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The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200The American LawyerDebevoise & Plimpton expands its bankruptcy and restructuring group; Littler Mendelson poaches from labor and employment rival Jackson Lewis; and DLA Piper sheds an insurance group in England. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements …

Debevoise & Plimpton | Debevoise Given “Law Firm Leadership Award” by …Linex Legal (registration) (press release)Sanctuary for Families, a New York-based direct service and advocacy organization working with survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking and their children, has honored Debevoise & Plimpton LLP with its “Law Firm Leadership Award” for the firm's …

Debevoise & Plimpton | Debevoise strengthens London litigation team with …Linex Legal (registration) (press release)Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that Richard Lawton is joining the firm's London office as an international counsel. Mr Lawton will join from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he was a senior associate in the firm's litigation team. Mr Lawton …

Ashurst, A&O among advisers on Doughty's £935m Vue cinema saleLegal WeekAllen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst, Debevoise & Plimpton and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have all taken roles on the £935m sale of cinema chain Vue Entertainment by private equity firm Doughty Hanson to two Canadian investor groups.A&O, Ashurst join US duo on £935m Vue cinema saleThe Lawyerall 57 news articles »

Author to discuss discovering deafness at midlife at Marblehead libraryWicked LocalShea has lived most of his life in New York and in Paris, and practiced law in both cities for many years with Debevoise & Plimpton as a member of the New York and Paris bars. While at Phillips Academy he studied with Dudley Fitts, and at Yale with …

APA commissioner saluted as he retiresThe Adirondack Daily EnterpriseWray retired as a full-time senior partner at the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton in 1997. Before that, he served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark. Wray is also an adjunct professor at New York Law School and is a former board …

Essex Court defeats Debevoise's Goldsmith in Supreme CourtThe LawyerThe ruling marks a loss for Debevoise & Plimpton partner Peter Goldsmith QC, who was brought in at the Supreme Court to lead the case for Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC (JSC) (10 April 2013). Goldsmith was defeated by Essex Court Chambers' …and more »

President's choice for SEC has daunting taskFinancial TimesSince stepping down as US attorney in 2002, she has led the litigation department at Debevoise & Plimpton, a Manhattan law firm, where she represented Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs board member as he tried to ward off criminal charges, and …

Seyfarth, Latham, Reed Smith, Orrick: Business of LawBloombergMukasey, now a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, speaks with Bloomberg's Sara Eisen and Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg). For more, click here. To contact the reporter on this story: Elizabeth Amon in …and more »

SoftBank Raises Bid for SprintNew York Times (blog)The N.F.I.B. small business optimism index for May is out at 7:30 a.m. Data on wholesale inventories in April is out at 10 a.m. Michael B. Mukasey, a former United States attorney general who is now a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, is on Bloomberg TV …and more »