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Ropes & Gray, Fired Lawyer Settle Age Bias ClaimNew York Law Journal (registration)Ropes & Gray has settled a two-year-old discrimination lawsuit brought by former partner Patricia Martone, who claimed management routinely passed her clients off to younger male partners and unfairly pushed her out of the firm.

Manatt, Jones Day, Howrey, Ropes & Gray: Business of LawBloombergManatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP introduced Manatt Digital Media, an entity combining legal, consulting and investment services for digital-media, entertainment and advertising clients. It will be led by Los Angles partner T. Hale Boggs. Peter Csathy …and more »

Ropes & Gray stars in Pactera take-privateLegal Business OnlineThe Ropes & Gray team is being led by Hong Kong partners Gary Li and Paul Boltz, and U.S.-based partners David Chapin and James Lidbury. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is acting as U.S. counsel to the consortium's senior management members, …Trio of US firms land lead roles on Pactera take-privateLegal WeekThree Firms on $680 Million Pactera Buyout BidThe American LawyerBlackstone Leads Latest Chinese Privatization BidNew York TimesPR Newswire (press release)all 20 news articles »

Bingham Adds Ropes & Gray Atty to Silicon Valley IP GroupLaw360 (subscription)Law360, San Francisco (May 21, 2013, 4:27 PM ET) -- Bingham McCutchen LLP is adding a former Ropes & Gray LLP attorney to its fleet of partners in its Silicon Valley intellectual property group, the firm announced Tuesday.

Fired female patent partner settles Ropes & Gray age and gender discrimination …ABA JournalA fired female intellectual property partner has settled her federal employment discrimination suit against Ropes & Gray on undisclosed terms. Patricia Martone, who was 63 when she was fired by the firm in 2010, lost out on lucrative retirement …Case of age discrimination vs Ropes & Gray settlesThomson Reuters News & InsightRopes & Gray Settles Ex-Partner's Age, Sex Bias SuitLaw360 (subscription)Age discrimination lawsuit against law firm settledJustice News Flashall 5 news articles »

Ropes & Gray Reps Blackstone In $680M Pactera BidLaw360 (subscription)Law360, New York (May 20, 2013, 4:24 PM ET) -- Pactera Technology International Inc. is fielding a nonbinding go-private bid lobbed Monday by private equity giant Blackstone Group LP and company insiders that places its value higher than $680 million …

SEC Taps Ropes & Gray Partner To Lead Corp. Finance UnitLaw360 (subscription)Law360, New York (May 15, 2013, 6:25 PM ET) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced two changes to its finance unit Wednesday, tapping Ropes & Gray LLP partner Keith F. Higgins as the new director of its Division of Corporation …

Boston's Ropes & Gray Hires Former Assistant Attorney General of MassachusettsJDJournal.comJeffrey Webb, former Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts and former chief of the Fair Labor Division of the state, has joined Boston based law firm Ropes & Gray, as a partner at the firm's Boston office. Ropes & Gray announced the news on its …Ropes & Gray Adds Mass. Wage Law Enforcer In BostonLaw360 (subscription)Ropes & Gray hires former Massachusetts labor enforcerThomson Reuters News & Insightall 3 news articles »

Ropes & Gray Guides Kohlberg & Co.'s $1.6B Fund CloseLaw360 (subscription)Law360, New York (April 30, 2013, 8:07 PM ET) -- Kohlberg & Co. LLC, the private equity firm spawned 25 years ago by the bitter breakup of KKR & Co. LP's founding trio, has raised $1.6 billion for its seventh fund, it said Tuesday.Kohlberg & Company Closes $1.6 Billion Kohlberg Investors VIIBusiness Wire (press release)all 3 news articles »

Mark P. Szpak, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP to Speak at KC's Emerging Issues in …PR.com (press release)New York, NY, April 26, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Mark P. Szpak, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP will speak at the …