On May 3, 2023, Judge David C. Nye of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho issued an order in Katana Silicon Technologies v. Micron Technology, 671 F.Supp.3d 1138 (D. Idaho 2023) and Micron Technology v. Longhorn IP, No. 1:22-cv-00273-DCN (D. Idaho July 5, 2022) (collectively, the litigations),…

On Tuesday, Legaltech Hub, a global directory of legal technology solutions and services, announced that it has acquired Legal Tech Consultants, a company that aids early stage legal tech startups. As part of the acquisition, Legal Tech Consultants founder and CEO Cheryl Wilson Griffin will join Legaltech Hub as its new…

Spanish private equity firm Alia Capital Partners is investing in a minority share of ECIJA, the first Spanish law firm thought to have incorporated private equity into its ownership. The amount invested and percentage of ownership are confidential, a spokesperson for the firm told Law.com International.

Given how the Independence Day holiday fell this year, we’re just now getting around to last week’s Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs. I don’t know whether courts were clearing their dockets to get out to the fireworks shows, but I do know this: It was another incredibly competitive…

Linklaters has topped legal advisor rankings for announced U.K. M&A deals in the first half of 2024, amid a rebounding global deal market. The firm unseated Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in the top spot, having had an involvement in 31 announced deals which were valued at $34.5 billion. Rival firms Slaughter & May and Freshfields,…

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Goodwin Procter, Milbank and Ogletree Deakins have all hired partners in Washington, D.C., this week, with the laterals joining from the government, other firms and in-house legal departments. The newest partners are joining firms’ financial services, litigation, white-collar and employment benches in the district.