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Law firms navigate Microsoft outage and emphasise need for tech resilience
Profession appears relatively unscathed as flawed software update causes global chaos
Former Amazon, MGM lawyer to head up Avengers: End Game producer’s legal team
Lesley Freeman joins independent US studio AGBO, replacing general counsel Rik Toulon
US semiconductor business Lam Research lines up Whirlpool legal head as next CLO
Ava Harter replaces Ava Hahn, who left for US chipmaker AMD back in January
How proposed drug pricing and patent reform bills will impact US pharma innovation
Any regulatory changes to drug patents and pricing should be wary of stifling innovation, writes Neal Gerber Eisenberg lawyer Thomas Campbell
Orrick adds seven-lawyer healthcare regulatory team in DC, Boston
Trio of partners join from Wilson Sonsini and boutique Hooper Lundy & Bookman as Orrick continues life sciences push
US streaming platform Roku lines up Disney’s theme parks lawyer as next GC
Louise Pentland will replace Stephen Kay, who is retiring in November
Foley & Lardner opens in Raleigh after triple partner raid on K&L Gates
Raleigh office will target healthcare work and is top 50 firm’s 23rd US base
Harvard University hires former White House lawyer to end search for next GC
Jennifer O’Connor replaces Diane Lopez, who retired in February after 30 years at the university
Nirvana and Marc Jacobs to settle copyright dispute over smiley-face logo
Revered rock band and luxury fashion house are reaching settlement in long-running legal battle
US security business Allegion lines up replacement for GC
Ingevity GC Stacy Cozad to succeed Jeff Braun, who is retiring later this year
Linklaters points to US revenue growth as turnover climbs 10% to hit £2.1bn
Performance comes in landmark year for UK Magic Circle as A&O Shearman merger beds down
Latham, S&C among raft of firms guiding Paramount’s $28bn Skydance merger
Ropes, Cravath and Simpson Thacher also acting in deal to intended to turn Hollywood icon into a tech-media hybrid
Robocar start-up Glydways hires former Electronic Arts lawyer as first legal chief
JoAnn Covington most recently served as CLO at electric bus-maker Proterra
Willkie Farr, Sullivan & Cromwell counsel Saks owner and Neiman Marcus Group in $2.65bn retail luxury acquisition
Deal marks efforts to boost the combined brands’ ability to compete in the luxury market
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Marketing X Generative AI: are GenAI ads protectable?
GenAI may be a boon to luxury brand advertising but Hogan Lovells’ lawyers Helen Trac and Rebecca Horton caution that copyright law may not protect some AI-generated campaigns
What luxury retailers should know – worker safety laws in California and New York
Morrison Cohen lawyers Keith Markel, Alana Mildner Smolow and Kayla West discuss a new Californian law and a similar proposal in New York that require retailers to take steps to ensure worker safety
In luxury, getting the right price can make all the difference
Taft Stettinius & Hollister lawyer Gene Zelek explains how luxury goods suppliers can use US and Canadian law to help them find and maintain the right price for their products
US builds international cooperation with UK Patent Office agreement, but goals are unclear
McKool Smith lawyer Warren Lipschitz examines US Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal’s MOU with the UK Patent Office on standard essential patents and how it fits in with her other actions since taking office
Freshfields recruits Skadden New York head of tax
Steven Matays joins Magic Circle firm as it continues to push for more US market share
General Motors taps former Activision Blizzard legal chief as CLO
Grant Dixton is replacing Craig Glidden, who is now overseeing legal at GM’s autonomous vehicle business Cruise
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