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Linklaters set for Dutch litigation launch with NautaDutilh partner hire

Linklaters is set to continue its global litigation push with the launch of an Amsterdam practice in early 2010. Litigation partner Daniella Strik will join Linklaters on 1 February from Dutch independent NautaDutilh, where she has been a partner since 2005.
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Bank Of America set to reveal legal advice from Merrill merger deal

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has advised Bank of America to waive privilege and reveal legal advice that the bank received last year in its merger with Merrill Lynch, reports The American Lawyer. On Monday (12 October), Paul Weiss lawyers, along with counterparts from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, advised the bank's board to make a surprising change in strategy and vote to waive privilege in the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) much-publicised disclosure case against Bank of America, which is now set for a trial next year, after Manhattan federal district court Judge Jed Rakoff rejected a $33m (£21m) settlement between Bank of America and the US Government.
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Dubai launches new ADR centre in effort to cut back on court litigation

Dubai is set to launch a new alternative dispute resolution (ADR) centre in a bid to decrease the amount of court litigation in the emirate. Dubai has seen a rise in the number of contentious disputes as a result of the financial downturn, with large numbers of projects, particularly in the construction field, coming to a halt due to financing difficulties.
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Ashurst recruits new head of Spanish litigation

Ashurst has hired a new head of its Spanish litigation and arbitration practice, with an appointment from a local firm. Daniel Jimenez will join the top 10 City firm as a director later this month from Spanish law firm Diaz-Bastien & Truan, where he was the partner in charge of the civil litigation department.
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Clifford Chance votes in Sandelson as new global litigation chief

Clifford Chance (CC) has named its new global litigation chief with Jeremy Sandelson winning the hotly-contested election. Sandelson has held the role of London managing partner since 2005 after spending a term as UK head of litigation.
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Ex-Bar Council chair Vos appointed as High Court judge

Former Bar Council Chairman Geoffrey Vos QC has been appointed as a High Court judge. The appointment will see the 3 Stone Buildings member take up his new role as a Justice of the High Court in the Chancery Division later this month (27 October) following the retirement of Mr Justice Blackburne.
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Body of evidence

There is a popular aphorism that a dyers hand is always stained by the elements he works with. Likewise, it seems that a solicitor's reputation for probity can easily be tainted by basic flaws in the handling of electronic disclosure. The recurring theme in most cases where solicitors have given inadequate e-disclosure is that the defaulting parties prepared poorly and made nominal efforts to agree e-disclosure parameters with the opposition. This unilateral approach contravenes the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and has been rejected by the courts. The recent spate of rulings on e-disclosure failures has been covered widely by various interest groups, each promoting parochial solutions. What is missing is a recursive framework for early discussions as required by the CPR.
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Hertz general counsel sues analyst who said company could go bankrupt

Hertz general counsel Jeffrey Zimmerman has sued a research firm that put the car rental company on a list of businesses "likely to go bankrupt or suffer severe financial distress." Zimmerman and Hertz have sued Audit Integrity for defamation and trade libel in the Superior Court of New Jersey, where Hertz is based. The suit also seeks undetermined financial damages, a retraction and an apology, and lawyer fees and costs.
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DLA recruits seven-strong Italy litigation team

DLA Piper has appointed a new head of litigation in Italy as part of a seven-lawyer team hire. The group joined today (1 October) from Italian litigation boutique Giuffre Scorcelli Rosa & Partners. The team is led by the boutique firm's former managing partner, Bruno Giuffre, who will now lead DLA's Italian litigation group, and also comprises litigation partner David Marino and five associates.
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Stars at the Bar

Without the well-honed PR teams of many a law firm and legally unable to promote themselves, barristers rely to a great extent on the recommendations of peers and instructing solicitors for reputation and referral. Unlike the majority of their solicitor counterparts, many commercial barristers will turn their hand to several sectors of the law. And not only do they need to be team players, working closely with law firm partners, they also need to be savvy with strong client skills.
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