Attorneys at Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson achieved a significant court victory in Miami Friday, securing an $8.3 million award from a Miami-Dade County jury for a popular South Florida clothing retailer. The complaint—Perry Ellis International, Inc. and PEI Licensing, LLC vs. United Legwear & Apparel Co. LLC and…

As the federal government grapples with the complexities of comprehensive AI regulation and competing agendas, U.S. states are computing their own solutions to the challenges posed by the rapid advancement of AI in services, products and industries. There have been some efforts to prompt federal oversight of AI including the…

The leader of Dentons Canada’s Vancouver real estate group has assumed the role of office managing partner in the west coast city where the property market has long been a huge economic driver. Scott Wilson, who has spent his entire career at Dentons, succeeds John Sandrelli who had helmed the Vancouver…

Slaughter and May’s former senior partner Steve Cooke has become the new chairman of U.K. pub group Young’s, a company he has been close to for several years. Cooke, whose term as senior partner at Slaughter and May ended in April 2024, takes over from Youngs’ previous long-term chair, Steve Goodyear,…

Private equity giant Apollo Global Management has turned to partners both formerly and currently at long-time advisor Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison as it snaps up U.K. delivery giant Evri. Apollo said it is to enter into an agreement with rival PE house Advent to acquire Evri for £2.7 billion…

China’s Yingke Law Firm, one of the world’s largest firms by head count, has launched its fourth office in less than three months with hires in Tokyo. The expansionist firm’s latest move in Japan, follows launches in Laos, Uzbekistan and Tanzania.