3 Decades After Mail-Room Start, Varnum Atty To Lead Firm
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California Pulse
Procopio Lands Former IP Co-Leader At Miller BarondessProcopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is boosting its litigation team, announcing Thursday it is expanding its Orange County, California, office with the former co-leader of Miller Barondess LLP's intellectual property practice.
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DC Pulse
Ice Miller Names Deputy Managing Partner Duo, New PartnersFollowing the official appointment of new chief managing partner Joshua Christie, Ice Miller LLP announced that it has named two attorneys as deputy managing partners and has elevated six attorneys to partner.
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DC Pulse
Cooley Adds Longtime Sidley Healthcare Attorney In DCA longtime Sidley Austin LLP attorney has moved to Cooley LLP's global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice in Washington, D.C.
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In-House
Ex-UnitedHealth GC Joins WilmerHale As Partner In LondonAfter more than 25 years as a general counsel handling some of the direst corporate crises imaginable, former UnitedHealth Group general counsel Rupert Bondy is returning to London to co-lead WilmerHale's crisis management and strategic response group.
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California Pulse
Alston & Bird Largely Turns To Litigators In 22-Partner ClassAlston & Bird LLP has elected 22 attorneys in Dallas, Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as London, to its partnership, with litigators comprising the bulk of the new partners, a move that comes after the firm promoted 20 partners in 2025.
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Daily Litigation
NJ Panel Backs Atty's Defamation Suit Against GOPA New Jersey appellate panel refused Thursday to short‑circuit a Garden State municipal attorney's defamation suit against a slate of Republican candidates and their campaign committee, holding that the state's new anti‑SLAPP statute does not entitle the defendants to early dismissal or fees because key factual disputes require discovery.
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California Pulse
Vialto Law Opens In San Diego With Immigration TeamVialto Partners announced this week that its immigration law-focused affiliate, Vialto Law (US) LLP, is opening a branch in San Diego and bringing in nine immigration legal professionals from Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP, including four attorneys.
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Modern Lawyer
Ex-Dean Of 2 Law Schools Nominated To Lead NYCBAThe New York City Bar Association on Thursday announced the nomination of the former dean of the Fordham University School of Law and Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law to serve as its next president, elevating a prominent voice at the intersection of law and social welfare.
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Courts
US Atty In NY Northern District Serving Unlawfully, Judge SaysA Manhattan federal judge on Thursday held that the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York is unlawfully serving in his position, the latest in a string of rulings disqualifying prosecutors appointed by President Donald Trump.
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In-House
Paul Hastings Hires Shenkman Capital CLO As NY PartnerShenkman Capital Management's chief legal and compliance officer has returned to BigLaw as an investment funds and private capital partner at Paul Hastings LLP, the firm announced Thursday.
