By C. Ryan Barber | September 6, 2017
A federal labor appeals panel has revived a whistleblower's claims against the defense contractor Exelis Systems Corp., ruling that the employee can allege retaliation even though he raised concerns about unlawful conduct outside the United States and was fired while overseas.
By Anthony S. Volpe and Kevin P. Proud | September 5, 2017
With the increasing presence of various state arms, like universities and hospitals, involved in research and the licensing of technology, particularly patents, cases concerned with how to apply sovereign immunity to those state related entities are receiving more attention. This increased attention is very evident in the Inter Partes Review proceedings filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as an alternative to patent litigation in Article III courts.
By Anna Ward | September 5, 2017
Clifford Chance has added two disputes partners and a counsel to its office in Washington, D.C., as the Magic Circle firm seeks to build up its white-collar and regulatory practice in the U.S.
By Mike Scarcella | September 4, 2017
The Trump administration is moving forward with a spate of new nominees for the U.S. Justice Department and regulatory agencies, pulling lawyers from Big Law and in-house legal departments for top positions.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 1, 2017
The court concluded that for purposes of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the retention date of a child is the date beyond which the noncustodial parent no longer consents to the child's continued habitation with the custodial parent and seeks to reassert custody rights. The court affirmed an order denying father's Hague Convention petition.
By Celia Ampel | August 31, 2017
U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres rejected former President Ricardo Martinelli's attempt to stay in South Florida.
By Ian Lopez | August 31, 2017
On the heels of recent actions by Canadian regulators and the U.S. SEC, some countries may be regulating digital currency as securities.
By Andrew Denney | August 30, 2017
Former U.S. diplomats are going to bat for the Jordan-based Arab Bank, arguing in papers filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of affirming dismissal of a suit filed by victims of terrorist plots that they say the bank funded.
By Michelle Schulz and Elsa Manzanares | August 30, 2017
As the first round of the NAFTA negotiations among the United States, Canada and Mexico got underway in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, it is not likely the negotiators will do away with the agreement altogether.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | August 30, 2017
United Nations Did Not Waive Immunity Under CPIUN Over 2012 Cholera Outbreak
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