Bloomberg Law
Feb. 22, 2017, 1:37 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Philadelphia Taps Dechert in Immigration Battle

• With the Trump administration set to plow ahead with controversial immigration policies, Philadelphia has hired a team of attorneys from Dechert to advise it on how to handle expected legal clashes over its status as a city offering sanctuary. The city is also reported to be talking with attorneys from Hogan Lovells. ( Legal Intelligencer )

• Legal behemoth Norton Rose Fulbright and smaller Chadbourne & Parke of New York announced they will combine in the second quarter to create a firm with over 4,000 lawyers in 58 offices spanning 32 countries.( BLB ) The same day Texas firm Baker Botts announced that it had ...

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