Wake Up Call: Holland & Knight Touts ‘Greenwashing’ Defense Work

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

• Holland & Knight has launched a “greenwashing mitigation” team, aimed at advising companies accused of failing to live up to their own environmental goals. (National Law Journal)

• UK law firm Taylor Wessing reportedly is scrapping an annual profit share bonus for employees. The move—the firm had given employees a 5% bonus in each of the last two years—comes after Taylor Wessing’s profit slipped by 12% in the latest fiscal year. (Law.com)

• Florida International University students “overperformed” on bar exams, compared to predictions, more than any other law school, according to a pair of researchers. Stanford University, University of Southern California, University of California, Berkeley, and The University of North Carolina, were also among the top “overperformers.” (Florida Law Review)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• David Simon has joined Skadden as co-head of the global cybersecurity and data privacy practice and as partner in the national security group in Washington, D.C.

• Stephen Cha-Kim has joined Arnold & Porter as a partner with the complex litigation practice in New York.

• Keerthika Subramanian has joined Winston & Strawn as a partner in the transactions department and as a member of the capital markets practice in Chicago.

• David Lehn has joined Boies Schiller Flexner as a partner in Washington, D.C.

• Charlotte Walker-Osborn has joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the technology transactions group and transactions department in London.

• Mary-Olga Lovett has joined King & Spalding as a partner in the trial and global disputes practice group in Houston.

• Timothy Lowry has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the corporate, M&A, and securities practice group in Philadelphia.

• John Rearick has joined Dechert LLP as a partner in the intellectual property practice in Boston.

• Sarah La Voi has joined BakerHostetler as a partner in the digital assets and data management practice group in Chicago.

• Adam M. Weg has joined Venable LLP as a partner in the commercial litigation practice in Los Angeles.

• Ryan Phair and Craig Y. Lee have joined Paul Hastings as partners in the antitrust practice in Washington, D.C.

• Shailesh Sahay has joined Baker Botts as a partner with the environmental, safety, and incident response section of the litigation department in Washington, D.C.

• Harry Valetk has joined Loeb & Loeb as a partner in the privacy, security and data innovation practice group in New York.

• Natasha S. Hwangpo has joined Ropes & Gray as a restructuring partner in New York.

• Megan Lantz has joined Dentons as a partner on the immigration team in Iowa.