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Delaware Business Court Insider

Expert or Arbitrator—Who Decides? Chancery Court Clarifies Issue in 'Ray Beyond'

The Delaware courts have been asked several times in the last few years to interpret contracting parties' intent when they have relegated certain disputes to “an expert, not an arbitrator” as a form of alternative dispute resolution.
5 minute read

International Edition

British Legal Awards 2018: Who Won What and Why...

CMS, Latham & Watkins and DLA Piper were among the big winners at the British Legal Awards. Find out who won what, and why.
1 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Thanks in Part to Del. Rulings, Data Breaches Are an Expanding Frontier in Securities Class Actions

Corporate and Securities Litigation columnists Mark D. Harris and Margaret A. Dale write: So-called “event-driven” securities class actions are on the rise, with data breaches representing one of the most significant categories of events driving this trend. How the courts will treat the proposed settlements that arise in these cases remains to be seen.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-SDNY Prosecutor Bart Schwartz Is Named NYC Housing Authority Monitor

The former federal prosecutor will oversee the implementation of the settlement reached last month between New York City, HUD, and the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan.
3 minute read

International Edition

Baker Botts Nabs Norton Rose International Arbitration Partner in London

Poupak Anjomshoaa said client conflicts at her old firm prompted her to move to Baker Botts.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Baker Botts Nabs Norton Rose International Arbitration Partner in London

Poupak Anjomshoaa said client conflicts at her old firm prompted her to move to Baker Botts.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Data Breaches: An Expanding Frontier in Securities Class Actions

Corporate and Securities Litigation columnists Mark D. Harris and Margaret A. Dale write: So-called “event-driven” securities class actions are on the rise, with data breaches representing one of the most significant categories of events driving this trend. How the courts will treat the proposed settlements that arise in these cases remains to be seen.
8 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields targets gender balance on major disputes teams

Push by new disputes heads will see diversity taken into account when selecting lawyers for biggest cases
3 minute read

International Edition

Dechert Adds Litigation Partner in Hong Kong From Davis Polk

Maria Sit joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell, where she was counsel. The hire comes a few months after Dechert lost a three-lawyer disputes team to Big Four accounting firm EY's Hong Kong member law firm.
2 minute read

International Edition

Former Addleshaws Asia Head Joins Hong Kong Firm YTL

Nigel Francis joins local firm YTL, where he is reunited with former Addleshaw Goddard associate James Yeung, who is now a partner and disputes head of YTL.
3 minute read

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