Pogust Goodhead has confirmed it will conduct a redundancy consultation, in what the class action specialist described as an “incredibly difficult” decision. A spokesperson for the firm confirmed that the cuts will affect both legal and business services staff. The firm did not respond to requests for comment as to how many jobs would be affected, although the Law Society Gazette reported ...

US media and entertainment giant Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has hired Jill Ratner as general counsel, replacing veteran GC Leah Weil, who announced her departure in January. Ratner joins from The Walt Disney Company, where she was deputy GC. At Sony, she will be responsible for all of the studio’s legal functions, including compliance, labour relations, government relations, corporate ...

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BakerHostetler has hired a 10-lawyer transactional team from Locke Lord to open an office in Austin, its third in Texas and 18th overall. The incoming team is led by partner Cynthia Bast and will bolster 1,000-lawyer BakerHostetler’s affordable housing and real estate capabilities, the firm said. Bast will serve as partner-in-charge of the new office, which will open 1 …

Jan 27, 2025 · IP heavy-hitter Fish & Richardson is opening an office in Chicago, housing partners the firm hired last year from Jenner & Block. The new office – the 350-lawyer firm’s 15th globally – will open this spring with a five-strong team. It will be led by Louis Fogel, a patent litigator who joined Fish & Richardson last February from Jenner, where he was co-chair of its life sciences practice ...

Anglo-Australian firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and New York-based Kramer Levin have agreed to merge in what the two sides describe as a “bold, strategic move”. The deal, which is subject to approval by both sets of partners, will create a “fully-integrated” firm with “a single global profit pool from day one”, the firms said. The two …

The FTC says Tapestry’s proposed acquisition of Capri could reduce competition in the accessible luxury handbag market, write Michelman & Robinson lawyers Prachi Ajmera and Alaina Cohen

White & Case has hired a partner from Deloitte Legal for the new global role of chief innovation officer. Isabel Parker has joined the firm in London after a two-year stint at Deloitte, having earlier held the CIO role at Magic Circle firm Freshfields. Joining alongside Parker is New York-based Jason Hill, who will serve as chief marketing officer. Together the duo will assume roles previously ...

A former Freshfields partner has been suspended for two years and ordered to pay costs of £66,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) in relation to allegations of “inappropriate” behaviour. Nicholas Williams left the Magic Circle firm in December 2019 following an internal investigation into his behaviour, having been made a partner in …

Vinson & Elkins (V&E) has hired a co-chair of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft’s global litigation group in New York. Jason Halper has joined the firm after eight years at Cadwalader alongside litigator Sara Brauerman, who has joined V&E as a partner having been a special counsel at their former firm. “Jason and Sara’s success representing …