Litigation

International Edition

Quinn Emanuel London Revenue Leaps 47% as Profits Swell

By Charlotte Johnstone | January 10, 2024

The firm's London senior partner, Richard East, said that the year's success was 'boosted by a material one-off success fee'.

2 minute read

International Edition

Inside the NYT-OpenAI Legal Skirmish: The Proof Is in the Prompting—Or Is It?

By Isha Marathe | January 8, 2024

The New York Times' copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft is said to be AI's 'Napster Moment.' But observers are torn about the case's legal merits, citing differing views around how exactly LLMs are trained.

11 minute read
International Edition

The UK Supreme Court Got it Right by Reining in Litigation Speculators

By Seema Kennedy OBE | January 7, 2024

The typical litigation funder justification that they promote "access to justice" has been shown to be hollow time and again, writes a former UK MP.

5 minute read

International Edition

Unsealed Epstein Files Reveal Ghislaine Maxwell's UK Lawyer Exchanges

By Jack Womack | January 4, 2024

Maxwell, a close associate of the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was convicted of sex trafficking in December 2021 by a Manhattan federal jury.

2 minute read
International Edition

Top Litigation Trends of 2023—and What to Watch in 2024

By Mike Neighbors | December 29, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, we're looking back at significant litigation trends surfaced by Law.com Radar.

6 minute read
International Edition

Clifford Chance Scores Landmark Victory for European Superleague Against FIFA and UEFA

By Charlotte Johnstone | December 21, 2023

The judgment ruled that UEFA and FIFA had 'abused their dominant position' by banning players and clubs from joining the league.

3 minute read
International Edition

Court Dismisses Lead Poisoning Class Action Against Anglo American

By Jennigay Coetzer | December 19, 2023

Civil society groups have expressed deep disappointment with the decision of the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to stop the lawsuit from proceeding against the mine.

2 minute read
International Edition

Clifford Chance Scores Win For Sports Agencies Against FIFA and the FA

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | December 15, 2023

Sports boutique Northridge and Ashurst advised the FA and FIFA on the 'extremely hard-fought litigation'.

3 minute read
International Edition

Tribunal Awards First Ever UK Collective Action Settlement

By Jack Womack | December 12, 2023

The settlement is for £1.5 million, and applies only to CSAV, one of the five defendant shipping groups which the class representative has taken action against.

2 minute read
International Edition

Canadian Law Firm Wins Libel Suit Against Former Client Who Posted Negative Online Review

By Gail J. Cohen | December 6, 2023

A Toronto-area personal injury firm's court victory highlights how commentators can pay a price for venting online.

2 minute read
Connecticut Law Tribune

'The Supreme Court Made This Clear': New Ruling Offers Clarity on FOIA Requests

By Emily Cousins | February 28, 2024

"Law enforcement has their job to do," attorney Valicia Dee Harmon said. "But at some point, the public has a right too, especially in the case of a case that's very, very cold."

4 minute read
New York Law Journal

NY Gov. Approves Bill Directing Redistricting Suits to NY's Major Metropolitan Courts

By Brian Lee | February 28, 2024

Bill sponsors say the measure is aimed at preventing forum-shopping and to designate those courts as experts in redistricting matters.

5 minute read
National Law Journal

9th Circuit Revives 1st Amendment Lawsuit Over Horse's Name

By Avalon Zoppo | February 28, 2024

The Jockey Club of New York rejected the racing registration for "Malpractice Meuser," pointing to a rule forbidding horse names "designed to harass, humiliate, or disparage a specific individual." The club believed the horse was named after a lawyer who specializes in equine law.

3 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
Texas Lawyer

4 Days, 300 Exhibits and a $287M Verdict Against Samsung in Texas

By Adolfo Pesquera | February 28, 2024

Susman Godfrey said that in the 2016 agreement KPN gave Samsung certain rights to KPN's voluminous patent portfolio in return for future payment conditions that KPN contended Samsung was not honoring.

3 minute read
New Jersey Law Journal

A New Ruling Could Affect Plaintiffs Suing Boys and Girls Clubs of America

By Charles Toutant | February 28, 2024

The decision turned on whether New Jersey has jurisdiction over the national group or just its local affiliates.

5 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
New York Law Journal

Shareholder Claims Mount Against NY Community Bancorp in EDNY

By Ellen Bardash | February 28, 2024

Three new lawsuits bring the total number of new EDNY cases filed this month against NYCB, which has been the parent company of Flagstar Bank for more than a year, to six, all related to how the company handled a postmerger spike in loan losses.

3 minute read
New York Law Journal

Bankman-Fried's Attorneys Call for Leniency in Sentencing

By Jane Wester | February 28, 2024

Bankman-Fried's attorneys at Mukasey Young, led by Marc Mukasey, described the 100-year sentence recommendation in Bankman-Fried's presentence report as "barbaric" and "grotesque."

3 minute read
The Recorder

California Judge Reduces $332M Roundup Verdict to $28M

By Amanda Bronstad | February 28, 2024

San Diego County Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright on Monday denied Monsanto's posttrial motions and upheld the Oct. 31 verdict, but found the punitive damages were unconstitutional.

5 minute read

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