Simmons & Simmons has appointed Kenneth Hui as its new regulatory head in Hong Kong where he will oversee the firm’s growing Asia financial markets practice. As Hong Kong emerges as a virtual asset hub, Hui will counsel clients on the expanding digital assets market, now under a new regulatory…

On Wednesday, PointOne, a legal tech startup that automates legal timekeeping and billing, announced that it raised $3.5 million in a seed financing round that saw participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Y Combinator and an investment fund affiliated with law firm Cooley, among others. Officially launched in October 2023,…

A Southern California family trying to recover a painting stolen by Nazis in 1939 was dealt another legal blow Tuesday when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to rehear its case en banc. Ninth Circuit Judges Consuelo Callahan, Carlos Bea and Sandra Ikuta denied a petition…

The judging committees for the New York Law Journal’s professional excellence awards have issued their findings.  Throughout the day, the Law Journal will release the lists of finalists and winners of select achievement, so check back here as we honor some of the top players in the New York legal…

Here’s one indication of the U.S. Supreme Court’s interest in the difficult policy questions presented in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson: In the case considering whether the Oregon town’s public-camping ordinance violated the Eighth Amendment, oral argument clocked in at just under two-and-a-half hours.  Our Litigator of the Week,…

A law firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are only as effective as the amount of resources, thought and collaboration put into them. Given the political stressors on DEI efforts at the moment, as well as overall law firm financial priorities, however, pursuing diversity is often easier said than done,…