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Associate Promtions: Bird & Bird, Lovells, Eversheds
Overseas offices reap the lions share of promotions from this trio...

Its Official: Hogan & Hartson, Lovells Both Say I Do
Hogan and Lovells have jointly announced that their respective partnerships have approved the merger of their firms. The combination will be known as Hogan Lovells, effective May 1 of next year.

Hogan Lovell IP group joins DLA Piper in L.A.
DLA Piper has announced that it has added five partners from Hogan Lovells' intellectual property practice to its Los Angeles office. The group includes Richard de Bodo, a former IP practice leader at Hogan Lovells whose clients have included Dow...

Hogan Lovells Assembles Board
Hogan & Hartson and Lovells firm leaders assembling the board that will oversee the merged Hogan Lovells had a lot of factors to take into account. The two firms released the names of the lawyers who will sit on the...

Lovells and Hogan & Hartson Confirm Transatlantic Tie-Up
Will this be the first of many? For Lovells and Hogan it should represent a strong strategic opportunity, cue their press statment: ?Hogan Lovells presents a compelling proposition to our clients and to the market more generally...

Seven D.C. Lawyers Leave Over Weekend of Hogan Lovells Launch
In the first few days of its existence, Hogan Lovells has said goodbye to at least seven lawyers in Washington. A six-lawyer insurance litigation group left Hogan to launch a D.C. office for Hartford, Conn...

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

Nielsen Media Challenged
TV ratings company to pay undisclosed settlement in antitrust lawsuit.

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

Meta Financial Group, Inc CASH Securities Fraud
Meta Financial Group, Inc CASH

Wireless Entertainment
Kangaroo Media pays Immersion Entertainment $2 million patent infringement settlement.

Meta Financial Group, Inc 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Meta Financial Group, Inc 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud