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The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Weir Greenblatt Partner Looks to Sue Firm Over Unreturned $50K Capital Contribution

Gina Stowe said the firm and managing partner Walter Weir did not respond to her request to return the funds nor to an American Arbitration Association offer to arbitrate the dispute.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

No Breach of Settlement Agreement Where Text of Unsigned Draft Agreement Indicated Execution Was Required

A decision out of the Southern District of New York addresses what happens when parties to a dispute negotiate a draft settlement agreement, one party makes changes to the draft, the other party accepts those changes and requests a signature, but the party who had proposed the changes doesn't sign the document.
10 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

National Law Journal

Judge Pushes Back Against Former Jones Day Associates in Dad Bias Suit

"I think you are actually wrong about that," U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss said at one point to the plaintiffs at a motions hearing on Thursday.
3 minute read

International Edition

HKIAC's Secretary-General Steps Down, Citing Personal Reasons 

Mariel Dimsey, a former partner at CMS Hong Kong, joined the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre as its secretary general in August last year. 
2 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

Daily Report Online

'The Death Rattle of a Once-Great Firm': Inside the Split Between Drew Eckl and Burke Moore Law Group

Burke and Moore contend they are just two of "a continuing exodus of partners and other attorneys" leaving Drew Eckl & Farnham because of inequitable compensation, according to court papers.
6 minute read

International Edition

A&O Adds to Warsaw Disputes Team With Partner Hire from Bird & Bird

His practice focuses on general commercial litigation, white-collar crime and investigations.
2 minute read

International Edition

Cooley Hires Jenner & Block Global Arbitration Chair

The hire was also Jenner's London managing partner for seven years.
2 minute read

International Edition

Addleshaws, Morgan Lewis Add Disputes Lawyers in Dubai

Addleshaw Goddard has tapped Clifford Chance for a construction expert as an arbitration specialist has joined Morgan Lewis from Al Tamimi.
2 minute read

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