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Language translation company TransPerfect Holdings LLC has sued a retired Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner and an investment banking company in Delaware federal court, alleging that the attorney misrepresented the results of a judicial auction and caused the company to pay an extra $70 million when it already had the highest bid.
A New Jersey state appeals court reversed a judge's decision to disqualify Brown & Connery LLP from representing a construction company in a workers' compensation claim filed by the outfit's acting president, saying in a published opinion Friday that the lower court found a conflict that did not actually exist.
Clyde & Co said Thursday it has hired a former senior counsel for Al Tamimi & Company to lead a new unit designed to conduct and support proceedings before international commercial courts and arbitral tribunals in the Middle East and Africa.
A former Covington & Burling LLP associate is returning to the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner after spending nearly four years focused on matters related to competition and technology at the U.S. Department of Justice, the firm announced Wednesday.