Litigation

International Edition

Spanish Media Sues Meta for €550M

By Alex D'Elia | December 5, 2023

The lawsuit alleges the Facebook and Instagram owner violated data protection regulations, which led to unfair competitive practices.

2 minute read

International Edition

Singapore Court Rejects Dismissal of $57M Class Action Against Terraform Labs and Co-Founders

By Jessica Seah | December 4, 2023

Drew & Napier, Dentons Rodyk and Setia Law are acting on the matter.

3 minute read
International Edition

Former McDermott Partner Sues Firm Over Nonequity Salary

By Patrick Smith | November 30, 2023

David Huberman, now a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig and based in Tel Aviv, claims McDermott wrongly denied him a pay boost to $425,000.

2 minute read

International Edition

European Privacy NGO Files Complaint Against Meta Over Paid Ad-Free Model

By Linda A. Thompson | November 29, 2023

The NGO helmed by Max Schrems has filed what appears to be the first complaint over Meta's recently introduced paid, ad-free subscriptions to its Facebook and Instagram social networking sites.

3 minute read
International Edition

A Cohen & Gresser Spinoff Opens in Paris to Focus on Litigation and White-Collar Defense

By Anne Bagamery | November 28, 2023

The new firm, Henriot & Associés, aims to stand out in a busy field that includes established specialty firms as well as growing departments of Global 200 players.

4 minute read
International Edition

Tesla Files Lawsuit Against Swedish Transport Agency, Postal Company over Labour Dispute

By Linda A. Thompson | November 28, 2023

The electric car maker is being represented by one of Sweden's leading business law firms.

3 minute read
International Edition

Major, Lindsey & Africa Leaders Turned Blind Eye to Sexual Assault, Lawsuit Alleges

By Justin Henry | November 22, 2023

New York recruiter Sharon Mahn contends that she was sexually assaulted by Lawrence Mullman, the former global leader of MLA's law firm practice, in 2006, months after she joined the recruiting firm.

8 minute read
International Edition

'I'm a Rare Kind of Lawyer': Gibson Dunn's Robert Spano on Leading the ECHR, Joining Big Law...and Choir Singing

By Charlotte Johnstone | November 22, 2023

Having been the ECHR's 'Crisis President', then entering Big Law later in life, Spano's public-to-private career has been unlike most others.

7 minute read
International Edition

Some Things are More Important than Corporate Law

By Paul Hodkinson | November 19, 2023

The Israel-Gaza conflict and threats to the rule of law in various countries are putting the importance of daily commercial legal practice into perspective, writes the Global Lawyer.

5 minute read
International Edition

Rwanda: UK Supreme Court Victors on Why Sunak Can't 'Change Facts' Through Legislation

By Jack Womack | November 16, 2023

'My prediction is that there is no way what he is proposing gets off the ground,' one lawyer who worked on the Supreme Court case said of the Prime Minister's plans.

4 minute read
The Recorder

Albertsons Accused of Charging EBT Cardholders for Plastic Bags, in Violation of Proposition 67

By Riley Brennan | February 28, 2024

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

2 minute read
Daily Business Review

Faulty Verdict Form? Court Reverses Trial Judgment

By Michael A. Mora | February 28, 2024

"If there is any chance of the verdict being inconsistent, I would raise that issue with the judge at that time," said Andrew Labbe, a partner at Groelle & Salmon.

4 minute read
New York Law Journal

Major League Baseball Sued Over Allegedly Disclosing Users' Personal Information to Facebook

By Riley Brennan | February 28, 2024

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

4 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court Cleared Up a Big Strict Products Liability Law Question in 'Sullivan'

By Jeffrey F. Laffey | February 28, 2024

As a result of the court's ruling, defense attorneys will continue to be barred from introducing evidence of compliance with industry or government standards—not for lack of effort—and plaintiffs lawyers will be able to sharpen their arguments to focus on whether a product was defectively designed, without any fear of notions of "compliance" muddying the jury's focus at trial.

8 minute read
New York Law Journal

CPLR 2106 Amended To Permit Any Person To Submit Affirmation in Lieu of Affidavit

By Patrick M. Connors | February 28, 2024

In the first of this two-part New York Practice column, Patrick M. Connors discusses how, effective Jan. 1, 2024, CPLR 2106 was substantially amended to allow any person to submit an affirmation in lieu of an affidavit, "with the same force and effect." This is one of the most significant changes to the CPLR in the 21st century and will impact many areas of practice.

11 minute read
Daily Business Review

Golf Carts and the Graves Amendment: Vicarious Liability and Immunity Off the Green

By Catherine T. Moussa | February 28, 2024

In 1962, Florida courts began expanding the Dangerous Instrumentality Doctrine beyond the typical automobile to include tow motors. More expansion followed, with courts including airplanes, trucks, busses, and, since 1984, golf carts. This vicarious liability is based on how a vehicle was used and not where it was used.

4 minute read
Litigation Daily

Trick or Treat? How an Office Halloween Party Convo Led to a Quinn Associate's Appellate Argument

By Ross Todd | February 28, 2024

Alex Loomis, a seventh-year associate in Boston, landed a precedential First Circuit decision on personal jurisdiction issues in a case he first heard about from partner Bill Weinreb at an office Halloween party.

5 minute read
The American Lawyer

Cooley and Orrick Recruit LA Partners Amid Steady Demand in Lit Practices

By Andrew Maloney | February 28, 2024

The latest Am Law 100 moves in California highlight the continuing demand in Big Law litigation practices now.

5 minute read
New York Law Journal

Microsoft Responds to California Copyright Plaintiffs' Motion to Intervene in NY OpenAI Suits

By Jane Wester | February 27, 2024

The lawsuits in New York and California all concern alleged copyright violations related to the training of OpenAI's large language models. Microsoft is an investor in OpenAI.

3 minute read
New Jersey Law Journal

Marijuana in Highland Park: Lawyers Have Doubts About New Suit

By Charles Toutant | February 27, 2024

"I think that upholding the supremacy of marijuana scheduling under the Controlled Substances Act is a weak argument," attorney Ryan Magee said. "And it gets weaker by the day."

6 minute read

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