After months of speculation, New York’s Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Anglo-Scots boutique Dickson Minto have announced that they have formed a strategic alliance. The firms are bolstering their relationship to strengthen Willkie’s presence in London, as well as tapping into Dickson Minto’s U.K. private equity expertise and opening up more opportunities for Dickson Minto […]
A French court has ordered eBay to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA had complained it was hurt by the sale of knockoff items on eBay. An adviser to the company said the decision was an […]
Hunton & Williams is opening a San Francisco office with a trio of Akin Gump labor attorneys — part of an eight-lawyer group that’s also expanding Hunton’s offices in Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston. Akin Gump is losing San Francisco partners Brett Burns and Fraser McAlpine and associate Anna Suh in the move. Akin partners […]
Looking back at LegalTech West Coast 2008, Law.com Legal Technology editor Sean Doherty sorts through a long list of e-discovery fixes; explains this year’s catchphrase: “act locally, act globally”; and test-drives Clio, practice management software that holds promise for solos.
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Covington & Burling has picked up two top litigators from Heller Ehrman’s insurance recovery practice. David Goodwin and Lawrence Hobel both begin work at Covington’s San Francisco office today. The insurance policyholders practice, which is among Heller’s key practices, is an uncommon one among big firms. As such, industry watchers say the practice could be […]