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Armstrong Teasdale’s ill-fated London expansion ended in administration, leaving creditors facing significant losses amid unresolved debts and frozen assets.
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Baker McKenzie’s Australian Partners Reject Plan to Join Asia

Votes for financial integration came in below the 75% threshold, according to a report.
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Samsung Flooded with Galaxy Product Patent Lawsuits in US Court

Samsung has seen a wave of patent litigation targeting its Galaxy devices in Texas in mid-November. At least four companies sued the South Korean electronics titan last week for allegedly infringing on their technology to use in its smartphones, tablets and watches.
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UN Treaty Enacting Cybercrime Standards Is Likely to Face Headwinds in US, Other Countries

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Will Trump Boost Quinn Emanuel's Fortunes in China?

Tit-for-tat regulations between China and the U.S. have helped Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan thrive in China. Will Trump’s leadership expedite its growth?
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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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CGR Avocats hired a finance partner from Watson Farley, while Cohen & Gresser added a white-collar specialist and Grant Thornton Société D’Avocats recruited a corporate M&A chief. 
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Linklaters Sees Latest Partner Exit as UK Leveraged Finance Partner Walks To Simpson Thacher

Simpson Thacher has been looking to replenish its ranks following the departures of London's Ian Barratt and Sinead O'Shea last year.
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UK Competition Watchdog Greenlights Google’s $2B Anthropic Investment, Lawyers Weigh in

The Competitions and Markets Authority will not launch an investigation into Google’s $2 billion investment into AI startup Anthropic—signalling a relaxed approach to AI partnerships.
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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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