Wake Up Call: Alabama High Court Adopts Lawyer Advertising Rules

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• The Alabama Supreme Court adopted new ethical rules to regulate lawyer advertising. A public survey found that residents want transparency about whether attorneys in advertisements are licensed in the state, maintain local offices, or will personally handle cases, and whether advertised verdicts were actually awarded. (Alabama Political Reporter)
• Emporia State University’s general counsel, Steve Lovett, left the state payroll amid controversy about legislation he championed that would have gutted the tenure rights of nearly 3,000 public university faculty in Kansas. The state House bill didn’t make it out of committee. Lovett will become a legal consultant to Emporia. (Kansas Reflector)
• Freshfields is mulling a non-equity tier in its partnership to respond to the rush to recruit talent from rivals. Non-equity partners are one way to hold on to up-and-coming lawyers in a competitive market. (Financial News)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

Victoria Salem joined Clifford Chance as a partner in its global financial markets team in Houston. She joins from Cheniere Energy.
Megan Gaffney Painter joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in its government investigations & white-collar practice. She was assistant US attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Cami Perkins joined Clark Hill as a member in its corporate group in Las Vegas.
Li Zhu rejoined Quarles & Brady as a partner in its intellectual property practice in Washington.
David Lampert joined Sheppard Mullin as chief information officer in New York. He joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
Mark Hacker joined Lumen Technologies as executive vice president and chief legal officer. He joins from Motorola Solutions.