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Big Law Heavyweights Wrestle in High-Stakes Sale of Venezuela’s Citgo

A former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partner is managing the sale of Venezuela’s prized international asset, whose sale is being sought to settle debts owed to claimants represented by firms including Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. Concerns are mounting about the case's mounting legal costs.
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Mexico Dissolves Antitrust Authority in Setback to Competition

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Brazilian Firms Demarest, BMA, TozziniFreire Elevate Lawyers to Partner

Promotions tend to come in December, in preparation for the new fiscal year in Latin America’s largest economy.
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New Year, New Ventures: 2025 Kicks Off with Mergers, Alliances, and Hidden Ambitions

A wave of law firm mergers and alliances across the U.S., Europe, North America, the Middle East, and India are reshaping the global legal landscape in 2025.
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US Wins Trade Dispute with Mexico Over Genetically Modified Corn

Mexico sought to ban genetically modified corn for human consumption, threatening a key import market for U.S. farmers.
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Baker McKenzie, Norton Rose & Other Top Litigators Foresee Rise in AI, Data & ESG Disputes

From Asia to North America, litigators expect significant work in disputes ranging from investor-state matters to class actions as shifting alliances and priorities lead to increased conflict.
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How Will M&A, Tech & Trump Shape Law Firm Growth in 2025? Global Leaders Share Their Insights

Partners anticipate a rise in M&A activity, alongside a busy year driven by regulatory developments and energy transition initiatives.
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Spain’s Uría Menéndez & Garrigues Promote 25 New Partners With Corporate Leading Growth

Many appointments reflect Spain’s growing economy. 
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LatAm Deal Digest: Bahamas, El Salvador Undertake Conservation-linked Debt Deals

Hogan Lovells, White & Case pull together debt-for-nature conversions that will help preserve river and marine habitats.
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DAC Beachcroft Expands in Chile With Litigation Boutique Acquisition

The integration brings five lawyers to a market where the international firm has had a presence for more than a decade.
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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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