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The American Lawyer

Dechert Faces Sanctions, Contempt Motions for Discovery 'Obstruction' in Hacking Case

"For approximately seven months before the court's July 25 order, neither defendants nor Dechert had produced a single relevant, custodial document. Following the court's order, their stonewalling has continued," lawyers for plaintiff and entrepreneur Farhad Azima said in a court filing this week.
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Legaltech News

Malabo Convention Seeks To Harmonize Africa's Data Privacy Approach. Will It Work?

The Malabo Convention comes at a time where the harmonization of Africa's approach to data protection has to contend with over 30 different country-specific data privacy laws, and counting.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Am Law 100 Firm Clients Allege Luxury Real Estate Investment Scam by Social Media Star

"Where you have a traditional fraud, almost like a Ponzi scheme recruiting additional victims, he gets to play an international character on social media and he plays a role," said David Haft, a partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

US Courts Affirm Angola's Legal System for a Third Time

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden's ruling "facilitates confidence by folks who want to invest and do work in Angola," said Ehrenstein Sager attorney Michael Ehrenstein.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Basis for Enduring Compromise on 'Judicial Reform' in Israel

Writing on Israel's courts, two contributors say that enduring change, in the absence of a highly unlikely constitutional convention to establish more circumscribed roles for the legislative and judicial branches, will be in tailoring the reforms to sound principles of liberal or republican democracy.
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Legaltech News

African Legal Research Platform Afriwise Discusses Why, and How It's Embracing AI

The leaders of Afriwise and legal software developer Pythagoria, which Afriwise recently acquired, discuss the state of the African legal tech industry and the role that AI can play to bridge some gaps.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Loyal Clients Helped Gibson Dunn Continue Record Revenue, Profit Streak in 2022

The law firm posted 10% gains in gross revenue and profits per equity partner as M&A and private equity complemented strong litigation demand.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Debate Over Separation of Powers: The Importance of the Law

Israelis can be happy and proud of one thing, they are the only democracy that the Middle East has ever known or will ever know in any of our lifetimes. Israel sets an example to the world as to how important the law really is.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Long-Arm Jurisdiction Denied in $70M Pakistani Energy Project

The Texas plaintiffs argued they are parties to the contract because they bid on the project and executed the contract as a consortium/joint venture.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

US Judge Dismisses 'Hotel Rwanda' Activist's Kidnapping and Torture Claims

"Read fairly, there is no doubt that the gravamen of plaintiffs' Amended complaint is Rwanda's treatment of Rusesabagina, not any commercial dispute between plaintiffs and Rwanda and its agents," U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said.
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