Whether a particular law provides for a private cause of action can have huge consequences for potential corporate defendants. Such a right opens the floodgates to plaintiffs, often represented on a contingency fee basis, asserting claims that may be meritless. The crushing wave of privacy class actions in recent years—made…

Does your law firm have a signed partnership agreement among the partners ? Many law firms do not. Despite the fact that attorneys routinely advise their clients to “get it in writing,” many lawyers do not follow their own advice. The result is often that partners are uncomfortable with how…

Meta Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Newstead on Friday lashed out at the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit charging her company has an illegal stranglehold on social media, saying the FTC is defining that market in a nonsensical way and objecting to acquisitions the agency itself cleared years ago. “The FTC’s message…

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to convene in Pittsburgh on Tuesday and Wednesday for its April arguments session. The 11 cases set to go before the justices touch on a range of impactful issues, including federal authority to shape tort law, insurance coverage for COVID-19 business interruption claims, and the…

French luxury group Kering has agreed to acquire the company owning a historic Milanese building in the city’s fashion center for €1.3 billion from a subsidiary of Blackstone Property Partners Europe, with the support of US, Italian and French law firms. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and PedersoliGattai are guiding Blackstone…

Watson Farley & Williams has hired another partner from McDermott Will & Emery, which now appears to have hardly any lawyers listed in its Singapore office. Energy and projects specialists Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi has joined Watson Farley as a partner. The move comes shortly after the firm added another former McDermott…