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AALL Partners with Thomson Reuters to Add Fellowship to George A. Strait Scholarship
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announces it has added a fellowship to its 29-year-old George A. Strait Minority Scholarship. Established by AALL in partnership with Thomson Reuters, the endowed scholarship honors the memory of long-time AALL member and distinguished law librarian George A. Strait.
Read MorePBI Honors Ricardo A. Anzaldúa and Freddie Mac’s Legal Division for Pro Bono Leadership
Pro Bono Institute (PBI) has selected the legal division of Freddie Mac and Ricardo A. Anzaldúa, Freddie Mac’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary to receive its 2019 Laurie D. Zelon Pro Bono Award for providing exemplary pro bono service and for leadership within the profession to increase pro bono legal services and improve access to justice.
Read MoreJones Day Advises NVIDIA in Acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Jones Day is advising NVIDIA Corporation in its acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., an Israel-based leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage.
Read MoreFormer CenterPoint Energy General Counsel Joins Brink’s
The Brink’s Company announced that Dana O’Brien will join the company as senior vice president and general counsel effective April 15, 2019.
Read MoreFragomen Opens New Office in Guatemala
Fragomen launched its 12th office in Latin America, opening its doors in Guatemala City.
Read MoreWeil Obtains En Banc Appellate Victory for Farmers Insurance in Antitrust Multidistrict Litigation
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal with prejudice of federal antitrust claims in an en banc review of a consolidated appeal in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) entitled In re Auto Body Shop Antitrust Litigation.
Read MoreFormer FTC Official Haidee Schwartz to Join Akin Gump
Akin Gump announced that Haidee L. Schwartz, former Acting Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), will join the firm as a partner in its nationally ranked antitrust/competition practice in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreBarnes & Thornburg Launches Legal Operations Department
Barnes & Thornburg announced the launch of its Legal Operations Department focused on maintaining and growing the firm’s pricing, scoping and matter management capabilities. The department will be led by Chief Legal Operations Officer (CLOO) Jared Applegate, who previously served as the firm’s director of pricing.
Read MoreMcGuireWoods Team Wins Dismissal of Federal Case Against Former U.S. Representative
A McGuireWoods legal team won the dismissal of all criminal charges against former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois, ending a long-running and highly publicized federal case focused on Schock’s alleged misuse of campaign and government funds.
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