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DLA Piper Boosts Employment and Real Estate Offering In Japan With Senior Partner Hires

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Chinese Regulators Issue PwC With Fine and Suspension Over Evergrande Failures

The fines and business suspension marks the most severe action taken against any accounting firm by Chinese regulators.
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Chinese Law Firms Are in Trouble as Downward Spiral Show No Signs of Easing

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The 2024 Global 200: The Year Law Firms Had to Get Smart (And Ruthless)

Despite a 10-year low for worldwide M&A activity profit per equity partner at the top firms grew by 12.4%, as they pruned their equity ranks and closed offices.
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Jason J. Rawnsley and Gabriela Monasterio of Richards, Layton & Finger have stepped in to represent Caterpillar in a pending trademark lawsuit. The complaint was filed Aug. 27 in Delaware District Court by DLA Piper on behalf of Canada-based Tigercat Industries and centers on the plaintiff's 'Tigercat' marks for off-road industrial vehicles. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, is 1:24-cv-00980, Tigercat International Inc. et al v. Caterpillar Inc.

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Jay A. Dubow and Whitney R. Redding of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders have entered appearances for Ocugen Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, and its current and former top executives in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The court action, filed July 17 in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court by Hynes Keller & Hernandez, the Rosen Law Firm and the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Priyank Garg and Melissa Voter, accuses the defendants of making misleading statements about Ocugen’s business, operations and prospects and failing to disclose that Ocugen did not have adequate internal controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge, is 2:24-cv-03119, Garg v. Musunuri et al.

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Rebecca Jamie Cantor of Brooks Kushman has entered an appearance for Green Crown Ventures, former Hot Deals employee Sol Wyler and Lauren Klein in a pending patent lawsuit seeking to amend named inventorship and alleging tortious interference. The court action, filed July 17 in New York Eastern District Court by Bochner PLLC on behalf of BQBP Electronics Inc. d/b/a Hot Deals Electronics and BQBP Electronics Inc., centers on a patent related to a wire rack for holding chafing trays. The suit contends that the defendants presented the plaintiff's chafing stand as their own invention to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, excluding the name of Hot Deals' CEO, David Banda, as co-inventor. The suit also disputes the defendants' purported accusations of infringement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Diane Gujarati, is 1:24-cv-04965, Bqbp Electronics Inc. v. Green Crown Ventures, LLC et al.

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Jay A. Dubow and Whitney R. Redding of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders have stepped in to represent Ocugen, a biotechnology company, and its top executives in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The court action, filed July 22 in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court by Gainey McKenna & Egleston, the Rosen Law Firm and Donovan Litigation Group on behalf of Melissa Voter, accuses the defendants of failing to disclose that Ocugen did not have adequate internal controls over financial reporting. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge, is 2:24-cv-03209, Voter v. Musunuri et al.

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Boris Feldman has entered an appearance for Moderna, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The case, filed Aug. 9 in Massachusetts District Court by Pomerantz LLP and Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, accuses the defendants of overstating the efficacy of mRESVIA, its mRNA respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, which is intended to protect adults aged 60 years and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, is 1:24-cv-12058, Wentz v. Moderna, Inc. et al.

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