The USPTO is leaning on old rules to help govern AI-related patent filings, write Holland & Hart partners Philip Harris and Nathan Mutter
Fashion’s shift to more sustainable practices, transparency and circular economy principles represents a straight line to a more responsible future, write Michelman & Robinson lawyers Warren Koshofer and Prachi Ajmera
Greenberg counsels Ono in deal to expand Japanese group’s oncology portfolio and US presence
Four more lawyers join across US as partners after quintet defected from Goodwin in February
Disney’s deputy GC Jill Ratner will succeed Leah Weil, who is leaving Sony after nearly three decades
Integrating AI into everyday working life for lawyers means firms and in-house teams need to adopt a comprehensive change management programme, writes Litera’s Adam Ryan
Former JAFRA Cosmetics GC Mark Funaki will lead the microturbine-maker’s legal team
Kirkland acts for marquee client Thoma Bravo as Latham counsels UK-listed cyber security company
Trimmed down cohort brings firm closer to goal of 30% female partnership by 2025
Former Entertainment One GC Mark Trachuk replaces James Bishop, who has joined High Liner Foods
Global giant targets West Coast deal work with 17-strong transactional team including two counsel joining as partners
Legal challenges and US elections could determine timing and scope of climate-related disclosure requirements, write Debevoise lawyers Ulysses Smith and Isabelle Glimcher
Sidley’s former private equity co-head, Alexander Temel, joins as global PE co-chair alongside team of lawyers
Ngai Zhang and Drew Schulte move over from Perkins Coie to the AmLaw 100 firm as it seeks to bolster its innovative technology capabilities
DLA Piper and Latham also called in for deal to save embattled song fund
Combination would create top 30 US firm with more than 1,700 lawyers
PEP soars by 32.7% as equity partner ranks shrink by more than 100 lawyers
Andres Cedron joins from Stryker Corporation, replacing ousted legal chief Patrick Keran
Edited by Brown Rudnick partners Jane Colston and Jessica Lee, online resource outlines emerging legal frameworks for cryptoassets
Paul Hastings acts for buyer Vinci in £1.27bn deal as Weil counsels seller Global Infrastructure Partners