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Texas Trial Firm Sargent Law Earns Place on Best Law Firms List
AnnouncementsTrial firm Sargent Law, P.C., has earned recognition from U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America, ranking among the Best Law Firms selected for 2022.
Womble Bond Dickinson Deepens Houston Bench with Global Business Partner
AnnouncementsWomble Bond Dickinson announced today that Wilka Toppins has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Corporate and Securities Group and member of the Global Business Team.
Sidley Welcomes Transactional Labor and Employment Lawyer Cathryn Le Regulski to Support Growing Corporate Practices
AnnouncementsI’m reaching out to let you know that Cathryn Le Regulski has joined Sidley Austin’s DC office as partner in the Labor, Employment, and Immigration practice group.
Cathryn is well known in the transactional L&E space and brings in significant experience handling complex employee issues resulting from mergers and acquisitions (both buy-side and sell-side), financings, spinoffs and divestitures, and public offerings. At Sidley, Cathryn will assist the PE and M&A practice by providing strategic advice and support on employment matters for clients throughout a variety of industries.
Eversheds Sutherland Bolsters Energy and Distressed Debt Practices in New York with Partner Patrick J. Trostle
AnnouncementsEversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Patrick J. Trostle has joined the firm’s New York office as the head of the Distressed Debt and Special Situations Fund Group and as a partner in the firm’s Global Energy Practice Group.
Barnes & Thornburg Elects Andrew Detherage As Next Firm Managing Partner, Effective November 2022
AnnouncementsToday, Barnes & Thornburg announced that Andrew Detherage will become the firm’s next managing partner, effective early November 2022. Detherage will succeed Robert Grand, who assumed the role in 2014 and is stepping down in fall 2022 at the completion of his second term.
What the Associate Compensation Bonanza is Costing Biglaw
AnnouncementsAssociates have been rightfully cheering the deluge of money coming their way this year. Because the Biglaw lateral market is super hot right now we are talking six-figure signing bonuses, firms have had
Peter Bartolino Joins Persefoni as General Counsel
AnnouncementsPersefoni, the leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform CMAP for enterprises and financial institutions, today announced that Peter Bartolino has been appointed as the company’s
Legal Dispute over US Unions’ Performer ER Fees Close to $8 Million Settlement
AnnouncementsA dispute over the fees charged by American performer unions AFM and SAG-AFTRA in relation to the payment of equitable remuneration royalties to session musicians in the US is seemingly close
Encore Bank will Pay $3.6M to Simmons to Settle Lawsuit
AnnouncementsEncore Bank of Little Rock agreed last week to pay Simmons Bank $3.6 million to settle a lawsuit over allegations that Simmons’ former employees took customer and proprietary bank information when
Gentry Locke Welcomes John P. Brown to its Richmond Office
AnnouncementsThe Virginia law firm, Gentry Locke is pleased to welcome John P. (J.P.) Brown to its Richmond office. Brown will work in the firm’s insurance litigation practice.
Steptoe Elects Gwendolyn Prothro Renigar as Chair and Alfred Mamlet as Vice Chair
AnnouncementsSteptoe & Johnson’s partners have elected Gwendolyn Prothro Renigar as chair of its executive committee effective January 1, 2022. Renigar succeeds Philip “Phil” West who is returning full-time to his tax practice after completing his eight-year tenure as chair and growing Steptoe’s global footprint, practices, and performance. Partner Alfred Mamlet has been elected as vice chair.
Tyler Attorney Reid Martin Honored by Texas Trial Lawyers Association
AnnouncementsReid Martin, name partner in the Tyler-based law firm of Martin Walker P.C., is the recipient of the 2021 Reich Chandler Outstanding Advocate Award from the Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Energy, and How to Get It
AnnouncementsFor months, during the main stretch, I’d get inexplicably tired in the afternoon, as though vital organs and muscles had turned to Styrofoam. Just sitting in front of a computer screen, in sweatpants and
Ann Arbor Voters Ok Union-Backed Proposal to Change how City Awards Big Contracts
AnnouncementsA city ballot proposal heavily backed by union groups garnered strong support from Ann Arbor voters in the election Tuesday, Nov. 2. Proposal A, which rewrites city charter requirements for awarding
John Deere Workers Reject a Revised Contract Proposal Extending their Strike
AnnouncementsFor the second time in under one month, workers at the agriculture equipment maker Deere & Company rejected a contract proposal negotiated by their union on Tuesday, extending a strike that began
These 2 Contracts are Holding the LA Angels Back Right Now
AnnouncementsAnthony Rendon and Justin Upton have played very inconsistently with the LA Angels after signing big deals. As for Rendon, he signed a $245 million deal over seven years. That’s an average of
Biglaw Firm Boosts Salaries for the Third Time this Year, But
AnnouncementsHow badly does your firm want to compete in the white-hot lateral market? For some firms, the answer can be evidenced in its compensation. Did your firm raise salaries once this year? Great, a lot of firms
Lisa Shemie Named General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at OANDA
AnnouncementsA global leader in online multi-asset trading services, currency data and analytics, OANDA is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa Shemie as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Federal Judge Approves $160M Settlement in VA Nurses’ Overtime Class-Action Lawsuit
AnnouncementsA federal judge in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims has granted final approval of a $160 million settlement of overtime claims on behalf of nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants employed by the U.S.
Sun Pharma’s Two US Arms to Pay $85 Mn in Settlement Pacts over Antritrust Litigation
AnnouncementsSun Pharma Ltd today informed the stock exchanges that its two US-based subsidiaries have signed settlement agreements in generic pharmaceuticals pricing antitrust litigation. The two units have
