Mass Torts ‘Star’ Gaudreau Joins Greenberg Traurig’s Pharma, Med Device & Health Care Litigation Practice in NY

Russell (Chip) A. Gaudreau III has joined the award-winning Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in the firm’s New York City office. He joins from Reed Smith where he had been a partner since 2010, and member of the firm’s Life Sciences and Health Industry practice group. More >>

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Squire Patton Boggs Continues Expansion of Cybersecurity Practice with Leading Washington DC Hire

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to welcome Tara McGraw Swaminatha to the firm as a partner in the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. She joins from DLA Piper LLP and previously served as a federal prosecutor in the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section at the Department of Justice (DOJ). She is recognized in The Legal 500 Cyber Law category, where she is “commended for her experience in high-profile data breach investigations” and “understands forensics and is able to digest technical reports in a meaningful and actionable way.” Ms. Swaminatha’s addition marks the latest in a series of recent hires the firm has made to its cybersecurity practice across the US, Europe and Asia. More >>

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Prominent Litigator Rejoins McDermott’s Miami Office

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Michael Austin has returned to the firm as a partner in its Miami office. Early in his legal career, Mr. Austin spent more than a decade at McDermott and is now re-joining the Firm in its Litigation Practice Group. He will focus his practice on complex commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on providing litigation services to clients in the health industry and private equity sector. More >>

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