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Latitude Brings High-End Flexible Legal Talent Services to Twin Cities

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
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MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Latitude, a national legal services company specializing in providing high-end flexible legal talent for corporate legal departments and law firms, has opened an office in Minneapolis.

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  • MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Latitude, a national legal services company specializing in providing high-end flexible legal talent for corporate legal departments and law firms, has opened an office in Minneapolis.
  • "The demand from legal department and law firm leaders for the associate- to partner-level flexible legal talent we specialize in has significantly increased since the pandemic began," said Latitude CEO Ross Booher.
  • "Michelle has spent her entire legal career in the Twin Cities and has been a leader in both Big Law firms and corporations.
  • Latitude is a legal services company that specializes in employing and providing former in-house counsel and Big Law attorneys in addition to paralegals, legal operations professionals and compliance officers to legal departments and law firms nationwide.

Amalgamated Bank Announces Agreement to Acquire Amalgamated Bank of Chicago

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Sept. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amalgamated Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: AMAL), the holding company for Amalgamated Bank (“AMAL”), America’s socially responsible bank, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Amalgamated Investments Company, the holding company for Amalgamated Bank of Chicago (“ABOC”), for approximately $98.1 million, which includes an earnout of up to $1.1 million, in an all-cash transaction. Although the two entities have Amalgamated in the name, AMAL and ABOC are not currently affiliated.

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  • NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Sept. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amalgamated Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: AMAL), the holding company for Amalgamated Bank (AMAL), Americas socially responsible bank, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Amalgamated Investments Company, the holding company for Amalgamated Bank of Chicago (ABOC), for approximately $98.1 million, which includes an earnout of up to $1.1 million, in an all-cash transaction.
  • We have long admired Amalgamated Bank of Chicago and are excited about this reunion of our once-related banks.
  • Piper Sandler & Co. served as financial advisor and Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP served as legal counsel to Amalgamated Bank of Chicago.
  • Amalgamated Bank is the countrys largest B Corp bank and a proud member of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values.

Children’s Health Defense, Orange County Board of Education Challenge Governor Newsom’s ‘State of Emergency’ in California Supreme Court

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA, Aug. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orange County Board of Education and Childrens Health Defense (CHD) filed a Petition for Writ of Mandate directly in the California Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon asking the Court to declare an immediate end to Governor Newsoms declared State of Emergency, based on his own words.

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  • Los Angeles, CA, Aug. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orange County Board of Education and Childrens Health Defense (CHD) filed a Petition for Writ of Mandate directly in the California Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon asking the Court to declare an immediate end to Governor Newsoms declared State of Emergency, based on his own words.
  • Street, an attorney for the Orange County Board of Education who successfully litigated a similar case against the State last year after state health officials arbitrarily closedgyms.
  • It concerns fundamental issues of governance that are the foundation of American self-government and which cannot exist in an indefinite state of emergency."
  • Musick Peelers expansion from its origins in Los Angeles has mirrored the growth of business and industry in California.

Jones Walker Welcomes 12 Associates

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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Prior to joining Jones Walker, he completed an internship with the Honorable Brian A. Jackson of the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.

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  • Prior to joining Jones Walker, he completed an internship with the Honorable Brian A. Jackson of the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
  • Prior to joining Jones Walker, he served as in-house counsel for several large and small companies as well as in private practice.
  • He worked as a summer associate at Jones Walker and another Am Law 200 firm in New Orleans.
  • Jones Walker LLP ( joneswalker.com ) is among the largest 120 law firms in the United States.

Jones Walker Renews Strong Firm Leadership and Elects New Partners

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Monday, January 11, 2021
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The firm also announces the election of eight new partners.

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  • The firm also announces the election of eight new partners.
  • I am also proud of our newly elected partners," said Bill, who has served as Jones Walker's managing partner since 2006.
  • She has dual law degrees, in both civil and common law, and she is admitted to practice in Texas and Florida.
  • Jones Walker LLP ( joneswalker.com ) is among the largest 120 law firms in the United States.

UniCourt Announces Release of TrueLaw Litigation Index - 2019 Top Law Firm Ranking

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Thursday, August 27, 2020
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TUSTIN, Calif., Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- UniCourt, a Tustin based legal technology company has just announced the release of its first annual TrueLaw Litigation Index - 2019 Law Firm Ranking , which highlights the nation's top 200 litigation law firms across U.S. District Courts for all practice types and jurisdictions.

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  • TUSTIN, Calif., Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- UniCourt, a Tustin based legal technology company has just announced the release of its first annual TrueLaw Litigation Index - 2019 Law Firm Ranking , which highlights the nation's top 200 litigation law firms across U.S. District Courts for all practice types and jurisdictions.
  • In the announcement, UniCourt noted that, "while a number of organizations and outlets disseminate top law firm reports each year, from the AmLaw 200 to the NLJ 500, the various Altman Weil surveys, and more, we at UniCourt identified a need for a new type of report: one that is empirical, based purely on litigation data, with no other factors."
  • To provide added background on the court data behind the TrueLaw Litigation Index, UniCourt confirmed it pulled a complete set of all U.S. District Court civil cases from PACER that were filed in 2019, as part of a larger push to ensure its clients and the public at large could get a "complete picture of federal trial court level cases across all jurisdictions in the U.S." UniCourt further noted that its 2019 Law Firm Ranking only focuses on private law firms, and specifically excludes all state and federal agencies, U.S.
  • As part of an initial preview into the TrueLaw Litigation Index, the following law firms were revealed in the announcement as the top ten litigation firms for 2019:

Thompson & Knight Names Two New Office Leaders

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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DALLAS, May 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP has named two veteran attorneys as leaders of the Firm's offices in Dallas and Austin.

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  • DALLAS, May 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP has named two veteran attorneys as leaders of the Firm's offices in Dallas and Austin.
  • Phillip G. Oldham will now lead the Austin office of the Firm, while Bruce S. Sostek will serve as Office Leader of the Firm's Dallas office.
  • The two join six other Office Leaders for the Firm in Algiers, Fort Worth, Houston, Mexico City, Monterrey, and New York City.
  • Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight is a full-service law firm with more than 300 attorneys.