King & Spalding obtained a victory on behalf of former officers of ATP Oil & Gas Corp., persuading a federal court to dismiss claims brought by a putative class that had purchased $1.5 billion in notes from the company. In an Aug. 14 ruling, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed with prejudice the claims brought under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933. More >>
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Roetzel & Andress LPA continues to expand its business and commercial litigation practice in Chicago and nationwide with the addition of attorney Michael Scotti, III, formerly of Freeborn & Peters LLP. More >>
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The Dallas office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Brandon McCarthy as a partner in the government enforcement practice. McCarthy arrives at K&L Gates from the United States Attorney’s Office in Dallas, where he was an Assistant United States Attorney for nearly eight years, most recently in the fraud/white-collar crime section. More >>
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Global law firm Ropes & Gray today announced that Heather Egan Sussman and Rohan Massey have joined the firm as partners, bringing their widely recognized skills to the firm’s leading privacy & data security practice. Ms. Sussman joins the firm as a partner in Boston, and Mr. Massey joins the firm as a partner in London. More >>
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Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Joseph A. Sarcinella as a partner in its Real Estate Group. A former partner in the New York office of Thompson & Knight LLP, Sarcinella will practice in Reed Smith’s New York office. More >>
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Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced today that Selim Day has joined the firm as a partner in its Tech Group. Widely known as a top M&A, IPO, and growth capital attorney for emerging tech companies, Mr. Day joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati where he had spent the last 15 years as a partner. More >>
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To further support its client-driven business strategy, the law firm of LeClairRyan has expanded into Delaware, opening a Wilmington office under the leadership of partner Andrew Cole. With the new location in Wilmington, LeClairRyan now has offices in 14 states and the District of Columbia. The firm has approximately 380 attorneys nationwide. More >>
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Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Stephanie Yonekura is joining the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Investigations, White Collar and Fraud practice group. Yonekura joins the firm from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where she most recently served as the acting United States Attorney for the Central District of California, the largest U.S. Attorney’s office outside of Washington, D.C. More >>
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Morgan Lewis enhances its strong bench of Texas lawyers representing companies in labor and employment matters with the addition of employment litigator Ann Marie Arcadi, who joins the firm as a partner in Dallas. Ms. Arcadi focuses on representing clients in the telecommunications, technology, manufacturing, retail, and energy sectors. More >>
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Carmalita “CC” Carletos-Drayton has joined Baker Donelson’s Real Estate and Finance Group as a shareholder in the Firm’s Memphis office. More >>
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