The VLW Blog

Hunton & Williams LLP was recognized last week for its lawyers’ pro bono work on behalf of veterans.
Since 2008, Hunton lawyers have provided legal help to recent veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seeking disability benefits; they have worked in partnership with the Lawyers Serving Warriors project of the National Veterans Legal Services [...]

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Hunton & Williams and three of its Richmond lawyers are accused in a Wisconsin lawsuit of using “strong arm tactics” to force a Chicago-based company out of a large industrial supply contract. A Hunton spokesman today said the claims have “no merit.”
The lawsuit filed by Minerals Development & Supply Company charges Hunton with tortious [...]

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Intel on opposing parties (or your own potential clients) can mean a lot more than casual noodling on Google and facebook.
Hunton & Williams law librarian Evelyn Campbell blogs on sources for competitive intelligence at VALLTalk, the blog for the Virginia Association of Law Libraries.
From the free content at Hoovers and BRB Publications’ Facts on Demand [...]

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Eight lawyers from the labor and employment practice of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, including a co-chair of the practice area, have joined Hunton & Williams LLP.
Laura M. Franze, who practices from Dallas and Los Angeles, will co-chair Hunton’s labor and employment practice as well. Joining her are three other partners, one in [...]

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Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a consulting outfit, have published for the first time a list of “The Best Law Firms for Women.”
Fifty firms nationally were named, based on an application that covered issues important “to the retention and promotion of women lawyers.” Those topics included workforce profile, benefits and compensation, parental leave, [...]

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