By Ross Todd | September 22, 2020
"The defense bar fought against class actions for years," said retired U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin as part of a panel at the virtual Class Action Money and Ethics 2020 conference Monday.
By Ross Todd | September 17, 2020
The firm's first appellate showdown with plaintiffs represented by Keller Lenkner featured one judge saying he was "completely unsympathetic" to the merits of the argument that filing large batches of individual arbitrations somehow games the system.
By Ross Todd | September 16, 2020
Let's just start by saying that the consultants we've talked to have wildly different takes on the topic.
By Ross Todd | July 23, 2020
Steptoe lawyers over the past four months have relentlessly pursued potential exculpatory evidence they suspected the government withheld in the prosecution of Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, an American-educated entrepreneur born in Iran.
By Ross Todd | July 21, 2020
A series of filings in New York state court are are shedding some light on the often hush-hush world of hedge funds and the lengths that Bridgewater Advocates has gone to in attempts to keep former employees from using allegedly proprietary trading strategies to form competing funds.
By Peter Shaw-Smith | July 15, 2020
Dubai and Abu Dhabi are quietly leading the Middle East onto a world stage led by historically dominant jurisdictions like London, New York, Paris and Hong Kong. But is the UAE ready to become the world's arbitration hub of choice?
By Ross Todd | July 13, 2020
Hedge fund managers slept a little bit easier last Thursday night.
By Angela Morris | July 8, 2020
A Texas judge was wrongfully convicted, and a court has ruled she can only sue one of the four prosecutors who she named in a lawsuit. Former prosecutors across Texas say changes are needed to absolute prosecutorial immunity.
By Ross Todd | July 7, 2020
At the top ranks of the MDL plaintiffs bar at least, women lawyers have made great strides in the past few years according to a new report from law.com. But attorneys of color have not broken into the upper echelon of repeat players in MDL leadership appointments in the same way.
By Marcia Coyle | July 6, 2020
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a Monday ruling that when a federal law has no severability clause there is a "strong" presumption that the unlawful part can be removed without disturbing the entirety of the law. The court next term will address the severability of the ACA's individual mandate.
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