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Litigation: An email is not enough to transfer copyright

Copyrights can be an extremely valuable commodity.
10 minute read

Inside Counsel

Which costs less: Arbitration or litigation?

n our first column, we talked about three situations in which arbitration can help eliminate some corporate litigation pitfalls. Here, we share a comparative study of 19 single-plaintiff cases
9 minute read

Inside Counsel

Disney loses $319 million “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” appeal

The British creator of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? has a big cash prize coming its way, after a federal appeals court denied The Walt Disney Co.s efforts to have a $319 million verdict overturned.
2 minute read

International Edition

Ashurst boosts Asia litigation with double partner hire

Ashurst has boosted its disputes practice in Asia with the hire of two Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers as partners. Rob Palmer will join the firm in Singapore early next year where he will work with an existing team led by energy disputes specialist Ben Giaretta. Chris Bailey will initially join Ashurst in Singapore before relocating to Tokyo, where he will launch the firm's dispute resolution practice in Japan.
2 minute read

International Edition

Top Herbert Smith litigation partner Lloyd quits to join Debevoise

Herbert Smith Freehills London litigation partner Kevin Lloyd has resigned from the firm to join Debevoise & Plimpton, marking the second high-profile departure for a US firm since the merger between legacy Herbert Smith and Freehills went live in October. Lloyd, who is understood to have handed in his notice in recent weeks, is expected to join Debevoise as a partner next year, when he will work alongside Debevoise's Europe and Asia litigation chair Lord Goldsmith QC. His start date has yet to be confirmed.
2 minute read

International Edition

Hong Kong firm HWB announces all-female partner promotions round

Hong Kong law firm Howse Williams Bowers (HWB) has promoted four of its female associates to partner, one year after the firm was formed by a breakaway group of Reed Smith lawyers. M&A specialist Katherine Chuang, healthcare expert Lisa Nabou and dispute resolution lawyers Lynn Lee and Oonagh Toner will all become partners at the firm as of January next year.
2 minute read

International Edition

Judge reprimanded after describing burglary as 'courageous'

A judge who described burglary as requiring ''a huge amount of courage'' has been reprimanded for damaging public confidence in the judicial process. Judge Peter Bowers has been issued with a reprimand by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) after complaints were made about his remarks in Teesside Crown Court in September this year, when handing down a sentence to a 26-year-old man for burglary.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Seamstress must pay bride $1,500 for broken zipper on wedding dress

When you find the perfect wedding dress, you might feel like you want to wear it forever. But if you actually have to be sewn into it, youll probably change your mind.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Judge OKs Facebook’s revised privacy settlement

Facebook Inc. is one step closer to ending its ongoing class action suit involving its use of users information in Sponsored Stories.
5 minute read

International Edition

Macfarlanes takes lead role on cycling doping probe in wake of Armstrong scandal

Macfarlanes and 20 Essex Street are acting as legal advisers to an independent commission set up by cycling's world governing body to investigate the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Armstrong was recently banned for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after a string of revelations over systematic drug abuse.
3 minute read

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