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11th Circuit Won't Slice Del Monte's $26M Award in Dispute With Pineapple Grower

The decision resolves a lingering dispute between Del Monte and Inversiones y Procesadora Tropical Inprotsa of Costa Rica. Their 13-year contract covered $200 million worth of pineapple.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Allen & Overy Sues Brazilian Company for $1.3M in Unpaid Bills

The firm claims the unpaid fees stem from its work on behalf of the former client in an arbitration dispute in 2013.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Argentine Lawyer Sues Uber, Saying Buenos Aires Launch Left Him Facing Prison

Uber's Argentina representative, Michael R. Rattagan, says in a lawsuit he was subjected to police investigations and tax evasion charges for Uber's violation of local regulations,
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Paul Hastings' Ex-Managing Partner in Brazil Heads to Shell-Mitsubishi Hitachi Energy Project

Roberta Bassegio has been named legal director of Marlim Azul, a consortium that is building a $700 million energy project that will use natural gas from Brazil's offshore pre-salt deposits to generate electricity.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Argentine Lawyer Sues Uber Over Fallout From Buenos Aires Launch

The lawyer who represented Uber prior to its 2016 launch in Buenos Aires claims Uber's “ask for forgiveness” approach to regulators there has left him facing up to nine years in prison.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Will Allow Americans to Sue Over Property Confiscated by Cuban Government

National Security Adviser John Bolton is expected to announce on Wednesday the implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, allowing Americans to bring lawsuits against individuals or companies that "traffic" in property confiscated by Cuba after the 1959 Cuban revolution.
3 minute read

Law.com

Litigation Funder Raises $300M Fund to Help Firms Recoup Fees

The new fund is aimed at law firms and their clients wanting to "manage the frequent and significant delays" in postsettlement payouts.
2 minute read

Law.com

French Partners Say No Thanks to Ince Gordon Dadds

Five international practices come under the Ince Gordon Dadds banner, but France has 'no relationship at all' with the firm.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Whose Client Is This? 3 South Florida Lawyers Say They're Rightful Counsel in Long-Running Case

The appellate court's order upholds a trial court's conclusion that Manuel Mesa, rather than petitioners Albert Piantini and Andrew Kassier, is the rightful legal representative of Venezuela-based companies Publicidad Vepaco and LaTele Television. The two business entities have been locked in litigation with Venezuelan expatriates and Miami residents Nelson Mezerhane and Rogelio Trujillo for several years.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Holland & Knight Picks Up 3 Attorneys in Colombia

Two of the attorneys came from Norton Rose Fulbright's Colombia office, which was shuttered in February.
2 minute read

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