Clifford Chance – 2015 has been a bumper year for M&A, with over US$ 4.28trn of deals announced to date, according to a preview of international law firm Clifford Chance’s latest Global M&A Trends report. Global M&A value has reached record levels, with 2015 lining up to be the strongest year ever for M&A. While […]
Mannatt.com – In the continuing drama surrounding Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman responded to lawsuits by DraftKings and FanDuel by seeking a preliminary injunction to halt their operations in the state. Following news reports of insider trading and multiple lawsuits, the New York AG sent cease and desist letters to
Oscar Pistorious faces 15-20 years in jail after South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeals says the original trial made an error of law in convicting the former athlete of culpable homicide for the killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Justice Leach ruled on the legal principle of dolus eventualis and how it was applied in the case
McGuireWoods and the newly launched Shanghai firm FuJae Partners today announced a strategic alliance that will provide companies within and outside of China with ready access to leading lawyers in China and worldwide. Under the alliance, McGuireWoods and FuJae have agreed to work closely with each other to serve strategic international markets, including the People’s
Now we get some strange lawyer stories but this? A former legal high flyer charged with getting into bed with a woman he thought was a Panda bear? Dressed in fishnets and a g-string? Strange, but also strangely true. Desmond Moran, from Tipperary in Ireland had taken drugs and we know what can happen when
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STATEMENT OF MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY PREET BHARARA ON THE CONVICTION OF FORMER NEW YORK ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SHELDON SILVER LawFuel.com – “Today, Sheldon Silver got justice, and at long last, so did the people of New York.” 15-306 From the New York Times There was no star witness, no damning testimony, no briefcase stuffed with cash
Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, is once again stepping outside of the traditional law firm box to develop new offerings that help clients solve their intractable problems. The firm today announced the advent of the Akerman Data Law Center, a dynamic, technology-driven, data privacy and security law product. It is the most
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Reuters report that global law firm Dentons has agreed to merge with Australian-based Gadens and Singaporean law firm Rodyk & Davidson. If the mergers are approved, Dentons Chief Executive Officer Elliott Portnoy said integration will likely take place early next year. The talks follow 3,000-lawyer Dentons’ agreement earlier in the year to combine with China’s
Morgan Lewis –Alyssa Kovach & Larry Turner Within the span of two weeks, Mr. Smith and Mr. Wilson, two top managers from your $2 billion corporation, resign. Both managers had complete, unfettered access to your corporation’s trade secrets and confidential information, including pricing and staffing formulas, clients’ requests for proposals, and bid information. One month earlier, Mr.
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Iraq remains a mess and maybe President Obama is now relying on a lawyer to help clean it up. The President announced Friday that retired Marine Gen. John Allen was being replaced by lawyer and diplomat Brett McGurk as his special envoy to Syria and Iraq. McGurk had earlier worked as a law clerk
