Wake Up Call: Maynard and Nexsen to Combine Into 550-Lawyer Firm

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• Alabama-based Maynard Cooper and Carolinas-based Nexsen Pruet have agreed to merge into a “client-centered” national firm operating under the name Maynard Nexsen effective April 1. The combined firm will have more than 550 lawyers in 23 offices across the US, including Washington, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, according to a statement. (MaynardCooper.com)
• Daniel Friedberg, the former chief regulatory officer at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.com, cooperated with US prosecutors investigating the FTX collapse. That cooperation ...