2, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Loeb & Loeb Snags Six-Lawyer Sidley Trusts and Estates Team

    Sidley Austin appears to be moving out of the trusts and estates space for high net worth individuals as a well-known firm in that practice area, Loeb & Loeb, takes the bulk of its lawyers in Chicago.

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  • August 2, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Davis Polk Partner Joins Mueller's Russia Investigation Team

    Greg Andres, a 13-year veteran of the U.S. Department of Justice, has left Davis Polk & Wardwell's New York office to become the 16th lawyer on a team led by special counsel Robert Mueller III—formerly of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr—probing potential Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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  • August 1, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Most Memorable Footnote? Here's What a Few Lawyers Told Us.

    A federal agency brief that a Washington judge threw out recently might be memorable for what the court called "excessive" footnotes—48 of them, stretching hundreds of lines. We asked a few veteran U.S. Supreme Court and appellate lawyers to share the footnotes that, for them, have stood the test of time.

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  • July 28, 2017 | National Law Journal

    When the Government Fights Itself in Court

    In disputes over LGBT rights and arbitration, the Justice Department is dueling against other executive branch agencies. Is that kosher?

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  • July 28, 2017 | The Recorder

    Introducing the 2017 Women Leaders in Tech Law

    The Recorder is delighted to announce the 2017 Women Leaders in Tech Law.

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  • July 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    20 Firms to Watch: The A-List Runners Up

    The runners-up to the 2017 A-List—and what it will take for these firms to make the list next year.

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  • July 19, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

    Musical Chairs in 'Year of Transition' for Solicitor General's Office

    Two lawyers are leaving the U.S. solicitor general's office for private practice, two have joined from private firms, and more departures and hires are likely before the fall term begins in October.

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  • TCR Sports v. WN Partner, 652044/14

    Publication Date: 2017-07-18
    Practice Area: Telecommunications | Civil Appeals
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Acosta, P.J., Richter, Andrias, Kahn, Gesmer, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For TCR Sports Broadcasting Holding, LLP, appellant-respondent/respondent: Thomas J. Hall of counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, and Rachel W. Thorn, Alan Levine and Caroline Pignatelli of counsel, Cooley LLP, New York. For TCR Sports Broadcasting Holding, LLP, the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Club and the Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership, appellants-respondents/respondents: Carter G. Phillips of the bar of the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Club and the Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership, appellants-respondents/respondents: Benjamin R. Nagin, Eamon P. Joyce, Kwaku A. Akowuah and Tobias S. Loss-Eaton of counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, New York. For Washington Nationals Baseball Club, LLC, respondent-appellant/respondent: Stephen R. Neuwirth, Sanford I. Weisburst, Julia J. Peck and Cleland B. Welton II of counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York. For the Office of Commissioner of Baseball and the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, respondents-appellants: Paul Clement of the bar of the District of Columbia, admitted pro hac vice, Erin E. Murphy of the bar of the District of Columbia and the State of Virginia, admitted pro hac vice, and Michael H. McGinley of the bar of the District of Columbia, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, John J. Buckley, Jr. of counsel, Williams & Connolly, New York, and Jonathan D. Lupkin of counsel, Lupkin and Associates, New York. For E. Leo Milonas, amicus curiae: David G. Keyko of counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York. For Diamond Dealers Club, Inc., amicus curiae: Stephen L. Ascher, Irene M. Ten Cate and Jeremy H. Ershow of counsel, Jenner Block LLP, New York. For Kenneth R. Feinberg, amicus curiae: Lawrence I. Ginsburg, Jay R. Fialkoff and Robert B. McFarlane of counsel, Moses & Singer LLP, New York. For Robert S. Smith, amicus curiae: Robert S. Smith, Robert J. Lack and Nora Bojar of counsel, Friedman Kaplan Seiler and Adelman, New York.

    Case Number: 652044/14

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  • July 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    NYLJ Recognizes Distinguished Leaders for 2017

    The New York Law Journal announces the 2017 honorees for Distinguished Leadership, as part of its Professional Excellence Awards recognition event. The attorneys will be featured in a special section published on the Law Journal and honored at a dinner on Oct. 17 at Tribeca Rooftop.

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