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The Asian Lawyer Announces Winners of the 2018 Asia Legal Awards

By Asian Lawyer Staff | March 23, 2018

Davis Polk & Wardwell, Korea's Lee & Ko and India's Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas are among the top winners of the fifth annual event honoring the leading firms and lawyers in Asia.

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International

Weil Gotshal Asia Managing Partner to Step Down

By Anna Zhang | December 21, 2017

Akiko Mikumo will retire from the firm after 35 years and become an Advanced Leadership Initiative fellow at Harvard. Weil corporate partners Tim Gardner and Charles Ching will co-manage the firm's Asia operations.

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International Edition

Osborne Clarke makes move into China via tie-up with new Shanghai firm

By James Booth | May 2, 2017

Firm expands Asia footprint with new two-partner operation

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A&O and Slaughters advise as Daetwyler buys Raspberry Pi maker for £792m

By Rose Walker | June 14, 2016

Magic circle duo win roles as Swiss electronics company acquires London-listed Premier Farnell

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International Edition

A&O and Slaughters advise as Daetwyler buys Raspberry Pi maker for £792m

By Rose Walker | June 14, 2016

Magic circle duo win roles as Swiss electronics company acquires London-listed Premier Farnell

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Simpson Thacher and Wilson Sonsini advise as Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26.2bn

By James Booth | June 13, 2016

US firms take the lead as Microsoft acquires professional networking site LinkedIn

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International Edition

Simpson Thacher and Wilson Sonsini advise as Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26.2bn

By James Booth | June 13, 2016

US firms take the lead as Microsoft acquires professional networking site LinkedIn

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A&O launches JV with Deloitte to help banks tackle regulation

By Anna Ward | June 13, 2016

Magic circle firm teams up with Big Four accountant to create MarginMatrix ahead of new regulatory rules

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International Edition

A&O launches JV with Deloitte to help banks tackle regulation

By Anna Ward | June 13, 2016

Magic circle firm teams up with Big Four accountant to create MarginMatrix ahead of new regulatory rules

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DLA Piper to expand innovation arm following departure of group head

By James Booth | June 6, 2016

International firm looks to expand its service delivery function after ex-PwC and BLP innovation guru leaves

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Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Susman Lands $287M Verdict Against Samsung in Marshall, Texas … State Court

By Ross Todd | March 1, 2024

Alexandra (Lexie) White and her Susman Godfrey trial team convinced a state court jury that Samsung breached a 2016 settlement agreement with Dutch telecommunications company Koninklijke KPN N.V. when Samsung later took a license to a patent pool without paying KPN its due share.

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Legaltech News

In an AI-Inundated World, Attorney Intelligence Can't Be Artificial: 12 Considerations to Raise AI IQ

By Tom Barce and Wendy King, FTI Technology | February 29, 2024

By considering both risk and opportunity before and during adoption, attorneys will be in a better position to strike that ever-elusive balance between caution and acceleration.

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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.

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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.

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Legaltech News

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.

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Legaltech News

Tracking Generative AI: How Evolving AI Models Are Impacting Legal

By Legaltech News | February 29, 2024

A running compilation of how the legal landscape continues to be shaped by generative AI tools, from GPT technologies to art generation tools and beyond.

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Corporate Counsel

Uber Hits $120B Valuation, Unlocking Huge Equity Grant for CLO Tony West

By Greg Andrews | February 29, 2024

West would have forfeited the award—handed out in 2018 after he gave up the GC post at PepsiCo to join the ride-hailing company—if Uber had not reached the valuation milestone by March 2028.

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Corporate Counsel

Apple Investor Uses Proxy Proposal to Assert That 'Silicon Valley Is Hostile to Right-of-Center Thought'

By Chris O'Malley | February 28, 2024

The tech giant's shareholders defeated a proposal from the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research seeking a prohibition against discrimination based on "ideology" or "viewpoint."

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Legaltech News

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Winner, Provider: HaystackID

By Stephanie Wilkins | February 28, 2024

"Legal innovation isn't separate from how technology impacts society; they now influence each other more directly than ever before," said Michael Sarlo and John Brewer of HaystackID.

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The Recorder

Square, Cash App Owner Latest Target Accused of Deploying Spyware Tracking Technology

By Marianna Wharry | February 28, 2024

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