Cooley Boosts Patent Litigation Capabilities With Life Sciences Trio

Chad Shear, Betsy Flanagan and Geoff Biegler have joined as partners in Cooley’s market-leading intellectual property litigation practice within the firm’s global litigation department. Arriving from Fish & Richardson, the group brings extensive trial experience, having successfully represented early- to late-stage life sciences companies in complex patent disputes across district and appellate courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

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Gordon & Rees Strengthens Chicago Office with Addition of Laura Knittle as Partner in Education Law

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, the nation’s first and only law firm with offices in all 50 states, welcomes Laura Knittle as a Partner in the firm’s Chicago office and as Co-Chair of the firm’s newly-formed Education Law practice group. She also joins the Employment Law and Government Regulatory & Administrative Law practice groups. Knittle arrives at the firm from Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.

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Washington, D.C. Antitrust Partner Carrie Mahan Joins Sidley

Sidley is pleased to announce that Carrie Mahan has joined the firm’s Antitrust and Consumer Protection practice in Washington, D.C. Ms. Mahan joins Sidley from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP where she was an antitrust litigator as well as a corporate counselor and risk advisor. She is ranked in Chambers USA as a DC Antitrust: Litigation Specialist and was included in the highly selective Global Competition Review on its “Women of Antitrust 2021” list.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Continues Growth of Corporate Insurance and Technology Transactions Practices with Six New Lawyers and a Senior Consultant

Following the recent arrival of a six-partner team from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has added six non-partner lawyers and a senior consultant from the same firm to further strengthen its corporate insurance and technology transactions practices.

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