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Blank Rome Welcomes Government Contracts Partner Elizabeth N. Jochum

AnnouncementsBlank Rome Welcomes Government Contracts Partner Elizabeth N. Jochum

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Perkins Coie Adds Partner Alec Farr to Litigation Practice in Washington, D.C.

AnnouncementsPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that Alec Farr has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office.

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Lara Thyagarajan, Former Head of Market Regulation Enforcement and Enforcement Litigation at FINRA, Joins Sidley

AnnouncementsLara Thyagarajan has joined Sidley Austin’s New York office as a partner in the Securities Enforcement and Regulatory practice group.

Lara was previously the Head of Market Regulation Enforcement and Enforcement Litigation at FINRA where she provided her first-hand insight into the current priorities, policies, and practices of financial services regulators including FINRA, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the exchanges, and state securities regulators.

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Global M&A and Private Equity Partner Joins Sidley in Century City

AnnouncementsSidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Stephen Ballas has joined the firm’s Global M&A and Private Equity practice in Century City.

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Global M&A and Private Equity Partner Joins Sidley in Century City

AnnouncementsSidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Stephen Ballas has joined the firm’s Global M&A and Private Equity practice in Century City.

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Wiggin and Dana Welcomes Healthcare Attorney Megan George

AnnouncementsMegan George has joined Wiggin and Dana in its New York City office as Counsel in its Health Care Practice Group.

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119 Bradley Attorneys Selected to 2021 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers

Announcements119 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP attorneys across the firm’s offices in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee were selected to the 2021 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars.”

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Hunton Andrews Kurth Launches National Security Practice

AnnouncementsHunton Andrews Kurth LLP has launched a national security practice.

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Womble Bond Dickinson Expands White Collar Team with Partner in DC

AnnouncementsWomble Bond Dickinson announced today that Britt Whitesell Biles has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Business Litigation Group and a member of the White Collar and Investigations Team. Biles, a former partner at a global law firm, has more recently served in several high-ranking federal executive branch positions, including General Counsel of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Special Assistant to the President and Associate White House Counsel, and Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Akerman Continues Rapid Expansion of Tax Practice Group with Partner Philip Weingold in New York

AnnouncementsTop 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has continued its rapid expansion of its Tax Practice Group with partner Philip Weingold in New York. Weingold focuses his practice on federal, state, local, and international tax and corporate matters. His arrival shortly follows the addition of Tax partners Lorie Fale in Miami and the addition of John Buckun in Chicago.

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William E. Gibbs Joins Sodl & Ingram, PLLC

AnnouncementsSodl & Ingram, PLLC, a law firm that serves clients in commercial real estate, investment, financing and development, today announced that William E. Gibbs has joined the firm as an attorney in its Downtown Jacksonville office.

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Lara Thyagarajan, Former Head of Market Regulation Enforcement and Enforcement Litigation at FINRA, Joins Sidley

AnnouncementsLara Thyagarajan has joined Sidley Austin’s New York office as a partner in the Securities Enforcement and Regulatory practice group.

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Eighteen Gentry Locke Attorneys Named to Legal Elite List

AnnouncementsThe Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke is pleased to announce that 18 attorneys have been named to Virginia Business magazine’s 2021 Legal Elite. The list is determined by peer votes and is divided into 18 specialties.

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Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw’s 2021 Bonus Blowout

NewsSince we broke the news of the market bonus scale for associates at large law firms in the United States a trend started on Monday, November 22, 2021 — several firms quickly fell in line and matched the scale.

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Brink’s Appoints General Counsel from in-House

NewsThe Brink’s Company has promoted Lindsay Blackwood to become executive vice president and general counsel. Blackwood joined NYSE-listed Brink’s in 2012 as assistant general counsel and held that

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Jury Awards $26M in Malpractice Lawsuit, a Nebraska Record

InsightsA Douglas County jury has awarded $26.1 million to a Sarpy County family who sued Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha after their child was sent home following an accidental fall and then

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Le Clair Ryan Trustee Reaches $10M Settlement with Firm’s Former Leaders

NewsThe trustee overseeing the bankruptcy liquidation of Le Clair Ryan has just scored millions of dollars more in her hunt for cash to pay back creditors of the collapsed Richmond law firm. A nearly $10 million settlement

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Brick Ability Buys Renewable Energy Products Company for up to GBP5.5 Mln

EnergyBrick Ability Group PLC said Wednesday that it has acquired renewable energy products company HBS NE Ltd. for up to 5.5 million pounds $7.4 million as part of the company’s plan to broaden its offering to

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West Coast Dockworkers Reject Contract Extension, Seek Talks

EnergyThe union representing about 15,000 dockworkers at the nation’s largest ports declined an offer by employers to extend existing labor contracts for a year, setting the stage for heated negotiations. The Pacific

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Wander Franco, Rays Closing in on Massive Contract Extension for 20-Year-Old Star

EnergyShortstop Wander Franco quickly emerged as one of MLB’s best players this season and the Tampa Bay Rays are wasting no time locking him up. The club is closing in on signing Franco to a record-setting contact

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