Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Luke W. Meier has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Government Contracts group in the Washington, D.C., office. Luke’s practice will focus on helping clients navigate regulations that apply when doing business with the federal government, including investigating and defending allegations of fraud typically brought under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Luke joins Blank Rome from Covington & Burling LLP where he was special counsel in the firm’s Government Contracts practice group. More >>

Joseph J. LoBue has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Business Trial practice group and as a member of the firm’s International Arbitration team. LoBue joins from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s International Arbitration, Aerospace & Defense and Intellectual Property practice groups. LoBue is the sixth lateral partner to join Sheppard Mullin’s Washington, D.C. office this year. More >>