Expert Analysis

• Combating Russia's Evolving Sanctions Evasion Efforts

  

  As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, Russia and its oligarch class will continue their attempts to elude sanctions, and regulators from the U.S. and allied nations will keep searching for ways to beat them back, say Ian Herbert at Miller & Chevalier and Brad Dragoon at Charles River.

• EU Investors May Find Remedy In Foreign Antisuit Injunctions

  

  In a duo of recent cases, a D.C. federal court called antisuit injunctions "strong medicine" against Spain's attempt to deprive the court of its jurisdiction, and may have prescribed just what the doctor ordered for European Union investors seeking to enforce intra-EU claims, say Gregory Williams and Tatiana Sainati at Wiley.

• Volatile Energy Prices Complicate Int'l Arbitration Damages

  

  In the turbulent global energy market, international arbitration is a crucial tool for resolving cross-border disputes — but determining how, if at all, to account for recent energy price spikes when quantifying damages presents many challenges for tribunals, say attorneys at White & Case.

• Justices Leave Questions Open On Dual-Purpose Atty Advice

  

  The U.S. Supreme Court's recent dismissal of In re: Grand Jury on grounds that certiorari was improvidently granted leaves unresolved a circuit split over the proper test for deciding when attorney-client privilege protects a lawyer's advice that has multiple purposes, say Susan Combs and Richard Kiely at Holland & Hart.

• New US Controls May Deter Outside Support For Russia

  

  On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. published a tranche of new rules that further complicate the sanctions and export control landscape, in part by adding non-Russian parties that help Russia evade sanctions, and Iranian exports of foreign-produced items made with U.S. technology, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

• Steps Lawyers Can Take Following Involuntary Terminations

  

  Though lawyers can struggle to recover from involuntary terminations, it's critical that they be able to step back, review any feedback given and look for opportunities for growth, say Jessica Hernandez at JLH Coaching & Consulting and Albert Tawil at Lateral Hub.

• High Court Ax Of Atty-Client Privilege Case Deepens Split

  

  The U.S. Supreme Court's recent dismissal of In re: Grand Jury as improvidently granted maintains a three-way circuit split on the application of attorney-client privilege to multipurpose communications, although the justices have at least shown a desire to address it, say Trey Bourn and Thomas DiStanislao at Butler Snow.

• 3 Job Satisfaction Questions For Partners Considering Moves

  

  The post-pandemic rise in legal turnover may cause partners to ask themselves what they really want from their workplace, how they plan to grow their practice and when it's time to make a move, says Patrick Moya at Quaero Group.

• 4 Exercises To Quickly Build Trust On Legal Teams

  

  High-performance legal teams can intentionally build trust through a rigorous approach, including open-ended conversations and personality assessments, to help attorneys bond fast, even if they are new to the firm or group, says Ben Sachs at the University of Virginia School of Law.

• Ensuring An Agreement's Arbitration Clause Is Enforceable

  

  Several recent U.K. cases show that failure to include arbitration clauses in agreements between entities, or failure to properly word and strengthen such clauses, can give rise to manifold problems when either side attempts to force the other into arbitration, says Henna Elahi at Zaiwalla.

• 8 Steps To Improve The Perception Of In-House Legal Counsel

  

  With the pandemic paving the way for a reputational shift in favor of in-house corporate legal teams, there are proactive steps that legal departments can take to fully rebrand themselves as strong allies and generators of value, says Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.

• Procedure Rule 7.1 Can Simplify Litigators' Diversity Analysis

  

  A recent amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 will help trial courts determine whether the parties to a case are diverse, and may also allow litigators to more quickly determine whether they can remove certain cases to federal court, says Steve Shapiro at Schnader Harrison.

• Abu Dhabi's Puzzling Choice To Send ICC Arbitration Offshore

  

  The Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation's perplexing ruling that an arbitration using International Chamber of Commerce rules must proceed in the Abu Dhabi Global Market, despite both parties preferring the onshore Abu Dhabi court, shows the importance of unambiguously identifying one's desired seat of arbitration before disputes arise, say Sam Song and Dara Sahab at Squire Patton.

• Atty Conflict Discussions In Idaho Murder Case And Beyond

  

  A public defender's representation of the accused University of Idaho murderer after prior representation of a victim's parent doesn't constitute a violation of conflict of interest rules, but the case prompts ethical questions about navigating client conflicts in small-town criminal defense and big-city corporate law alike, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Charles Loeser at HWG.

• Lessons From Ex-FBI Agent's Sanctions Violation Indictment

  

  The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office recently charged former FBI agent Charles McGonigal with violating U.S. sanctions that were placed prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which could help dispel the assumption that sanctions enforcement is focused only on recent measures, says Angelika Hellweger at Rahman Ravelli.