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Mike Lynch's Brush With Prison Taught Him Life Is Precious. Then a Yacht Accident Proved Him Right

As a teenager, Lynch worked as a porter at a hospital, surrounded by elderly and gravely sick patients who knew they'd never be discharged. He testified at his trial that the experience helped him appreciate he wasn't invincible and "realize what that arc of existence is."
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Corporate Counsel

Cleared in HP Fraud Trial, British Tech Tycoon Mike Lynch Now Missing at Sea

Lynch, who spent months earlier this year standing trial in San Francisco, was on a luxury yacht that sank during a sudden thunderstorm off the coast of Sicily.
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Legaltech News

3 Pressing Compliance Questions as the EU AI Act Clock Starts Running

While the regulation is finalized, there is still much that needs to be ironed out.
7 minute read

Legaltech News

It's Here: The EU AI Act Has 'Entered Into Force.' Now What?

A number of EU AI Act provisions will come online over the next several years—with the first just months away. Yet even with a long ramp-up, experts warn that compliance will be a steep challenge for organizations—and give some little time to spare.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Snell & Wilmer's Andrew Young and the Case of the FBI's Secret Encrypted Phone Company

The book "Dark Wire" features work that Young did as a federal prosecutor helping to run ANOM, an encrypted phone company that gave the FBI a window into international drug cartels.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Bracewell Launches Paris Office With 11-Lawyer Norton Rose Energy Team

The Norton Rose Fulbright energy and infrastructure team, led by three partners, expands Bracewell's reach into France and French-speaking Africa.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dentons Taps Former EY Executive as New Global CEO

Former EY global vice chair Kate Barton will take the helm in November as Dentons continues to draw inspiration from Big Four accounting firms.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Rulings Shed Light on FSIA Expropriation Exception Issues

In recent years, a number of cases have sought compensation from Germany or Hungary for property the Nazis or their allies seized. Plaintiffs relied upon the "expropriation exception" of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to secure jurisdiction over the foreign sovereign. The authors discuss two such cases, 'Toren v. Federal Republic of Germany' and' Republic of Hungary v. Simon.'
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Elon Musk's X 'Deceives Users' and Lacks Transparency, EU Alleges in First DSA Enforcement Action

The EU says allowing users to buy account verification is counter to industry practice and can give unwarranted credibility to "malicious actors."
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dentons' Project Golden Spike Reaches the End of the Line

The firm first announced its strategy for expansion in the U.S. in late 2019, via combinations with a firm in Pittsburgh and another in the Midwest. Three more followed, but the last addition was over three years ago.
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