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State Secrets Privilege: A Challenge in International Litigation

The state secrets privilege has deep roots in American jurisprudence. Rudimentary references to it appear in early 19th-century jurisprudence.
4 minute read

International Edition

Are India's Rules For Foreign Lawyers at a Tipping Point?

A U.S. lawyer's perspective  
5 minute read

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Covington Lawyers Help Secure $5B Award for Ukraine's Naftogaz

A court in The Hague ruled in Naftogaz's favor, ordering Russia to pay $5 billion to the company to cover losses of its Crimea-based assets.
3 minute read

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Why US and UK Law Firms Are The Most Profitable

Unlike with civil law systems, lawyers play a more central role within common law. Their role is both more skillful and more necessary and it puts a premium on being creative, inventive and accurate.
4 minute read

International Edition

Blasket Renewable v. Spain: US Courts Issue Conflicting Decisions Regarding the Enforceability of Intra-EU Awards

Judge Richard Leon of the DC District Court issued a decision in Blasket Renewable Investments, LLC v. Kingdom of Spain granting Spain's motion to dismiss an application to confirm an arbitral award issued under the Energy Charter Treaty - the decision leaves more questions than answers.
6 minute read

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Last Living Nuremberg Trials Prosecutor Dies at 103

Benjamin Ferencz, the first prosecutor to use the term "genocide" in a court of law, fought tirelessly for peace and accountability in the years after he secured guilty verdicts against 22 high-ranking Nazi officials for murders committed during World War II.
3 minute read

International Edition

Credit Suisse Wins Yacht Case Against Saudi Prince

Credit Suisse is now entitled to debts from the prince equivalent to £32.9 million.
2 minute read

International Edition

Clients Look to ALSPs, Flexible Lawyering: 'Traditional Service From Law Firms Doesn't Cut It Anymore'

"An alternative legal service provider that can contribute to my team, instead of a law firm that wants to take work away from my team, is going to be increasingly valuable as I try to position my department in a strategic way," says William Bowes, general counsel of Condé Nast.
9 minute read

International Edition

Singapore and France Set to Enter Into a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty 

The treaty marks the first time Singapore has ratified such a bilateral agreement with a civil law country, according to the Singapore Ministry of Law.
1 minute read

International Edition

Human Rights Suit Against Chiquita Brands Gets Trial Date

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra of the Southern District of Florida ordered the banana company to stand trial in January 2024 for allegedly financing paramilitary death squads in Colombia.
3 minute read

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