Hints and tips:
...Morrison Foerster was one of two firms sued last month in a new campaign by conservative activist Edward Blum following his landmark Supreme Court victory over US colleges’ affirmative action programmes...
...Perkins Coie, Morrison Foerster, Winston & Strawn and Susman Godfrey all edited or clarified their programmes to remove racial considerations from recruitment criteria after coming under attack by Blum....
...Edward Blum, a conservative campaigner who in June won a decades-long battle to end racially conscious admissions at US colleges, has already sued global firms Perkins Coie and Morrison Foerster, arguing...
...Many DEI executives were more afraid of litigation from civil rights groups accusing them of doing too little to end discrimination and create diverse workforces than from campaigners such as Edward Blum...
...Edward Blum, who has already sued global firms Perkins Coie and Morrison Foerster, told the FT he was gearing up to potentially file lawsuits against similar firms “over the next few weeks”....
...Arm’s IPO unleashed a fee bonanza for more than just bankers, earning professional services advisers including Deloitte and law firm Morrison & Foerster a collective $84mn....
...Morrison & Foerster has hired Jay Gavigan as a partner in the firm’s New York office in its lending and financial transactions group. He joins from Clifford Chance....
...Skadden, the law firm, has hired Edward William Batchelor as a partner in the Brussels office. He joins from Baker McKenzie....
...“If a country leaves the eurozone it will mean a complete shutdown,” said Charles Proctor, a banking partner at Edwards Wildman....
...While few UK banks have secured creditors of this type, Edward Chan of law firm Linklaters said: “This is likely to become an area of focus now.”...
...regulations could make credit card lenders raise their prices as the new regulatory regime could reduce annual interest payments by up to $10bn (€7bn, £6.6bn), according to a study by law firm Morrison & Foerster...
International Edition