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A&L Goodbody has been named 'Ireland (Contentious) Firm of the Year 2018' by the leading international publication Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), at an awards ceremony in London. Having previously been awarded Irish law firm of the year in 2016, 2014 and 2013 by MIP, this accolade reinforces the firm's strength and reputation in this field. The annual MIP awards recognise the leading firms in each jurisdiction across Europe, Middle East and Africa ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 16 of its Texas-based attorneys have been named 2018 Rising Stars in the Texas edition of Super Lawyers Magazine. Additionally, Alison Ashmore and Zachary Hoard were both recognized on the “Up-and-Coming 100: 2017 Texas Rising Stars” lists. Ashmore also received recognition on the “Up-and-Coming 50: 2017 Women Texas Rising Stars” list ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Cynthia A Neal has been elected to a second term as chair of the board of directors for Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank. Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank partners with local social service agencies to provide diapers to low-income families while raising awareness of the basic health need for diapers. Its vision is to eliminate the existence of diaper need in the Cincinnati area, thereby improving the health of local children ...

A team led by Hamburg-based partner Dr. Lothar Ende of the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised the two shareholders of CruiseVision GmbH, Christian Paulick and Mirko Berloge, on the sale of a minority stake to BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft. With BWK as a partner, the provider of photo and video products on ocean cruise ships intends to implement its growth strategy more quickly and expand its business model to new markets ...

Twelve lawyers from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek were recognized by Chambers Europe 2018 in various legal fields. Dr. Ute Jasper's Public Sector & Public Procurement department is once again leading the pack: Since 2015, it has been ranked No. 1 in Public Procurement/PPP. Respondents emphasize "creativity" and "good cooperation within the team," but also team "speed" and "practice-oriented advice." Chambers Europe 2018 recommended the following lawyers: Dr ...

As a founding member of the Employment Law Alliance, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP was part of a February ELA survey of U.S. employment attorneys regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. The results, which have just been released, provide perspective on how management-side attorneys see #MeToo and sexual harassment issues unfolding in the workplace based on their actual experiences in representing employers ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Tom Connor, Nick Rericha and Govinda Davis have been accepted into the CBA’s Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers (CALL) 2018 Class. This is the 22nd year for the program, which focuses on practical, professional and ethical issues facing local attorneys. The steering committee reviewed the nominations and compiled the list of 26 Cincinnati-area attorneys ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added August Johannsen as an associate to the firm’s Lexington office. Johannsen will practice out of the commercial litigation practice group. Johannsen comes to Dinsmore from Alan Lescht & Associates, P.C., where he litigated claims of employment discrimination and retaliation. He was responsible for managing caseloads from initial intake through hearings and settlement negotiations.  Johannsen earned his J.D ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added Arash Hamidi as an associate to the firm’s Washington D.C. office. Arash will practice out of the IP Opinion and Prosecution practice group. Arash comes to Dinsmore from Frost Brown Todd, LLC, where he prepared utility and design patent applications for mechanical engineering-based technologies. Arash further supported patent litigation matters by conducting due diligence research, preparing for depositions, and drafting infringement opinions ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes Lisa B. Gattozzi to its Cleveland office as of counsel in the firm’s workers’ compensation department. Gattozzi joins Dinsmore after spending the past 10 years as a solo practitioner focusing on state fund and self-insured employers. She has advised employers regarding claim certification and employer defense strategies and represented them at all administrative hearing levels before the Industrial Commission of Ohio ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Monica B. Wilkinson, a member in the firm’s Detroit office, has been appointed as Leader of Dykema’s Health Care Practice Group. She takes over for Maria Abrahamsen, who held the role for the previous six years. Wilkinson has more than 30 years of professional experience in health care working with hospitals, physicians, managed care organizations, and nonprofit foundations ...

French company Echosens is continuing its series of victories in the field of liver diagnostic devices. With its March 1, 2018 ruling, Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court confirmed that Chinese company Hisky Medical Technologies Co. Ltd. is not allowed to offer or market its “Fibrotouch FT-1000" product in Germany, thus upholding Düsseldorf Regional Court's April 20, 2017 judgment. Echosens was represented in the trial by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, in collaboration with a large international team ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP has been ranked No. 2 among patent law firms in the United States by Juristat, a leading patent analytics company focused on Patent Office practice. This was the third straight time Haynes and Boone appeared among the top 15 firms in Juristat's rankings, moving up from No. 13 in 2016 to No. 6 in 2017 and now up to No. 2 ...

When lawyers from Haynes and Boone, LLP's Houston office collaborated with ExxonMobil to discuss cybersecurity, employment law and intellectual property issues in late January, it wasn't the usual attorney-client business. The lawyers were teaming up to provide legal insights and one-on-one assistance for 20 nonprofits funded through United Way of Greater Houston ...

On March 7, 2018, the Hon. LaShann Dearcy Hall, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, adopted a January 16, 2018 Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold, granting “a permanent injunction prohibiting all defendants from infringing, counterfeiting, or otherwise violating” our client’s federally registered trademark on a blood glucose test strip, which is used by diabetics to monitor their blood glucose levels ...

ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has just launched “ENSafrica intelligENS”. ENSafrica intelligENS is a specialist division within the firm, which has been established to provide clients with products and services that are powered by cutting-edge, digital systems using artificial intelligence ...

We are delighted that two deals on which we were key advisors took top honours at the prestigious DealMakers Gala Awards this year. This follows on the back of the firm being recognised for its seamless Africa-wide expertise and market-leading capabilities by renowned international ratings agency Chambers and Partners, which recently released its 2018 rankings ...

ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has once again expanded its tax offering with the announcement of two high-level appointments within its tax department. Mike Benetello joins the firm as an executive in the Johannesburg office from 1 March 2018, bringing with him over 20 years’ experience in M&A, corporate tax, mining tax and international tax ...

A team led by M&A Partner Boris Dürr advised the private equity funds advised by AUCTUS Capital Partners AG on the takeover of GS Star group. As part of the transaction, the GS Star GmbH's two former general managers, Andreas Erben and Heiko Grote, also acquired a stake in the newly established Gorgeous Smiling Hotels Holding GmbH and will continue to manage the group ...

The Creative Industries team at leading national law firm, Shoosmiths in Manchester have been nominated for ‘Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Music Week Awards. After a record-breaking year for entries, the six-strong Shoosmiths team led by partner Laura Harper and including associate, Carol Isherwood, is up against other leading London-based media and entertainment law firms and is the only shortlisted team based outside of the capital – a first for a national legal practice ...

The 2018 edition of Chambers Global recognized 10 Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers across eight practices as leading providers of legal services in the international marketplace. Clients and Chambers researchers praised Haynes and Boone, along with individual lawyers, doing work in the United States, Mexico and Latin America, reflecting another strong year for the firm ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Jonathan W. Michael to its Tax & Estate Planning Practice as a member in the firm’s Chicago office. Mr. Michael joins Dykema after serving as a shareholder at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. Mr. Michael’s practice focuses on estate and gift tax issues, with an emphasis on wealth management and business succession planning for closely held business owners and entrepreneurs ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce Kelly Eisenlohr-Moul, Terry Finnerty and Brian Bonner have joined the firm, practicing out of its Atlanta office. Eisenlohr-Moul is a partner in the Labor department and focuses her practice on employment-related litigation defense. She has extensive experience in cases involving trade secret, fiduciary duty and breach of restrictive covenants allegations ...

On March 5, 2018, China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) announced the winners of the 2017-2018 China Business Law Awards. Han Kun was honored as “Firm of the Year” in the following 2 practice areas: 1. Private Equity & Venture Capital Firm of the Year 2. TMT Firm of the Year China Business Law Journal’s China Business Law Awards are based on hundreds of nominations received from China-focused corporate counsel and legal professionals around the world ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Alicia Bond-Lewis has been selected for the 2018 Fellows Program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), a national organization made up of the legal profession’s top general counsel and managing partners. Bond-Lewis joins more than 200 attorneys as part of the 2018 LCLD Fellows. Launched in 2009, the LCLD Fellows program aims to increase diversity at the leadership levels of the nation’s law firms and corporate legal departments ...