Rapidly-rising London rentals – around six times the UK national average – may be pushing out one of London’s “Magic Circle” law firms, Freshfields. According to rercent reports Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has instructed real estate agents to find 100,000 square feet in Manchester to accommodate its 1300 UK staff. The reports frm the Estates Gazette […]
The increasing controversy over the discovery and now publication of Lee Harper’s sequel to her vaunted “To Kill a Mockingbird” has been aired further with Harper’s lawyer describing how she discovered the long-lost novel. In an interview with the New York Times, Tonja Brooks Carter said she was doing some legal work for Lee one
London, 5 February 2015 – LawFuel.com – Global law firm Mayer Brown today announced the appointment of senior asset-based lending (ABL) partner Alex Dell, who is widely-recognised as a leading ABL and receivables finance lawyer in the UK. His appointment will further strengthen the firm’s top-end, cross–border ABL capabilities. Alex currently leads DLA
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Latham & Watkins appears to have been enjoying a field day raiding Clifford Chance for new partners, with the latest being two CC partners in the German officie, Olliver Felsenstein and Burc Hesse. Hesse joined Clifford Chance from Lovells in 2006, as part of Clifford Chance’s swoop on a five-strong private equity team from Lovells. The Lawyer
Ballard Spahr by John C. Grugan and Tesia N. Stanl The most significant enforcement strategy the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) employed in 2014 followed a well-worn path: through its Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative (MCDC Initiative), the SEC sought to regulate issuers by leveraging its authority over underwriters. Announced on March 10, 2014,
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Quinn Emanuel – In the May 2014 issue of the Business Litigation Report, we discussed a hot topic in law and technology: cloud computing. That topic did not cool down over the summer. Businesses and courts—including the Supreme Court—have continued to grapple with issues presented by computing in the cloud, including who owns the rights
DLA Piper, Australia – By James Morse – In the recent decision of Le v Magistrate Barbara Lane [2014] WASC 494, the Supreme Court of Western Australia was called upon to consider whether to prohibit a magistrate from continuing to hear a trial on the basis she had ‘Googled‘ some matters relevant to the trial
Cravath – On January 26, 2015, Rock-Tenn Company (“RockTenn”) and MeadWestvaco Corporation (“MWV”) announced that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement to create a leading global provider of consumer and corrugated packaging in a transaction with a combined equity value of $16 billion. Cravath represented RockTenn in connection with this transaction, which is
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Katy Perry’s lawyers, Greeberg Traurig have bitten over her “Left Shark” dancing image seen in the Super Bowl act from the pop sensation, requesting a 3-D print sculpture sold online be taken offline – Now! The dancing shark became a phenomenon and inevitably spawned those seeking to politicize or monetize the shark. Not if Greenberg Traurig has
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ALEX V. EKDESHMAN, the Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Management, LLC, pleaded guilty today to commodities fraud. EKDESHMAN ran a fraudulent scheme in which he solicited over $1.5 million dollars from over 100 investors for the purpose of investing
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