Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

Type: Company

Name: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Cruise lines 'risk breaching law' over discount policy

A competition lawyer has warned that attempts by cruise lines to end agent discounting could justify a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).Neil Baylis, partner at law firm K&L Gates, told an Abta law seminar in London: “People are watching this ... [Published Travel Weekly - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Competition Law, Discount, Amisha Patel, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 1 reports

Think the new mortgage regulations don’t affect you? They probably do

During the National Settlement Services Summit in Cleveland, PhilSchulman, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of K&L Gates,informed attendees about the current regulatory landscape and explainedhow the new regulatory reforms, like the ability- ... [Published Dodd Frank Update - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Mortgages, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Cleveland (Ohio, United States), Washington DC

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

PKO Bank Polski SA

PKO BP SA has agreed to acquire Polish banking operations of Nordea Bank AB

PKO BP SA has agreed to acquire Nordea Bank Polska SA, Nordea Finance Polska SA and Nordea Polska Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeniowe SA for a total consideration of $926 billion.Value: $926 millionParties involvedLegal advisersPKO BP SAGreenberg Traurig LLPNordea ... [Published International Law Office - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: PKO Bank Polski SA, Nordea Bank AB, Nordea Bank Polska S.A., Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Greenberg Traurig LLP

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Globals get the gong

International law firms only had one clean sweep at the inaugural Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards, and it is not the one you would necessarily guess.The three winners of the Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety Award, proudly sponsored by Hudson ... [Published Lawyers Weekly Australia - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Emma Jones, Herbert Smith, Freehills

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

White & Case

White & Case tops up HK corporate team with Ropes & Gray hire

White & Case has added to its Hong Kong corporate team with the hire of Julian Chung from Ropes & Gray. Chung, who has 26 years of corporate experience in Asia, focuses on public M&A and equity capital market transactions for state and privately owned ... [Published Legal Week - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: White & Case, Ropes & Gray, LLP, Hong Kong

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bill Gates

Bill Gates: ‘My dad is the man I aspire to be’

Normally, Bill Gates focuses his blog posts on work he?s doing or books he?s reading. For Father?s Day, though, he had something else to write about: his dad.The Microsoft co-founder penned a short piece dedicated to his father, William H. Gates Sr., ... [Published King5.com - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Bill Gates, William H. Gates, Sr., Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Judge disqualifies Winston & Strawn in San Bernardino bankruptcy

Trials & Litigation PrintWinston & Strawn has been disqualified from representing a bond insurer in the San Bernardino bankruptcy, due to a conflict created by the law firm's hire of a lawyer who formerly worked for an opponent in the litigation.The Chicago-based ... [Published ABA Journal - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Winston & Strawn LLP, Bankruptcy, California Public Employees' Retirement System

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

K&L Gates Advises Nordea Bank AB on Sale of Shares in Nordea Bank Polska S.A. and Affiliates

Roberts, Stephen P ... [Published K&L Gates - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Nordea Bank Polska S.A., Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Nordea Bank AB, Stocks

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

NSW State Government Introduces New Legislation for Public Sector Employment

Australia's largest employer is the State Government of New South Wales and its agencies. It represents AUD60 billion of the economy in New South Wales. Any reform in the public sector is, therefore, important to us all.On 23 May 2013, the NSW State Premier ... [Published JD Supra - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: New Legislation, Community Service, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 2 reports

200 Richest Law Firms, K&L Gates, Locke Lord: Business of Law

Despite having almost the same rate of revenue growth, the second-hundred wealthiest American law firms are managing their business differently in one significant way: They are bolstering their lawyer count, which is in sharp contrast to the top 100 most-profitable ... [Published BusinessWeek - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Hong Kong, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 2 reports

K&L Gates continues Asia Pacific growth with three new hires

Hong Kong funds Private EquityLaw firm K&L Gates has added Virginia Tam as a partner in the corporate and transactional practice and Sacha Cheong as counsel in the litigation and dispute resolution practice, both in the firm’s Hong Kong office.Additionally, ... [Published Private Equity Wire - May 31 2013]

Entities: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Hong Kong, Litigation, Seoul, Biochemistry

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 2 reports

K&L Gates Adds Hong Kong Partner

K&L Gates has added a corporate partner in Hong Kong. Virginia Tam was previously a partner in Hong Kong with White & Case. She specializes in cross-border deals involving public companies, including private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, ... [Published Law.com - May 31 2013]

Entities: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Hong Kong, White & Case

Quotes

"It may be only three or four cases a year, but that may be a good message for the SEC to send" said Solomon Wisenberg, a partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP

SEC settlement policy may pressure other agencies to toughen up [Published CNBC - 3 hours ago]

"The combined Uscom and Pulsecor patent portfolio also creates a product pipeline well into the future."

Uscom completes acquisition of Pulsecor [Published Medical Devices Business Review - 23 hours ago]

...Problems can occur "if I'm a little employer, and you put this enormous responsibility on me to be the enforcement agent and it's all based on the E-verify" Danner said

Nathan Daschle to Clear Channel - NFIB's Danner celebrates small business, concerned about E-Veri ... [Published Politico - Jun 17 2013]

"His track record in equities is a perfect complement to our debt finance practice, and will be of great additional value to our clients" commented

White & Case tops up HK corporate team with Ropes & Gray hire [Published Legal Week - Jun 17 2013]

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K&L Gates: CFPB rule drops no-point, no-fee req... [Published Housing Wire - Apr 24 2013] The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule on mortgage loan originator compensation drops a controversial proposal that would have forced lenders to offer no-point, no-fee mortgages to customers, attorneys with K&L Gates say. read more ...
Modus Is Trying to Shake Up the Fat eDiscovery ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 03 2013] It’s no secret that most lawyers are not on the cutting edge of technology. And while the internet has been great for many businesses, it’s buried lawyers in an avalanche of digital data they are ill equipped to manage. This has driven the growth of ...
Four Former Pennsylvania Governors Want To End ... [Published Think Progress - Mar 20 2013] The corrosive influence of increased spending and politicking surrounding judicial elections has manifested itself around the country, most recently in the conviction of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice for corruption linked to ...
In Push for Transparency, a Law Firm Releases I... [Published DealBook - NY Times - Feb 22 2013] In a groundbreaking move, K&L Gates, one of the country’s largest law firms, disclosed its financial results online, as clients are asking more questions about the financial state of the firms they employ. ...

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