Wake Up Call: Foley Sues Legal Recruiter Over Short-Time Partner (Correct)

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• Foley & Lardner has sued the recruiting shop Mark Bruce International in New York after the firm brought on a partner who stayed less than two months. Foley says it’s owed a full refund of the placement fee it paid to the recruiter. The suit doesn’t identify the partner or say why the lawyer left. (Reuters)
• The new Washington defamation firm that spun off of Clare Locke, the boutique that was co-counsel for Dominion Voting Systems Inc. ...