Wake Up Call: California Bar Aims to Expunge Discipline Records

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• The State Bar of California endorsed a plan to expunge attorney discipline records after eight years, meaning infractions would no longer appear on the lawyer’s state bar website profile. The change is intended, in part, to lessen the impact of longstanding racial disparities in attorney discipline. (Reuters)
• Rolex hired Alexander Troller as its first-ever group general counsel. He comes from Switzerland-based disputes law firm Lalive, where he was a partner. He will join Rolex in January and be based in Geneva. He has been with Lalive for just over 27 years, having first joined in 1997. (Law.com)
• An anonymous Los Angeles-based celebrity is suing attorney Tony Buzbee, who is representing 120 alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Combs. The celebrity alleges Buzbee tried to extort a payout in return for not identifying him as a sexual abuser tied to Combs. (The Los Angeles Times)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Christina Conlin joined Union Pacific as deputy general counsel. She joins from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
• Olivier Antoine joined King & Spalding as a partner in its business litigation practice group in New York. He joins from Crowell & Moring.
• Craig Bleifer joined McGuireWoods as a partner in its health-care and life sciences team in New York. He joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Field.
• Kevin Elkins joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in its health-care litigation practice group in Nashville.
• Mark Nelson joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in Denver. He joins from Spencer Fane.
• Brian Turetsky joined Hinsaw & Culbertson as a partner in its consumer financial services practice group in New York.
• Brian Crist joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in its real estate department in Indianapolis and South Florida.