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New Frontiers: Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Launches in Cairo and Abu Dhabi

The firm's push into Egypt and the UAE is a strategic move to pursue arbitration opportunities.
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ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Over Alleged War Crimes in Gaza

The court said there are reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant "intentionally and knowingly" deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival.
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DLA Piper Eyes Cairo Entry

The Egypt capital is home to a thriving legal market, among the largest on the continent, and is a gateway to the Middle East.
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US Lawsuit Seeks Damages from Iran for Role in Oct. 7 Attack on Israel

The United States has designated Iran a “state sponsor of terrorism” since January 1984, exposing Iran to potential liability under the state sponsor of terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
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South Africa Regulator’s Staffing Problems Leave High-Stakes M&A Deals in Limbo

By law, South Africa’s Competition Tribunal could operate with up to 15 members but has just six—and four of them are part-time.
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Kuwait’s Meysan & Saudi’s Hammad & Al-Mehdar Lay Groundwork for Merger

The Saudi firm’s West coast strength was a deciding factor in the move.
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Norton Rose Racial Discrimination Complaint Triggered South African IT Probe

A complaint about racism and gender bias sparked Norton Rose Fulbright’s investigation into unauthorised IT access, leading an ex-employee to claim unfair dismissal.
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Linklaters Launches Funds Advisory Practice in Abu Dhabi

The move comes amid a steady procession of wealth and digital asset managers into the city.
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Norton Rose Lawyers Accused of Accessing Confidential Emails and Documents in Internal IT Probe

The South Africa investigation found no client information was compromised, according to the firm, but others say the matter has raised tensions.
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King & Spalding to Merge with Saudi Law Firm

This deal marks the next phase for the firm after receiving a foreign law license to operate in Saudi Arabia last year.
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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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