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New York Law Journal

The Perils of the Nonexistent Arbitral Institution

The impetus for this column was the recent decision in 'Spineway SA v. Strategos Group', in which parties acknowledged that they had agreed to arbitrate their dispute, but disagreed about the arbitral institution and corresponding rules.
11 minute read

Litigation Daily

Tracking a Spurt of Moves in the White-Collar World

A recent report tracking lateral partner hires by Am law 50 and Magic Circle firms in London, New York, Washington, D.C. and the San Francisco Bay area found that white-collar moves more than doubled year-over-year.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Legal Chief Pay Fell in 2023 for First Time in More Than a Decade

"The need for high-quality legal talent certainly has not decreased. ... However, current rates of compensation do not necessarily reflect that need, creating an opportunity for those companies willing to recognize the value of premier legal talent," according to Major, Lindsey & Africa's 2024 Global In-House Compensation Survey.
4 minute read

International Edition

Brussels' Reverse Revolving Door: Why Lawyers Leave Lucrative Jobs at Law Firms to Join the EU's Powerful Antitrust Enforcer

The revolving door from the European Commission to Brussels-based law firms has frequently stirred controversy, but the revolving door from law firms to one of the world's top antitrust enforcers has received much less attention.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Lawyers Will Try Almost Anything to Cut Costs—Except Issue RFPs

"Nothing is ever quite right," said Basha Rubin, CEO and cofounder of Priori Legal. "It's too uncertain, it's too large, it's too complicated, or they need too fast a turnaround,"
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyers in Big Law Kick Off Fundraising and Organizing for Kamala Harris

Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp said he's "working with many business leaders to raise money for the Harris campaign to enable her to fund what will inevitably be the most expensive election battle ever."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Redesigning Obviousness: Federal Circuit's New Test for Obviousness in Design Patents

In May, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in 'LKQ v. GM Global Technology Operations', which marks a significant shift away from the prior and more rigid 'Rosen-Durling test', toward a more flexible framework for determining whether a patented design is obvious.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'This Is Not Going Away': Smackdown in Novel Cybersecurity Case Unlikely to Send SEC Into Retreat

In tossing most of the case against software maker SolarWinds, Judge Paul Engelmayer "creates the notion that the SEC isn't just going to be able to do whatever it wants going forward and serve as an 'overzealous' regulator," said Scott Kannry, CEO of the cyber risk firm Axio.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

An Empirical Look at 'Social Inflation'

In a 103-page report released earlier this month, RAND Corporation researchers took a look at changes in court filings, jury verdicts in personal injury cases and insurance claims and concluded that the trendlines were "consistent with an upsurge in social inflation during the 2010s."
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Federal Bankruptcy Judge's 'Vilifying' Novels Raise Questions Over Impartiality

Judge Stacey Jernigan claims the "bombastic" hedge fund managers in her books are pure fiction, but ethics experts argue they violate her responsibility to appear impartial.
7 minute read

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