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National Law Journal

SCOTUS Debates Future of Money-Laundering Charges Against Halkbank

Williams & Connolly attorney Lisa Blatt, who represented the Turkish state-owned bank, said "50 states, all counties and any city that has prosecution authority would all of a sudden have jurisdiction to prosecute any country and the executive branch couldn't do anything about it."
6 minute read

Legaltech News

5 Ways Technology Helped Provide Legal Aid in Ukraine in 2022

The legal community in Ukraine and in other parts of the world hoping to assist the country in battling Russian invasion have relied on technology to bridge the distance and information gaps this year.
1 minute read

Legaltech News

Calling All Lawyers: LexisNexis, Ukrainian Bar Association Foster New Legal Aid Portal

LexisNexis is aiming to break down barriers between Ukrainian attorneys and lawyers in other countries with the launch of a free legal aid portal, which is still in its early stages.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

US Plaintiffs Firms Expanding Into Europe Are Banking on Lit Funders and Regulatory Shifts

Despite a Dec. 25 law that promises to open up the EU class action framework, U.S. firms face hurdles to expanding globally if they don't have the backing of funders and local firms.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

US Companies Doing Business in Europe: Are You Ready for the New Patent System?

In Europe, the patent system is changing and will offer to companies a new patent protection and a new patent court. It should start in April 2023, with a sunrise period starting in January 2023.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Pessimist's Assessment of the Proposed EU-US Data Privacy Framework Under 'Schrems II'

On Oct. 7, President Biden signed Executive Order 14086 on "Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities," which serves as the first step toward restoring the free flow of European personal data to U.S. businesses. In this article, Michael Kleinman and Talia Bulka write that the order "contains some serious substantive improvements, but it is far from the "no spy" agreement that European privacy activists have demanded."
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Joe Andrew Bows Out as Dentons Global Chair

When Andrew finishes his current term, Dentons' global chairperson role will be "retired."
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Rising Nationalism and Protectionism Force International Dealmakers to Read Politicians and Regulators

Governments in Latin America, Europe and Asia are implementing formal FDI policies or informally blocking deals for politically motivated reasons.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

At Miami Legal Conference, Ukraine Prosecutor General, Ambassador Weigh Possible Civil Damages Against Russia

"Now what we can be doing is making a registry of claims, so that those claims are preserved, they're documented and they're available for when there is a pot of money that can go to recognizing and executing upon those claims," Dr. Beth Van Schaack, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, said.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

New Dentons Compliance and Investigations Unit Aims at Traversing Legal and Nonlegal Services

The firm's newly launched business unit seeks to help clients with the "increasingly complex web of criminal and regulatory laws governing multinational corporations," according to co-chair Judith Aron.
5 minute read

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