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The American Lawyer

Clifford Chance Hires Two Disputes Partners in DC White-Collar Push

Clifford Chance has added two disputes partners and a counsel to its office in Washington, D.C., as the Magic Circle firm seeks to build up its white-collar and regulatory practice in the U.S.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump Moves to Fill Top-Attorney Posts at DOJ, Regulatory Agencies

The Trump administration is moving forward with a spate of new nominees for the U.S. Justice Department and regulatory agencies, pulling lawyers from Big Law and in-house legal departments for top positions.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Blackledge v. Blackledge, PICS Case No. 17-1288 (3d Circ. May 9, 2017) Krause, J. (38 pages).

The court concluded that for purposes of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the retention date of a child is the date beyond which the noncustodial parent no longer consents to the child's continued habitation with the custodial parent and seeks to reassert custody rights. The court affirmed an order denying father's Hague Convention petition.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ex-President of Panama to be Extradited on Wiretapping Charges, Miami Judge Rules

U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres rejected former President Ricardo Martinelli's attempt to stay in South Florida.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

An International Regulatory Shift Could Tame Cryptocurrency Market

On the heels of recent actions by Canadian regulators and the U.S. SEC, some countries may be regulating digital currency as securities.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Diplomats Warn Against Extending Civil Liability to Bank in Suit by Terror Victims

Former U.S. diplomats are going to bat for the Jordan-based Arab Bank, arguing in papers filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of affirming dismissal of a suit filed by victims of terrorist plots that they say the bank funded.
18 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Duty Savings Under NAFTA: How US Importers Benefit

As the first round of the NAFTA negotiations among the United States, Canada and Mexico got underway in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, it is not likely the negotiators will do away with the agreement altogether.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Laventure v. United Nations

United Nations Did Not Waive Immunity Under CPIUN Over 2012 Cholera Outbreak
3 minute read

Legaltech News

India Supreme Court Ruling on Right to Privacy Closely Watched by US Businesses

The 'extent of the right of privacy has not been spelled out' in the court's decision, advises professor Vikramaditya Khanna.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Questions to Arise If Estonia Introduces Its Own Cryptocurrency

Kaspar Korjus, managing director of e-residency in Estonia, recently wrote a proposal to issue crypto tokens and make Estonia 'the first country with an initial coin offering.'
11 minute read

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