Litigation

International Edition

Former PwC Australia Partners Prepare Class Action Against the Firm

By Christopher Niesche | February 7, 2024

Partners who left after tax scandal are joining the class action.

2 minute read

International Edition

Billion-Euro Distressed Companies in France Boost Firms' M&A and Litigation Work

By Rick Mitchell | February 6, 2024

Many factors, including heavy debt loads and tight financing markets, are making troubled companies prime M&A targets, either for 'a change of control or for major carve-outs,' one lawyer said.

7 minute read
International Edition

Australia's Government-Owned Broadcasting Network Taps US Firm Seyfarth Shaw to Defend It in Wrongful Dismissal Case Involving Israel-Hamas Social Media Posts

By Christopher Niesche | February 5, 2024

The plaintiff alleges that the public broadcaster systemically discriminates against people with Arab or Muslim backgrounds as well as other people of color.

4 minute read

International Edition

Who's Who of Canada's Defense Bar Representing NHL Players Accused of Sexual Assault

By Gail J. Cohen | February 5, 2024

Criminal charges against five hockey players, including four who now play in the NHL, stem from an incident in 2018.

4 minute read
International Edition

Mishcon Acquires Majority Stake in Brazilian Group Actions Business

By Jack Womack | February 5, 2024

The group actions business' founders had a role in originating the £36 billion Mariana dam disaster claim currently making its way through UK courts.

2 minute read
International Edition

Google Accused of Continuing to Route Google Maps Users in Capetown, South Africa Through Dangerous Routes, Despite Warnings

By Riley Brennan | February 2, 2024

Google allegedy failed to stop directing Google Maps users through dangerous routes in Cape Town, South Africa. The complaint in the lawsuit, filed in California, was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

4 minute read
International Edition

Dechert Reaches Multimillion Dollar Settlement for Aviation Entrepreneur's UK Hacking Claims

By Justin Henry | February 2, 2024

Farhad Azima had accused the law firm of paying an operative to steal his computer information on behalf of its client, the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.

3 minute read
International Edition

Autonomy Founder Mike Lynch Sues SFO Director, Pallas Partners Acts

By Kasvi Sehgal | February 2, 2024

The British tech tycoon was extradited to face criminal trial in the US last year.

2 minute read
International Edition

Law Firms Scramble as Investors Threaten to Derail Farfetch Rescue Deal

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | January 31, 2024

The fashion group was rescued by South Korean e-commerce giants Coupang in December.

2 minute read
International Edition

ESG and Class Actions to Fuel Disputes Work in 2024, Baker McKenzie Survey Finds

By Alex D'Elia | January 30, 2024

The firm's seventh annual Global Disputes Forecast is based on 600 senior legal and risk leaders from large organizations in the U.K., U.S., Singapore and Brazil.

3 minute read
New York Law Journal

New York Assembly Committees Set to Weigh Greater Oversight of Fintech

By Brian Lee | February 29, 2024

Two committees are set to take testimony on the impact that Venmo, Wealthfront, Affirm, PayPal and other online companies have on New Yorkers.

3 minute read
New Jersey Law Journal

Cities Can't Get Fees From Netflix and Hulu: Court Finds No Basis

By Charles Toutant | February 29, 2024

"To find a right of action for the municipalities would mean the (Board of Public Utilities) would no longer hold all enforcement authority. Because this would change the plain meaning of the (Cable Television Act), we find no constitutional basis for finding a private right of action for municipalities," Judge Jane Roth wrote for the court.

4 minute read
Texas Lawyer

This Judge Hoped to Be Reversed: Good News for Plaintiffs in Asbestos MDL

By Adolfo Pesquera | February 29, 2024

Frank Burford worked as an aluminum smelter at an Alcoa plant in Rockdale. However, it was his wife Carolyn who died in 2015, allegedly because for 25 years she had been washing her husband's contaminated work clothes.

4 minute read
New York Law Journal

Attorney Named to New York Reparations Study Group

By Brian Lee | February 29, 2024

Lurie Daniel Favors, executive director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, was appointed to the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, which drew controversy as lawmakers considered creation of the body in 2023.

3 minute read
Law.com

NJ Preemption Suit / NY Targets Unlicensed Vendors / Perlmutter Lobbies / Jersey City Cops Sue Over Pot Use

By Cheryl Miller | February 29, 2024

"I think that upholding the supremacy of marijuana scheduling under the Controlled Substances Act is a weak argument," said McCarter & English partner Ryan Magee.

8 minute read
Connecticut Law Tribune

'The Wrath of a Holy God': Plaintiffs Worry About the Future of IVF

By Emily Cousins | February 29, 2024

Couples struggling to conceive, particularly the plaintiffs in the CooperSurgical lawsuits, are worried their only option to have children is hanging by a thread, according to Tracey Cowan of Clarkson Law Firm, counsel for the plaintiffs.

4 minute read
New Jersey Law Journal

Shhh ... Litigation Funding Can Remain Confidential—For Now

By Charles Toutant | February 29, 2024

"Due to the lack of transparency in [third-party litigation funding] arrangements, parties to litigation and judges are oftentimes not aware of potential conflicts of interest, have no reasonable way of gauging improper outside influence by funders on litigation strategy or settlement decisions, or other ethical concerns with funding arrangements," said Anthony Anastasio, president of the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute.

5 minute read
New Jersey Law Journal

2 Sex Abuse Victims Settle Consolidated Case Against School District for $6M

By Colleen Murphy | February 29, 2024

"Many of us heard that these cases just are not worth that much money," said John Baldante of Baldante & Rubenstein. "But these Winslow Township Board of Education cases prove that these cases have more significant value than they ever had in the past. The paradigm has changed."

4 minute read
Legaltech News

E-Discovery and Litigation Technology Winner, In-House: Uber Technologies

By Stephanie Wilkins | February 29, 2024

"Just because the law is often slow to change doesn't mean we have to be," said Jason Allen, Senior Director, Litigation at Uber Technologies, Inc.

5 minute read
Daily Business Review

First Lawsuit Launched After Miami Boat Accident

By Lisa Willis | February 29, 2024

Attorney Eric Mausner said 29 individuals were affected by the collision, with 13 requiring transportation to the hospital.

3 minute read

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