Venable Taps Official Jennifer Daskal as Cybersecurity Partner
Jennifer Daskal joined Venable as a cybersecurity partner in Washington, the firm announced April 28.
Criminal defense lawyer Abbe Lowell formally launched a new firm to represent government officials and other parties targeted by the Trump administration, he said in an announcement Friday.
Hogan Lovells has turned to a boutique law firm with connections to President Donald Trump for its response to a federal diversity investigation.
The New York State Bar Association is pushing for a more rigorous bar exam ahead of state court system hearings on the future of the test, by pushing to revive an in-person, state-specific component.
Litigation funder Gerchen Capital Partners closed on a new fund in April, solidifying the financier’s move away from the secondaries market toward a broader investment strategy.
Jennifer Daskal joined Venable as a cybersecurity partner in Washington, the firm announced April 28.
California State Bar Executive Director Leah Wilson, who faced mounting calls to resign after the disastrous February Bar Exam, will not seek reappointment when her contract ends in July, the Bar announced Friday.
A federal courts advisory committee voted to advance a potential rule on evidence created by artificial intelligence tools, teeing it up for the public to weigh in on proposed addition for federal courts.
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Jasjit Vidwan joined Mayer Brown as a partner in its intellectual property practice in Washington, the firm announced Friday.
Monika Calamita joined Quarles & Brady as a partner in its real estate practice group in Phoenix, the firm announced Thursday.
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Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.
Consumers alleging digital money platform Uphold HQ Inc. deceptively advertised a financial product as “safe” and “fully hedged” failed to show those marketing statements would be materially misleading to reasonable viewers, a federal judge said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is letting digital asset influencer Ian Balina off the hook for his alleged promotion and sale of unregistered tokens, in the latest retreat from a Biden-era cryptocurrency-related enforcement action.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is seeking feedback on intermediaries, staking, lending and borrowing, and decentralized finance, ahead of legislation to regulate the areas, according to a statement.
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Kraken, one of the oldest crypto exchanges, saw revenue and adjusted earnings both rise in the first quarter while volatility in the digital-asset market increased.
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