Paul R. Bessette and Michael J. Biles Join King & Spalding in Austin

Litigators Paul R. Bessette and Michael J. Biles have joined King & Spalding as partners in the Austin office, the firm announced today. Both possess significant expertise in securities litigation and related government investigations, and come to the firm from Greenberg Traurig. Bessette will serve as co-chair of King & Spalding’s national securities litigation practice, a role he also played at his previous firm.

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Brown McCarroll – Jury Awards $1.7 Million to Intermarc in Tortious Interference of Contract Lawsuit Against Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.

Brown McCarroll Partner, Peter J. Harry, secured a unanimous verdict for $1.7 million from a Collin County jury for professional manufacturers’ representative, Circuit – Metals, LLC d/b/a Intermarc, in a tortious interference of contract lawsuit against Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. and their senior director of procurement.

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LeClairRyan Adds Three to Corporate Team, Bolsters Presence in Boston

LeClairRyan is pleased to announce the addition of Charles A. Ognibene to its Boston office. He joins the national law firm’s corporate department as a shareholder on the Bank Finance and Lending Practice Area Team. Also joining the firm are associates William B. Dubon and Jessica N. Kennedy. All are formerly of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP.

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Simpson Thacher Represents J.P. Morgan and Other Initial Purchasers in Kaiser Aluminum Corporation’s $225 Million Senior Notes Offering

The Firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as sole book-running manager and the other Initial Purchasers in connection with the issuance by Kaiser Aluminum Corporation of $225 million aggregate principal amount of 8.250% Senior Notes due 2020. Kaiser Aluminum intends to use the net proceeds from the notes offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, acquisitions.

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Greene Joins Lane Powell’s Securities Litigation Practice Group

Douglas W. Greene has joined Lane Powell as a shareholder and co-chair of the Securities Litigation Practice Group, where he defends public companies and their directors and officers in securities class actions, litigation concerning mergers and acquisitions, shareholder derivative actions, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and enforcement proceedings. He also advises companies during internal corporate investigations.

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