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By Alfred Olufemi | January 23, 2024
Departures have left the firm with two Paris arbitration partners, according to its website, but one of them is off and it is unclear when they will return, say people close to the situation.
2 minute read
By Jessica Seah | January 19, 2024
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Eric Chow & Co have both appointed new corporate partners.
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By Alex D'Elia | January 17, 2024
A criminal court in Madrid ruled that the arbitrator in an international contract dispute between Malaysia and descendants of the last Sultan of Sulu disobeyed orders from the court to end the proceedings before he issued a final award.
4 minute read
By Jack Womack | January 16, 2024
The proposed legislation could bypass a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that litigation funding agreements were unenforceable in competition cases.
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By Alfred Olufemi | January 15, 2024
'As a partner of an international firm, you are constantly confronted with issues of conflicts of interest,' Michael Bühler said.
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By Jack Womack | January 12, 2024
Attention is increasingly turning to the role of lawyers in the historic injustice—the tactics and tone they employed when acting for the Post Office.
7 minute read
By Jack Womack | January 9, 2024
An ITV drama has led to renewed scrutiny of the scandal, and the role played by lawyers and firms.
9 minute read
By Jennigay Coetzer | January 4, 2024
The Republic has been ordered to pay the claimant $300,000 nominal compensation, ending a two-decade-long dispute which saw Herbert Smith Freehills co-counsel on the matter.
2 minute read
By Alfred Olufemi | January 2, 2024
Nigeria's consumer protection agency will now close all investigations and withdraw pending criminal charges against the company.
2 minute read
By Michael Redman, Burford Capital | December 14, 2023
Increasingly we are seeing an increase in recovery activity against judgment debtors that are choosing not to pay, as opposed to those who simply don't have the money, says Burford Capital's London head.
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By Edward M. Spiro and Christopher B. Harwood | April 15, 2024
In 'In re Grand Jury Subpoena Dated February 22, 2024, 2024', Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York confronted whether the Second Circuit's 'Martindell' test extends to protective orders issued by an arbitrator rather than by a district judge.
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By Alex Anteau | April 12, 2024
Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard Dillard grilled a plaintiffs' attorney on whether serving as an arbitrator while on pain medication constitutes misconduct..
5 minute read
By Thomas Spigolon | April 10, 2024
It's not clear what led to the recusal of U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg, while the first judge who recused himself previously practiced at the firm.
4 minute read
By Alex Anteau | April 8, 2024
"Appellants would like the Court to believe this is simply an arbitration in which a party did not get all the attorney fees he wanted," the appellees wrote in their reply brief. "It is actually an extraordinary case in which an arbitrator not only slashed attorney fees dramatically but did a 180-degree reversal of his proper rulings."
4 minute read
By Brian Lee | April 8, 2024
Chief Judge Rowan Wilson named Justices Doris Gonzalez and Joseph Lamendola, state Supreme Court judges in Westchester and Onondaga counties, respectively, to co-lead the expert panel of judges, court staff, lawyers, ADR practitioners and academics.
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By John M. Delehanty | April 4, 2024
The purpose of this article is to set out guidelines for counsel and their clients to prepare an informative and productive mediation statement.
5 minute read
By Gregory J. Parent | April 2, 2024
Mediators can use these strategies help facilitate better outcomes for all, writes Gregory J. Parent of Miles Mediation.
7 minute read
By Emily Cousins | March 29, 2024
Bridgewater argues an arbitration is not a civil action, and a petition for bill of discovery is unavailable as a matter of law. It also filed motions in Connecticut District Court to compel the claims to arbitration.
4 minute read
By Rich Lee | March 29, 2024
Our conversation highlighted three very different angles—how the mindsets of litigators and parties affect a matter, how insurance companies use ADR, and how a new effort to build gender diversity is faring. We also discussed the challenges facing arbitration and the risks they bring to this critical service.
8 minute read
By Colleen Murphy | March 25, 2024
"An initial scan of Section 27 reveals a series of difficult to decipher and contradictory sentences contained in a single arbitration clause," Judge Morris G. Smith said in his written opinion for the court. "The clause contains 887 words in thirty-six unbroken lines. A closer reading shows that the run-on paragraph harbors within it mutually inconsistent means for dispute resolution."
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