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Norton Rose Fulbright Appoints First Female Managing Partner in Australia

Alison Deitz has been a Norton Rose partner since 1998 and leads Australia's business law practice group. She succeeds Wayne Spanner and will assume the new post on July 1 of 2020.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lawyers, Clients Concerned by Sweeping Commerce Dept. Draft Rules for Foreign IT Suppliers

The U.S. Department of Commerce recently published proposed rules that would give the department sweeping new powers to review IT and communications transactions involving "foreign adversaries" of the United States with public comments due Dec. 27. International trade and national security lawyers said the regulation's broad scope introduces significant uncertainty for client companies.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

The Top 10 Emerging Legal Tech Hot Spots: The Surprises and Debatable Omissions

Cities across the U.S., Europe and Asia were listed as emerging legal tech hot spots by a new report from the U.K.'s Law Society. But the list was equally notable for the localities it left out as those it included.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

InterDigital Names New Chief Legal Officer Days After Filing Huawei Lawsuit

Deputy general counsel Richard Gulino's promotion comes just five days after InterDigital filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.K. against the Chinese telecommunications company.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Chinese Company Sued Over Tech Distribution Deal Comes Up a Winner — Mostly

A Greenberg Traurig legal team fights a circuit board distribution case initially valued at $110 million to a $1 million verdict.
3 minute read

Legal Week

Australia's Great Barrier Reef Needs Insurance Against Climate Risks, Says Clyde & Co

The Great Barrier Reef is both a World Heritage site and an economic asset that provides jobs, income and government revenue. Therefore, it should be insured against catastrophic events to guarantee its longterm resilience, the report says.
3 minute read

Law.com

It's Time to Talk About Mental Health in Asia's Legal Industry

A variety of factors are leading to grim statistics, but one major obstacle to mental health treatment in Asian countries is the cultural attitudes that have persisted for decades.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Australian Financial Dispute Resolution Agency Hires General Counsel

Anna Campbell, a former lawyer and manager for the Sydney-based Australian Securities Exchange, joins AFCA about a year after its launch as a replacement for three now-defunct external dispute resolution entities.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Former CIA Officer Gets 19 Years for Conspiring to Pass Secrets to China

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, Virginia, noted the lingering questions in the case, saying Jerry Chun Shing Lee "must have given them something of value" but that "nobody knows for certain precisely what he gave the intelligence officers."
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Nelson Mullins Snags 2 IP Lawyers From Mintz

The moves come as both firms have hired other intellectual property lawyers in the last year, another sign that the IP legal market remains competitive.
3 minute read

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