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March 11, 2024
Pfizer Slams Ex-Compliance Officer's Whistleblower Claims
Pfizer has asked a California federal court to again dismiss the bulk of a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by a former compliance officer for the pharmaceutical giant, arguing his latest suit is "largely a regurgitation of his original complaint."
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March 11, 2024
New Arbitration Firm Has 'Hit Ground Running,' Founders Say
Three international arbitration specialists who worked at Dechert LLP in France before they left to launch a boutique firm said on Monday that the new business has "hit the ground running" since it opened in January.
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March 11, 2024
Woodsford Affiliate Prevails In Fee Feud With SF Firm
An affiliate of British litigation funder Woodsford has secured a $1.8 million arbital award and $1.2 million in interest from a San Francisco law firm following the 2019 settlement of a lawsuit against Google, a Delaware federal judge confirmed Monday.
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March 11, 2024
Steptoe Adds Dentons' Ex-Global Security Chief As Partner
Steptoe LLP has added a security and threat analysis expert who previously served as Dentons' global chief security officer as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
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March 11, 2024
Pfizer Defeats French Group's Bid For Vax Docs At 2nd Circ.
The Second Circuit said Monday that Pfizer doesn't need to give a French nonprofit the communications between its CEO and the European Commission's president related to a COVID-19 vaccine development agreement, ruling the materials are irrelevant to a jurisdictional issue in the group's legal challenge to the pact in France.
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March 08, 2024
Justices Urged To Take Up 'Who Decides' Arbitration Question
An international arbitration scholar has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve whether a court or an arbitrator should decide a dispute's proper venue in cases involving nonsignatories to an arbitration agreement, an issue that's arisen in antitrust litigation over National Association of Realtor rules.
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March 08, 2024
DC Circ. Throws Out Victims' Claims Over Hamas Attack
The D.C. Circuit on Friday vacated a lower court judgment regarding a married couple injured by a member of the Hamas militant group in Jerusalem, finding that the attack did not result in an "extrajudicial killing" that would give the court jurisdiction under U.S. law.
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March 08, 2024
Off The Bench: Dartmouth Union, Iowa Betting Case Folds
In this week's Off The Bench, Dartmouth College men's basketball players vote to unionize over the school's objections, a probe into Iowa State University athletes' gambling activities fizzles amid warrantless search allegations, and a Wimbledon champion gets her doping suspension reduced. If you were on the sidelines over the past week, Law360 is here to clue you in on the biggest sports and betting stories that had our readers talking.
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March 08, 2024
Czech Republic Can Fight Part Of $350M Blood Plasma Award
A London judge Friday allowed the Czech Republic to pursue some of its challenges to a $350 million award in favor of a blood plasma company, but blocked others in a decades-long complex arbitration dispute.
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March 07, 2024
$285M Panama Canal Case Must Be Reviewed, Justices Told
A contractor enlisted on a multibillion-dollar project to widen the Panama Canal is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to ignore an "open conflict" among lower courts over the vacatur standard for evident partiality, as the justices get ready to issue a certiorari decision that will likely come later this month.
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March 07, 2024
Southern Peaks Awarded $42.5M Over Peruvian Copper Deal
Peruvian copper producer Southern Peaks Mining LP said it has won a multi-million-dollar arbitral award favoring its management subsidiary due to breaches of a sale and purchase agreement with Singaporean commodity trading company Trafigura Beheer BV over the acquisition of a mine.
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March 07, 2024
5th Circ. Affirms Arbitration In Hurricane Coverage Feud
The Fifth Circuit has ordered the owner of a New Orleans luxury apartment and retail complex to arbitrate a dispute with its domestic surplus lines insurers over coverage for $7 million in hurricane damage, ruling that arbitration is permitted under a carveout in conflicting Louisiana state law.
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March 07, 2024
Peru's Telecom Co. Wants $168M Award Suit Tossed
Peru's state-owned Programa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones has urged a D.C. federal court to set aside an entry of default in litigation to enforce $168 million in arbitral awards issued to a broadband provider, arguing that it has sovereign immunity and wasn't properly served.
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March 06, 2024
Exxon Kicks Off Arbitration Over Guyana Offshore Oil Project
ExxonMobil has initiated arbitration in order to retain its right of first refusal over Hess Corp.'s stake in a lucrative oil block off Guyana's Atlantic coast, an Exxon spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday.
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March 06, 2024
Judge Won't Revisit Contempt Order In Gold Mine Control Suit
A Colorado federal judge refused Tuesday to reconsider or amend his 2022 contempt order sanctioning mineral exploration company DynaResource in a decade-old arbitration dispute over control of a Mexican gold mine, finding that DynaResource's arguments are untimely and "at best" tangentially related to the arbitration award.
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March 06, 2024
Don't Get Too Comfy Before Trade Deal Review, Tai Says
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday cautioned the U.S., Mexico, and Canada not to get "too comfortable" ahead of approaching the first review of the nations' trade accord, saying some discomfort was needed to motivate them towards tackling global trade issues.
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March 06, 2024
Sidley Adds 11-Year Wiley Rein Leaders To DC Group
Sidley Austin LLP has hired two members of Wiley Rein LLP's leadership, one of whom joins to help co-lead its global arbitration, trade and advocacy practice, the firm announced Wednesday.
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March 06, 2024
Wimbledon Champ Scores Significant Doping Ban Reduction
Romanian professional tennis player Simona Halep has secured a victory in her appeal of a doping ban, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport reducing her period of ineligibility from four years to nine months because her violation was found to be unintentional.
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March 05, 2024
Chinese Movie Tycoon Slapped With Fees In $500M Award Suit
A New York federal judge ordered an "impenitent" Chinese cinema magnate on Tuesday to reimburse three investors about $160,000 in attorney fees after he repeatedly ignored discovery orders issued in a case to enforce arbitral awards now worth more than $500 million against him.
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March 05, 2024
Oro Negro Bondholders Want Quinn Emanuel Sanctioned
Bondholders in Mexican oil and gas company Perforadora Oro Negro asked a Florida judge on Tuesday to sanction Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP for continuing to represent the company's founders in a $30 million dispute despite a disqualification order.
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March 05, 2024
Colombia Fends Off Canadian Co.'s Claims In Mining Dispute
Attorneys for the Republic of Colombia said Tuesday that the country has defeated an arbitration claim for more than $100 million lodged by a Canadian mining company after the country prohibited mining in the páramos, a rare, high-elevation ecosystem in the Andes.
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March 05, 2024
Ex-Russian Minister Renews Bid To Jail Deripaska In UK
Former Russian minister Vladimir Chernukhin urged an appeals court Tuesday to revive his bid to jail his ex-business associate Oleg Deripaska for contempt of court, arguing an earlier judge was wrong to find than an agreement to preserve assets had not been breached.
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March 04, 2024
Panama Skirts $100M Claim Over Biofuel Regulations
An international tribunal has tossed a $100 million claim accusing Panama of enacting regulatory changes that led to the shuttering of a biofuels company, ruling that a group of Italian investors could not prove they controlled the Panamanian company.
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March 04, 2024
EU Eyes Strategy For Exiting 'Outdated' Energy Treaty
The European Commission has asked its 27 member states not to stand in the way of proposed reforms to a contested cross-border agreement that protects fossil fuel investments, saying the European Union's approval of the reforms would hasten the EU's departure from the pact.
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March 04, 2024
5th Circ. Says Hurricane Coverage Battle Must Be Arbitrated
A Louisiana property owner and its eight domestic insurers must arbitrate the owner's claims that they mishandled and delayed paying its Hurricane Laura property damage claim in bad faith, the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday, reversing a district court's decision that found an arbitration provision at issue unenforceable.
Expert Analysis
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Some Client Speculations On AI And The Law Firm Biz Model
Generative artificial intelligence technologies will put pressure on the business of law as it is structured currently, but clients may end up with more price certainty for legal services, and lawyers may spend more time being lawyers, says Jonathan Cole at Melody Capital.
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10th Circ. Highlights US Court Discretion On Arbitral Awards
The Tenth Circuit's recent decision enforcing an arbitral judgment against a Mexican cement company even after it was annulled in Bolivia could signal an expansion in district courts' discretionary powers over motions to enforce foreign arbitral awards, say Max Chester and Parker White at Foley & Lardner.
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US Security Exception Proposal May Undermine The WTO
A U.S. proposal, floated earlier this month, to clarify that the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade's essential security exception is wholly self-judging would provide an unfettered ability for a country to avoid any of its World Trade Organization obligations, further destabilizing the WTO and international rule of law, say attorneys at Akin Gump.
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A Lawyer's Guide To Approaching Digital Assets In Discovery
The booming growth of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens has made digital assets relevant in many legal disputes but also poses several challenges for discovery, so lawyers must garner an understanding of the technology behind these assets, the way they function, and how they're held, says Brett Sager at Ehrenstein Sager.
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Opinion
High Court's Ethics Statement Places Justices Above The Law
The U.S. Supreme Court justices' disappointing statement on the court's ethics principles and practices reveals that not only are they satisfied with a status quo in which they are bound by fewer ethics rules than other federal judges, but also that they've twisted the few rules that do apply to them, says David Janovsky at the Project on Government Oversight.
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Opinion
Time For Law Schools To Rethink Unsung Role Of Adjuncts
As law schools prepare for the fall 2023 semester, administrators should reevaluate the role of the underappreciated, indispensable adjunct, and consider 16 concrete actions to improve the adjuncts' teaching experience, overall happiness and feeling of belonging, say T. Markus Funk at Perkins Coie, Andrew Boutros at Dechert and Eugene Volokh at UCLA.
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Investment Arbitration May Aid Stakeholders In Russian Cos.
Though Russian countermeasures against international sanctions have caused many foreign investors' assets to become trapped in Russia, arbitration mechanisms provide investors with opportunities to recover significant monetary damages for their losses, say Eric Leikin and Photeine Lambridis at Freshfields.
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Tips For In-House Legal Leaders In A Challenging Economy
Amid today's economic and geopolitical uncertainty, in-house legal teams are running lean and facing increased scrutiny and unique issues, but can step up and find innovative ways to manage outcomes and capitalize on good business opportunities, says Tim Parilla at LinkSquares.
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What Associates Need To Know Before Switching Law Firms
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
The days of staying at the same firm for the duration of one's career are mostly a thing of the past as lateral moves by lawyers are commonplace, but there are several obstacles that associates should consider before making a move, say attorneys at HWG.
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A Case For Sharing Mediation Statements With Counterparties
In light of a potential growing mediation trend of only submitting statements to the mediator, litigants should think critically about the pros and cons of exchanging statements with opposing parties as it could boost the chances of reaching a settlement, says Arthur Eidelhoch at Eidelhoch Mediation.
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Preparing For Legal Scrutiny Of Data Retention Policies
Two recent cases involving Google and Meta should serve as a call to action for companies to ensure their data retention policies are updated and properly implemented to the degree of being able to withstand judicial scrutiny, especially as more data is generated by emerging technologies, say Jack Kallus and Labeed Choudhry at Kaufman Dolowich.
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Opinion
Attorneys Should Have An Ethical Duty To Advance DEI
National and state bar associations are encouraging attorneys to apply diversity, equity and inclusion practices in the legal profession and beyond, and these associations should take it one step further by formally recognizing ethical duties for attorneys to promote DEI, which could better the legal profession and society, says Elena Mitchell at Moore & Van Allen.
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Climate Change Clarifications To Expect From World Court
The upcoming International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change could help frame states' obligations and shape businesses' climate strategies, and the proceedings provide stakeholders with the opportunity to present their views on environmental responsibilities, say attorneys at Covington.
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Data-Driven Insights Are Key To Attracting Today's Clients
As law firm growth slows and competition for clients increases, modern firms must rely on robust data analytics to develop the sector-based expertise and industry insights that clients increasingly prioritize in relationships with counsel, says Lavinia Calvert at Intapp.
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In Arbitration, Consider The Influence Of State Laws
A California appellate court's recent refusal, based in state law, to compel arbitration in Barraza v. Tesla illustrates the importance of understanding substantive and procedural differences between state arbitration law and the Federal Arbitration Act — and when those distinctions can alter case outcomes, says Richard Mason at MasonADR.