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The Newest Hotspot? The Middle East Is Poised for a Legal Tech Boom

Legal tech startups are cropping up at higher rates than ever in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, as governments looks to support the burgeoning market and remote work pushes more lawyers to embrace innovation.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Quinn Emanuel Partners With Saudi Law Firm

The partnership gives Quinn Emanuel its 16th non-U.S. office.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Billionaire Antiquities Collector Hands Over $70M of Artifacts, Agrees to Lifetime Ban in Agreement With DA's Office

Michael Steinhardt, who made his billions through running a hedge fund and who prosecutors said is one of the world's largest art collectors, also has agreed to a "first-of-its-kind" lifetime ban on acquiring any further antiquities, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Blacklisted NSO Group Fails to Dismiss WhatsApp Malware Lawsuit at 9th Circuit

The decision in favor of WhatsApp and parent company Meta follows a U.S. Commerce Department rule blacklisting Israel's NSO Group for allegedly developing and supplying spyware to foreign governments.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Testing the Scope of Article V(1)d of the New York Convention on Enforcement of Arbitration Awards Following the Dubai Arbitration Venue Combination

While the decree offers some guidance on post combination arbitration process, this restructuring will likely be scrutinized by courts in the enforcement of awards issued by the Dubai International Arbitration Center going forward.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Activist Accuses Twitter of Allowing Saudi Agents to Access His Sensitive Journalistic Data

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Recorder

McGuireWoods Defends Republican Fundraiser Elliott Broidy in Suit Claiming He Orchestrated a Lobbying Campaign Against Qatari Interests

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Neal Brendel, Who Established K&L Gates' Dubai Office, Dies at 66

"He was unfailingly brilliant and courageous," K&L Gates chairman emeritus Peter Kalis said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY and International Bar Groups Call for Nation-States to 'Evacuate' At-Risk Judges and Lawyers From Afghanistan

About 250 female judges inside Afghanistan, some of whom have previously tried and sentenced Taliban members, are believed to be at particularly grave risk, the bar groups said. In January, even before U.S. military forces withdrew from Afghanistan, two female judges were assassinated in Kabul.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Blank Rome Defending Chinese Telecom Giant ZTE in Lawsuit Alleging That It Aids Iraq Terror Groups

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

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