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As states’ unclaimed property and escheat laws proliferate and continue to evolve, Alston & Bird has developed AlstonUP, a comprehensive legislation-tracking website application to inform users about each new state-level proposal.

Alston & Bird has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers Global, with 12 practices and 24 lawyers cited for excellence. 

Corporate Control Alert – a service of The Deal that provides analysis of key Delaware case law, trends in dealmaking, activism, and regulation – has ranked Alston & Bird second among counsel to financial advisors on U.S. M&A transactions with a value of $100 million or more announced between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024.

Alston & Bird has enhanced its mass tort and toxic tort practices with the addition of two new partners. Kara McCall, who advises businesses facing toxic tort and products liability litigation, and Beth Chiarello, who defends class actions and mass tort cases on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, will reside in the firm’s Chicago office.

Alston & Bird has again earned a top rating of 100 percent on the Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation that measures commitment to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) workplace equality, earning the designation as recipient of the “Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.”