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Freshfields trio name arbitration boutique 'Three Crowns'

A new boutique set up by a group of senior arbitration partners, including three Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partners, has been named 'Three Crowns'.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Multidistrict litigation: Centralization is getting more challenging

As part of this trend, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is applying increased scrutiny to requests for centralization and articulating reasons not to establish new MDLs.
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

5 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines

Tellers greatest trick, a too-popular firing range, and three more strange suits in the news
13 minute read

Inside Counsel

What do the proposed amended FRCP changes mean for in-house counsel?

Some, and maybe all, of these proposed Rules are likely to be adopted, and practitioners should be thinking now about what changes the new Rules will bring about.
6 minute read

International Edition

A&O and the collapsed SFO corruption case: blame the lawyers, but which ones?

The FT has reported that two A&O lawyers have avoided being referred to the Attorney General's office for an investigation into whether they had committed a contempt of court.
6 minute read

International Edition

Ashurst Spain sees litigation head quit to set up boutique

Ashurst's head of litigation in Spain Daniel Jiménez has left the firm to set up a litigation boutique.
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, fighting IP litigation like a spider can

Disney filed a counterclaim asking the judge to dismiss the case and bar Stan Lee Media from further trying to assert IP rights over Marvel characters.
3 minute read

International Edition

Seven-year itch: billion-dollar YouTube-Viacom dispute settles, lawyers despair

Seven years seems to be the optimum time it takes before content owners and service providers get tired of intellectual property (IP) litigation and settle. And, boy, is 2014 the year they are settling.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Proposed ambush election rule from NLRB said to favor unions

A proposal from the NLRB is said to favor unions over either employers or those workers who do not want unionization by cutting the time for campaigns.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

An alternative litigation strategy: ADR + IPR

If the goal is to improve the quality, consistency and predictability of potential outcomes with the new IPR procedure, the combinatorial approach may offer the best possible solution.
5 minute read

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