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Slaughters brought in by SFO for multimillion-pound Tchenguiz claim

Slaughter and May has been instructed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to defend it against claims totalling as much as £300m resulting from its failed investigation into businessmen and brothers Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz. The SFO today (28 February) confirmed the appointment of the magic circle firm, which comes after the collapse of the long-running investigation into the brothers for suspected impropriety in relation to the 2008 failure of Icelandic bank Kaupthing.
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Inside Counsel

Supreme Court’s <em>Amgen</em> decision makes it easier for shareholders to bring class actions

The Supreme Court handed down a decision yesterday that experts say will have big implications for securities class action litigation.
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Inside Counsel

Supreme Court: <em>Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter</em> asks whether parties agree to class arbitration by failing to mention it

Class action and arbitration issues are at the center of the Supreme Courts docket this term.
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Inside Counsel

Cablevision attacks practice of bundling TV channels in lawsuit against Viacom

The antitrust lawsuit Cablevision Systems Corp. filed on Tuesday may appear only to be against Viacom Inc., but in reality the company is taking on the entire television industry.
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Inside Counsel

Litigation: Defending food labeling lawsuits—are you hungry for more?

As people become more health conscious and healthy food and beverage choices become more abundant, so do fraud and consumer protection lawsuits questioning just how "natural" the product really is.
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Inside Counsel

Litigation: OFAC enforcement—A look at the numbers

In 2007, Congress significantly increased the arsenal of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for combatting violations of U.S. economic sanctions.
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International Edition

BSB chair Deech and ex-Herbert Smith senior partner among honorary QCs

Bar Standards Board (BSB) chair Baroness Ruth Deech and former Herbert Smith senior partner Edward Walker-Arnott are among a group of eight lawyers to be made honorary QCs this year. The award of Queen's Counsel honoris causa is given to those who have made a major contribution to the law of England & Wales outside practice in the courts, and is decided by a Ministry of Justice selection panel, which passes its recommendations to Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling.
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Inside Counsel

Anonymous Yelp review admitted as evidence in infringement case

Negative online reviews can scare off potential customers, and now they could land companies in legal hot water.
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Inside Counsel

Hyundai agrees to settle fuel-economy suits

Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed to settle several suits centered on the fuel economy of several models of its cars.
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Inside Counsel

Suit says Anheuser-Busch waters down its beers

Cheers to another alcohol-related lawsuit.
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