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Latham hires four-partner Shearman team for Duesseldorf launch

Latham & Watkins has launched in Duesseldorf with a four-partner team hire from Shearman & Sterling, two weeks after Shearman announced it was closing two Germany bases in Duesseldorf and Munich. Duesseldorf corporate partner trio Harald Selzner, Rainer Wilke and Martin Neuhaus are joining Latham's new local office, while Munich litigation partner Markus Rieder is joining the US firm in Munich.
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Judicial Appointments Committee kicks off selection process for new Lord Chief Justice

The Judicial Appointments Committee (JAC) has kicked off the selection process to appoint a new Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) following the retirement of Lord Judge this September. The JAC has set up a selection panel to oversee the interviews for the role, which will take place in early July. The panel will make its decision and report to the Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling, who can accept the selection, reject it or require the panel to reconsider.
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Inside Counsel

Kuwait pays $2.2 billion to Dow Chemical

Kuwaits state-run chemical company will pay $2.2 billion to Dow Chemical Co., after it backed out of a planned joint plastics venture known as K-Dow.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

California Supreme Court upholds local medical marijuana bans

A drug war is brewing in California.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

MBIA settles with Bank of America over allegedly defective mortgages

Financial services company MBIA Inc. is settling with Bank of America Corp. and its Countrywide unit after five years of litigation over Bank of Americas allegedly defective securitized mortgage loans, Bloomberg reports.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Merkin investors must wait for Madoff payout

Everyone burned by Bernard Madoffs Ponzi scheme wants their money, and they want it now.
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Inside Counsel

McDonald’s, franchise owner face class action for time-shaving

A fast-food worker is suing his employer for secretly shaving time off his and hundreds of other workers hours.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Work with IT to build a defensible information management strategy

For years, the e-discovery industry has discussed various strategies for bridging the gap between IT and legal for handling litigation and corporate investigations involving electronically stored information.
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Inside Counsel

Harper Lee sues agent over copyright

She may not enjoy the public eye, but thats not stopping Harper Lee from coming out and filing a suit against an agent she said has essentially stolen her famous copyright.
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Inside Counsel

Lawsuit challenges Alabama law prohibiting non-dentists from bleaching teeth

Looking to whiten your smile? Well, in Alabama not all teeth-bleachers are created equal.
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