White-collar practitioners feature highly in this week’s compendium of lawyer and law firm developments, in addition to mass tort and class action litigators, among others. The round-up begins in ...

The district judge has scolded the claimants for cobbling together “unfocused confidential witness statements” to “present a scenario of fraud” as he throws out the securities fraud class action ...

The wreckage of RBG has resulted in Ian Rosenblatt planting his old flag on new ground by restarting his firm. Roseblatt has declared its independence after breaking away from sinking legal services ...

The firm has poached a tax law specialist for its DC location. White & Case has hired ex-McDermott Will & Emery tax practitioner Kevin Spencer as a partner in its global commercial litigation and ...

A former UK Magic Circle lawyer who acted on Dieselgate matters has returned to private practice after a two-year in-house stint, joining ARQIS in Düsseldorf. German-founded law firm ARQIS has hired ...

The highest court in Delaware has upheld a ruling that pharmaceutical giant Teva had undertaken “commercially reasonable efforts” to develop a new drug. The Delaware Supreme Court has sided with Teva ...

A securities specialist who guided regulatory policy on financial misconduct and AI washing has arrived at the firm’s New York location. Weil, Gotshal & Manges has snapped up Andrew Dean as a partner ...

The legal giant has hired a Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice veteran for its litigation group. Dentons has snapped up Richard Hong as a commercial litigation partner in its ...

As it has grown into a multi-billion-dollar business in the US, calls for the regulation of third-party funding have grown louder. But funders insist their progress cannot be stopped. Third-party ...

A Department of Justice trial lawyer has returned to private practice by joining Baker Botts on the East Coast, with the firm also welcoming an arbitration professional down in Texas. Baker Botts ...

The agency has cracked down on the company’s subsidiary for illegally incentivising US medical practitioners to promote its migraine drug. Pfizer has been fined USD 59,746,277 by the US Department of ...

A leading litigation practitioner who has spent his entire career in the prominent Delaware area has joined BakerHostetler’s Wilmington practice. BakerHostetler has added Jeremy Anderson as a partner ...