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International Edition

Former Shell legal chief Peter Rees QC to return to private practice

Peter Rees QC, the former head of Royal Dutch Shell's legal team, is to return to international arbitration, Legal Week has learned. Sources confirmed that Rees (pictured), who is currently taking a month's leave following his departure from the oil giant, has decided against another in-house role, but instead plans to return to either a law firm or the bar.
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International Edition

LCIA appoints new director general Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has appointed Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof as its new director general, succeeding Adrian Winstanley who is retiring after seventeen years in the post. Winstanley will retire at the end of June to pursue a career as an arbitrator, mediator and consultant.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Robben Island, corporate mission statements and Mandela

Fortunately, no such difficult choices confront those of us who litigate on behalf of the world's corporations. But that does not mean that our work is without moral consequences.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Labor & Employment Digest: March 2014

In a practice area with as much individuality as labor and employment law, the voices of law firms inject the kind of color, insight and expertise that provide inside counsel and other legal professionals with a cornerstone of true understanding.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Identity crisis: The rise in IP litigation

While patent and intellectual property dispute cases have been commonplace since the 1500's, theyve received heightened focus over the last two decades.
16 minute read

Inside Counsel

Harper Lee settles suit with hometown museum

In Oct. 2013, Lee filed a complaint against a Monroeville, Ala. based museum for allegedly selling items that capitalized on images associated with the book to make money.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Key rulings coming in key college athlete payment case

A district court is set to issue rulings in a case that could force the NCAA to share billions of dollars in revenues with student-athletes whose images it uses as merchandise.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Longstanding Deutsche Bank lawsuit settled with Kirch family

The family of Leo Kirch has been seeking upwards of 3.3 billion in recompense for the late media mogul's empire -- the collapse of which they blame on German banking firm Deutsche Bank
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

Technology: The demise of the reasonable person

As privacy law has come to refer primarily to the set of laws and regulations governing the collection and use of consumer data, the reasonable person has been marginalized and explicit consent has become the expected norm.
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

RBS reaches $275 million mortgage-backed securities settlement

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC settlement is the third-largest settlement in the U.S. class action against banks packaged and sold mortgage securities.
3 minute read

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