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Have the European views on legal privilege impacted North-American in-house practices?

In 2010 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered a major decision that has since been the subject of extensive discussions (Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd v. European Commission).
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International Edition

King & Spalding continues London growth drive with Steptoe arbitration partner hire

King & Spalding's London office has recruited Steptoe & Johnson's Russia and CIS group co-head Egishe Dzhazoyan, in the latest of a series of City partner hires for the US firm. Dzhazoyan is a UK and Russian-qualified litigation and arbitration lawyer with a particular focus on the banking, telecoms and energy sectors.
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International Edition

Simmons and Kingsley Napley win spots on SRA litigation panel

Kingsley Napley and Simmons & Simmons have won first-time roles on the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) expanded litigation and legal panel, following a competitive tender process. Bevan Brittan, Capsticks, Devonshires and Russell-Cooke have all been reappointed to the roster, which was last reviewed when the litigation panel was first set up in 2010.
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Inside Counsel

Stone Temple Pilots may continue without Scott Weiland

Scott Weiland cant seem to live without drama of his own making. But his former band, Stone Temple Pilots (STP), doesnt have to worry about Weiland interfering anymore.
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Inside Counsel

Argentine court lifts freeze on Chevron assets in pollution case

An Argentine court on Tuesday lifted a freeze on Chevron Corp.s assets in the country, in the latest victory for the oil company in its long environmental pollution battle with Ecuador.
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International Edition

New model firm Gunnercooke recruits four partners for litigation launch

New model law firm gunnercooke has launched a litigation practice with the hire of a six-strong team including four new partners. The partners include Mike Kenyon, a Hill Dickinson financial crime consultant and former commercial fraud partner at Burton Copeland, and former DLA Piper and Irwin Mitchell partner Sarah Sharpe, who joins the firm from Sinclair Sharpe, which she launched two years ago. Sharpe also specialises in corporate crime and regulatory work.
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Inside Counsel

NY AG sues HSBC for violating foreclosure laws

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sued HSBC for allegedly running afoul of state laws by preventing homeowners from negotiating loan modifications that might keep them from losing their homes.
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Inside Counsel

This American Life takes on patent trolls … again

Two years ago, This American Life (TAL) did some investigative reporting on patent trollsspecifically, one known to be the biggest offender of the U.S. patent system: Intellectual Ventures.
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Inside Counsel

GE settles high-interest health care credit card probe with NYAG

General Electric Co. (GE) will pay up to settle a nearly three-year investigation into its shady health care credit card.
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International Edition

Bar Council and BSB condemn MoJ's controversial legal aid reforms

The Bar Council and the Bar Standards Board (BSB) have warned that the Government's proposed legal aid reforms could do "irreparable damage" to the UK justice system and potentially destroy the criminal Bar, in their responses to the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ's) consultation on the controversial plans.
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