Middle East Legal Awards 2018 – Best Use of Technology: Squire Patton Boggs
Full details of the Best Use of Technology category at the Middle East Legal Awards 2018
June 21, 2018 at 09:46 AM
2 minute read
Finalists: Clyde & Co; Microsoft Gulf (Highly Commended).
Squire Patton Boggs triumphed in the Best Use of Technology category for developing an online tool that helps clients keep pace with changes in employment law across multiple jurisdictions.
The subscription-based portal is part of a wider suite of services and products that the firm offers, including employment law clinics, to help clients save time and reduce legal costs on potential employment issues.
The 'Global Edge' platform provides up-to-date employment law advice, as well as highlighting forthcoming developments (with traffic light ratings) across 32 jurisdictions including UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with more to be added soon (notably Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Oman).
The reports take complex legal issues and present them in a clear, concise and commercially-focused fashion (complete with visuals), all available via a mobile app so users can access information remotely. The firm's own lawyers frequently use the app to aid them on cross-border M&A deals to shape their employment law strategies across the relevant jurisdictions, reducing the need for local lawyers and saving both time and money.
"It's a scalable solution and makes employment law in countries without legal presence accessible to in-house legal counsel based outside that country," a judge remarked.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
'Almost Impossible'?: Squire Challenge to Sanctions Spotlights Difficulty of Getting Off Administration's List
4 minute read
'Never Been More Dynamic': US Law Firm Leaders Reflect on 2024 and Expectations Next Year
7 minute readTrending Stories
- 1Semiconductor Component Maker Accused of Deceiving Investors About Market Downturn, Export Curbs
- 2Zuckerman Spaeder Gets Ready to Move Offices in DC, Deploy AI Tools in 2025
- 3Pardoning Jan. 6 Defendants May Send Bad Message About Insurrection, Rule of Law
- 4Looming Clash Over Abortion Pills Shows Overturning 'Roe v. Wade' Settled Nothing
- 53rd Circuit Strikes Down NLRB’s Monetary Remedies for Fired Starbucks Workers
Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
