Crowell & Moring’s government relations and public affairs affiliate is planning a rebrand this fall with a new name, as part of a plan to grow its revenue by 25% next year. The firm declined to release the new name of the affiliate, now called Crowell & Moring International. The…

A&O Shearman and Macfarlanes are advising as investment firm Waterland Private Equity acquires U.K. mobile network Lebara from Alchemy and Triton Partners. Founded in 2001 as a low-cost mobile alternative, Lebara now services over four million customers across the U.K., Netherlands, Germany, France and Denmark.

From Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Law, disrupted to White & Case’s On the Record, firms are riding the boom in podcasting, sharing strategic perspectives and privileged insights. Real estate partners may want to tune into Dechert’s 4 Real while transfer pricing experts can check out Cravath Swaine & Moore’s…

California’s state bar and Kaplan Exam Services have reached a five-year, $8.25 million deal authorizing the testing giant to write the Golden State’s future bar exam, the state bar announced Tuesday. Kaplan will create the multiple-choice-questions portion of the test starting in February 2025. Kaplan-drafted essays and performance test questions…

The NCAA faces new allegations of antitrust violations following its revolutionary May settlement agreement to share revenue with college athletes for their name, image and likeness. Freedman Normand Friedland and Berger Montague filed a class action Monday alleging the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which governs college athletics, violates the Sherman…

Covington & Burling represented Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management, one of the world’s largest aircraft lessors, in a lawsuit against a group of nine insurance companies who allegedly refused to pay claims for aircraft seized by Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. A summary judgment ruling in BBAM US LP v.…