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Will Trump Boost Quinn Emanuel's Fortunes in China?
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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.
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Trump's Return to the White House: The Legal Industry Reacts

Law firm leaders, litigators and key industry stakeholders weigh in on the business, regulatory and legal implications of second Trump administration going forward.
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Analysis

Big Law Leaders, Dealmakers Optimistic about M&A Deal Flow Under Trump, With Caveats

"We expect to see a meaningful increase in M&A activity in 2025 with the change in administration," said Freshfields M&A partner Paul Tiger.
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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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Trump Re-election Stirs Big Law Optimism and Caution in London

Donald Trump's second-term victory sparks optimism over his pro-business stance, while London's top partners expect global and domestic uncertainty.
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Analysis

Cracking Canada: How International Law Firms Penetrate the Country's Legal Market

None of the U.S. or global giants has much of a presence in the North American country. A&O Shearman and Sheppard Mullin, with their distinct approaches to the market, illustrate how differently firms are servicing clients' Canadian needs.
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Is AI Regulation Attainable on a Global Scale?

Speakers from various international organizations at the New York City Bar Association's "UN Summit of the Future: International Regulation of AI" webinar discussed whether global AI regulation is possible and what's holding it back.
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Sullivan Cromwell Urges Top Court to Resist Making NY the 'Shangri-La' for Derivative Shareholder Suits

Litigators do differ in their opinions on the impact of a decision that would give New York courts the ability to handle shareholder suits against foreign corporations.
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British Disputes Boutique Seladore Hires HSF Lawyer, Plans Singapore Launch

The hiring comes as Seladore prepares to formally submit an application for a Foreign Law Practice license in Singapore.
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Netflix Offices Raided by Authorities in Paris and Amsterdam

A French judicial source said that the searches are part of a preliminary investigation opened in November 2022 on charges of "aggravated tax fraud and concealed work in an organized gang."
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DLA Piper Names Tax Practice Leader as France's Managing Partner

DLA Piper's outgoing France CMP Philippe Danesi was named to the firm's executive committee as joint managing director for Europe, with Amsterdam-based corporate partner Daphne Bens appointed the second joint managing director.
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Expert Opinion

Can Labour's New Budget Steady the Ship? Big Moves On UK Tax Reform and Fiscal Stability

As the U.S. election wraps up this week, the global economy may finally have a chance to stabilise following a period of intense political uncertainty among G20 nations.
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'Significant' Competition Concerns Over £762M GXO Logistics-Wincanton Merger

GXO reached an agreement to acquire Wincanton for £762 million in April, and was advised by Freshfields.
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'Cursed' Bahia Emerald to Soon Return to Brazil

The Bahia Emerald, a 752-pound stone smuggled to the U.S. more than a decade ago, is expected to soon return to Brazil.
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Drew & Napier Class-Action Claimants Accept Omni Bridgeway Funding for $250M Claim Against Swiss Government

Of all the lawsuits against the write-down of $17 billion worth of AT1 bonds issued by Credit Suisse, Drew & Napier's class is the only one that is receiving litigation funding.
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Deal Watch: Davis Polk, Wachtell Work Multiple Big Deals as Election Economics Become Focus for Dealmakers

In past presidential elections, in the year after Election Day, M&A and debt capital markets activity have diverged in their trajectories. But it's not clear if that will happen again.
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News

Gibson Dunn Leads as Hollywood Duo Sell Minority Stake in Wrexham AFC

Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds bring more North American investment to the Welsh football outfit.
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Ranking

The Best Law Firms for Pro Bono in the UK, 2024

As the industry marks the 23rd annual Pro Bono week, Law.com International can reveal which firms performed highest for pro bono in the U.K. this year.
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News

Australian Senator Accuses PwC International of Inhibiting Accountability

Police search PwC's Australian offices as part of tax leaks investigation.
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Q&A

Inside Travers Smith's AI Training, Development Efforts

The firm aims to expose its employees to gen AI through experimentation and training modules as a way to stay up to date with the fast-evolving technology.
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All Eyes on America

On November 6, whether it's Harris' or Trump's America that the world wakes up to, little will change the fact that Big Law is retreating westward, writes The Global Lawyer.
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News

Exclusive: Mayer Brown Shutters Mexico City Office, Lawyers Scatter 

The office launched in 2015 with ambitions of tapping into the opening of Mexico's oil and gas sector to private investment; those plans fizzled when energy nationalist Andrés Manuel López Obrador became president of Mexico three years later.
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Analysis

Hong Kong IPO Market Shows Signs of Slow but Steady Recovery

The law firms Jingtian & Gongcheng, Maples and Calder and King & Wood Mallesons have taken the top spots for IPO deal volume so far this year.
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News

Rivals Seize Opportunity as A&O Shearman, Hogan Lovells Vacate South Africa

South Africa's top partners from Herbert Smith Freehills, Dentons, Norton Rose Fulbright and DLA Piper discuss the wave of exits and opportunities.
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News

Swiss Lawyers Sanctioned by U.S. Treasury Over Russia Denounce 'Political' Accusations

Zurich-based lawyers Andres Baumgartner and Fabio Libero Delco deny U.S. allegations they describe as "baseless".
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Expert Opinion

Mexico's Judicial Reforms and the Implications for Foreign Investors

"A considerable level of uncertainty is likely to dominate the Mexican legal landscape for the foreseeable future," write Gabriel Salinas, David Weiss and Marco Portillo Diaz of Mayer Brown.
5 minute read
News

Leading Generic Drug Maker Slapped With €467 EU Antitrust Fine

Teva described the EU regulator's decision as "extreme, untested and factually unsupported."
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News

Greenberg Takes 7-Lawyer Project- and Structured-Finance Team From Dentons in Warsaw

New Greenberg Traurig shareholder Piotr Nerwiński has advised on some of the region's largest renewable energy plant financings.
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News

Bowmans Boosts South African M&A Team with Hogan Lovells Hires

Deepa Vallabh is the fourth partner-level hiring into Bowmans' M&A practice this year after the hiring of Eversheds Sutherland's Andrew Davidson and Baker McKenzie's Angela Simpson and Janine Howard.
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Asia Deal Digest: Clifford Chance, A&O Shearman, White & Case Lead On Fund Formation Deals, Host of Firms Assist on Hong Kong First De-SPAC.

Across Asia, fund formations, joint ventures and acquisitions are keeping both international and regional firms busy.
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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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