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Ex-Foley & Lardner Adviser Alleged of Being Cuban Spy Signals Guilty Plea in Court

Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. diplomat and adviser in Foley & Lardner's Miami office, indicated he's pleading guilty to two counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government after his arrest in December.
2 minute read

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Belgium Becomes 1st EU Country to Criminalize Ecocide

Companies that cause severe and irreparable harm to the environment could face fines of up to €1.6 million. Belgium also classified ecocide as an international crime, on par with war crimes, crimes of aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide.
2 minute read

International Edition

Ireland Ordered to Pay €2.5M to European Commission Over Online Safety Rules Delay

The EU's highest court has ordered Ireland to pay a lump sum and a daily penalty to the European Commission for not transposing a 2018 EU directive into national law.
3 minute read

International Edition

HSF Advised Post Office to Send 'Without Prejudice' Compensation Letters to Postmasters, Committee Hears

The controversial letters allegedly told postmasters that they could not share the details of their settlement offers to others.
4 minute read

International Edition

New Canadian Law to Force Tech Companies to Swiftly Remove Harmful Content or Face Huge Fines

The new Online Harms Act also raises the maximum punishment for advocating genocide online to life in prison.
3 minute read

International Edition

Controversial UK-Nigeria Trade Deal: Which Law Firms Will Benefit Most?

Africa's second largest economy is viewed as a strategic business location for international law firms.
7 minute read

International Edition

UK Government Throws Weight Behind Extensive Anti-SLAPPs Legislation

The government said the decision was 'in response to a rising tide of this pernicious form of litigation', including high-profile cases involving Russian oligarchs and allies of Vladimir Putin.
4 minute read

International Edition

Bar Associations and Human Rights Arms Speak Out on Navalny's Death

"This is a pattern we have seen too many times with the imprisonment, and murders of Russian opposition figures," the director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute said, as governments began imposing sanctions on Russia in response to Navalny's death.
5 minute read

International Edition

Law Firm Partners Income Tax Arrangements Come Under Scrutiny in Australia

Members of Australia's Senate are questioning the use by law firms and their partners of a tax structure that lowers the amount of tax owed to the government.
5 minute read

International Edition

Latham Blocks Hong Kong Lawyers' Access to Foreign Files, Is It Making the Right Call?

'If they had consulted the lawyers here, they would have gotten opposition,' says one insider, while rivals believe the firm risks being ostracized by Chinese companies.
7 minute read

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