Glamorous civil rights lawyer Amal Clooney’s next move in her fight against the corrupt and inhumane is the world’s worst current scouge – ISIS. Fighting ISIS is something that requires more than bombing missions and special forces for Ms Clooney, but how exactly can they be sued for their depraved criminality? Supported (of course) by […]
Divorce supremo lawyer Lauren Wasser has landed her biggest client in Angelina Jolie and the media circus will only grow. As the lawyer for such celebrity splitters as Kourtney Kadashian, Halle Berry and others, Wasser is the unquestioned queen of celebrity divorces. Her first major, headline-grabbing case involved Stevie Wonder, who was being sued by his
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Littler – On September 15, 2016, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new policy guidelines for its review of private settlement agreements presented to the agency for approval in whistleblowing actions.1 OSHA issued these guidelines based on its concern that certain confidentiality and other provisions in settlement agreements may unlawfully restrict or
Davis Polk advised the joint book-running managers on the SEC-registered offering by NVIDIA Corporation of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.20% notes due 2021 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.20% notes due 2026. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, NVIDIA Corporation is a computer technology company that has pioneered GPU-accelerated computing. The Davis
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Dating a lawyer might seem to be your life’s work – both in getting one, and then keeping her/him – but let’s first do the prep. Lawyers, good ones at least, believe greatly in preparation and in order to date a lawyer successfully you need to know some home truths. If you can get past
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Davis Polk – Technology companies routinely conduct patent sales, whether through high-profile auctions like the one recently proposed by Yahoo, or as part of ordinary-course asset divestitures. There are many considerations to address when conducting a patent sale to ensure that both the buyer and seller realize maximum value from the transaction; however, one issue in particular that is sometimes overlooked is the importance of assessing
Reed Smith – This case is very important in that it is one of the first judgments where damages have been awarded for breach of competition rules in UK. It relates to MasterCard’s alleged anticompetitive card fees (credit and debit cards). The award was for £68,582,245 plus interest which is a significant sum, but there
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Law Vision Group – In order to meet or exceed anticipated profits per partner in a rapidly changing legal industry, many firms still have a way to go to upgrade or simply modernize their systems and processes. So today’s post is about change. Not only accepting it and embracing it, but also (perhaps) considering change
As Oliver Stone’s latest, biggest remaking of history – “Snowden” – is about to be released the push to pardon the whistleblower/traitor (take your pick) has entered pre-release high gear. But will Edward Snowden, the Snowden, a movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) and Shailene Woodley (The Divergent series) is set for release on Friday and
Former Reddit CEO and lawyer Ellen Pao may have lost her discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins but the fight continues. In a video interview she explained to CNET what she was doing and about her Project Include venture, as well as explaining why she doubted whether she would let her daughter enter the tech business. Pao,
