Christine Simmons
Journalist and senior editor at @lawdotcom and @americanlawyer. Deputy bureau chief for @NYLawJournal. Reach me at [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
law.com | Patrick Smith |Christine Simmons
As litigation partners have continued to exit Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, the firm is seeking to reassure current partners of the continued strength of the litigation department and is trying to push back against a narrative that powerful partners are leaving, following the firm's March deal with President Trump.
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2 weeks ago |
law.com | Christine Simmons |Patrick Smith
Two more litigation partners have left Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison to join a spinoff firm, as well as several associates, in the wake of the firm's March 20 pro bono deal with President Trump. Melissa Zappala, a litigation partner who joined Paul Weiss as counsel in 2020 and became partner at the firm last year, was removed from the firm's website.
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1 month ago |
law.com | Christine Simmons |Sarah Tincher-Numbers
Harvard University, armed with different counsel, sued the Trump administration on Friday over its decision to prohibit international students from enrolling in its school. Several partners at Jenner & Block are representing Harvard in the Friday complaint, in addition to the school’s counsel at Quinn Emanuel and King & Spalding. Those Jenner lawyers include Ishan Bhabha, the firm’s co-managing partner, as well as Ian Heath Gershengorn, Lauren J. Hartz and Andrianna Kastanek.
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1 month ago |
law.com | Andrew Maloney |Christine Simmons
Mayer Brown has added Tom Perez, a former labor secretary and presidential adviser as well as the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, as a partner in its litigation and dispute and public policy and government affairs practices, the firm said Friday.
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1 month ago |
law.com | Christine Simmons
A week after a judge barred the federal government from enforcing President Trump’s executive order against Perkins Coie, the Justice Department told vendors that it still views the executive action as “lawful” and it’s pursuing avenues for appeal, according to an email obtained by Law.com.
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