Kaplan Martin, the newest boutique of high-profile litigator Roberta Kaplan, has added four people from Kaplan’s previous firm. The firm, with seven lawyers now, looks to have up to 10 to 15 lawyers by the end of the year. In a Friday interview, partners Kaplan and Tim Martin said that all…

Kirkland & Ellis has opened a new Frankfurt office and hired M&A partner Tobias Larisch from Latham & Watkins, enhancing the firm’s expanding transactional practice in Germany. Frankfurt is Kirkland’s second office in Germany after Munich.

Deepfakes, the hyper-realistic manipulation of videos and images, are a growing concern. While we’re familiar with their potential to disrupt elections and create social media memes, their impact on the legal system is even more alarming. Deepfakes threaten the very foundation of legal proceedings: evidence. Blurred Lines of Authenticity and…

Achieving a Win-Win: The Mental and Emotional Shift in Mediation | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/08/05/achieving-a-win-win-the-mental-and-emotional-shift-in-mediation/ Monica Delgado, left, and Jonathan Harris, right, of Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler. Courtesy photos COMMENTARY Mediation represents a pivotal juncture in any legal dispute, where parties have an opportunity to…

2024 has been widely described as the year of elections. Already, we’ve had dramatic general elections in France, the U.K., and Mexico, with the small matter of a U.S. presidential election coming up later this year. However, this year has also seen law firm elections under the spotlight—specifically, the elections firms hold…

When U.S. law firms flex, the global legal market feels the ripple—so leading German law firms can be forgiven for feeling a touch nervös. U.S. law firms are accelerating their stealthy, decades-long march into the world’s third largest economy with the likes of Kirkland & Ellis, White & Case, Gibson…