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Law Firm News and Press
Thursday, June 4, 2026 - Volume 21 No. 1412
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General
Kirkland & Ellis and Palantir to build AI tool to assist private equity firms - Financial Times (Kirkland & Ellis), June 4, 2026 Vinson & Elkins Sued for Malpractice Over Texas Real Estate Deal - Bloomberg Law News (Vinson & Elkins), June 3, 2026 McDermott matches Milbank’s five-figure associate pay rises: ‘We will always push to do more for you’ - Financial News London (McDermott Will), June 4, 2026 Wake Up Call: Simpson Thacher Expands Bet on Midtown Tower - Bloomberg Law News (Simpson Thacher), June 3, 2026
Big Deals
O’Melveny Welcomes Back Experienced San Francisco M&A Lawyer Jeffrey C. Wolf - Global Legal Chronicle (O'Melveny & Myers), June 4, 2026 Hogan Lovells advises Autodesk in pending US$3.6 billion acquisition of MaintainX - ETLegalWorld.com (Hogan Lovells), June 4, 2026 White & Case advises Legora on acquisition of Cadastral - ETLegalWorld.com (White & Case), June 4, 2026 Mexico's BBB Foods raises US$497 million in follow-on offering - Latin Lawyer (Simpson Thacher), June 4, 2026
Attorney Moves
Proskauer Continues Global Finance Growth with Addition of Bryon Mulligan in Charlotte Proskauer Rose, June 3, 2026 K&L Gates appoints corporate and M&A partner in Hong Kong - Law.asia (K & L Gates), June 4, 2026 K&L Gates hires ex-Dechert Beijing MP as Hong Kong partner - | Asian Legal Business (K & L Gates; Dechert), June 4, 2026 Perkins Coie Adds Jamie Evans for Corporate Practice in Seattle - Bloomberg Law News (Perkins Coie), June 3, 2026 Hogan Lovells expands Middle East team with key partner team hire - ETLegalWorld.com (Hogan Lovells), June 3, 2026 Dechert Expands Leveraged Finance and Private Equity Capabilities with Partner Andy Sagor - PR Newswire (Dechert), June 3, 2026
General Counsel Moves
Gigapower Appoints Jonathan Mullen as Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel - New Castle News (General Counsel), June 3, 2026 Paul Hastings Settles With J&J Unit in Bankruptcy Fee Dispute - Bloomberg Law News (Paul Hastings), June 4, 2026
Technology
Harbor acquires CE Global Partners to bolster HCM offering - Legal IT Insider June 3, 2026 [Latest] Global Legal Technology Market Size/Share Worth USD 71.9 Billion by 2034 at a 10.5% CAGR: Custom Market Insights (Analysis, Outlook, Leaders, Report, Trends, Forecast, Segmentation, Growth, Growth Rate, Value) - AI Magazine June 3, 2026 "The front door that does the work": Wordsmith AI raises $70m Series B - Legal IT Insider June 3, 2026 Litera announces Foundation 365, integrating its CRM capabilities across the Microsoft Suite - Legal IT Insider June 3, 2026 Microsoft unveils first LLM, vibe coding model, and speech/text updates - Legal IT Insider June 3, 2026
Boston Press Releases
Terri Shieh-Newton Recognized in Inaugural Forbes America’s Top Women Lawyers List Mintz Levin, June 3, 2026 Mintz IP Practice Earns 17 Individual and 4 Firmwide Recognitions in the 2026 IAM Patent 1000 Mintz Levin, June 3, 2026 Fish & Richardson Receives Top Rankings in 2026 Edition of Fish & Richardson, June 3, 2026 Mintz Advising on $215 Million Private Placement Concurrent with Avenzo Therapeutics’ and Rallybio’s Merger Transaction Mintz Levin, June 3, 2026
California News
O’Melveny Welcomes Back Experienced San Francisco M&A Lawyer Jeffrey C. Wolf - Global Legal Chronicle (O'Melveny & Myers), June 4, 2026 Paul Hastings Settles With J&J Unit in Bankruptcy Fee Dispute - Bloomberg Law News (Paul Hastings), June 4, 2026
California Press Releases
Navigating Antitrust Scrutiny of Algorithmic Software Cooley, June 3, 2026 SEC Proposes to Rescind 2024 Climate-Related Disclosure Rules Cooley, June 3, 2026 A Play-by-Play on Congress’s Efforts to Regulate College Sports Loeb & Loeb: Press Releases, June 3, 2026 Atana Elements Secures $27.5 Million Seed Round to Discover Critical Mineral Resources at Record Speed Orrick, June 3, 2026 Winter 2026 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey Results Allen Matkins, June 3, 2026 Wilson Sonsini Advises Asana on Acquisition of StackAI Wilson Sonsini, June 3, 2026 Wilson Sonsini Advises Isomorphic Labs on $2.1 Billion Series B Investment Round Wilson Sonsini, June 3, 2026 Wilson Sonsini Advises Luminopia on Licensing Agreement with ROHTO Wilson Sonsini, June 3, 2026 Get Summer‑Fit, Not Fined: Five Ad Traps to Avoid for Connected Fitness Loeb & Loeb, June 3, 2026 Pillsbury’s Jeffrey Merrifield Transitions to Partner Emeritus Role to Pursue Broader Energy Opportunities as Tim Walsh is Named New Practice Group Leader Pillsbury Winthrop, June 3, 2026 Loeb Partner Talia Englander Named Among “CRE’s Aspiring Leaders of 2026” by GlobeSt. Loeb & Loeb: Press Releases, June 3, 2026 Jason Breen Honored Among LABJ's "Leaders of Influence: M&A" Wilson Sonsini, June 3, 2026 The Life Sciences Report – June 2026 Wilson Sonsini, June 3, 2026 San Francisco Business Times Recognizes Tom Magnani as an Outstanding Voice in the Bay Area Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, June 3, 2026
Chicago News
Kirkland & Ellis and Palantir to build AI tool to assist private equity firms - Financial Times (Kirkland & Ellis), June 4, 2026 McDermott matches Milbank’s five-figure associate pay rises: ‘We will always push to do more for you’ - Financial News London (McDermott Will), June 4, 2026
Chicago Press Releases
Temporary Relief: DHS Extends Lebanon TPS: Key Employer Actions Seyfarth Shaw, June 4, 2026 The Property Line: Digging Into Environmental Due Diligence Seyfarth Shaw, June 3, 2026 Seyfarth Represents HVAC Leader Delta T Equipment in Sale to Impact Climate Technologies Seyfarth Shaw, June 3, 2026 Florida Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Private-Sector Whistleblower Claims Seyfarth Shaw, June 3, 2026 Heliane Fabian Named Fellow in NAPABA Leadership Advancement Program Seyfarth Shaw, June 3, 2026 Kirkland Advises Kindle Energy on $1 Billion Sale of Mountain Peak Power and Canyon Peak Power to TransAlta Kirkland & Ellis, June 3, 2026 Kirkland Takes Top Spot on Kirkland & Ellis, June 3, 2026 Partner Amarto Bhattacharyya Named Pro Bono “Rising Star” by the NIJC Kirkland & Ellis, June 3, 2026 Ramy Elmasri Discusses “Passive Shipper” Liability in Interview with FreightWaves Clausen Miller, June 3, 2026 Clausen Miller Appellate Team Wins Anti-stacking Case in Seventh Circuit Clausen Miller, June 3, 2026 Four Sidley Lawyers Named to 2026 “America’s Top Women Lawyers” List by Forbes Sidley News, June 3, 2026 Spring 2026 In-House Alumni Chicago Network Dinner Proskauer: Chicago, June 3, 2026 Mayer Brown's global Intellectual Property practice secures leading rankings in 2026 IAM Patent 1000 Mayer Brown, June 3, 2026 Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk Recognized as an NIJC 2026 Rising Star Sidley News, June 3, 2026 Kirkland Advises Hellman & Friedman on Financing for the Acquisition of Hyve Kirkland & Ellis, June 3, 2026 Kirkland Advises Firefly Aerospace on $576 Million Follow-On Offering Kirkland & Ellis, June 3, 2026
New York News
White & Case advises Legora on acquisition of Cadastral - ETLegalWorld.com (White & Case), June 4, 2026 Mexico's BBB Foods raises US$497 million in follow-on offering - Latin Lawyer (Simpson Thacher), June 4, 2026 Wake Up Call: Simpson Thacher Expands Bet on Midtown Tower - Bloomberg Law News (Simpson Thacher), June 3, 2026
New York Press Releases
Jackson Lewis Attorneys Named to Lawdragon's 2026 Leading Immigration Lawyers Guide Jackson Lewis, June 3, 2026 Four Weil Partners Named to Forbes 2026 America’s Top Women Lawyers List Weil Gotshal, June 3, 2026 Sunny Singh Discusses the Changing Role of Chapter 11 with Octus Weil Gotshal, June 3, 2026 Sigrid McCawley and Kenya Davis Among 2026 America’s Top Women Lawyers Boies Schiller, June 3, 2026 Proskauer Continues Global Finance Growth with Addition of Bryon Mulligan in Charlotte Proskauer Rose, June 3, 2026 Shanu Bajaj and Dana Seshens named to 2026 “America’s Top Women Lawyers” by Forbes Davis Polk, June 3, 2026 Weil Advises The Hartford in $1.9B Sale of Hartford Funds to Wellington Management Weil Gotshal, June 3, 2026
Philadelphia News
K&L Gates hires ex-Dechert Beijing MP as Hong Kong partner - | Asian Legal Business (Dechert), June 4, 2026 Dechert Expands Leveraged Finance and Private Equity Capabilities with Partner Andy Sagor - PR Newswire (Dechert), June 3, 2026
Texas News
Vinson & Elkins Sued for Malpractice Over Texas Real Estate Deal - Bloomberg Law News (Vinson & Elkins), June 3, 2026
Texas Press Releases
Inside Sports Law Norton Rose Fulbright, June 4, 2026 FCA cries foul over football club sponsorship deals Norton Rose Fulbright, June 4, 2026 David DIJOUX Norton Rose Fulbright, June 4, 2026 Eleanor Clotworthy Norton Rose Fulbright, June 4, 2026 The 2026 ICC Arbitration Rules: Summary of key updates Norton Rose Fulbright, June 4, 2026 Norton Rose Fulbright advises Atlas Air Worldwide on strategic investment in Air Atlanta Norton Rose Fulbright, June 4, 2026 Baker Botts Advises American Industrial Partners and Molycop on $1.5 Billion Sale of Molycop to Tega Industries and Apollo Funds Baker Botts, June 3, 2026 Mark L Jones DELETED DELETED Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Donna B. Moore Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Naba Shirazi DELETED DELETED Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Holland & Knight Advises Venture Life Group on $28 Million Acquisition of FemiClear and CUROXEN from OrganiCare Nature’s Sciences Holland & Knight (former Thompson & Knight), June 3, 2026 Trump Administration Fights Court Order to Refund Some Tariffs Holland & Knight (former Thompson & Knight), June 3, 2026 Remi Gambino Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Susan Linda Ross Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Megan Chester Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Jean-Philippe Pelletier Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Michèle Friel Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Amanda D. Cerisano Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Christopher Horte Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Janet Grove, KC Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 Eric Malysa Norton Rose Fulbright, June 3, 2026 BigLaw Could Tap PE Money for Advantage in Talent Wars Holland & Knight (former Thompson & Knight), June 3, 2026 DOL Diverges on Wage Enforcement, Deregulation at 6th Circ. Holland & Knight (former Thompson & Knight), June 3, 2026
Washington DC News
Hogan Lovells advises Autodesk in pending US$3.6 billion acquisition of MaintainX - ETLegalWorld.com (Hogan Lovells), June 4, 2026 Hogan Lovells expands Middle East team with key partner team hire - ETLegalWorld.com (Hogan Lovells), June 3, 2026
Washington DC Press Releases
San Francisco Business Times Recognizes Tom Magnani as an Outstanding Voice in the Bay Area Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, June 3, 2026
Eastern US News
K&L Gates appoints corporate and M&A partner in Hong Kong - Law.asia (K & L Gates), June 4, 2026 K&L Gates hires ex-Dechert Beijing MP as Hong Kong partner - | Asian Legal Business (K & L Gates), June 4, 2026
Eastern US Press Releases
Akerman’s Nora Martins Explores Zoning Innovations and Housing Opportunities in NYC’s Affordable Housing Blueprint Akerman Senterfitt, June 3, 2026 Holland & Knight Advises Venture Life Group on $28 Million Acquisition of FemiClear and CUROXEN from OrganiCare Nature’s Sciences Holland & Knight, June 3, 2026 Trump Administration Fights Court Order to Refund Some Tariffs Holland & Knight, June 3, 2026 Hunton Advises Pacific Gas and Electric Company on $2.2B First Mortgage Bonds Offering Hunton Andrews Kurth, June 3, 2026 Meet The Attys In Plastics Co. Trinseo's Ch. 11, Law360 Hunton Andrews Kurth, June 3, 2026 Hunton Andrews Kurth lures lateral from DLA Piper, IEL Hunton Andrews Kurth, June 3, 2026 Fat Brands Clears Hurdle To Pitch Post-Sale Ch. 11 Plan, Law360 Hunton Andrews Kurth, June 3, 2026 Emily Mack and Maja Hartzell Author "Law360" Article on Navigating Tennessee's Noncompete Law Burr & Forman, June 3, 2026 Paula Hopkins Quoted in World Trademark Review on TTAB Trademark Decision Venable, June 3, 2026 BigLaw Could Tap PE Money for Advantage in Talent Wars Holland & Knight, June 3, 2026 DOL Diverges on Wage Enforcement, Deregulation at 6th Circ. Holland & Knight, June 3, 2026
Central US Press Releases
New York State Budget Law Narrows SEQRA Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, June 4, 2026 Ohio's New AI Ethics Guide: What Every Lawyer and Judge Needs to Know Right Now Husch Blackwell Sanders, June 3, 2026 2026 Colorado Legislature: Labor & Employment Session Summary Husch Blackwell Sanders, June 3, 2026 U.S. Government Files Appeal of CIT Decision Ordering Universal Refunds of IEEPA Tariffs to All Importers Husch Blackwell Sanders, June 3, 2026 Section 45Z Questions Put Producers at Risk Husch Blackwell Sanders, June 3, 2026 More Federal Funding Changes on Tap: OMB Proposes Uniform Guidance Overhaul Dorsey & Whitney, June 3, 2026 Oversight by Invitation: Trump's AI Security Order Returns, Sixty Days Lighter Jones Walker, June 3, 2026 When Timing Controls the Outcome: Lessons from the Musk–OpenAI Dispute Jones Walker, June 3, 2026 Cummings and Zimmerman Examine Six Florida Rulings on Forum Selection Clauses in Daily Business Review Stinson Leonard Street, June 3, 2026 San Francisco Attorney Christopher Lapidus Reflects on Solo Practice Experience and Its Impact on Firm Practice in The Recorder Stinson Leonard Street, June 3, 2026 Orders Enforcing Agreements to Arbitrate—Final or Not? Dickinson Wright, June 3, 2026 SEC Proposes Sweeping Reforms to Public Company Securities Offerings and Reporting Requirements Husch Blackwell Sanders, June 3, 2026 USTR Proposes 301 Tariffs on 60 Countries Following Forced Labor Findings; Requests Comments Before July 7th Hearing Husch Blackwell Sanders, June 3, 2026 President Trump Reduces Section 232 Tariffs on Certain Agricultural, Mobile Industrial, and HVAC Equipment Husch Blackwell Sanders, June 3, 2026 USTR Initiates Section 301 Investigation on Vietnam's Intellectual Property Practices Husch Blackwell Sanders, June 3, 2026
Western US News
Perkins Coie Adds Jamie Evans for Corporate Practice in Seattle - Bloomberg Law News (Perkins Coie), June 3, 2026
Western US Press Releases
Holland & Hart Named Among Nevada Business Magazine's Top Rank Attorneys 2026 Holland & Hart, June 3, 2026 Samantha Wolfe Quoted in Fierce Healthcare's "Department of Labor's proposed foreign worker wage increases are more tough news for healthcare staffing" Holland & Hart, June 3, 2026 IP, Privacy, and Criminal Liability: The AI Executive Order's Private-Sector Impact Holland & Hart, June 3, 2026
Canada Press Releases
Goodmans Recognized in the Lexpert Special Edition: Technology 2026 Goodmans LLP, June 3, 2026 National Electricity Strategy – Impacts on the Western Provinces Lawson Lundell, June 3, 2026 Promotional Contests in B.C. Real Estate: Legal Framework and Key Considerations Lawson Lundell, June 3, 2026 Lexpert recognizes 44 Stikeman Elliott lawyers in Technology Stikeman Elliott: Latest News, June 3, 2026
United Kingdom News
Hogan Lovells advises Autodesk in pending US$3.6 billion acquisition of MaintainX - ETLegalWorld.com (Hogan Lovells), June 4, 2026 Latham, Kirkland and Linklaters line up on £1.3bn events company buyout - Non-Billable (Linklaters), June 3, 2026 Hogan Lovells expands Middle East team with key partner team hire - ETLegalWorld.com (Hogan Lovells), June 3, 2026
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