3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (121+ words) Bloomberg Law News Stephen Olson joined Foley & Lardner as a partner in its transactions practice group in Houston, the firm announced Thursday. Olson advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, public and private companies, and investment banking firms on mergers and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (158+ words) Mississippi’s law counting absentee ballots postmarked before an election but are received five days or fewer after that day is constitutional, the Fifth Circuit ruled. The unpublished opinion relied on the the US Supreme Court’s June ruling in Watson v....

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (506+ words) Nominations are now open for Inside In-House: Legal Departments of the Year, Bloomberg Law’s new award celebrating top legal departments. This award celebrates standout corporate legal departments that lead the legal industry in executing high-stakes, high-impact work. They further the…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (390+ words) Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was among a group of nearly 50 economists telling an appellate court that President Donald Trump improperly used a “balance-of-payments” provision to justify a round of global tariffs earlier this year. Accepting the administration’s reasoning would…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (115+ words) Bloomberg Law News Zila Acosta-Grimes joined Winston Taylor as a partner in its transactions department, financial innovation & regulation practice, and digital assets group in New York, the firm announced Wednesday. Acosta-Grimes advises domestic and international financial institutions, private funds, and…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (115+ words) Bloomberg Law News Advent International Corp., a private equity investor that works with a number of large law firms, has hired financial services and private funds veteran Michael Treisman as its new legal leader. Treisman was most recently general counsel…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (167+ words) Bloomberg Law News Arizona-founded firms Fennemore and Gallagher & Kennedy are set to merge later this year to create an operation with more than 800 lawyers and legal professionals, the firms announced Wednesday. The merger is set to take effect at the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (95+ words) Bloomberg Law News Indiana’s top court is about to become the first in the nation to decide whether there’s a religious right to abortion. In oral arguments set for Sept. 10, Hoosier Jews for Choice and two Jewish women will tell…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (102+ words) news.bloomberglaw.com The Idaho Supreme Court said state officials’ revised statements on the Nov. 3 general election ballot concerning abortion rights comply with state law. While the justices on Sept. 4 agreed with a reproductive rights group that the statements failed…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (78+ words) Bloomberg Law News Richard G. Mason is leaving Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz after more than 30 years to join corporate advisory firm M3 Partners LP as senior adviser. Mason will co-lead M3 Partners’ fiduciary services practice alongside former judge Robert D. Drain, who oversaw…...