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Singapore Government Minister Resigns Amid Corruption Charges, Appoints Top Litigator

Represented by top litigator Davinder Singh SC of his own set Davinder Singh Chambers, the former minister pleaded not guilty.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Warning: Your Opening Statement or Closing Argument May Be Used Against You

The question lawyers need to ponder—and adversaries need to pounce upon—is whether that same admonition applies to what lawyers say in their openings and closings, with the added concern that the warning will be anything you say SHALL be used against you, and you can't dispute it.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Public Defender's Sexual Harassment Claims Go to Trial Against Federal Judiciary

What if a complaint asserts that a federal judge or member of the judicial staff engaged in the misconduct? Surely that would be prohibited by federal law, right? How can those allegations, which impact upwards of 30,000 judicial employees, be addressed in such a way as to ensure confidence in the process and to protect an employee who believes he or she was discriminated against?
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

FTC Publishes Long-Awaited Proposed Updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

The FTC has published several proposed and significant changes to COPPA that, if ultimately approved, will require regulated companies that direct online services to children under the age of 13 (or have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information from a child under 13 years of age) to implement significant changes to their business operations.
4 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: Should We Put the Terms 'ESG' and 'DEI' to Rest, or Is That a Cop-Out?

DEI consultant Richard Orbe-Austin said "diversity, equity and inclusion" has started to "wither and lose favor across many industries"—a decline he blames on executives' failure to fully commit to the cause, not the phrase itself.
4 minute read

International Edition

Asia Legal Awards 2024: A Balance of Big and Small, Regional and International Law Firms Make the Shortlist

The wide array of shortlisted law firms reflects market conditions that existed throughout 2023, when there were relatively few billion-dollar deals and cross-border transactions and regional law firms were called upon to handle small-to-midsized deals.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

King & Spalding's Journey to Best Law Firm of the Year

"If you don't have the talented people who are committed to the clients, then you can't grow revenue and profitability above the average like we've been able to do consistently for a decade," said chairman Robert Hays.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cohen Seglias to Merge With Harrisburg Boutique

Steve Williams, the firmwide managing partner at Cohen Seglias, joked he'd been "hounding" lawyers at Nauman Smith about a merger for years. The pending retirement of the firm's senior partner made the timing "ideal."
5 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters Snags Veteran HSF Partner to Co-Head Paris Corporate/M&A Practice

Hubert Segain joins after 18 years at HSF, where he rose to partner in 2008, headed the corporate practice in Paris, and served on the firm's global governing council.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

IT and Engineering Giant Hires Former Employee as GC

Leidos, once known as SAIC, has hired a top in-house attorney at Rolls-Royce to serve as its legal chief.
2 minute read

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