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Winning the final fight against international trade secret thieves

In the third and final installment of this trade secret litigation series (be sure to check out part one and part two), we visit hypothetical U.S. company SFilm as it pursues its hard-fought relief against a Chinese competitor that had stolen its most valuable trade secrets.
14 minute read

International Edition

3RB and 2 Hare Court lead as ex-City trader gets 13 years for fraud

Three Raymond Buildings (3RB) and 2 Hare Court have played key roles in a major fraud trial which has seen former City trader Nicholas Levene jailed for 13 years. Levene was sentenced today (5 November) at Southwark Crown Court after pleading guilty on 24 September to 12 counts of fraud, one count of false accounting and one count of obtaining a money transfer by deception, all of which took place between 2005 and 2009.
2 minute read

International Edition

DLA Piper and O'Melveny eye Seoul openings before year-end

DLA Piper and O'Melveny & Myers have set out plans to open in Seoul before the end of the year as the pair await approval from the Korean Ministry of Justice, which opened the market up to foreign law firms earlier this year.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Apple must rewrite Samsung “apology ads” following reprimand from UK court

Apparently sarcasm doesnt go over too well with the U.K. Court of Appeal.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

6 notable GCs in the news

General counsel sound off about affirmative action, Twitter censorship, steroid use and more
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

More than 1,000 retailers oppose $7.2 billion Visa/MasterCard credit card fee settlement

We already knew that Wal-Mart, Target and the National Retail Federation were less than pleased with a $7.2 billion credit card fee settlement between Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc., banks and a class of merchants
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

State sues former Red Sox pitcher over failed loan

Rhode Island filed suit yesterday against a former Boston Red Sox pitcher, claiming he and others committed fraud and engaged in racketeering and conspiracy by misleading the state into approving a $75 million loan guarantee for a video game company.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Shareholder sues Hershey over documents revealing alleged African child labor

Just one day after Halloweenone of the biggest days for candy consumptionThe Hershey Co. is facing a lawsuit alleging it could knowingly have violated and benefited from child-trafficking laws.
5 minute read

International Edition

Has self-reporting become self-defeating?

Self reporting should benefit companies and governments – but the reality is that the policy just isn't delivering, argues Massimo Mantovani and Amar Sarwal
9 minute read

International Edition

Follow the leader - the rise of Singapore as a world-class arbitration centre

In fewer than 20 years Singapore has transformed from a fledgling arbitration jurisdiction into a world-class trailblazer. Freshfields' Lucy Reed, Mark Mangan and Darius Chan explore the secrets of its success
10 minute read

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