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Standing Out From the Crowd: A Q&A with Dechert's Dorothy Cory-Wright

After entering the Bar 'as a state-educated, non-Oxbridge girl' Cory-Wright has gone on to become one of the most senior women in Dechert. Here she tells her story.
6 minute read

International Edition

Carnival Cruises Loses COVID Class Action Case in Australia

Carnival was negligent and deceptive, Australia's Federal Court finds.
5 minute read

International Edition

Banking and Finance Accounted for More Than 1 in 3 UK Associate Exits This Summer

Nearly 130 banking and finance associates departed from their firms, followed by corporate lawyers, according to research by Law.com Compass.
2 minute read

International Edition

Monex Canada Sues to Recover Allegedly Defrauded Funds Laundered Through Banks

Defendants include Bank of America, Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and others.
3 minute read

International Edition

European Commission Continues Battle Against Illumina, Orders It to Sell Cancer-Test Developer Grail

Illumina has filed an appeal at the Court of Justice, the EU's top court, over the decision that gave the EU authority to review the merger. Illumina is being advised by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Grail by Latham & Watkins.
5 minute read

International Edition

Reed Smith Faces £20 Million Claim From Sanctioned Shipping 'Client'

Virgo Marine was sanctioned by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control in 2022 for arranging 'vessels for the storage and transportation of Iranian petrochemicals'.
3 minute read

International Edition

'It's Cut-Throat': What Elite Barristers Really Think About Their Instructing Solicitors

Law.com International spoke with silks and senior juniors at the major London commercial sets about the 'beauty pageant' of selection, getting 'screwed' on fees, and the evolving barrister-solicitor bond.
10 minute read

International Edition

Firms Guide Settlement Between Mozambique and Credit Suisse Over 'Tuna Bonds' Scandal

The long-running $1.5bn dispute plunged one of Africa's poorest countries into deep financial crisis.
3 minute read

International Edition

Judges have 'Failed to Adapt' to 21st Century Norms: Litigation Lawyers React to Judicial Court Bullying Inquiry

Senior UK judge Lord Justice Clive Lewis has been issued a formal warning for judicial misconduct in a hearing.
4 minute read

International Edition

Why Major African Arbitrations Are Still Rendered Abroad

African arbitration is gaining traction but many disputes are still sent abroad for resolution due to factors such as too much local choice and frustration with the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration in Ivory Coast.
6 minute read

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