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Mishka A. Woodley Joins Farrell Fritz’s Albany Office

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Mishka Woodley has joined Farrell Fritz as a healthcare and government relations associate in the firm’s Albany office.

Bradley Partner Receives 2019 Women, Influence & Power in Law Award

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP partner Anne Marie Seibel is among the recipients of Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel magazines’ 2019 Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) Awards.

Texas-Based Provost Umphrey Among Nation’s Best Law Firms for 12th Year

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Provost Umphrey Law Firm has earned a place in the 2020 Best Law Firms guide by U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America.

Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson Among 2020 Best Law Firms

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Boutique family law firm Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson has earned recognition for the 11th consecutive year in the Best Law firms guide.

Facing Investigation, Giuliani Needed a Lawyer, but Firms Stayed Away

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At least four prominent attorneys declined to represent President Trump’s personal lawyer for various reasons.

BigLaw Bonus Season Begins, and Some Associates Aren’t Happy

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Bonuses for associates at one Biglaw firm stayed the same as last year, but there’s a reason those associates have a gripe about overall compensation this year.

Ex-Hershey In-House Lawyer Barred From Suing on Race, Gender Bias Claims

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Kurt L. Ehresman, a 52-year-old white man, worked as Hershey’s senior counsel for global intellectual property until Hershey told him it was eliminating his position.

PTAB Judge Appointments Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Circuit

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A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the appointment of Administrative Patent Judges, charged with presiding over proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, was unconstitutional.

Barnes & Thornburg Adds Labor and Employment Partner in Minneapolis

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Barnes & Thornburg has added Alec J. Beck as a partner in the Labor and Employment Department in the Minneapolis office.

Neal Gerber Eisenberg Adds Intellectual Property Partner Timothy M. Nitsch

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Neal Gerber Eisenberg announced the addition of Timothy M. Nitsch as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice group.

Michele Jacobson, Jennifer Recine Take On Litigation Leadership Roles at Stroock

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Stroock has tapped partners Michele Jacobson and Jennifer S. Recine to lead its New York General Litigation and firmwide Real Estate Litigation practices, respectively.

Dallas-based Perry Law P.C. Earns 2020 Best Law Firms Recognition from US News – Best Lawyers

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U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America have ranked Perry Law P.C. among the leading firms in Dallas-Fort Worth for insurance law.

Trump Tax Return Case Confronts Supreme Court With a Momentous Choice

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The court can agree to hear the case and rule by June, or it simply can deny review, leaving in place the appeals court ruling and effectively requiring Trump’s accountants to turn over his tax returns.

O’Melveny Notches Win in Long-Running Legal Malpractice Suit

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A federal judge ruled in favor of O’Melveny & Myers in a case alleging the Biglaw firm was conflicted in its representation a decade ago of a now-defunct investment firm.

Davis Polk Hit With Bias, Retaliation Suit by Black Lawyer

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Kaloma Cardwell alleges the firm denied him job assignments and then fired him.

Download: What NOT to Do As a Board Director

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Bad directors suffer from inattention to detail, a narrow field of focus, entitled behavior, and inadequacy, NACD says.

Download: Nine Best Practices for Early Case Assessment

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Zapproved has published a new guide discussing nine best practices that will refine early case assessment process.

Hogan Lovells Adds Real Estate Finance Lawyer Ana Tenzer in Denver

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Ana Lazo Tenzer has joined Hogan Lovells as a partner in the Corporate practice in Denver.

Foley Adds Former FDA Counsel Paul Joseph in Washington, D.C.

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Foley & Lardner LLP announced that Paul Joseph has joined the firm’s Government Solutions Practice Group as of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office.