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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Fish & Richardson announced that it has won a $139.8 million damages verdict for client Power Integrations in its patent-infringement lawsuit against Fairchild Semiconductor. The case was a retrial on damages only, after Fish’s $105 million jury win for Power Integrations in March 2014 was set aside because of an intervening change in Federal...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Fragomen LLP has been appointed as the Investment Migration Council (IMC) Regional Representative Office (RRO) for Europe.
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Executives and M&A professionals are expecting the wave of healthcare mergers to continue through 2016 as companies use their coffers for geographic and product expansion, according to a survey from KPMG LLP, the tax, audit and advisory firm.
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
In pursuit of growth, company leaders are turning increasingly to mergers & acquisitions. In fact, 91 percent intend to initiate at least one acquisition in 2016, up significantly from 63 percent in 2014, according to an annual survey by KPMG LLP.
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
New York—A report issued jointly by the NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business and Cornerstone Research reveals that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed 76 percent of its enforcement actions against public company defendants as administrative proceedings in fiscal year (FY) 2015. At the same time, constitutional challenges...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
January 13, 2016
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
January 06, 2016
AlixPartners, the global advisory firm, today released its 10th Annual North American Restructuring Experts Survey. This year’s survey, which represents the opinions of 185 senior-level corporate restructuring experts, suggests that after several years of steady declines, 2016 may see an uptick in restructurings and corporate...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 7, 2016) – Dwayne Holt, tax partner at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly), was recently elected to the executive committee and board of the District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA) as treasurer.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
A team of antitrust litigators from Jones Day offices throughout the United States has published the new book Litigating Civil Antitrust Matters in the United States, released by Matthew Bender in December 2015.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Ingo Scholz has joined the Firm’sFrankfurt office as a partner. He is part of Weil’s global Business Finance & Restructuring Department.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
HARRISBURG, PA (Jan. 5, 2016) – McNees has elected Brian P. Gregg and Dana W. Chilson as new members of the law firm, effective January 1, 2016. With a total of 130 attorneys, McNees is one of the top 100 largest law firms based in Pennsylvania.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
New York City, NY - Marcum LLP, a top national accounting and advisory services firm, has named a new leadership team in its Philadelphia Region. The promotions follow Marcum's merger with Smart, Devine & Company, LLC on December 1.
The new leadership team reports to Philadelphia Partner-in-Charge Jeffrey Zudeck, who overseas Marcum's...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
(Washington, D.C.) – Kay R. Hagan, who most recently served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina, has joined Akin Gump’s public law and policy practice in Washington as a senior policy consultant.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
January 14, 2016
Weil's London office has announced a 100% retention rate for its March 2016 newly qualified associate intake, with each of its three trainees accepting their offers.
The associates will be joining teams across a range of practices, including corporate, private funds and litigation.
Jonathan Wood, graduate recruitment partner at Weil,...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Akin Gump litigation partner Christopher Leonard was interviewed by LexisNexis as part of a Q&A column pertaining to the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and its final proposals related to contractual stays in financial contracts governed by third-country law. The article notes that the rules are aimed at “...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 15, 2016) -- Forty-seven corporate boards joined the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) during the fourth quarter of 2015. These new member boards span a wide range of industries: agriculture, automotive, banking, communications, construction, consulting, energy and utilities, engineering, entertainment,...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
January 06, 2016
AlixPartners, the global advisory firm, today released its 10th Annual North American Restructuring Experts Survey. This year’s survey, which represents the opinions of 185 senior-level corporate restructuring experts, suggests that after several years of steady declines, 2016 may see an uptick in restructurings and corporate...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
NEW YORK, NY
Accounting, tax and advisory firm, Marks Paneth LLP announced today that its partnership has named Andrew H. Kubrick as Partner-in-Charge of its Long Island office. Mr. Kubrick succeeds Michael P. Saul, who after serving 10 years at the office's helm, has chosen to focus exclusively on client service.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
December 31, 2015
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP announced today that it has awarded associate Mercedes Cook the firm's 2015 Bob Gerber Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award, which honors and recognizes a Sheppard Mullin attorney who demonstrates a significant commitment to helping those in need through the provision of pro bono work. ...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Weil partners in the United States won a significant number of accolades throughout 2015, in recognition of their leadership, innovation and groundbreaking successes across a variety of practice areas and geographic regions.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Jones Day ranked #1 worldwide for number of deals in both the Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg M&A league tables for the fourth quarter of 2015 and the full year, maintaining a position the Firm has held for 61 consecutive calendar quarters.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Washington, DC – The global law firm Jones Day has announced the arrival of Mario Todino as a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Law Practice in the Firm's Brussels Office. Mr. Todino was previously a partner at Gianni, Origoni, Grippo Cappelli & Partners in Brussels.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is pleased to announce that Joseph Philip Forte and Barbara J. Shachnow have joined the firm as partners in the Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Forte and Ms.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Laura Ellsworth, Jones Day Partner-in-Charge of Global Community Service Initiatives, was named a recipient of Carlow University's 2016 Women of Spirit Award. According to the Carlow University website: "Recipients were chosen based on several criteria, including a strong commitment to values, accomplishments that have led to new knowledge or...
