Wake Up Call: Alex Spiro Takes on Chairing Dogecoin Treasury

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• Quinn Emanuel partner Alex Spiro was named chairman of the board at Nebraska-based CleanCore Solutions as it launches what it calls the first official Dogecoin treasury. Spiro will oversee the company’s nearly $200 million effort to acquire Dogecoin as its primary reserve asset. (Business Insider)
• Two Canadian lawyers who hired a private investigator to follow a judge overseeing a case involving pandemic public health restrictions have been disbarred. Both lawyers represented churches in 2021 that tried to overturn Manitoba public health orders preventing in-person religious services during the Covid pandemic. During the court challenge, the lawyers hired a private investigator to follow Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, who was overseeing the case, in a bid to see if he was violating the restrictions. (Winnipeg Free Press)
• Indianapolis bankruptcy attorney Mark Zuckerberg is suing Meta over repeated confusion with its CEO. The attorney is suing Meta for negligence and breach of contract, saying that Facebook shuts down his pages for using a “false name” and “impersonating a celebrity.” Zuckerberg said his business account has been suspended five times in the last eight years, and his personal account has been shut down four. (Gizmodo)
• Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 80-year-old election lawyer, Martin Connor, has been at it since 1970 with no plans to stop. “The New York Times said, ‘Well, you do election law, you kick people off the ballot,’” he said. “Yeah, sometimes, but realistically, 95% of what I do is get people on the ballot, and keep them there.” (AMNY)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Masha Hansford rejoined Paul Weiss as a partner in Washington. She joins from the US Solicitor General’s Office.
• Rabih Assal joined Gildan Activewear as chief legal officer. He joins from Magna International.
• Elizabeth Kates joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a partner in its banking and credit practice in Boston. She joins from Goodwin Procter.
• Stephanie Connor joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its international trade group in Washington.
• Stephanie Wright Pickett and Paul Sweeney joined Arnold & Porter as partners.
• Blake Roberts joined Eversheds Sutherland as a partner in its congressional investigations practice in Washington. He joins from the Commerce Department.
• Matt Smith joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in its private equity mergers & acquisitions practice in Dallas.
• Michael Granston rejoined Covington & Burling as a partner in its false claims act investigations and litigation practice in Washington. He joins from the Justice Department.
• Yuta Delarck joined Reed Smith as a partner in its global corporate group in New York. She joins from Greenberg Traurig.
• Michael Huneke joined Morgan Lewis as a partner in Washington. He joins from Hughes Hubbard & Reed.
• Kathleen Shannon joined Boies Schiller Flexner as a partner in its global investigations and white collar defense team in Washington.
• Jacqueline Wright Bonilla joined Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox as a director in its biotechnology and chemical and trial and appellate practice groups.
• Natalie Lamarque joined Vanguard as chief legal officer. She joins from Principal Financial Group.