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Ireland Ordered to Pay €2.5M to European Commission Over Online Safety Rules Delay

By Alex D'Elia | February 29, 2024

The EU's highest court has ordered Ireland to pay a lump sum and a daily penalty to the European Commission for not transposing a 2018 EU directive into national law.

3 minute read

International Edition

HSF Advised Post Office to Send 'Without Prejudice' Compensation Letters to Postmasters, Committee Hears

By Jack Womack | February 28, 2024

The controversial letters allegedly told postmasters that they could not share the details of their settlement offers to others.

4 minute read
International Edition

New Canadian Law to Force Tech Companies to Swiftly Remove Harmful Content or Face Huge Fines

By Gail J. Cohen | February 27, 2024

The new Online Harms Act also raises the maximum punishment for advocating genocide online to life in prison.

3 minute read

International Edition

Controversial UK-Nigeria Trade Deal: Which Law Firms Will Benefit Most?

By Alfred Olufemi | February 26, 2024

Africa's second largest economy is viewed as a strategic business location for international law firms.

7 minute read
International Edition

UK Government Throws Weight Behind Extensive Anti-SLAPPs Legislation

By Jack Womack | February 23, 2024

The government said the decision was 'in response to a rising tide of this pernicious form of litigation', including high-profile cases involving Russian oligarchs and allies of Vladimir Putin.

4 minute read
International Edition

Bar Associations and Human Rights Arms Speak Out on Navalny's Death

By Alex D'Elia | February 22, 2024

"This is a pattern we have seen too many times with the imprisonment, and murders of Russian opposition figures," the director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute said, as governments began imposing sanctions on Russia in response to Navalny's death.

5 minute read
International Edition

Law Firm Partners Income Tax Arrangements Come Under Scrutiny in Australia

By Christopher Niesche | February 20, 2024

Members of Australia's Senate are questioning the use by law firms and their partners of a tax structure that lowers the amount of tax owed to the government.

5 minute read
International Edition

Latham Blocks Hong Kong Lawyers' Access to Foreign Files, Is It Making the Right Call?

By Jessica Seah | February 16, 2024

'If they had consulted the lawyers here, they would have gotten opposition,' says one insider, while rivals believe the firm risks being ostracized by Chinese companies.

7 minute read
International Edition

Korean Air Clears Second Final Merger Clearance for $1.4B Asiana Airlines Deal

By Jessica Seah | February 15, 2024

Jones Day, Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, O'Melveny & Myers, Shin & Kim and Kim & Chang are all advising on the deal.

3 minute read
International Edition

White & Case Associate Stands as Conservative MP—Speaks at 'PopCon' Launch

By Jack Womack | February 14, 2024

Mhairi Fraser is an associate in White & Case's white collar team in London, and previously ran to become a Conservative MP in 2015.

2 minute read
Daily Report Online

Confederate Monument Removal Lawsuit Returns to DeKalb Court in Test of Sovereign Immunity

By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024

Plaintiff-appellant counsel Walker Chandler said that this raises "interesting questions" concerning sovereign immunity after Georgia voters approved a 2020 ballot measure that would make it easier for citizens to challenge the constitutionality of state actions.

3 minute read
Daily Business Review

These Florida Magistrates Just Became the Next Federal Judges

By Michael A. Mora | February 28, 2024

The U.S. Senate confirmed the federal magistrate judge by a 54-44 vote.

3 minute read
Daily Report Online

Appellate Court, in Reviving Wrongful Death Case, Sends Policy Message to State-Funded Care Facilities

By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024

"The type of harm that occurred … is precisely the type of harm that the statute was designed to guard against," the court wrote in a unanimous opinion.

4 minute read
Corporate Counsel

New Test for OT Eligibility Rife With Land Mines for Employers

By Chris O'Malley | February 28, 2024

With the new independent contractor standard, the U.S. Department of Labor is "essentially putting their thumb on the scale to encourage a finding of employment," Baker & Hostetler partner Todd Lebowitz said.

5 minute read
National Law Journal

'Good News and Bad News': Questions Remain as USPTO Updates Guidance for Utility Patents

By Alex Anteau | February 27, 2024

"There's no thornier issue than obviousness in patentability," said IP attorney Kevin Crosby.

5 minute read
Law.com

Opioid Judge Has Concerns About Motley Rice: 'I Can't Understand Why You Don't See That'

By Amanda Bronstad | February 27, 2024

U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is weighing a disqualification motion in the opioid multidistrict litigation, raised concerns this month about Motley Rice obtaining confidential information while representing the state of Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the city of Chicago in other cases.

6 minute read
Daily Business Review

Florida State Court Judge Faces Public Reprimand for Backlog of Rulings

By Michael A. Mora | February 26, 2024

"This judge is lucky to escape with the recommended public reprimand given the volume of such unresolved cases, even after multiple meetings with the chief judge about clearing the backlog," said Andrew Berman, an ethics expert not involved in the matter.

3 minute read
Law.com

Why the Wide Range of Roundup Verdicts? It Might Depend on What Juries Hear About the EPA

By Amanda Bronstad | February 26, 2024

The wide range of Roundup verdicts, from defense wins for Monsanto to a $2.25 billion award, could be due to what jurors hear at trial about the EPA and foreign regulatory agencies.

8 minute read
New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Attorney General Leads Coalition in Challenging 3rd Circuit Opinion Allowing Concealed Weapons for Teens

By Colleen Murphy | February 26, 2024

"The words 'the people' in the Second Amendment presumptively encompass all adult Americans, including 18- to 20-year-olds, and we are aware of no founding-era law that supports disarming people in that age group," Third Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan wrote.

3 minute read
Corporate Counsel

GC of Texas University Taking Heat Over Cancellation of Pride Week

By Greg Andrews | February 22, 2024

The University of North Texas' Office of General Counsel said the programming would violate the state's new anti-DEI law, an assertion some faculty members doubt.

4 minute read

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