TOP NEWS
Reed Smith Faces DQ Bid In Venezuelan Airline Dispute
By Carolina Bolado
A group of shareholders who say they own half of Venezuela's Avior Airlines have asked a Florida federal court to disqualify Reed Smith LLP from representing the airline and a feuding shareholder, claiming that the engagement of the law firm was not approved by a majority of the shareholders as required by the company's bylaws.
Motion attached |
Read full article »
| Save to favorites »
Valve Won't Pay $21M Arb. Fee In Antitrust Fight, Gamers Say
By Gina Kim
About 15,000 users of Steam, one of the largest online sellers of video games, have accused the platform's operator, Valve, in a new proposed class action in Washington federal court of refusing to pay its nearly $21 million share in arbitration fees stemming from a series of individual antitrust disputes, in which consumers alleged the company inflated the price it charged for games.
Complaint attached |
Read full article »
| Save to favorites »
RISING STARS
Rising Star: Latham's Samuel Pape
By Caroline Simson
Samuel Pape helped lead a Latham & Watkins LLP team that secured victory for the Republic of Colombia in three separate investment treaty arbitrations initiated by Canadian mining companies that were collectively seeking more than $1 billion, earning him a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Read full article »
| Save to favorites »
PEOPLE
LEGAL INDUSTRY
|