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Hogan Lovells Media Group Decamps for Bird & Bird
The addition of 11 lawyers more than doubles Bird & Bird's Hamburg office, which launched in May through the acquisition of a six-attorney corporate and real estate boutique.

They Invented What (No. 84)
U.S. Pat. No. 4,150,505:  Bird trap and cat feeder.   I claim: 1. A bird trap and cat feeder for catching a bird and in particular, a sparrow, and feeding the bird to a cat, the trap comprising:            an enclosed bird housing having an upper portion, a tapered lower portion, a back, a front, a top, an open [...

For the Birds:
For two weeks in a row, every NFL playoff game with a "bird team" was won by a bird team. The only bird team to lose last week (the Atlanta Falcons)...

Pollution, runways and protesters . . .
Three months ago Lane Partners, the distinguished niche aviation law practice, merged with Bird Bird. It was clever timing. As Richard Venables, the former head of Lanes, explained: ?We had a very good reputation as a boutique firm but were missing out on the bigger work because of our size and lack of international coverage...

American Bird Conservancy v. FCC: D.C. Circuit orders reconsideration of cell phone tower rules to address bird collisions
American Bird Conservancy v. FCC, No. 06-1165 (Feb. 19, 2008) SUMMARY: "The American Bird Conservancy and Forest  Conservation Council petition for review of an order by the Commission denying in part and dismissing in part their petition ...

Trainee Retention 100% for Cleary and Bird & Bird
Like many aspects legal business, trainee retention looks to likely to suffer this year. A number of firms have already announced that retention rates will be down on last year but here we have a brace of firms defying the current trend...