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This BigLaw firm is one of few without origination credits; it creates ‘collaborative culture,’ chair says

ABA Journal

Covington & Burling is one of the few BigLaw firms that don't use billing or origination credits in determining compensation. Covington instead compensates partners “based…

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83 Law Firms Back Covington In Privilege Fight With SEC

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Morrison & Foerster LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and 80 other law firms on Tuesday backed Covington & Burling LLP's opposition to releasing the names of clients targeted by a cyberattack to the U.S.

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Covington Brings On Ex-Mintz Capital Markets Pro In NY

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Covington & Burling LLP said Wednesday it nabbed a deals lawyer who brings decades of securities and capital markets experience, most recently with Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, to bolster the firm's New York office.

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Paul Hastings, Covington Guide Kyverna's Upsized $319M IPO

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Cell therapy firm Kyverna Therapeutics Inc. was set to begin trading Thursday after completing an upsized $319 million initial public offering above its price range, guided by Paul Hastings LLP and underwriters counsel Covington & Burling LLP, marking the latest life sciences company to go public.

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SEC Says Covington Aiming To 'Distract' In Breach Probe

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Securities and Exchange Commission is doubling down on its bid to force Covington & Burling LLP to hand over the names of clients affected by a 2020 cyberattack, arguing Tuesday that Covington and the 80-plus law firms backing it are trying "to distract the Court by making hyperbolic and exaggerated claims" about the agency's conduct.

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DC Judge Fails To Find Middle Ground In Covington, SEC Suit

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Securities and Exchange Commission and Covington & Burling LLP in a dispute over the agency's pursuit of names of the firm's clients targeted by a cyberattack, after suggesting he didn't completely agree with either side's argument. A Washington, D.C.,

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This former attorney general now bills for BigLaw at nearly $2,300 per hour

ABA Journal

is billing at $2,295 as a partner at Covington & Burling, according to a contract that the firm… Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.