The Economist carry a story about Cleary Gottlieb, the go-to law firm for governments like Argentina facing debt crises. And it’s been a boom area for country’s-close-to-collapse and hence good times for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. But, as the esteemed magazine reports, 2014 was not a great year for sovereign debt law issues. As […]
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Jillian M. Swartz, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) will speak at the Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Connecting with Canada: How Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation Affects Your Business.” This event is scheduled for September 22, 2014
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US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced a surprise resignation, (although it had been well flagged) placing the Obama administration in the need to assemble a rapid replacement for someone to continue the President’s various legal issues. Holder had a major contribution to play in his work with civil rights and helped shape how the
The growing use of testosterone has also faced growing personal injury lawsuits as the risk of cardiovascular events evidently increases with its use. The FDA is now voicing its own concerns at the use of the therapy products with an expert panel voting for tighter restrictions on the growing use of testosterone in the pharmaceutical
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Is State Law in Mississippi being circumvented by a new DUI law whereby Highway Patrol officers who conduct “No Refusal Weekend” and take blood tests actually be quite simply illegal. Earlier this month, the state highway patrol and local law enforcement officers conducted a “No Refusal Weekend,” in which motorists who were suspected of driving
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Rocker Rod Stewart’s trademark football kicks into his adoring crowd has now drawn a lawsuit from an American fan who apparently suffered a broken nose and lasting pain when the 69 year old’s kick hit him in the face during a Caesar’s Palace performance. The Independent reports that the lawsuit was filed this week, Mostafa
Clifford Chance has advised Thai Union Frozen Products PCL (Thailand), the world’s largest producer of shelf-stable tuna products with sales exceeding USD 3.66 billion, on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in King Oscar Holding AS (Norway) from private equity fund Procuritas Capital Investors IV. The transaction is expected to close later this year
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Washington, D.C. – Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation partner J. Robert “Robby” Robertson has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America. Robertson’s induction took place at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the College in London, England.
Washington, D.C. – September 16, 2014– Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced that Haydn Richards, director of the firm’s Financial Industry Group and leader of the Financial Services Regulatory and Compliance practice, was recently selected as one of just eight Top Mortgage Regulatory Compliance Lawyers for 2014 by Mortgage Compliance Magazine. The publication
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Susan Cartier Liebel has written for legal consultants Trebuchet about what she would l ike to have known before going to law school I was recently asked by a friend and solo practice guru, Jay Foonberg, if I would canvas my Solo Practice University students and readers. He wanted to know what skills new law school
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