The long running phone hacking case at the Old Bailey has come to a dramatic conclusion with Andy Coulson being found guilty of conspiring to hack phones while heading Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World newspaper. Coulson is British PM David Cameron’s former press secretary and took over from Rebekah Brooks a confident and protege […]
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At the Financial Times’ inaugural Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers awards ceremony on June 10, Skadden won the “Innovation in Finance Law” award for international firms in recognition of our representation of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. We also were shortlisted for the “Most Innovative Law Firm” award for international firms and the “Innovation for International Strategy” award
It’s not often that mug shots – even of the oft-arrested celebrity – go viral, but less so when the alleged felon is unknown to everyone except the police. But in the case of Californian Jeremy Meeks, 30, the handsome face of the man has gone viral on social media, attracting more than 33,000 “likes”
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It’s been a tough law jobs market for some years and the situation in the US affects not just big law firms but also public law jobs, in house counsel positions and others have been badly hit. BusinessWeek reports that law has been particularly hard hit by the slump in services since 2008. Work dried
The death of DJ Casey Kasem has unleashed a potential elder abuse lawsuit by his daughter against her estranged stepmother in an area of law that continues to grow in importance, for lawyers and clients alike. The Kasem issue arises from various claims relating to his widow’s alleged cheating on Kasem prior to his death,
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that members of its Punitive Damages Group have launched “Guideposts: Mayer Brown’s Punitive Damages Blog.” The new blog will include analysis and commentary on timely punitive damages topics such as excessiveness, liability standards, procedures, trial strategies, recent verdicts, and legislative developments. The blog can be found
It was inevitable, of course. An Oliver Stone movie about Edward Snowden’s adventures. Whistle-blower Snowden’s lawyer Anatoly Kucherena has sold the film rights to his client’s story as a “political thriller”. We wonder how it will end. The Guardian reports that “Time of the Octopus”, a book pemned by Kucherena, will be published later this
You may not care what Kris Jenner thinks about the OJ Simpson case, but her former husband Robert Kardashian, was OJ Simpson’s friend and longtime personal attorney.
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Milan, June 12, 2014 … Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Banca Farmafactoring S.p.A. on its euro private placement of €300 million, 2.75 percent notes due 2017 to qualified investors outside the United States. The notes were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange on June 12, 2014. Banca Farmafactoring is the leading
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Saudi Investment Bank (SAIB), the fastest growing bank in Saudi Arabia, has been awarded an IT Service Management (ITSM) innovation award by Axios Systems for “Best Use of Automation to Improve Business Efficiency”. SAIB has been using assyst, the leading ITSM solution from Axios Systems, since 2012. They required a
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