Goodwin welcomes intellectual property trio John Padro, Stefan Mentzer and Scott Weingaertner as partners to its New York IP litigation practice, as it continues to grow its US East Coast presence, CDR reports. The team specialises in a combination of IP, contract, antitrust and business tort law, and has built up a technology and life sciences focus. Goodwin IP litigation practice co-chair Daryl Wiesen said in a statement: “Scott, Stefan and John’s collective expertise in patent, trademark, copyright, and other intellectual property across our core industries, particularly in technology and life sciences, will perfectly complement our practice.”