DLA Piper and Dechert have quietly settled their fierce feud over the latter’s 2011 hire of former DLA litigation co-head Neil Gerrard. A source close to the situation says both a U.K. arbitration and a U.S.

DLA Piper is bolstering its securities, litigation and IP groups with a team of five partners poached from Reed Smith’s Silicon Valley office. Richard Scudellari, who helped open the office for Reed Smith in 2008, cited the lure of DLA’s international platform.

A single day in 1968 sent DLA Piper partner Robert Benson’s family’s lives spiraling in different directions. Their paths would cross again 30 years later, a few days before Christmas in 1998. But that chance meeting would teach Benson the meaning of giving and forgiving that lies at the heart of this holiday season.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views

Tony Angel, the lawyer who led Linklaters to the top of law firm revenue charts, joined DLA Piper on Monday as global co-chairman and senior partner of DLA Piper International, following a two-week partnership vote, the firm has announced.

While Groupon’s road to a $700 million IPO has been a rocky one, Winston & Strawn and DLA Piper have persevered and now stand to reap the benefits as the daily-deals website finally went public on Friday. An SEC filing lists the legal fees and expenses connected to the IPO at $2.5 million.