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French Publisher Sues Google Over Book Project
The American Lawyer
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The legal wrangling over Google Books has taken on an international flavor. In late September a French publisher accused the ubiquitous search engine of breaking French copyright law in its effort to scan millions of books. Google has been scrambling to make changes to reach a settlement with parties that include the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a bevy of copyright holders. But while those parties are negotiating in the U.S., a suit in France is going forward.
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United Kingdom
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SJ Berwin Reacts to Tough Market Conditions With Partner Exits
Legal Week
- Top 20 U.K. firm SJ Berwin is asking a number of partners to leave, with both equity and non-equity partners understood to have been affected. The firm would not clarify the precise number of partners impacted by the cull, beyond saying that "less than six" of its 170-strong partnership had been asked to go. At least three of the departing partners are understood to be in the firm's London real estate practice, but other practice areas have also been affected.
France
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France Plans to Cut Powerful Judges Down to Size
The Associated Press
- France's investigating judges are a powerful lot: They can order phone taps and home searches, interrogate terrorists and bring down politicians. Now, one has even ordered former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial. But those sweeping powers may soon end. President Nicolas Sarkozy's government is drawing up a reform plan to do away with investigating judges, a two-century-old Napoleonic legacy, and give more power to prosecutors.
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United Kingdom
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Linklaters Dominates U.K. Bank Restructuring
The American Lawyer
- Linklaters took the lead role for two U.K. banking giants that announced major plans to raise cash. The banks made very different decisions, particularly regarding whether to increase the government's ownership stake in each institution. Lloyds Banking Group announced plans Tuesday to raise $35 billion through a rights offer and a debt exchange, while Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to accept an additional $41.6 billion from the British Treasury.
Equatorial Guinea / United Kingdom
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Freed Equatorial Guinea Coup-Plotter Says U.S. and Others Should Face Justice
The Associated Press
- British mercenary Simon Mann has threatened to settle some old scores after arriving home Wednesday following more than five years in African jails for a failed plot to take over Equatorial Guinea's oil riches. Some governments may be worried about a vengeful Mann: He testified last year that the U.S. and European governments knew of the 2004 plot in advance and welcomed it, as did international oil companies operating in the small West African nation.
Greece / Liberia / United States
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Liberian Company's Argument That Employment Dispute Is a Burden to N.Y. Courts Is Rejected
New York Law Journal
- A New York court will preside over a $15 million employment dispute between a Greek citizen and a Liberian company publicly traded in the United States, which allegedly raised funds in New York and retained a Manhattan-based law firm as its primary outside counsel, a state judge has ruled. Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd., which is based in Athens and incorporated in Liberia, had claimed it would be unduly inconvenienced if the breach of contract and libel case remained in New York.
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