Sullivan & Worcester has announced its newest practice area, Software Anti-Piracy & Litigation Services, which the firm says is in response to “clients’ desire for a cohesive strategic and aggressive approach against software piracy.” Indeed, a survey from the...

Elite litigation boutique Binder & Schwartz has promoted Lauren K. Handelsman to partner. She is the first associate to be named partner since the firm opened its doors in April 2013. She joined the firm in October of that year from Cleary Gottlieb Steen &...

It’s not unusual for lawyers to practice in fields where they have relevant professional experience, education or personal interests. Take Cozen O’Connor Associate Jennifer Urban. An associate in the firm’s Transportation and Trade practice, Urban recently passed the...

Fish & Richardson has announced that Kia Scipio has joined the firm as diversity and inclusion manager in its Washington, DC, office. The firm said that Scipio, who will report to Fish & Richardson's chief development officer, will "focus on continuing to...

The intellectual property world was abuzz last month when Merck subsidiary Idenix Pharmaceuticals won a record-setting $2.54 billion patent infringement case against Gilead Sciences Inc. – the largest such patent verdict in U.S. history. The win is that much more...

For as long as women have practiced law, female lawyers have grappled with whether it’s possible to have both a successful, rewarding career and a family. When women began entering the profession in large numbers in the 1970s, they were often faced with an either-or...

Advocacy has always been a part of Sidley Austin litigation associate Melissa Colon-Bosolet’s life. She recently told The WILEF Tribune that “being raised as an only child in the Bronx and the first in my family to attend college, the natural advocacy I experienced...

In a push to expand their offerings to high-net worth individuals and families, Jenner & Block recently brought on board wealth management attorneys Barbara Grayson and Debra Levin to launch and co-chair the firm’s private wealth practice, joined by Anne Brynn,...

Loeb & Loeb Team Scores Win for Sumner Redstone While the fate of Sumner Redstone’s media empire is still up in the air, his personal life is a bit more settled thanks in part to his legal team at Loeb & Loeb. After just one day of trial in May, a high-profile...