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May 24, 2013
Duane Morris Chair Emeritus an "Outsider" Art Champion
Sheldon Bonovitz, who served as Duane Morris's chair from 1998 to 2008, and his wife, Jill, have spent 30 years amassing a collection of works created by self-taught artists that is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through June 9.
Ex-Proskauer CFO Zeroes in on Cancer as Cause of Firing
Elly Rosenthal, who worked in Proskauer Rose's finance department for more than 18 years, sued her former employer for $10 million in October 2011, claiming she was the subject of age, gender, and disability discrimination. She has now dropped two of those claims and is focusing her fight on the firm's decision to fire her after she returned from a three-month medical leave she took to recover from treatment for breast cancer.
Rue21 Sale Offers Retail Therapy for Three Am Law Firms
Buyout firm Apax Partners has agreed to pay $1.1 billion in cash for clothing company rue21, which markets affordable clothes to teenaged shoppers. Am Law 100 firms Simpson Thacher, Kirkland & Ellis, and Ropes & Gray are among the advisers on the deal.
Ex-Dewey Partners Face New Foe in Firm's Bankruptcy
Diamond McCarthy, a Texas litigation shop with a track record of suing other lawyers, has been brought in by Dewey & LeBoeuf's Chapter 11 liquidation trustee to recover money from certain former Dewey partners.
S&C Adds Linklaters Restructuring Partner in London
Not known for making many lateral hires, Sullivan & Cromwell announced Wednesday that Linklaters banking and restructuring partner Christopher Howard is joining the firm's London office, where he will work on cross-border restructurings and bolster an expanding finance practice.
Six Am Law Firms Help Bring Big League Soccer to NYC
Doing their part to launch a surefire local rivalry for Major League Soccer's New Jersey-based New York Red Bulls, Akin Gump, DLA Piper, Herrick Feinstein, and Paul Hastings all landed roles on the $100 million deal announced this week to create the New York City Football Club. The new team, a joint venture between Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and the English Premier League's Manchester City F.C., could ultimately move into a $340 million stadium that MLS and its lawyers from Fried Frank and Proskauer Rose hope to see completed by 2016.
The Careerist: Man Enough to Take Your Wife's Name?
Meet the Big Law partner who's not afraid to be a feminist. (Part 3 of series on women and the name game.)
Amid Spy Scandal, Russia Boots Baker & McKenzie Lawyer
As the U.S. and Russian governments trade accusations over espionage activities and human rights abuses, Baker & McKenzie of counsel Thomas Firestone, a former Justice Department official and liaison to the U.S. embassy in Moscow, has been expelled from the country.
Survey: Firm Leaders Admit Downturn's Permanent Impact
In a new survey from legal consultancy Altman Weil, law firm leaders acknowledge that recession-driven changes to their pricing practices and their clients' expectations that work be done efficiently are likely here to stay. At the same time, most survey respondents say they have been slow to alter their long-term strategies to address those changes.
South Carolina Bound: Adams and Reese Opens in Columbia
Adams and Reese is the latest Am Law 200 firm to set up shop in South Carolina, announcing Tuesday its combination with 23-lawyer shop Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims in the Palmetto State's capital.
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