Polsinelli Bolsters Health Care Practice with Veteran Litigator Zachary Rothenberg

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed Zachary Rothenberg as a shareholder in the firm’s Health Care Litigation & Disputes Practice in the Los Angeles office. With more than two decades of experience in litigation and arbitration on the federal and state level, Rothenberg is a veteran litigator with a focus on representing health care clients, particularly in the behavioral health space, in business disputes as well as out-of-network and in-network reimbursement disputes. Rothenberg arrives from Nelson Hardiman, LLP.

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Leading Tax Controversy Litigator Joins McDermott in Chicago

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Susan Ryba to its Tax Practice Group as a partner based in Chicago. A highly sought-after tax controversy litigator, Susan represents high-profile technology, healthcare and pharmaceutical clients at all stages of the federal tax controversy life cycle. She joins from Baker McKenzie, where she served as chair of its Chicago Tax Practice Group.

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Sidley Adds Partner John Godfrey to Global M&A and Private Equity Practice in New York

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Sidley is pleased to announce that John C. Godfrey has joined Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity practice as a partner in New York. Mr. Godfrey joins Sidley from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP where he served as a member of that firm’s M&A and PE practices. This follows the addition of a team of 11 lawyers from Paul, Weiss in the last 10 months.

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Pillsbury Continues Northern California Expansion with Arrival of Heavy-Hitting Data Privacy and Digital Transformation Team in San Francisco

Monday, April 1, 2024

Amid growing scrutiny of how companies use and protect consumer information, Pillsbury has recruited highly regarded data privacy and technology partners Jeewon Serrato and Shruti Bhutani Arora to the firm’s San Francisco office. Both join Pillsbury from Baker Hostetler.

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Senior Criminal Antitrust Enforcer James Fredricks Joins Skadden

Monday, April 1, 2024

Skadden is pleased to announce that James Fredricks, most recently chief of the Washington Criminal II Section of the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice (DOJ), has joined the firm’s global Antitrust/Competition Group as a partner in our Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Fredricks will counsel and defend clients in all types of antitrust investigations and prosecutions, as well as other complex and multijurisdictional actions brought by government enforcers, including price fixing, bid rigging, market allocations, no-poach agreements, algorithmic pricing and criminal monopolization.

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Mintz Adds Top Trademark Practitioner to San Francisco Office

Monday, April 1, 2024

Mintz announces that Laura M. Franco has joined as a Member of the Intellectual Property practice group in the firm’s San Francisco office. Laura is an internationally recognized trademark practitioner specializing in trademark prosecution, brand enforcement and protection, and IP licensing. Prior to joining Mintz, Laura was a partner at Winston & Stawn LLP, where she managed the Trademark Prosecution & Brand Protection group and co-chaired the firm’s Latino lawyers affinity group.

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