Wake Up Call: Foley Hoag Sues NYC Lawyer Over Unpaid Legal Fees

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• Foley Hoag has sued New York attorney Jeffrey Liddle over claims that he owes the firm almost $900,000 in unpaid legal fees. Foley represented Liddle after his own employment and securities firm went bankrupt. (Reuters)
• Litigation funding giant Omni Bridgeway’s new five-person London investment team that it poached from UK-based Augusta Ventures includes Gian Kull, Augusta’s former chief investment officer. Before that, Kull worked for Syz Capitol in Zurich, where he focused on litigation funding and law firm lending. (Cision)
• Britney Spears says Greenberg Traurig litigator Mathew Rosengart was a key player in helping end the conservatorship that had spurred “the darkest chapter of my life.” In her new memoir, “The Woman In Me,” pop music sensation Spears says the “amazing” Rosengart also helped her see that she deserved credit for her court victories. (Reuters)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Harry Eisenstein has joined Carlton Fields in the financial services regulatory practice as a shareholder in the Washington, D.C., office. He joins from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Hazel Doyle has joined K&L Gates as a partner in the asset management and investment funds practice area in Dublin. She joins from Arthur Cox.
• Michael Mulligan has joined Haynes and Boone as an insolvency partner in London. He joins from Kingsley Napley.
• Brian A. Carpenter has joined Cole Schotz as a member in Dallas. He joins from Carstens & Cahoon.
• Paul Rosenthal has joined Faegre Drinker‘s business litigation practice group as a partner in the Florham Park, N.J., office.