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The Global 200 Rankings Explained: Sign Up for the Webinar

The one-hour session at 9am Eastern Time (2pm BST) Thursday 19 September will see the panelists discuss the trends of the last financial year and the implications for the future.
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Challenge to TikTok Ban-or-Sale Law Faces Scrutiny at US Appeals Court

Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan pressed TikTok on whether a company based outside of the United States can bring a speech restriction challenge to a federal regulation.
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CAM, Khaitan, Linklaters Score Roles on Year's Largest Indian IPO

The uptick in India's IPO activity has generated big capital markets work for firms in the region.
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DLA Piper Boosts Employment and Real Estate Offering In Japan With Senior Partner Hires

The hires follow a series of high-profile movements across the firm's offices in Asia, including securing a fund finance specialist from Mayer Brown in Singapore last week.
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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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Analysis

Chinese Law Firms Are in Trouble as Downward Spiral Show No Signs of Easing

More than half of the firms that make up the China 45 have seen gross revenue decline in 2023.
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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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The 2024 Global 100 Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner

The 100 largest law firms in the world saw profit increase following a decline the previous year.
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The 2024 Global 200: The Largest Firms in the Asia Pacific Ranked By Head Count

The majority of the 50 largest law firms in the region are based in mainland China.
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Analysis

Even in a Down Market, APAC Firms Are Not Giving Up on Scale

The majority of the 50 largest law firms in the region are based in mainland China.
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Fenwick & West partner Catherine D. Kevane has entered an appearance for Gritstone Bio in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Aug. 26 in California Northern District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Kenneth Granville, accuses certain officers and directors of misrepresenting the company's ability to obtain external funding in connection with its COVID-19 vaccine candidate study as well as the timeframe to its launch. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, is 3:24-cv-06018, Granville v. Allen et al.

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Balch & Bingham partners Leo E. Manuel and Matt W. McDade have stepped in to represent seafood restaurant Mary Mahoney’s d/b/a Mary Mahoney’s Old French House and Anthony C. Cvitanovich in a pending civil RICO class action. The court action was filed Aug. 2 in Mississippi Southern District Court by Gill, Ladner & Priest; the Dumas Law Firm; and Abdalla Law. The suit accuses the defendants of conspiring to defraud thousands of consumers by selling them high-priced locally sourced premium fish despite serving cheap frozen foreign fish instead. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel, is 1:24-cv-00241, McCain v. Mary Mahoney's, Inc. et al.

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Jounice Nealy-Brown and Beatriz M. Miranda of Gunster have stepped in to represent Adams Air & Hydraulics in a pending lawsuit alleging employment discrimination under the ADA. The case was filed Aug. 2 in Florida Middle District Court by the Law Office of Keith M. Stern on behalf of an account manager who claims the defendant reduced his role and ultimately terminated him because his disability. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven, is 8:24-cv-01827, Franks v. Adams Air & Hydraulics, Inc.

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Patrick C. Lannen and Cloie Chidiac of Plunkett Cooney have entered appearances for Lodige USA in a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The action, seeking $264,716 for under payment of applicable wages, was filed on Aug. 2 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hubbard Snitchler & Parzianello on behalf of Crystal Employment Services. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith, is 2:24-cv-12021, Crystal Employment Services LLC v. Lodige USA, Inc.

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Winston & Strawn partners Daniel Blouin, Thomas Weber, Marilyn G. Moran of FordHarrison and John M. ‘Jay’ Brennan of GrayRobinson have entered appearances for United Network for Organ Sharing and Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp., respectively, in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint, filed on Aug. 2 in Florida Middle District Court by the Ferraro Law Firm and Ellis George LLP on behalf of Cortez Fields, accuses the defendants of using a race-based coefficient to artificially increase the observed kidney function for Black kidney disease patients. According to the suit, Fields was disproportionately affected and suffered a delay in being placed on a kidney transplant waitlist. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed, is 6:24-cv-01434, Fields v. United Network for Organ Sharing et al.

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