Wake Up Call: Dominion Turmoil ‘Shattered Morale’ at Clare Locke

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• Libby Locke of the defamation law boutique Clare Locke “repeatedly tried to pull her firm off” of the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit, which “shattered morale and confidence inside the small but formidable firm.” Locke’s alleged actions, which she and other name partner Tom Clare deny, caused most of the firm’s partners to decide to resign. (New York Times)
• A Las Vegas attorney accused of shooting his ex-daughter-in-law, and the woman’s lawyer husband, had previously been reprimanded for violating the State Bar of Nevada’s ethics rules. The alleged shooter, Joe Houston II, failed to provide a refund in a divorce case, until the state bar sent him a letter of investigation, according to state bar documents. (8 News Now)
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has hired financial regulation partner Sebastian Barling from Linklaters in London. Barling, promoted to partner in 2018, spent a total of more than a dozen years at the UK-founded Magic Circle firm. (Financial News)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Matthew Hearn will join Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a partner in the mergers and acquisitions practice in the corporate department in London.
• Ann Kashishian has joined Lewis Brisbois as a partner in the complex business and commercial litigation and bankruptcy and insolvency practices in the Wilmington, Del.
• Michael T. Carr has joined Akerman‘s litigation practice group as a partner in the New York office.
• Frost Brown Todd has opened a new office in Denver with nine attorneys.
• Janna Satz Nugent has joined Womble Bond Dickinson‘s business litigation group in Atlanta.
• Latane Montague has joined Morgan Lewis as a partner to co-lead the global automotive and mobility practice in the Washington office. He joins from Hogan Lovells.
• Erin Ehlert has joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner as a partner in the litigation and investigations department in Seattle.
• Eduardo J. De la Peña Bernal has joined Shutts & Bowen as a partner in its Miami office.
• Christiana Lazo has joined Proskauer as a partner in its private client services department. She joins from Kirkland & Ellis.