Michael Gnibus has joined McCarter & English as a partner in the intellectual property group in the Stamford, Conn., office, the firm said Tuesday.

Sandra M. Hanna has joined Steptoe as head of the SEC enforcement practice, based in Washington, D.C., and New York, the firm said Tuesday.

Richard Warren has joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in Detroit, the firm said Tuesday.

Caith Kushner has joined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as a partner and member of the liability management and special situations practice in the business restructuring and reorganization practice group, the firm said Tuesday.

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel is building out its bankruptcy practice with the addition of longtime Barclays lawyer Amit Trehan.

A probe into the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3688Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-5352-d4b6-a98f-f7777f720000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s workplace found credible allegations of a toxic environment for bank examiners and that the agency’s culture needs an overhaul, according to four people with direct knowledge of the findings.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0649825D%20US%20Equity/CN%20BN","_id":"0000018f-5379-d4b6-a98f-f77d4f150000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Kimmeridge Energy Management Co. said shale driller <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/SBOW%20US%20Equity/FA","_id":"0000018f-5379-d4b6-a98f-f77d4f150001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">SilverBow Resources Inc.’s board prioritizes itself over investors as the proxy battle comes to a head.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel is building out its bankruptcy practice with the addition of longtime Barclays lawyer Amit Trehan.

The US Federal Trade Commission’s new prohibition against employer noncompete agreements could trigger a surge in trade secret litigation and patent filings, as companies try to protect their intellectual property against pilferage by departing employees.

Meme-stock investors and Elon Musk’s army of superfans are disrupting the norms of the Delaware Chancery Court as it’s already straining to resolve complex corporate disputes.

Ohio-founded law firm Dinsmore & Shohl is seeking to expand its Texas footprint months after opening an office in Houston.

A probe into the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3688Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-5352-d4b6-a98f-f7777f720000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s workplace found credible allegations of a toxic environment for bank examiners and that the agency’s culture needs an overhaul, according to four people with direct knowledge of the findings.

Unions representing students at universities roiled by campus protests related to the Israel-Hamas war are starting to file unfair labor practice charges over the educational institutions’ response to the unrest.

More collateral registries and credit bureaus in emerging economies would help correct biases that make it harder for women to access trade finance, according to the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1411Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-5382-d4b6-a98f-f7b748f60000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">International Finance Corporation.

U.S. Law Week summarizes selected splits among U.S. federal courts of appeals each month.

San Francisco asked a federal court to toss a lawsuit from residents and businesses in the beleaguered Tenderloin neighborhood who say the city has made the area a containment zone for drug activity and crime.

CSL Behring’s decision to terminate a former associate director over toxic workplace allegations was not discriminatory and a lower court correctly sided with the company, a federal appeals court said.

The University of Michigan and the professor who ran the pharmacology laboratory where the fentanyl that caused an overdose death was stolen from are immune from the federal claims brought against them by the victim’s relatives, the Sixth Circuit said.

Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. defeated a Seventh Circuit appeal by a power distribution engineer who said he was wrongly denied disability benefits for his multiple sclerosis and fatigue.

Alabama reproductive rights groups can proceed with a lawsuit to stop state attorney general Steve Marshall from prosecuting them for helping people get abortions in states where it’s legal, a federal trial court said.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1624796D%20CH%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-5367-d4b6-a98f-f777def70000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Binance Holdings Ltd. said it was asked for a large payment in Nigeria to make problems there “go away,” and repeated calls for the release of its employee who’s been jailed in the West African nation.

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Meme-stock investors and Elon Musk’s army of superfans are disrupting the norms of the Delaware Chancery Court as it’s already straining to resolve complex corporate disputes.