This week’s summary of lawyer developments includes CMS’ hire of a former DLA Piper insurance litigator in Oslo and Herbert Smith Freehills recruitment of a pair of contentious Hong Kong practitioners ...

The new team leaders joined the firm last year from Bochner. Brown Rudnick has elevated Jayne Piana and Erick Robinson as co-chairs of its patent trial and appeal board (PTAB) practice. The firm ...

A partner who previously acted for Google has left A&O Shearman to join rival UK Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance in the City of Light. Clifford Chance announced the recruitment of David Por as a ...

The Delaware court has handed down the one of the first legal decisions addressing whether training an AI model using copyrighted content can be defended as fair use – concluding that it cannot. In an ...

The firm has poached two White & Case litigation lawyers to bolster its midwestern US practice. Sidley Austin has added former White & Case executive partner Matthew Devine and his colleague Brienne ...

The Canadian financial institution has fended off a tax dispute related to taxation of oil discovered in the UK, with four of the five Supreme Court justices dismissing the authority’s appeal. The ...

While the arbitral institution has witnessed a small drop in its caseload for 2024, the amounts in dispute have reached a record high. The ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC) has released its ...

The reintroduction of legislation to regulate third-party litigation funding in the US has drawn endorsements from Google, Uber and corporate campaign groups, and criticism from the funding sector. US ...

The New York-headquartered firm has decided to end its on-the-ground presence in the Asian market. White & Case has axed its 10-year partnership with Indonesian partner firm Witara Cakra Advocates.

Investment treaty claims against Mexico, increased mediation and space disputes are set to be the key international arbitration trends this year, a major report suggests. A report by Freshfields has ...

An expert witness specialising in litigation and arbitration support has joined the firm in China. Corporate and disputes service provider Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is continuing its global growth drive ...

The much-vaunted online dispute resolution platform will soon be no more after nine years, on account of its low rates of take-up across the EU. The EU’s online dispute resolution (ODR) platform is to ...