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- Law firms are rethinking how they approach office space, as remote work and in-person collaboration becomes more popular. Multiple big firms like Clifford Chance and Crowell & Moring have shifted to smaller spaces that reduce the number of private offices and increase the amount of collaborative spaces. (Law.com)
- Yasser Mahmood, an unregistered barrister, unsuccessfully attempted to attribute providing misleading information about his legal experience to his dyslexia. Mahmood applied for a position as an external examiner with Arden University, and claimed on his CV that he was a practicing barrister when he was not. (Legal Cheek)
- Brittany Lovely, a pregnant student at Georgetown University Law Center, was denied accommodations for her final exams next month, despite having a due date within two weeks of exam week. This year, the school scheduled its make-up dates for the week following normal exams, but opened an extra day in January after public outcry over Lovely’s circumstances. (CNN)
Laterals, Moves, In-House
- Sandra Esquiva-Hesse joined DLA Piper as a partner in its global restructuring practice in Paris. She joins from Simmons & Simmons.
- Laura Perkins joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft as a partner in its compliance, investigations, and enforcement practice in Washington.
- Matt Drenan and Charles Whitman joined Quarles & Brady as partners in its labor and employment practice group in San Diego.
- Friedrich Laub joined Armstrong Teasdale as a partner in its intellectual property practice in New York.
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