Most consumer products (e.g., cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc.) are used for years. Often, catastrophic injury or death resulting from a design flaw in the product occurs years after the product was sold. In analyzing the flaws in these products and technologically feasible alternative components to remedy the defect and prevent…

Between Stephen Reynolds’ early career as an associate at Day Pitney and returning to the firm as a partner, Reynolds explored a career path that might have looked unusual to some, but gave him a unique skill set to bring to the firm’s government enforcement and white-collar criminal defense practice.…

Perkins Coie has brought on a new intellectual property partner from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer in Washington, D.C., one of the latest Big Law intellectual property hires as IP litigation and trademark work remains busy across the legal industry this year. Patent litigator Chris Marando joined Perkins Coie as a partner…

Cravath Swaine & Moore is set for a new London home after decades in its current central London location. The firm is relocating to 100 Cheapside, taking an assignment from Goodwin Procter of 21,700 square feet, according to a report by real estate consultants Knight Frank. The new office is situated near…

On Monday, Miami-based AI marketing startup FirmPilot announced that it closed a $7 million series A funding round led by Blumberg Capital. The new investment comes more than six months after the startup closed on a $2 million seed funding round in late 2023, led by venture capital firm Valor…

Freshfields, Bruckhaus & Deringer, continuing to build its U.S. corporate practice, has hired two New York lateral lawyers, including Davis Polk & Wardwell attorney Jacqueline (Jackie) Marino as a capital markets partner and Kirkland & Ellis partner Joshua Ayal as an M&A partner. While many of its peer firms internationally have struggled…