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As the Rules of the Game Change, Is the EU Taking a New Approach to Competition?
By Linda A. Thompson | February 4, 2025
A draft law to be released at the end of the month is expected to make it easier for thousands of businesses to comply with previously adopted EU rules.
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Dutch Government Ordered to Slash Nitrogen Emissions By Dutch Court
By Linda A. Thompson | January 23, 2025
The ruling bolsters the Netherlands’ status as a frontier jurisdiction for climate litigation.
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X-odus: Why Germany’s Federal Court of Justice and Others Are Leaving X
By Ulrike Barth | January 20, 2025
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice bid farewell to X last week and others are questioning whether to remain on the social media platform.
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Threat of Trump Tariffs Is Sign Canada Needs to Wean Off Reliance on Trade with U.S., Trade Lawyers Say
By Gail J. Cohen | January 19, 2025
Canada is preparing to deal with potential trade impacts of a new U.S. administration but lawyers say businesses and politicians need to be serious about diversifying for the future.
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UK Sanctions Regime Put to the Test as Supreme Court Hears First ‘De-Designation’ Case Brought by Billionaire
By Jack Womack | January 17, 2025
The case before the Supreme Court will have far-reaching implications for what shape Britain's sanctions regime will take in the years ahead.
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'Headaches,' Opportunities Ahead for Corporate and Trade Lawyers Advising Foreign Businesses
By Alyssa Aquino | January 16, 2025
This “is an incredible opportunity for both U.S. and non-U.S. lawyers who want to help companies,” navigate the new environment, said Howard Fischer, a former senior trial counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The panelists spoke at the New York State Bar Association annual meeting.
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Trump's Second Term Sparks Unusual Alliances Between US and European Law Firms
By Molly G Smith | January 16, 2025
The re-election of Donald Trump has ushered in a new era of transatlantic cooperation within the legal sector with several unexpected alliances.
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South African Legal Council to Oppose Norton Rose Over Ethnicity Score System
By Alfred Olufemi | January 14, 2025
The case is being closely watched by local and international firms as it could either uphold or reverse the B-BBEE policy, impacting law firms with local entities in South Africa.
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Israel's Rushed Corporate Tax May Spark Law Firm Mergers, Boost Large Firms Including Gornitzky
By Dario Sabaghi | January 10, 2025
Israel's media describe the corporate tax changes as a strategic move to help fund the ongoing conflict with Hamas.
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Ex-Mayer Brown Corporate Lawyer Leads Race for German Chancellor in Snap Election
By James Jackson | January 7, 2025
The top candidate in Germany’s February 23 election is a former senior counsel at Mayer Brown, who was also an ex-chief of Blackrock’s German advisory board. His rivals? Another lawyer and a former Goldman Sachs analyst.
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Decision of the Day: Qui Tam Relators Do Not Plausibly Claim Firm Avoided Tax Obligations Through Visa Applications, Circuit Finds
By ALM Staff | February 4, 2025
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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DC Lawsuits Seek to Prevent Mass Firings and Public Naming of FBI Agents
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | February 4, 2025
"We are seeking immediate relief because the damage done by disclosure of information about FBI agents cannot be undone," Center for Employment Justice founder Pamela Keith said of a lawsuit she helped file on behalf of FBI employees suing President Donald Trump's Justice Department.
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Divided State Supreme Court Clears the Way for Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Church, Schools
By Allison Dunn | February 4, 2025
"The legislature can, and did, reopen the doors to the courthouse in order to rectify this problem. The enactment was not just constitutional, but essential," said Andrew S. Janet, a partner at Janet, Janet & Suggs, who joins two other firms in litigating against the archdiocese.
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New FCC Chair Hires Section 230 Critic as General Counsel
By Chris O'Malley | February 4, 2025
FCC Chair Brendan Carr told Semafor that Adam Candeub "is a rare talent—he has fought fearlessly against Big Tech censorship and has had a successful career both as an effective telecom litigator and academic."
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Debevoise Lures Another SDNY Alum, Adding Criminal Division Chief
By Patrick Smith | February 4, 2025
"Our clients need the best advice, no matter what or who sits in Washington," said partner Helen Cantwell. "That is why we bring on people like Dan [Gitner] and Nick Folly."
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Over 700 Residents Near 2023 Derailment Sue Norfolk for More Damages
By Amanda Bronstad | February 3, 2025
Many of the plaintiffs in Monday's lawsuit opted out of the $600 million class action settlement with Norfolk four months ago.
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'Erroneous Rulings'?: Wilmer Asks 4th Circuit to Overturn Mosby's Criminal Convictions
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | February 3, 2025
"I ask the court to set aside the convictions and the forfeiture order," Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner Daniel Volchok argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on behalf of former Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby appealing her white-collar criminal convictions.
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Fired by Trump, EEOC's First Blind GC Lands at Nonprofit Targeting Abuses of Power
By Trudy Knockless | February 3, 2025
"The president is not a king, and his power has limits within our Constitutional system of checks and balances—checks and balances that, at Public Citizen, I will fight every day to preserve," Karla Gilbride said.
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Latham Adds Former Treasury Department Lawyer for Cross-Border Deal Guidance
By Abigail Adcox | February 3, 2025
Rosen will guide clients "through complex cross-border transactions with clarity and confidence," said Justin Hamill, co-chair of Latham's M&A and private equity practice.
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LSU General Counsel Quits Amid Fracas Over First Amendment Rights of Law Professor
By Chris O'Malley and Greg Andrews | February 3, 2025
A day before Winston DeCuir Jr. submitted his resignation letter, he'd offered encouraging words to a group of students protesting the suspension of law professor Dan Levy.
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