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International Legal News - Europe
Denmark / Italy / United States
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General Electric Claims It Overpaid for Part due to Conspiracy
The Associated Press
- General Electric has filed an antitrust lawsuit claiming it overpaid for a refrigerator component due to an alleged price-fixing conspiracy involving a couple of Whirlpool subsidiaries and two European suppliers.
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Global Lawyer / Turkey / United States
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Second Circuit Finds Right to Sue to Enforce Custody Treaty
New York Law Journal
- A statute governing international child custody disputes creates a federal right of action to enforce access rights under an international convention, the Second Circuit has ruled, rejecting the argument that the U.S. State Department is the only avenue for pursuing a remedy under the Hague Convention's Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
China / United Kingdom
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Berwin Leighton to Open Beijing Office
The Asian Lawyer
- Berwin Leighton Paisner has announced it will open a Beijing office, its first in mainland China. Former firm Chairman Peter Robinson will head the office, which plans to begin operations in May and will focus on advising clients on inbound infrastructure and real estate deals, as well as outbound transactions by Chinese companies.
Canada / Global Lawyer / Russia / United States
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$110 Million Antitrust Settlement Reached Over Potash Prices
The National Law Journal
- A federal judge gave preliminary approval on January 30 to a cash settlement in multidistrict antitrust litigation against producers of potash, a naturally occurring chemical that is essential to many fertilizers. In this Q&A, lawyer Bruce Simon talks about the $110 million recovery, which followed a closely watched ruling for the plaintiffs by an en banc panel of the Seventh Circuit.
France
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French Assembly Passes Gay Marriage, Adoption Bill
The Associated Press
- France's lower house of parliament has approved a sweeping bill to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children, putting the country on track to join about a dozen mostly European nations that allow gay marriage.
