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On Thursday, e-discovery services provider Repario announced that it hired former UnitedLex vice president and corporate counsel Eric Kelly as its new general counsel. Kelly most recently served as a vice president and corporate counsel at UnitedLex, a company he joined in 2018. Kelly left UnitedLex in November 2023, and…

A South Korean high court began hearing an appeal by prosecutors on Monday, May 27, over a decision by a lower court to clear Samsung Electronics chairman Jay Lee of all charges in a case related to a 2015 merger of Samsung companies. Lee, 55, and other former executives had…

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher have taken on lead roles in New Jersey-headquartered pharmaceutical group Merck & Co’s $3 billion acquisition of Eyebiotech, an ophthalmology-focused drug development company in the U.K. It is the latest example of a U.S. business acquiring a U.K. company, a growing trend in…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday weighed whether to allow New York to enforce its statute barring the practice of law by nonlawyers against a nonprofit that is running a free legal advice program for low-income individuals facing debt collection suits. New York is challenging a…

Spotify was hit with a consumer class action over its decision to no longer support functionality for its product Car Thing, a device launched in 2021 which connects to car dashboards and auxiliary outlets so drivers can listen to and navigate Spotify. Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman filed the May 28 class…