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Latham names successor to London managing partner Kensell
WEBLatham & Watkins has appointed corporate lawyer Ed Barnett as the new managing partner of its London office. Barnett’s appointment is effective immediately and he has succeeded Stephen Kensell, who took over as office managing partner in March 2020 and will retire from practice at the end of the year. The duo will work together in the coming ...
Bracewell opens in Paris with 11-lawyer energy team from Norton …
WEBJul 26, 2024 · Houston-headquartered Bracewell has announced plans to launch in France with the arrival of an 11-lawyer energy and infrastructure team from Norton Rose Fulbright.
Allen & Overy hires six-partner team from Linklaters ally Webber ...
WEBAllen & Overy (A&O) has reaffirmed its faith in South Africa as a strategic base for wider Africa work with the hire a six-partner team from Linklaters ally Webber Wentzel to bolster its banking and finance offering in Johannesburg.
Luxury brand Gucci and Guess end nine-year trademark dispute
WEBApr 19, 2018 · Gucci filed suit against Guess in 2009 in federal court in New York, claiming specifically that the interlocking “G” print trademarks used on many of the Guess brand’s accessories infringed Gucci’s iconic “G” print trademarks. Gucci succeeded in the case, with the judge awarding Gucci a permanent injunction against the use of three ...
Cyber risk: law firms left carrying reputational can
WEBDec 15, 2023 · When a common company in the supply chain of a given industry is impacted by a cyber incident or cyber breach, such as was widely reported relating to the CTS breach in recent weeks, customers can experience significant disruption to services.
RPC launches international network to expand global insurance …
WEBMay 20, 2021 · London-based law firm RPC is expanding its global insurance platform with the launch of a six-firm international network. The network, Global Access Lawyers, will include six firms from different countries with the aim of giving clients greater access to insurance law specialists across different international markets.
Law firms navigate Microsoft outage and emphasise need for tech ...
WEBJul 19, 2024 · Law firms appear to have emerged relatively unscathed in the wake of today’s global outage of Microsoft systems which has prompted lawyers and professional bodies to underline the importance of tech resilience. Consumers and businesses across the globe have been affected by a faulty patch to the Falcon virus scanner operated by …
Women made up 49% of Fortune 500 general counsel …
WEBMay 12, 2022 · The gender balance of general counsel appointments at US Fortune 500 companies reached near parity for the first time last year when 49% of the 59 new GCs unveiled were women. That near 50/50 balance compared to 42% of the 2020 appointments being female, up from just 28% in 2019, according to the Annual Fortune 500 General Counsel Report by ...