Kirkland and Ellis News

The Seattle police officers say they chose one of the safest tools in their arsenal when they used a Taser gun against a pregnant woman resisting arrest.

A panel of experts from various industry disciplines will offer their perspectives on trends and opportunities in turnaroundA and corporate restructuring.

Duane Morris is launching a dedicated London private equity practice with the hire of Kirkland & Ellis partner Pierfrancesco Carbone, The Am Law Daily has learned.

Kirkland & Ellis attorney Michael Williams was expecting his eighth child when he read a ruling that sided with police officers who repeatedly used a Taser on a pregnant woman at a routine traffic stop.

Kirkland & Ellis has hired a four-partner intellectual property team from Kaye Scholer, including Leora Ben-Ami, who co-chaired Kaye Scholer's IP practice and was a member of that firm's executive committee.

Bankers may face prison for misleading information in share-sale documents under a proposal by Hong Kong regulators that could raise the cost and risk of arranging initial public offerings in the city.

Chicago-based law firm Ropes & Gray has added Matt Richards as a partner in its private equity practice.

As Dewey & LeBoeuf teeters, the Silicon Valley M&A lawyers led by rainmaker Richard Climan are said to be in talks with at least three law firms: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Kirkland & Ellis; and the U.K.'s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, according to people familiar with the group's situation.