There has been significant growth in U.K. class actions (often referred to in the U.K. as “collective actions”) in recent years.  As has been the case in the U.S.—where class actions have been a mainstay of litigation for decades—that growth in claims has been fuelled by claimant-side law firms and…

Burges Salmon, Alston & Bird, Walkers and Covington & Burling have secured roles in the U.K.’s first healthcare listing this year as U.S.-based medical technology group, AOTI, floats on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The company has instructed U.K.-founded Burges Salmon, U.S.-led Alston and offshore firm Walkers in its £140 million AIM…

Morrison & Foerster is closing its Beijing outfit, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, two of whom work at the firm. The move is the latest step by a U.S.-led firm to close or pare back offices in Greater China in the last year.

Twin luxury real estate brokers and their older brother are facing claims of group rape in a graphic lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court. The complaint accuses twin realtor moguls Tal and Oren Alexander, as well as their brother Alon Alexander, of facilitating and participating in a rape at…

U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger of the District of New Jersey on Tuesday, answering more questions about his interactions with his onetime friend U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, said he wasn’t pressed by the lawmaker in their dealings. Menendez is on trial for bribery and other offenses in the Southern…

A federal district court judge in California ruled that Australia’s second-richest person can sue Meta Platforms Inc. over its alleged negligence in operating in a commercially reasonable manner and for misappropriation of his name and likeness after scam Facebook advertisements showed him promoting fake cryptocurrencies and other investments. Arthur Bryant,…