British Queen Counsel Ben Emmerson this week created a storm of interest, if not controversy with his claims that Russian president Vladimir Putin ran a “mafia state” and was behind the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Litvinenko was killed through poisoning with polonium, which the QC described was an “act of nuclear terrorism […]
Davis Polk – LawFuel Business Briefs – Developments in International and Cross-Border Insolvency We invite you to review our firm newsletter focused on current topics, critical cases and significant developments in international and cross-border insolvency. Global Distress Signal takes an in-depth look at: Recent developments in U.S. cross-border insolvency cases, including important court decisions that could
January 30, 2015 – LawFuel.com Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the arrangers Natixis and HSBC France on the financing of the acquisition of Safic-Alcan from the investment firm Parquest Capital. The takeover of France-based Safic-Alcan is being led by its management, with support from investment funds Sagard and Euromezzanine. Safic-Alcan is
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Law firms get founded for all sorts of reasons and to deal with any number of niche areas, ranging from cruise liner accidents to dog bites. But revenge porn issues is a new one on us, however a new law firm project has been set up precisely to deal with this emerging and nasty form
Mrs George Clooney took a high profile personality to a high profile case this week when she and Geoffrey Robertson QC of Doughty Street Chambers took to the European Court of Human Rights to argue the case against a Turkish politician who denied Armenian genoicide deaths in 1915. The case attracted wide interest not just
Every other law firm with eyes on expansion wants to be in China. But China is a highly competitive market and potentially a grave yard for failed firms. As the WSJ reported, this past week has demonstrated that graphically being both the best and the worst of times for law firms in the country. How
Tokyo, Japan – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised US-based Johnson Controls, Inc. in connection with its entering into a definitive agreement with Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Appliances, Inc., to form a global HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) joint venture Through the agreement, Johnson Controls will obtain a 60 percent ownership
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Oklahoma has been ordered to postpone its use of controversial lethal injections using the sedative midazolam which has caused problems with executions in Arizona, Ohio and Oklahoma. The court’s order Wednesday came as little surprise after both the state and the lawyers for three inmates who faced execution between now and March requested the temporary
BOSTON, MA—International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP and Chicago’s Ungaretti & Harris LLP will merge effective February 1, 2015. The move reaffirms Nixon Peabody’s position as a major law firm in Chicago and the Midwest with the addition of 100 lawyers whose experience spans the full range of legal services. The combined firm retains the
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LawFuel Law News Daily – An application originating in Europe frequently encounters substantial difficulties before the USPTO. Recurrently, claims issued to a European applicant are unnecessarily narrow by US standards or unexpectedly constrained by US principles of disavowal, disclaimerand estoppel. Claim amendments and patentability arguments that are highly effective for the EPO often prove entirely
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