The ground-breaking civil liability verdict against Chiquita Brands International is a cautionary tale for compliance work in Latin America, where decades ago the banana grower paid protection fees to a terrorist group. Chiquita plans to appeal the bellwether ruling, while plaintiffs’ attorneys hope to reach a global settlement for hundreds…

McDermott Will & Emery’s managing partner Matthias Kampshoff; Photo McDermott Dentons has recruited Mayer Brown partner Joydeep Sengupta to build and lead the compliance and investigations team within its Paris litigation and dispute resolution practice.

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld on allegations she was injured last year when another person crashed into her on a water slide at Aquatica. Melissa Velazquez was at SeaWorld in Orlando on June 23, 2023, when another adult “violently collid[ed]”…

The streets of major German cities are brimming with the colours of all nations this month at Euro 2024, but naturally law firms were ahead of the curve when they hosted their own international football championship at Berlin’s Stadion Lichterfelde earlier this month. On June 1, the ‘Best Friends’ network…

After a retaining wall collapsed and killed a Georgia homeowner, his widow filed a wrongful-death action against the home inspector who’d assessed the property more than a year prior. But on Tuesday the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed a Georgia Court of Appeals ruling that a one-year limitation provision contained within the…

Akin Elects Co-Chairs to Succeed Longtime Chair Kim Koopersmith | The American Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2024/06/18/akin-elects-co-chairs-to-succeed-longtime-chair-kim-koopersmith/ Abid Qureshi, left, and Dan Walsh, right, co-chairs of Akin. Courtesy photos NEWS On April 1, 2025, London corporate partner Daniel Walsh and New York financial restructuring partner Abid Qureshi will put their…