Wake Up Call: Sidney Powell Settles Suit With Dominion Employee

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• Sidney Powell reached a settlement with a former Dominion Voting Systems employee who sued her for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The plaintiff is Dr. Eric Coomer, former director of product strategy and security for Dominion. (Law & Crime)
• A New Jersey former clerk for a borough in Hunterdon County claims in a lawsuit that she was harassed by the mayor and other officials when she took time off for mental health counseling. She claims the mayor wanted her terminated and her time off requests were repeatedly questioned. (New Jersey Advance)
• Cybercriminals are posing as law firms and lawyers that offer cryptocurrency recovery services to victims of investment scams and steal funds and personal information, the FBI warns. (Bleeping Computer)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Jeffrey Strenkowski has joined Troutman Pepper’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the firm’s energy practice. He joins the firm from Uniti Group Inc., a real estate investment trust company.
• Phyllis Guillory has joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in the corporate and securities group in Houston.
• Andrew Olmem, a co-leader of Mayer Brown’s financial services, regulatory, and enforcement practice, has been named managing partner of the Washington D.C. office.
• Delia Deschaine has joined Squire Patton Boggs’ global corporate practice as partner. She joins from Epstein Becker & Green.
• Andrey Spektor has joined Norton Rose Fulbright’s US regulatory, investigations, securities and compliance practice in the New York office.
• Chad Pasternack has joined Kennedys as a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office.
• Robert McGahan has joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as a partner in the banking and financial services and government enforcement and investigations practice groups. He joins from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.
• Anita Siegel and Randi Siegel Weniger have joined Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. as principals in the trusts and estate practice in the Florham Park, NJ, office.