Wake Up Call: Top Firms Hiring Energy Partners as Policies Shift

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• Akin Gump Stauss Hauer & Feld, Hogan Lovells, and Sidley Austin have been hiring energy practice partners as federal policy evolves and clean energy deals are announced. Akin Gump said on Wednesday that it had hired DC partner Vanessa Richelle Wilson from DLA Piper. (Reuters)
• A US Department of Veterans Affairs lawyer is being investigated for posting a message on social media that mocked Israelis over their concerns about hostages taken to the Gaza Strip. Shekeba ...