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New Frontiers: Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Launches in Cairo and Abu Dhabi
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Spain’s Legal Community Steps Up After Deadly Floods

Members of Spanish law firms, including ECIJA, Uría Menéndez, and Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, have found ways to help flood victims, working as volunteers, making donations and publishing informational guides on how to apply for public aid or file an insurance claim.
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Meta Hit With €800M Antitrust Fine, Says It Will Appeal

Freshfields will represent the tech giant in the legal challenge the company plans to file before the EU’s General Court, a Facebook spokesperson told Law.com International.
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Likely Next EU Competition Chief Keeps Cards Close to Her Chest in 3-Hour Confirmation Hearing

Partners watched closely as Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, a lawyer by training who has no background in antitrust, talked of the need for a new instrument to address killer acquisitions.
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Facebook Data Breach: German Court Opens Door for Compensation

The country’s Federal Court of Justice has indicated tens of thousands of people suing Meta could be eligible for non-material damages.
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Shell Prevails in Dutch Climate Case After Switching Counsel

The case was filed by several Dutch NGOs and handled by Paulussen Advocaten's Roger Cox, one of the country’s best-known and most influential climate lawyers.
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HSF and Kramer Leaders Set Out Merger Timeline, Structure

In their first interview since announcing a transatlantic tie-up, the leaders of both firms spoke to Law.com about the combined firm’s timing, structure and priorities.
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8-Lawyer Fund Formation Team Leaves Simmons to Join Proskauer in Paris

The team includes partners Agnès Rossi and Marcela Moraru and six associates.
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French High Court Rejects Sultanate 'Heirs' $15 Billion Claim Against Malaysia

Supported by third-party funder Therium, the claimants have sued the Malaysian government in several EU countries. Malaysia’s minister of law said the French ruling “will help preserve the sanctity of international arbitration as an alternative form of dispute resolution.”
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Charles Russell Speechlys Gains Traction in Latin America

The London-headquartered firm, which focuses on private capital, has made recent hires to better attend a region that requires significant advice on wealth and tax planning.
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Hogan Lovells Boosts Germany with Kirkland & EY Private Equity Hires, Hints at More

Former Kirkland Munich partner David Huthmacher joins Hogan Lovells’ expanded private equity team alongside EY's Jan Philipp Feigen and Maximilian Menges.
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Commentary

America Voted. What's Next For Big Law?

It's difficult to predict what will happen once Donald Trump is sworn in as President of the United States but it's fairly certain that whatever he does, Big Law will be busy, the Global Lawyer writes.
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Baker McKenzie, Greenberg Traurig, Clyde & Co. Expand In Middle East

Capital markets, regulatory & arbitration teams are growing in the Middle East.
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Kirkland & Ellis Behind E-Health, Shipping Deals

Kirkland & Ellis, the top global law firm by revenue, supported Altera Infrastructure Holdings and TA Associates through recent deals.
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Features

'Get Your House in Order' SFO Warns Corporates, as UK Government Issues Long-Awaited Fraud Guidance

The guidance has been described as 'seismic' and a 'game-changer' by law firm partners.
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Clifford Chance Under Fire for Human Rights Assessment of Saudi Arabia World Cup Bid

Eleven NGOs say Clifford Chance glossed over Saudi Arabia's human rights record in an assessment of the country's FIFA 2034 bid.
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German Justice Minister Resigns, Replaced by Former Judge and Transport Minister

Justice Minister Marco Buschmann, a former White & Case lawyer, is being replaced amid the country's economic and political turmoil.
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Ex-KWM London Managing Partner to Face Tribunal After Alleged Inappropriate Conduct

The person is accused of "kissing" his colleague and "commenting that she was very attractive".
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What About the Old Partners Who Have No Interest in AI?

New recruits are much more engaged with AI than partners, according to several large law firms, so what can be done?
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Latham's Partner Promotion Round Shrinks Again

The size of Latham's fall promotions has been trending downward in recent years.
3 minute read
Analysis

Trump Win Ignites Global Legal Market: Lawyers Prepare for High Demand & Uncertainty

Trade tensions are expected to increase as Donald Trump seeks to unleash a slew of tariffs during his second term as U.S. president.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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