Drone Privacy Issues Increase Washington’s Focus
Morrison Foerster - By Nathan D. Taylor and Adam J. Fleisher As we await Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) proposed rules regarding the operation of drones that weigh less than 55 pounds, other...
View ArticleThree Partners Join DLA Piper in Singapore
DLA Piper announced today that a team of three partners has joined the firm in its Corporate Group in Singapore. John Viverito and Myles Hankin are joining from Gibson Dunn, Singapore, and Joseph...
View ArticleFBI Bust Russian Spy Ring in New York City
LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Spy Ring Attempted to Collect Economic Intelligence and Recruit New York City Residents as Intelligence Sources Evgeny Buryakov, a/k/a “Zhenya,” Worked Under...
View ArticleNY Lawyer Found Guilty of Subscribing to False Federal Tax Returns
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Caroline D. Ciraolo, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division,...
View ArticleBritain’s Top Barristers
The Lawyer has pulled out all stops to list their 100 top barristers in Britain – the Bar’s “A List” with an assemblage of legal talent ranting from those who have helped with the development of an...
View ArticleClifford Chance Reviews Lockstep Compensation
Lockstep compensation is as much a part of most Big Law firms in Britain and some other jurisdictions as the law firm art and foyers. However mega-firm Clifford Chance is looking at changing all that...
View Article“Stop Scatia Now!” Review – Will it Fix Back Pain and Sciatica?
Review Ranking – 4.5 Stars Review Product – Stop Scatia Now. The Definitive Guide Product Details – Click Here Scatia is a major health issue for many million of people – creating leg pain or...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Common Pitfalls in Combined EU/US Patent Applications
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...
View ArticleNixon Peabody To Merge with Chicago’s Ungaretti & Harris
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...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules on Execution Issue
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...
View ArticleOrrick Advises Johnson Controls – Hitachi Global Joint Venture
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...
View ArticleLaw Firms Facing The Chinese Challenge
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...
View ArticleMrs Clooney’s Court Date
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...
View ArticleLaw Firm Sets Up Revenge Porn Legal Project
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...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Lenders on Acquisition of Safic-Alcan
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...
View ArticleDavis Polk’s Global Distress Signal
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...
View ArticleQC Causes Furore Over Putin’s “Mafia State”
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...
View ArticleLawyer Arrested Representing Client
The ABA Journal report on the arrest of a public defender in a San Francisco courthouse where she was attempting to represent her client. The long-time public defender, Jami Tillotson, stood with her...
View ArticleMcKool Smith Named IP Firm of the Year
McKool Smith was awarded United States “IP Firm of the Year” at the 2015 Benchmark US awards. Fellow nominees included Fish & Richardson; Quinn Emanuel; Morrison Foerster; Sidley Austin;...
View Article10 Best Practices to Follow When Using Social Media to Disseminate Corporate...
Blakes Lawyers – Canada - 1 Delay social media communications Supplemental communications channels (i.e., social media) cannot be used until the information has been “generally disclosed” using...
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