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Tuesday, July 11, 2017
This month the Vermont Law School community welcomes new leadership as Thomas McHenry begins his tenure as the school’s ninth president and dean. A former partner with Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles, Calif., McHenry brings 30 years of environmental and administrative law practice to VLS, ranked No.
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Anderson Kill P.C. is pleased to announce that Carrie Maylor DiCanio, an attorney practicing in the firm's New York office, has been promoted to shareholder.
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Akin Gump today announced that Howard R. Sklamberg, former Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has joined the firm as a partner in its health care and life sciences regulatory practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Sklamberg comes to Akin Gump after a distinguished tenure at the FDA, where he...
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Monday, July 10, 2017
John Henderson, a leading litigator in matters involving complex scientific issues, has joined McGuireWoods’ Product and Consumer Litigation Department as a partner in Dallas, where he will advise clients across industries in high-stakes product liability and mass tort litigation.
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Monday, July 10, 2017
Fish & Richardson announced today that full scholarships have been awarded to 33 students and their teacher chaperones from across the country to attend the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama this summer. The goal of Fish’s Space Camp Scholarship program – which the firm has run for 19 consecutive years –...
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Monday, July 10, 2017
Anne Croteau has joined McGuireWoods’ private equity industry team as a partner in Raleigh, North Carolina, enhancing the firm’s market-leading capabilities advising Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs), Business Development Companies (BDCs) and other investment funds.
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
McNees Wallace & Nurick member Donna L. Kreiser was named as a 2017 Women of Influence award winner by the Central Penn Business Journal at a ceremony on Monday.
The Women of Influence Awards honors established business leaders with proven track records of community service and business accomplishments, and who influence others through their personal...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Helix Strategies LLC president Ivy Schneider was accepted into the Leadership Harrisburg Area’s Community Leadership Series Class of 2018.
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Thursday, June 22, 2017
The global law firm Jones Day has announced the arrival of partner Kathy Keneally to the Firm's Tax Practice and New York Office.
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Thursday, June 22, 2017
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that David P. Bergers will join the Firm's Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement Practice as a partner in its Boston Office. He brings nearly 25 years of industry experience — as a government regulator, corporate counsel, and practicing attorney — to Jones Day.
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Thursday, June 22, 2017
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has released their 2017 Litigation Trends report. The PDF is available here: Weil 2017 Litigation Trends Report
In this issue:
Class Actions
Security & White Collar Litigation
Antitrust Litigation
Products Litigation
Employment Litigation
Technology and Intellectual Property Litigation
International Arbitration
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global legal association representing more than 42,000 in-house counsel employed by over 10,000 organizations in 85 countries, today announced the launch of a new third-party cyber due diligence service, Vendor Risk Service, to help law department leaders identify and mitigate risks among their organizations...
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Monday, June 19, 2017
Amy Vanni Brings Life Sciences, Healthcare Experience to Philadelphia Office;
Wilfred Coronato, 1st Chair in Successful Fen-Phen Defense, Joins In Newark
Two prominent products liability defense litigators – one from Reed Smith and one from Hughes Hubbard & Reed, and both with significant experience in health care matters – have joined...
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Monday, June 19, 2017
McNees Wallace & Nurick attorneys Mike Doctrow and Brian Gregg will present the webinar, “Franchising Your Business – Considerations and Legal Requirements,” for The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on Tuesday, June 20 from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
The webinar is available free of charge to...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
kCura recognizes leading global technology and eDiscovery services company FRONTEO USA as an Orange-level Relativity Best in Service Partner
FRONTEO USA, Inc. announced they have achieved kCura’s Orange-level Relativity Best in Service recognition for providing an exceptional experience to Relativity end users.
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Sunday, May 21, 2017
Departments Use Innovative Solutions, Data, and Technology to Overcome Top Legal Challenges and Save Time and Money
Corporate legal departments are adding legal operations functions, automating work to make time for higher-value projects, and harnessing technology to allow real-time access to metrics in order to reduce legal spend and improve department...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
The Scoular Company announced today that Megan Belcher and Jeff Schreiner will join Scoular in the respective positions of General Counsel and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Schreiner joins the company May 22, while Belcher begins on June 1. Both executives will office in the company's headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Monday, May 15, 2017
The WBADC will celebrate its centennial, with this year’s theme being “Looking Back and Moving Forward”
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Monday, May 1, 2017
Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), which provides market leading governance, risk and compliance solutions to legal and financial professionals, has appointed Jonah Paransky to the position of Executive Vice President and General Manager of its ELM Solutions business. ELM Solutions provides enterprise software solutions that facilitate...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global legal association representing more than 42,000 in-house counsel in 85 countries, will host the 2017 ACC Legal Ops Conference, themed “Accelerating Innovation in Legal Services,” on June 2-4 in Chicago. This year’s conference adds a third track of concurrent programming, offers a...
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Monday, April 24, 2017
FTI Consulting, Inc. today announced the Company’s Technology segment will provide e-discovery and information governance managed services within a client’s Microsoft Office 365 tenant. For organizations on Office 365, FTI Technology’s expert e-discovery professionals can access the company’s data via the cloud and use Office 365...
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Monday, April 24, 2017
Nine McCarter & English attorneys, resident in five of the firm’s offices and six of its practice groups, have been elevated to partnership. Attorneys from the Boston, Newark, East Brunswick, Wilmington and Washington, D.C. offices have become partners. The new partners practice in intellectual property, environment and energy, bankruptcy and...
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Thursday, April 20, 2017
Largest gathering of legal operations professionals to focus on artificial intelligence,
data security, knowledge management and the future of legal operations
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Monday, April 17, 2017
iDiscovery Solutions (iDS), an award-winning legal technology consulting and expert services firm, announced today that Managing Consultant Arnold Garcia will co-present “Mobile Device Collection and Preservation” for the San Diego ESI Forum. The 60-minute, complimentary MCLE from will take place live on Thursday, April 20, at 12:00 p.m. PST at...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Walking into Sills Cummis & Gross' lobby these days you will find an amazing display... the "Empire State Chair," a life size chair made completely out of LEGOS, one of a collection of the "Chairs of Inclusion" (lead artist - Stephen W.
