Bird & Bird’s Singapore disputes partner, Jonathan Choo, has left the firm to launch his own practice, Vantage Chambers. Dual-qualified in Singapore and England and Wales, Choo handles a wide range of commercial disputes. He acts on complex and high-value international arbitrations, particularly those involving the technology, media, construction, aviation…

Lately, I have seen many plaintiffs’ attorneys (and would-be plaintiffs’ attorneys) watch the explosion of mass tort litigation over the last decade from the sidelines and wonder how they can join the fray. Intrigued by complex legal and factual issues, the ability to help hundreds or thousands of clients simultaneously…

Bird & Bird has hired capital markets partner David Cheng from Winston & Strawn, which announced last year that it would be winding down its Hong Kong practice in February of this year.  Cheng advises on initial public offerings, spin-offs, reverse takeovers, and privatizations. He acts for underwriters, placing agents and issuers. Last…

In yesterday’s column, we ran through some key takeaways from the latest annual tally of securities class action filings from Cornerstone Research. Today, as previously promised, we’ll chew on the Cornerstone numbers with a pair of practitioners from opposite sides of the securities bar: Jerry Silk of Bernstein Litowitz Berger…

Kirkland & Ellis, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Pinsents Masons and Eversheds Sutherland have all bagged roles on the £2.5 billion sale of petrol forecourts belonging to British supermarket giant Morrisons. Morrisons is selling sold 337 petrol forecourts, as well as over 400 associated sites, to Motor Fuel Group in order to…

Not on Mute: Court Rules for Fired Worker Who Used N-Word on a Video Call | New Jersey Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/njlawjournal/2024/01/31/not-on-mute-court-rules-for-fired-worker-who-used-n-word-on-a-video-call/ Credit: insta_photos/Adobe Stock NEWS Michael Bernabe, who is white, was logged into a virtual team meeting on July 29, 2020, when other employees heard him shout…