Ropes & Gray Lures Kirkland M&A Partner Brueck in New York Push

Ropes & Gray has hired Kirkland & Ellis partner Michael Brueck as the firm expands its New York mergers and acquisitions practice.

Walmart Legal Chief Brand Preparing to Leave Retail Giant

Rachel Brand, Walmart Inc.’s top lawyer, is leaving the company on Jan. 31 to pursue the next chapter in a nearly three-decade legal career.

Trump Judge Pick Who Drew Conservative Pushback Defends Herself

President Donald Trump’s nominee for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit defended herself amid criticism from conservative leaders that she isn’t conservative enough to be appointed to the federal bench.

Former US Judges Defend Judicial Independence as Threats Rise

Former federal judges are taking advantage of Constitution Day to speak out against threats against sitting judges.

Amid ‘God’s Watercolor’ and a Bear, Yosemite Court’s in Session

Occasionally, when Judge Helena Barch-Kuchta holds a Zoom meeting in her chambers, a black bear will appear in the background of her screen, rooting around for pine nuts outside the windows of her office.

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Latham Overtakes Kirkland as 2025 Big Law M&A Deals Leader

Latham & Watkins is Big Law’s leading M&A adviser so far this year, riding a second-quarter upswing in tech, telecommunications, and energy deals work.

Steven Davis and the Rise and Fall of Dewey & LeBoeuf

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.

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