Will More Biglaw Firms Follow Dentons And Leave China?
Above The Law
AUGUST 9, 2023
Dentons may be the first Western firm to fall. The post Will More Biglaw Firms Follow Dentons And Leave China? appeared first on Above the Law.
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Dentons breaks up with Chinese law firm; will others follow?
ABA Journal
AUGUST 10, 2023
Dentons announced Tuesday that it is separating from the Beijing Dacheng Law Offices but will continue a “preferred” relationship with the Chinese law firm. Dentons…
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Afternoon Briefs: Dentons merges with another firm; dad can’t be banned from procreating, court rules
ABA Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Dentons will combine with Alabama law firm Dentons has announced that it will combine with Sirote & Permutt, an Alabama law firm with 86 lawyers…
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Longtime Dentons Atty Rejoins Firm After In-House Stint
Law 360
JUNE 13, 2024
Dentons announced that an attorney who previously spent over 25 years at the firm and its preceding organization rejoined its Los Angeles office as a partner in the capital markets practice, following several years of working as general counsel for lending companies.
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Dentons and Boies Schiller face $300M racketeering suit after client loses international arbitration
ABA Journal
MAY 2, 2024
A Massachusetts businessman has filed a $300 million racketeering lawsuit against Dentons and Boies Schiller Flexner alleging that the law firms failed to inform him…
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3 BigLaw firms close their Kyiv offices; firms in US ready for pro bono refugee work
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Baker McKenzie, Dentons and CMS have closed their offices in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv until further notice, spokespeople said Thursday. Firm spokespeople on Thursday…
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
Law 360
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v.
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World’s Largest Law Firm Splitting Up
Above The Law
AUGUST 8, 2023
Dentons and Dacheng part ways as Chinese government regulations stiffen. The post World’s Largest Law Firm Splitting Up appeared first on Above the Law.
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Mega Biglaw Firm Faces Tribunal For Violating Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
Above The Law
JULY 28, 2023
Dentons says they are cooperating with the investigation. The post Mega Biglaw Firm Faces Tribunal For Violating Anti-Money Laundering Regulations appeared first on Above the Law.
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In His Underwear? — See Also
Above The Law
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Big Firm Gets Bigger : Dentons keeps growing. Underneath Their Robes : Judge did not want people talking about wandering the courthouse in underwear. Still Doesn't Make Sense : Mentally declassifying documents that also were totally planted but also shouldn't have been classified in the first place? The post In His Underwear?
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Morning Docket: 07.25.24
Above The Law
JULY 25, 2024
Variety ] * Dentons hires EY exec as new CEO as the line between Biglaw and the Big 4 continues to blur. Variety ] * Dentons hires EY exec as new CEO as the line between Biglaw and the Big 4 continues to blur. ABA Journal ] * Chicago firms looking into kicking off major recruiting effort. * Venable launching deepfake practice.
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Nexl, A No-Data-Entry CRM Platform for Law Firms, Raises $4M
LawSites
MARCH 13, 2023
Nexl , a no-data-entry CRM platform for lawyers, has raised $4 million in a financing round led by Australian-based B2B venture capital firm EVP with follow-on participation from The Legal Tech Fund , Vulpes and Saniel Ventures. Read more about Nexl in the LawNext Legal Technology directory.
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Merging Up The Ranks — See Also
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Midsize Firm Merges Its Way Up: The new firm will have over 1000 lawyers, climbing higher in the Am Law 100 ! Dentons Is Getting Some Bad Publicity: They've being investigated on corruption charges. New YSL RICO Witness Turns Heads: What did he just say ?! Play If You Want To: Return to office policies are growing teeth.
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ECFX, Platform for Distributing and Managing Electronic Court Notices, Raises $7 Million Growth Investment
LawSites
JUNE 21, 2023
The company said that its customers include law firms of all sizes, including several Am Law 100 firms, such as DLA Piper LLP (US), Dentons US LLP, Cooley LLP, and Cole Scott & Kissane. “We are on a mission to help law firms reduce risk and increase efficiency,” O’Day, the company’s CEO, said in a statement. .”
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Texas power providers, regulators face legal fallout from freeze and blackouts
JURIST
MARCH 1, 2021
Florida-based law firm Morgan & Morgan sued ERCOT for failing to prepare providers for freezing temperatures despite warning and knowledge of the potential damage at risk. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed another lawsuit against Griddy on Monday for misleading and deceptive marketing practices.
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Disqualification due to Foreseeable Conflict Leads to $32m Malpractice Judgment
Patently O
AUGUST 18, 2022
Dentons US LLP , 2022-Ohio-1392 (Ohio App. A few law firms are organized this way, including Dentons. In RevoLaze , Dentons US (part of a verein of many Dentons “entities”) had represented a patentee, RevoLaze, in an ITC proceeding and 17 related infringement suits. In RevoLaze LLC v.
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Dentons Adds Corporate Duo From Reed Smith To NY Office
Law 360
JANUARY 4, 2024
Dentons has added two new partners from Reed Smith to its New York-based corporate practice who will boost the firm's expertise in investment and trading matters, along with other corporate issues, as the firm continues to grow in the city.
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Pro Bono Management Platform Paladin Raises $8M in Series A Funding to Fuel International Expansion
LawSites
MAY 3, 2022
Paladin , a legal technology company whose platform enables law firms and legal services organizations to manage their pro bono programs and opportunities, has raised $8 million in Series A funding, which it plans to use to further develop its product and expand its market internationally. .
Fired Dentons Atty Wants Calif. Court To Pause Arbitration
Law 360
JUNE 10, 2021
An attorney who contends Dentons wrongfully axed him after he tried to prevent the firm from diverting tens of millions of dollars away from a China-based client wants a California federal court to pause an arbitration proceeding that the firm initiated against him.
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Dentons Fights Atty Who Claims He Was Wrongfully Fired
Law 360
JUNE 9, 2021
Dentons is pushing back against an attorney who contends he was wrongfully axed after he tried to prevent the firm from diverting tens of millions of dollars from a China-based client, arguing in California federal court that the lawyer tried to cut his own compensation deal with the client.
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Dentons, Boies Schiller Hit With $300M Fraud Suit
Law 360
APRIL 29, 2024
The owner of a company that attempted to contract with Senegal to develop a power plant in the African nation has filed a $300 million racketeering suit against Dentons and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, accusing the BigLaw firms of fraud and extortion in connection with their allegedly botched representation of the company.
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With Launch of Second-Generation Platform, Legatics Expands from Transaction Management into Project Management
LawSites
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
With some 40 templates, customizable templates, and a new interface designed to be more intuitive, Legatics now supports legal project workflows and deal closures across a range of law firm departments, including banking and finance, litigation, capital markets, real estate, corporate and M&A, regulatory, employment and restructuring.
Russian Federation: Enforceability Of Arbitration Clauses In Bankruptcy: Insights From Leading Practitioners From Russia, Ukraine, England, France, Germany, Singapore And Hong Kong - Dentons
Mondaq
JULY 26, 2021
On June 25, 2021, global law firm Dentons, with support from Legal Academy, Legal Insight magazine and Interfax Group, held an online conference on the enforceability of arbitration clauses in bankruptcy.
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Gunderson Dettmer Launches ChatGD; First U.S.-Based Firm To Develop Proprietary Internal Generative AI App
LawSites
AUGUST 9, 2023
Silicon Valley-based Gunderson Dettmer , an international law firm of more than 400 lawyers that represents many clients in the field of artificial intelligence, today launched an artificial intelligence application of its own making — an internal generative AI chat app called ChatGD.
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Del. Court Urged To Order Dentons' Release of Seized Stock
Law 360
DECEMBER 22, 2021
A Seychelles company has asked Delaware Chancery Court for an emergency order compelling Dentons LLP's release of seized shares in electric car maker Lucid Group — potentially worth more than $450 million — that the law firm tied up last year to secure payment for an undisclosed engagement.
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LawNext Podcast: What Is Justice Tech? A Conversation with Maya Markovich
LawSites
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Until last year, Markovich was chief growth officer at Nextlaw Labs, the legal tech incubator created by Dentons, one of the world’s largest law firms. We discuss the justice tech landscape, the opportunities for investors in justice tech, and how the sector is likely to develop over the coming years. .
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Supreme Court will decide arbitration issue and jury trial right in SVP commitments
At the Lectern
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
The high-profile litigation between the Dentons law firm and one of its former partners (see here and here ) returns to the court after the grant of review in Zhang v. Superior Court.
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Path to Well-Being in Law – Episode 22: Lia Dorsey
ALPS
MAY 18, 2022
As the chief diversity equity and inclusion officer at Ogletree Deakins, she’s responsible for the development and execution of the firm’s diversity equity and inclusion strategy. Dorsey previously served as the head of diversity and inclusion at Denton’s, U.S. All of those names that many of us know.
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Illumina’s Acquisition of GRAIL: A Comparison of the Outcomes
Fordham Law News
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
22] “A ‘concentration’ is the legal combination of two or more firms by merger or acquisition. 29] See General Court accepts the European Commission’s approach to catching concentrations that do not trigger any national thresholds , Dentons (July 18, 2022), [link] [hereinafter Dentons]. [30] 31] See Dentons, supra note 29. [32]
World’s Largest Law Firm To Mandate Vaccines In The United States
Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2021
Mega firm is updating their office reopening plan.
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World’s Biggest Law Firm Gobbles Up Indian Firm, Gets Even Bigger In Historic Move
Above The Law
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The post World’s Biggest Law Firm Gobbles Up Indian Firm, Gets Even Bigger In Historic Move appeared first on Above the Law. This is a major first. Congratulations!
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No straight grants, but two notable grant-and-transfers, at this week’s conference
At the Lectern
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Superior Court is the latest chapter in high-profile litigation between the Dentons law firm and one of its former partners. See here and here.)
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Morning Docket: 12.09.24
Above The Law
DECEMBER 9, 2024
CBS News ] * Last round of rate hikes fell upon the cheapest professionals at their firms. Which is somehow being treated like a surprise that a firm would prefer to bump all the paralegals up 50 bucks an hour than try to get the client to pay another 1000 an hour for someone at the top.
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Trendspotting: Biglaw Firms Opening Up Shop In Regional Hotspots
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Regional business is booming right now, with top Biglaw firms launching new offices in some of the hottest spots around the country in the hope of snatching up some valued market share. We’re new in Boston in terms of having an office, but we’re not new in terms of the companies and firms we work with.”
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Voters in Five Texas Cities Approved Decriminalizing Marijuana. Now City Officials are Standing In The Way.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Last month, residents in Denton, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Harker Heights overwhelmingly approved ballot measures that sought to ban arrests and citations for carrying less than 4 ounces of marijuana in most instances. Decriminalize Denton is now considering next steps, including recalling those who voted against Beck’s proposition.
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Morning Docket: 08.08.23
Above The Law
AUGUST 8, 2023
* Biggest law firm no more. Dentons splitting from Dacheng as China institutes new cybersecurity regulations. More partners jump ship as the firm votes to end its pension obligations. WSJ ] * John Eastman wants his disbarment proceedings halted so he can concentrate on being an (as yet) unindicted co-conspirator. [
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The Largest Firm In The World Drops To… Being A Very Large Firm — See Also
Above The Law
AUGUST 8, 2023
Dentons Puts A Dent In Its Dacheng Partnership: Don't worry -- they've still got a lot of lawyers. The post The Largest Firm In The World Drops To… Being A Very Large Firm — See Also appeared first on Above the Law. Trump is getting really creative with the Constitution.
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To Be or Not To Be a Hypocrite? Outrage over Trump Targeting Law Firms is Shakespearean
JonathanTurley
MAY 12, 2025
--> Below is my column in The Hill on the recent opinion blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning the law firm of Perkins Coie for its role, on behalf of the Clinton campaign, in the Russian collusion scandal. For the record, I opposed the executive orders of President Trump targeting law firms.
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