Richard Weber, a recent Winston & Strawn partner and former general counsel of the New York State Department of Financial Services, is joining Haynes and Boone’s New York office as chair of the firm’s financial services investigations and enforcement practice group, as the law firms continue their successful summer hiring season.

Sullivan & Cromwell successfully stayed a federal court decision that threatened to erode the work product doctrine and attorney-client confidentiality in a widely followed appeal that will have a big impact on corporate internal investigations. The appeal stemmed from a securities class action filed against FirstEnergy Corp. in an Ohio federal court, which sought billions…

Regarding the investment in Lambert Ezell Durham Architecture, LLC (LED) by Lathan Associates Architects P.C. (Lathan McKee), Akerman acted as a representative for the private equity fund Hidden Harbor Capital Partners (Hidden Harbor). LED has joined the expanding L&M Group of Companies, a network of architectural and design firms serving the Southeastern United States, as…

Scatec, a major developer of renewable energy solutions, received financial advice from Norton Rose Fulbright about the financing of its Obelisk project, which consists of 1.1GW of solar power and 100MW/200MWh of battery energy storage.

Due to shifting economic data and presidential comments, trade lawyers are unable to identify a single best alternative for clients who are struggling with the tariffs.

Following a story that he was defending a former employee who was suing a long-standing queer bar in Los Angeles for discrimination, John Barber’s is once again in the news. Currently, a variety of employment lawsuit cases are being handled by his firm, Elite Trial Group. There are currently 27 pending employment cases at Atticus…

Recently, a group of 40 managed care lawyers, including 16 partners, departed Reed Smith to join Crowell & Moring. According to Reed Smith, the company sees the chance for less contentious work in the future and the team’s departure is not a barrier. Reed Smith may be downplaying the impact of the setback, according to…

After launching a website that unifies the names of the two firms, McDermott Will & Schulte, a recently established Am Law 50 law firm, announced last Monday that it is consolidating its leadership across key management committees.

The most recent departure from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison’s U.S. business occurs when one of its partners departs the San Francisco office to work for rival Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

The fact that Arnold & Porter hired a group from K&L Gates shows that giant firms are still luring sizable lateral groups away from competitors. In the meantime, Paul Weiss’s deal lawyer Bharath Mohan joined McGuireWoods as a partner. Former FDA lawyers are brought in by Hogan Lovells and Barnes & Thornburg in Washington, D.C.