Wake Up Call: Kirkland Alum Takes Leading Anti-Abortion Role

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• Erin Morrow Hawley has emerged as a leading figure in the legal fight to restrict access to abortion. The Regent University professor and Kirkland & Ellis alum—who is married to Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley—argued before the Supreme Court in a case challenging moves to expand the availability of mifepristone. (New York Times)
• Plaintiffs law firm Pogust Goodhead will not be forced to disclose the details of litigation funding behind a UK ‘dieselgate’ suit against Mercedes-Benz. (Law Society Gazette)
• Bradley Arant Boult Cummings is growing its footprint in Dallas, adding another floor to its commercial lease downtown. (Dallas Morning News)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Khaled Klele has joined McCarter & English as a partner with the healthcare group in Newark, N.J. He joins from Riker Danzig.
• James W. Kim has joined Polsinelli as a shareholder with the government contracts practice in Washington, D.C.
• Quinn Murphy has joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as a partner in the construction practice group in the Tampa, Fla., and St. Louis offices.
• Valerie Paverd has joined BCLP as a partner with the technology and commercial practice in New York. She co-chaired the digital transformation and outsourcing practice at Nelson Mullins.