A boutique law firm in The Woodlands, Texas, secured a defense verdict against Big Law for an interior designer who was sued by a wealthy couple for $9.5 million on allegations of the breach of an oral contract and fraud. Gladney Darroh, an author, playwright and head of a manpower…

Nokia’s $2.3 billion acquisition of Infinera and Cinven’s €2.9 billion stake in idealista are keeping leading law firms busy in the thriving private equity deals market. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is behind Nokia’s acquisition of Silicon Valley’s Infinera while Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance, Dentons, Garrigues and other…

For Law Firms, Will There Be a Post-‘Chevron’ Demand Surge? | The American Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2024/07/02/law-firms-gearing-up-for-demand-surge-following-chevron-deference-ruling-405-144419/ Litigators predict much of the heightened activity will unfold in federal court in the District of Columbia. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM ANALYSIS “It may not all necessarily unfold in the context of…

Lawyers Weigh In as Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts Released | Daily Business Review Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2024/07/02/lawyers-weigh-in-as-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-released/ 11/7/19- Boca Raton- Palm Beach Circuit Judge Luis Delgado. “They sabotaged their own case,” said attorney Spencer Kuvin who represented one of the victims. July 02, 2024 at 03:17 PM 7 minute…

A Chinese lithium producer has enlisted three White & Case offices and Mexico’s Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez for an arbitration claim against Mexico. The filing with the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) follows efforts by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to nationalize lithium…

A new wave of litigation about PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) has begun. If it gains momentum, it could be the biggest yet. Litigation concerning PFAS—so-called “forever chemicals”—has been growing in intensity for more than 20 years now. So far, the litigation has mostly been based on either personal injury…