Regulator makes ‘unpredecented’ blunder in legal battle over UK lottery Gambling Commission accidentally hands over thousands of sensitive documents to Richard Desmond’s lawyers The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025
A top affirmative action lawyer said that some companies are caving to DEI criticism because ‘they’re wimps’ Neal Katyal said that many fears over legal retribution are unwarranted. Fortune · Oct 10, 2024
Is this the end for the City's spectacular corporate HQ water features? Law firms Slaughter & May and Hogan Lovells are latest City firms to get rid of their showy fountains and pools Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2024
Conflict of interest row greets new boss of watchdog for City regulators Campaigners criticise Rachel Kent’s decision to remain part-time partner at law firm advising finance clients and UK government The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2024
Law firms Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling plan to merge in $3.4bn deal Tie-up would create one of the world’s largest legal practices with about 3,900 lawyers The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023
Government pays law firm £4million to help them get rid of EU rules The Department of Business and Trade has hired lawyers from one of the largest firms in the UK Wales Online · May 7, 2023
Government’s £4m legal bill for post-Brexit bonfire of EU laws The business department has enlisted one of the UK’s biggest law firms to help get push through a bonfire of EU laws by the end of the year The Independent UK · May 7, 2023
Texas death row inmates sue state over ‘brutal’ solitary confinement conditions Class action lawsuit alleges prison authorities inflict ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ in breach of constitutional rights The Guardian - US · Jan 27, 2023
David Lat on Hogan Lovells' Firing of Semi-Retired Equity Partner for Comments on Abortion and Race "[T]here is increasingly no place for social conservatives in many large law firms." Reason · Dec 2, 2022
Disgraced ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo improperly used state resources for his $5.1m memoir, probe finds In American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic, the then-governor celebrated his own success in leading New York through the pandemic The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2022
New York’s defunct ethics panel votes to release report on Cuomo’s $5.1 million book deal in final meeting ALBANY, N.Y. — As its final action before being disbanded, New York’s much-maligned ethics panel voted Friday to release an outside report detailing its approval of a $5.1 million book deal for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022
US Raises Objection To Johnson & Johnson's High Cost Lawyer For Talc Bankruptcy Case: Reuters Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is ready to cough up an hourly rate of $2,465 in a bid to add Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal to its legal team for the talc liability case. Benzinga · May 25, 2022