Linklaters on Tuesday announced the arrival of two new senior advisors to the firm’s Hong Kong office–Oliver Zhong from Sidley Austin and Christine Xu from Clifford Chance–a move it hopes will boost its presence in the equity capital markets and ‘New Economy’ fields in Hong Kong as well as the…

The nation will be facing an overload of political news and rhetoric between now and the presidential election, but will immersion in today’s charged political environment change the dynamics of litigation? Jury experts and litigators say the runup to the presidential election is impacting jurors in some surprising ways.

Law firms are investigating potential lawsuits to come out of CloudStrike Holdings Inc.’s global tech outage, but there may be limits on who can recover damages. San Francisco’s Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Pittsburgh-based Lynch Carpenter are among the plaintiffs’ firms already announcing investigations of the July 19 outage,…

By land, by sea, and by air, the tourism industry, along with the rest of the world, was undeniably rocked by a behind-the-scenes yet omnipresent little-known company called CrowdStrike on July 19 when an update in its system caused a catastrophic meltdown, crippling flights and other forms for transportation for more than…

Judge Rejects Bid by George Santos to Toss Charges Ahead of Fraud Trial | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/07/22/judge-rejects-bid-by-george-santos-to-toss-charges-ahead-of-fraud-trial/ Representative George Santos, a Republican from New York, center, departs his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg NEWS…

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has accused Prime Hydration of violating exclusive Olympic trademarks, allegedly using Olympic-related terminology and marks on product packaging, advertising and promotions featuring professional basketball player Kevin Durant. This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and…