The firm has expanded its antitrust and competition group to meet rising client demand by hiring an O’Melveny partner with class action and complex litigation experience. Paul Hastings has added ...

A busy week in Asia, as a UK Magic Circle firm partners with a Shanghai firm, while the rash of US lawyers leaving public service for private practice continues unabated. The round-up commences in ...

Arrival of judge as arbitrator, mediator and ADR professional expands Atkin Chambers’ presence in Australia. Retired Australian judge Anthony Besanko KC has joined London-based Atkin Chambers as an ...

Nuclear power is being rehabilitated, writes HKA Chicago partner and damages analysis professional Kim Reome, but stakeholders should heed past lessons on costs and scheduling. After decades of ...

The Trump administration has continued its rollback of business crime regulation by suspending Corporate Transparency Act enforcement. The US government has suspended enforcement of the Corporate ...

With Brazil’s arbitration sector enjoying a boom in foreign party participation, CDR explores how this internationalisation could drive São Paulo to further challenge the world’s top arbitral seats – ...

The firm has hired a litigation partner with eight years of experience in the US Department of Justice. Jenner & Block has snapped up former Department of Justice (DoJ) Civil Division chief of staff ...

This week’s summary of lawyer developments includes CMS’ hire of a former DLA Piper insurance litigator in Oslo and Herbert Smith Freehills’ recruitment of a pair of contentious Hong Kong ...

The West African Country has prevailed in a US court, which has refused to enforce a USD 22 million ICC arbitral award on the basis the state was not a party to the agreement. A US court has dismissed ...

The eagerly awaited Bill has finally passed into law following its postponement amid last year’s UK general election. King Charles III today (24 February) gave royal assent to the Arbitration Bill ...

The Canadian financial institution has fended off a tax dispute related to taxation of oil discovered in the UK, with four of the five Supreme Court justices dismissing the authority’s appeal. The ...

A former federal prosecutor has ended near a two-decade in-house tenure to return to private practice, joining the international firm’s New York office as a special counsel. O’Melveny & Myers ...