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National Law Journal

NextEra v. Spain: DC District Court Rekindles Hope for Enforcing Intra-EU Investor-State Awards in the US

Will the Supreme Court now look deeper into the question whether a valid arbitration agreement exists where, as in NextEra, the arbitration agreement is not a product of contractual privity, but instead is based on the investor's purported acceptance of the state's offer to arbitrate with unknown investors under a treaty?
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Legaltech News

Do Replika's GDPR Regulatory Troubles Portend Problems for AI Chatbots?

After AI chatbot Replika lost its privileges to collect data on Italian users, attorneys say the matter highlights a real risk for startups who don't pay close attention to the EU's various online age-verification rules.
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National Law Journal

Read the Opinion: Appeals Court Sides With US Cheese Makers in 'Gruyere' Trademark Dispute 

"The FDA standard of identity for 'Gruyere cheese,' which does not link the production of the cheese to any geographic region, is evidence that the term 'Gruyere' is generic," Chief Judge Roger Gregory wrote.
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Litigation Daily

What a Busy Year in Class Action Settlements Meant on the Recovering Side of the Docket

Steve Cirami, the head of the class action team at fintech company Broadridge, says last year's surge in activity was just "the tip of the iceberg" in terms of what to expect in cross-border, global settlements.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Why Is This NYC Commercial Litigator Fighting for the Freedom of Georgia's Allegedly Poisoned Former President?

D'Angelo, a partner at Akerman, is part of a global team fighting to free former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili from a hospital in his home country. He has been convicted of abusing his power during his time as president, which Saakashvili denies and says is an act of revenge by his political enemies.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Net Income Down 13% at Hogan Lovells Due to Less Deals, Office Closures, Currency Instability

"We're trying to try to achieve greater profitability, but we're not making that an obsession," said CEO Miguel Zaldivar.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Lessons From India's Google Sanctions: Local Data Privacy Rulings Reverberate Worldwide

Google accused Indian regulators of copying the EU's language in an antitrust ruling—but observers say there's nothing suspect about regulators following in each other's footsteps.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

UK Regulator Buries 'Lax' Reputation With Tough Stance on Microsoft's $69B Activision Buyout

The Competition and Markets Authority is gumming up a megadeal, another sign of its concern that the software industry has too much power in too few hands.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Kobre & Kim Worked With Translator Charged Alongside FBI Agent in Russia Sanctions Case

The Am Law 200 firm is not named in the federal indictment against Charles McGonigal, the former leader of the counterintelligence unit of the agency's New York field office. But the details in the indictment match a 2021 disclosure filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The European Patent With Unitary Effect and the Unified Patent Court

After years of discussions and legal challenges, the European patent with Unitary effect (Unitary Patent) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are finally set to launch around June 1, 2023. The Unitary Patent is set to be a single patent spanning many European states, and the UPC is set to be a central patent court for patent disputes in Europe.
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