Italian-born Elisabetta Righini joined Latham & Watkins’ Brussels office in 2015 after a 15-year stint at the European Commission. In an interview with Law.com International, Righini reflected on that shift, as well as on the world’s first AI law and the challenges and rewards of working in Europe’s premier antitrust…

Complex business cases carry an increasing level of exposure to corporate defendants. During 2023 throughout the United States, there were 89 jury verdicts against corporate defendants that resulted in judgments of more than $10 million, a 15-year high. (See the article at  “How Big IP Judgment Winners Are Insuring ‘Nuclear…

A multinational athletic apparel retailer is facing a putative class action lawsuit in a Miami federal district court over claims that its marketing campaign misled customers into believing it is sustainable and environmentally friendly despite increasing its greenhouse gas emissions. Joshua Eggnatz and Michael Pascucci, partners at Eggnatz Pascucci in…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has attracted much attention. In that case, the court overruled its 1984 decision in Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council; there, the court had established a test that required courts to defer in many cases…

A jury in Middlesex County, New Jersey, awarded $2.5 million on July 11 to a woman who injured her left arm after falling at a storage facility. The jury awarded that sum to Jane Bishop following a four-day trial before Judge Michael Cresitello Jr. of Middlesex County Superior Court. The…

Canadian firms McCarthy Tétrault, Blake Cassels & Graydon, and Stikeman Elliott along with A&O Shearman and Davis Polk & Wardwell are the legal advisers in a deal that will see U.S.-based Cleveland Cliffs Inc. buy storied Canadian steelmaker Stelco Holdings Inc. The transaction announced Monday is worth approximately C$3.4 billion…