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SHEPPARD MULLIN RE-ELECTS CHAIRMAN GUY HALGREN
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2010/04/16 09:41
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| pSheppard Mullin Richter amp; Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that the firm's chairman of the executive committee, Guy N. Halgren, has been re-elected to a fourth consecutive, three-year term leading the firm.nbsp; Halgren was first elected to this management role in 2001.nbsp; Halgren is the first Sheppard Mullin chairman to hold this position for four terms. nbsp; /ppOur partnership is very fortunate to have Guy at the helm for another term.nbsp; He's smart, fair and forward-thinking, said Benjamin R. Mulcahy, New York-based partner and member of the executive committee.nbsp; Guy has been instrumental in growing the firm in terms of size, locations, and practice areas, while preserving Sheppard Mullin's tradition of collegiality and entrepreneurship. nbsp; /ppSheppard Mullin has experienced significant growth in the past nine years.nbsp; The number of attorneys is now more than 500, which is more than 70% greater than the firm's attorney headcount in 2001.nbsp; During the same time period, the firm has geographically grown from a California firm, to a national firm with locations in New York and Washington, D.C., to an international firm with an office in Shanghai.nbsp; The firm currently has a total of eleven offices, having significantly expanded from four locations in 2001. /ppComparing 2001 to 2009, gross revenue has climbed from $149 million to $361 million.nbsp; Practice area growth has occurred in a number of ways, including the establishment of an institutional entertainment and media practice in 2003, the significant growth of the firm's Intellectual Property practice group in recent years, and the strengthening of signature practices: Antitrust, Corporate, Finance amp; Bankruptcy, Government Contracts, Labor amp; Employment, Litigation, Real Estate/Land Use and Tax. nbsp; /ppAdditionally, Sheppard Mullin's Business Trial practice group co-chair, Robert S. Beall, has been re-elected as the firm's managing partner for another three-year term.nbsp; He has held this firm management position since 2005.nbsp; Beall, based in the firm's Orange County office, has also been re-elected to the firm's executive committee for another three-year term.nbsp; /p |
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Arizona Government Book Symposium
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2010/04/15 09:41
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| pThe Law Review Staff of the Phoenix School of Law wanted to find a way to publish a law journal, and recognize the Centennial Anniversary of the writing of Arizona’s Constitution at the same time.nbsp; The result was the printing of The Arizona Government Book, a compilation of articles written by prominent judges, attorneys and legal minds within and around Arizona Government, including the Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, Rebecca White Berch,nbsp; Nick Dranias of the Goldwater Institute, and more.nbsp; The theme of the book is “The Past, Present and Future of Arizona Government.” /pp“Because we’re a new law school, it was difficult to solicit articles for our law journal,” says Editor-In-Chief Anthony Tsontakis.nbsp; “But we persisted, and the results were submissions of extraordinary articles from Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch (Arizona Supreme Court) and many prominent government attorneys – some of whom argued cases before the Arizona Supreme Court.” /ppA Symposium / Reception to celebrate the publishing of The Arizona Government Book will be held on Tuesday, April 27th from 5:00 PM-7:00 PM at the Phoenix School of Law, Room D-110.nbsp; Speakers include Vice Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court Andrew Hurwitz and Arizona Senate President Robert Burns. nbsp; /ppHors d'oeuvres will be served.nbsp; CLE credit may be earned for this event. nbsp; The event is free, but RSVP is required by registering at a href=http://www.phoenixlaw.edufont color=#336699www.phoenixlaw.edu/font/a./p |
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BofA Merrill, Knight Capital, Franklin Templeton
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2010/04/12 09:27
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pWEALTH ADVISORS/ppThe independent multi-family investment company said it hired Christopher Smith as a principal. Smith was a director of the corporate client group at RBC Capital Markets./ppLEGAL amp; GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT/ppChicago-based investment manager Legal amp; General Investment Management America said it hired Aaron Meder in a new role as head of U.S. pension solutions. Meder was a managing director and head of asset-liability investment solutions at UBS Global Asset Management./ppMAYER BROWN/ppThe law firm said it hired Dallas Parker from Thompson amp; Knight as a partner in its corporate and securities practice in Houston./ppBANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH (BAC.N)/ppMerrill Lynch appointed Giles Hutson as Managing Director of its EMEA debt capital markets team. Hutson joins Merrill Lynch after a 11-year stint at Morgan Stanley (MS.N) where he was co-head of EMEA debt capital markets./ppFRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS/ppThe investment company named Adam Gorlyn vice president of its sovereign funds and supranationals group. Gorlyn worked as a portfolio specialist with the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income group./ppKNIGHT CAPITAL GROUP INC (NITE.O)/ppThe firm named Didier Bankole vice president of sales for its electronic trading group (ETG) in Europe. Bankole joins Knight from NYSE Euronext (NYX.N) where he was in charge of global account management./ppLASALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT/ppLaSalle Investment Management appointed Andy Watson to the newly created role of head of core funds and separate accounts, continental Europe. Watson previously worked as international director in the company's Paris office./ppEMIRATES NBD ENBD.DU/ppThe head of retail banking at Emirates NBD is to step down, three people familiar with the matter said, in the second major departure from the lender. [ID:nLDE63B08J]/ppT. ROWE PRICE GROUP (TROW.O)/ppThe investment management firm named Michael Joehr as a client service executive focused on southern Europe and Switzerland. Most recently Joehr was senior relationship manager with Allianz Global Investors Europe GmbH./ppQUILTER/ppThe investment management services provider named Gillian Bailey as an investment manager at its Glasgow office. Bailey joins the firm from Cornelian Asset Managers in Edinburgh, where she was associate director. (Compiled by Arnika Thakur in Bangalore and Elinor Comlay in New York. Editing by Robert MacMillan)
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Lindquist Vennum law firm ousts partner for misconduct
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2010/04/12 09:26
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| pHarvard University announced yesterday that William F. Lee, a nationally known Boston lawyer with deep roots in the university, has been elected to the Harvard Corporation, the institution’s principal governing body./ppLee, who is co-managing partner of the Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr law firm that employs 1,000 lawyers, will join the seven-member Harvard Corporation July 1, when James R. Houghton, 73, its longest-serving member, steps down after 15 years of service./ppLee, twice named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal, graduated from Harvard in 1972 and taught courses at Harvard Law School for about five years. He served for six years on the Harvard Board of Overseers, the 30-member consultative body elected by university alumni./ppIn a phone interview yesterday, Lee noted that as a Board of Overseers member he served on two joint committees with the corporation — the audit committee and the presidential search committee that chose Drew Gilpin Faust to succeed Lawrence Summers in 2007 — so he has worked with the seven current members of the corporation, which is led by Faust and picks new members when vacancies occur./ppLee said his overriding priority will be to keep all the institutions that make up Harvard innovative./pp“Harvard is the most unique and extraordinary institution in the world,’’ he said, “but . . . there’s also a lot of inertia that comes from age and traditions.’’/ppLee said his years of focus on intellectual property legal issues have made clear to him “there is nothing more important than the area of science and technology,’’ and he would work to make sure that Harvard is at the forefront of both those fields./p |
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Novartis defends sex bias accusations at NYC trial
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2010/04/09 09:44
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pA lawyer opened a sex discrimination trial Thursday by accusing the U.S. arm of Swiss drug company Novartis of discriminating against 5,600 female sales representatives, saying they are denied promotions and equal pay and sometimes face a hostile workplace./ppAttorney Katherine Kimpel acknowledged to the jury in federal court in Manhattan that the company has extensive written materials warning against discrimination but accused it of saying one thing on paper but another thing in real life./ppShe said women hired since 2002 entered a company that disrespects and undermines its female workers, resulting in lower pay, fewer promotions and sometimes a hostile workplace dominated by an old boys network./ppShe said the discrimination was especially severe for women who became pregnant. Sometimes, she said, they faced managers who fished through their work looking for ways to spoil their careers or pressured them to take shorter leaves or to work while they were on leave./ppNovartis attorney Richard Schnadig said the company does not discriminate against women and there was no glass ceiling./ppThis is a fair, decent, responsive company that has been sensitive to women's' needs, he said. We don't discriminate. ... the company makes no claims that we're perfect./ppSchnadig said 70 percent of its sales managers are men because the demographics of the workplace have not yet recovered from the days when fewer women entered the work force. He said the company has 14,000 U.S. employees with significant numbers of senior positions held by women, some of whom will testify at the trial.
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Lindquist Vennum law firm ousts partner for misconduct
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2010/04/09 09:24
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| pMichael S. Margulies, a prominent Twin Cities real estate lawyer and recently resigned member of the St. Paul Planning Commission, was forced to withdraw as partner of Minneapolis law firm Lindquist amp; Vennum after the firm claimed he engaged in professional misconduct. /ppThe firm's investigation uncovered the fact that (Margulies) had misappropriated significant sums from a limited number of clients and from the firm, said Daryle Uphoff, managing partner of Lindquist amp; Vennum, in a written statement. /ppThe statement came Friday, the same day Margulies, 56, of St. Paul, and his personal company, Triad Services, were sued in Ramsey County District Court by a real estate development company for which he had worked as an attorney, secretary and treasurer. /ppIn the lawsuit, CMB Minnetonka LLC alleged that Margulies made numerous illicit withdrawals from CMB's bank account and line of credit at Highland Bank and used the money — $1.5 million or more — for his own purposes. /ppSpecifically, the suit claims Margulies spent the money to overhaul the historic mansion at 516 Summit Ave. in St. Paul that he owned with his former wife. /ppIt's a matter of somebody getting way out of line with the authority they were given as a lawyer, said Douglas Elsass, attorney for CMB. /p |
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BeBevCo Has New Legal Counsel
Legal Business |
2010/04/09 05:43
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| pBeBevCo announced today they have hired a new legal team: McMullen Associates LLC from Charlotte, North Carolina. McMullen Associates LLC is a Securities and Corporate Law Firm that specializes in Securities Regulation, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Business Law, Private Placement Memorandums, Exchange Listings, Franchising, as well as all general securities law practice and corporate law matters. After a five-hour meeting that included four of our staff and five of theirs, it was by far the most educational as well as convincing that McMullen Associates team of experts will get the job by helping us develop short and long term strategies to move BeBevCo along a path to the Bulletin boards and then on to the AMEX, said CEO Brian Weber. /ppAbout BeBevCo - BeBevCo (Bebida Beverages Company) develops, manufactures and markets several beverages including Koma Unwind Chillaxation Drink ™, Koma Unwind Sugar-free Chillaxation Drink ™ and Koma Unwind Chillaxation Shot™ as well as Potencia Energy Drink and Potencia BLAST energy shot, Piranha Water. /p |
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