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November 27, 2024
Up Next At The High Court: Transgender Care, Holocaust Art
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday for its December arguments session, which will include blockbuster questions about the constitutionality of state laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors and whether Hungary can be held liable for property stolen during World War II.
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November 27, 2024
Better, Faster, Stranger: What Attys Think Of Our AI Future
Law firms are increasingly embracing the use of artificial intelligence, wary of its limitations but enchanted by its potential to transform the practice of law through smaller headcounts and cheaper litigation.
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November 26, 2024
King & Spalding Partner Selected As Trump's Trade Rep
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that King & Spalding LLP international trade partner Jamieson L. Greer was his pick for U.S. trade representative, noting that Greer played a "key role" in imposing tariffs on China during Trump's first term.
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November 26, 2024
3M Says $6B Settlement Docs Needed In AIG Europe Fight
3M is urging a Florida federal court to release information relating to its recently inked $6 billion deal ending claims over allegedly faulty combat earplugs to a London arbitral tribunal, which is tasked with determining whether insurer AIG Europe Ltd. is wrongly refusing to pay its share of the historic pact.
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November 26, 2024
Bulgarian Co. Says Fight Over $7M Can't Go To Arbitration
A Bulgarian contractor has asked an Illinois federal court not to pause a local bank's litigation seeking to determine the proper owner of $7 million it's holding in escrow related to a dispute over a natural gas construction project, saying a parallel arbitration proceeding is irrelevant.
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November 26, 2024
2nd Circ. Nixes VR Capital Venezuela Fraud Suit
The Second Circuit has refused to revive VR Capital's lawsuit accusing Venezuela's state-owned oil company of fraud in connection with its issuance of some $2 billion in since-defaulted bonds, ruling Tuesday that the asset manager hadn't adequately pled its case.
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November 26, 2024
New Orleans Property Owner Revives Bid To Nix Arbitration
A New Orleans property owner has again urged a Louisiana federal judge to overturn his order forcing it to arbitrate a $7 million Hurricane Ida damage claim with 11 insurers for a block of luxury apartments and retail shops, pointing to a recent ruling by the state's top court.
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November 25, 2024
Uber Negligence Case Can Be Arbitrated, NY High Court Says
New York's highest court affirmed on Monday that a woman who was struck by a car upon exiting an Uber in Brooklyn must pursue her negligence claims in arbitration, after a divided panel upheld the rideshare company's "clickwrap" arbitration agreement.
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November 25, 2024
Greenberg Traurig Grows In Middle East With 2 From Clyde
Greenberg Traurig LLP said Monday that it is expanding its coverage in the Middle East with the addition of an international arbitration and litigation lawyer as well as a corporate lawyer with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, who were both hired away from Clyde & Co. LLP.
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November 25, 2024
Bugsby Denied Arbitration In Olympia Case Funding Battle
A real estate sponsor failed in its bid to arbitrate a dispute stemming from its attempt to buy London's Olympia Exhibition Center, when a London judge ruled Monday that its argument "falls far short."
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November 25, 2024
Justices Turn Away $10M Tanker Seizure Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not review a petition asking it to resolve if courts are bound by "hard-and-fast" rules limiting their inquiry into whether a property can be seized to enforce a maritime debt, an issue the petitioner argued affected "fundamental principles of admiralty law."
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November 25, 2024
Justices Nix Petition Over $17M Bolívar Artifacts
The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a Florida man's petition looking to revive his efforts to enforce a $17 million judgment against Venezuela, after he says the country lured him into turning over a collection of materials once belonging to South American Gen. Simón Bolívar.
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November 25, 2024
Justices Turn Away Suit Over Data Extraction Award
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a petition asking it to resolve whether a court or an arbitrator should decide the preclusive effect of a prior judgment, in a case stemming from a soured data extraction services contract involving a mortgage industry data analytics firm.
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November 22, 2024
Disputes Firm Gaillard Banifatemi Heads To Cairo, Abu Dhabi
International arbitration firm Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes has opened offices in Cairo and Abu Dhabi, saying the firm will deepen its roots in the Middle East and North Africa following its 2021 founding by eight former Shearman & Sterling LLP arbitration partners.
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November 22, 2024
Jordanian Investor Promises Major Arbitration Against Egypt
A Jordanian investor in a partially Egyptian state-owned petroleum storage and ship refueling company said Friday he plans to make good on a notice of dispute he served on Egypt earlier this year, asserting he soon will seek several hundred millions of dollars in an international arbitration claim.
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November 22, 2024
Bulgaria Looks To Nix $61M Renewable Energy Award Suit
Bulgaria is urging a D.C. federal court to nix litigation filed by Maltese investor ACF Renewable Energy Ltd. to enforce a €61 million ($63.54 million) arbitral award it won following a dispute over a nixed tariff program, arguing that it never agreed to arbitrate with ACF.
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November 22, 2024
Malaysia Looks To Shore Up Counterattack Over $14.9B Award
Units of Malaysia's national energy company have kicked off new litigation in Delaware and New York, seeking additional information as they look to fight back against a massive $14.9 billion arbitral award issued in a territorial dispute stemming from a 19th-century land deal.
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November 21, 2024
Special Master Ordered To Turn Over Citgo Pact To Venezuela
A Delaware federal judge has ordered his court-appointed special master to give Venezuela an unredacted version of a stock purchase agreement in the upcoming auction of oil giant Citgo's parent company, ruling the document must be made available to the public as well as the republic.
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November 21, 2024
US Strikes At Last Of Russia's Major Non-Sanctioned Banks
The United States has now sanctioned all of Russia's major banks after freezing the assets of Gazprombank and its six foreign subsidiaries on Thursday for channeling military equipment purchases for Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine.
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November 21, 2024
Chinese Co. Says It Didn't Agree To Class Arb. In $100M Claim
An e-commerce company known as the Amazon of China is urging a New York federal court to nix an arbitral award allowing class arbitration of claims that the company grossly shortchanged minority shareholders when it went private in 2016, saying it never agreed to such a proceeding.
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November 28, 2024
Hogan Lovells Hires Disputes Pro From Dentons In Germany
Hogan Lovells has recruited a specialist in commercial and construction disputes from Dentons in Germany as it looks to expand its coverage of contentious matters, including in the area of environmental, social and governance.
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November 20, 2024
Musk, Ramaswamy Say High Court Rulings OK Federal Cuts
Billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump's picks to lead a newly created "Department of Government Efficiency," on Wednesday said two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings will give them the authority to cut off power to regulatory agencies and conduct massive federal layoffs.
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November 20, 2024
Azerbaijan Files Energy Charter Treaty Claim Against Armenia
The government of Azerbaijan said it has filed new legal papers in its arbitration against the Republic of Armenia under the Energy Charter Treaty, claiming it seeks financial damages for Armenia's unlawful exploitation of Azerbaijan's renewable energy projects and sites.
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November 20, 2024
Canadian Court Revives Award In $7M Coffee Franchise Fight
An appeals court in Ontario has revived a CA$10 million ($7.1 million) arbitral award issued in a franchising dispute stemming from the expansion of an Israeli coffee bar chain into Canada, rejecting a lower court's conclusion that the arbitrator had breached his duty of disclosure.
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November 20, 2024
Cross-Border Sales Were Unlawful Monopoly, Feds Say
Prosecutors have urged a Texas federal judge to deny a dismissal bid from two people accused of using violence to monopolize cross-border sales of used cars, saying the individuals were not operating the lawful clerical service they claimed to be running.
Expert Analysis
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Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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What 7th Circ. Samsung Decision Means For Mass Arbitration
The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in Wallrich v. Samsung highlights the dilemma faced by mass arbitration filers in the face of nonpayment of arbitration fees by the defending party — but also suggests that there are risks for defendants in pursuing such a strategy, says Daniel Campbell at McDermott.
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How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Blasket Win Is A Beacon Of Hope
A Belgian court's recent decision in favor of Blasket Renewable Investments, enforcing an arbitral award against the Kingdom of Spain, signals that despite the European Court of Justice's restrictive interpretations, there is judicial support within the European Union for enforcing investors' rights under international arbitration agreements, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?
A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.
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Series
Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.
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3 Notes For Arbitration Agreements After Calif. Ruling
After last month's California Supreme Court decision in Ramirez v. Charter Communications invalidated several arbitration clauses in the company's employee contracts as unconscionable, companies should ensure their own arbitration agreements steer clear of three major pitfalls identified by the court, say attorneys at Cooley.
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3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture
Traditional leadership styles frequently amplify the inherent pressures of legal work, but a few simple, time-neutral strategies can strengthen the skills and confidence of employees and foster a more collaborative culture, while supporting individual growth and contribution to organizational goals, says Benjamin Grimes at BKG Leadership.
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Int'l Treaties May Aid Investors Amid UK Rail Renationalization
The recently introduced Passenger Railway Services Bill seeks to return British railways to public ownership without compensating affected investors, a move that could trigger international investment treaty protections for obligation breaches, says Philipp Kurek at Signature Litigation.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents
Recent rulings show that counsel should engage in early discussions with clients regarding the potential of hyperlinked documents in electronically stored information, which will allow for more deliberate negotiation of any agreements regarding the scope of discovery, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to dismantle Chevron deference also effectively overrules its 2005 decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X, greatly diminishing agencies' ability to change regulatory course from one administration to the next, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.
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Series
Teaching Scuba Diving Makes Me A Better Lawyer
As a master scuba instructor, I’ve learned how to prepare for the unexpected, overcome fears and practice patience, and each of these skills – among the many others I’ve developed – has profoundly enhanced my work as a lawyer, says Ron Raether at Troutman Pepper.