DLA Piper has opened a foreign legal consultancy in São Paulo that will advise Brazilian and international companies on U.S. law matters related to cross-border work. Bruno Soares The office is anchored by partner Bruno Soares, who the firm hired from Allen & Overy in February. He will have support from…

A New Jersey appeals court has been asked to overturn the state’s approval of a plan to construct up to 200 wind turbine generators off the state’s coast. Gov. Phil Murphy has set ambitious goals for the development of clean energy alternatives, but litigation by local opponents to the development…

Robert Raskopf, the former Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan litigator who represented the football team now known as the Washington Commanders in disputes concerning its controversial previous moniker, is back at a law firm after a two-year break, having joined Miami-based Bilzin Sumberg’s dispute resolution and litigation practice as a senior counsel at the…

Spanish law firm Uría Menéndez will close its New York office at the end of June after a 34-year presence in the Big Apple. The firm said it no longer sees the need for a physical base since most of the mergers and acquisitions, finance and capital markets work related to…

On Monday, electronic document and e-signature company Docusign announced it has entered an agreement to acquire contract life cycle management provider Lexion for $165 million in cash, “subject to customary adjustments,” a news release stated. In an email to Legaltech News, a spokesperson for Docusign said the company expects the…

Robinhood legal chief Dan Gallagher’s life just got harder. Over the weekend, the company disclosed in an 8-K that it received a “Wells Notice” from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating that it is preparing to sue Robinhood over its cryptocurrency unit. The notice said staff made a “preliminary…