The annual Ciarb lecture tackled the inequalities and harms of current arbitral proceedings, and appealed for a united approach to dispute resolution across the different methods. Ashurst’s head of ...

Karen Dunn has left along with three other DC-based and disputes-focused colleagues, in the wake of President Trump’s continuing executive orders against high-end law firms for “harmful activity”. A ...

The establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area will transform dispute resolution across Africa, according to a leading Kenyan lawyer speaking at the ICC Africa Conference on ...

The firm has snapped up a UK lawyer with over 20 years of experience to meet rising demand from international clients with cross-border exposure. Brown Rudnick has hired private client lawyer Sarah ...

The firm has added a five-partner team to its California client offering. Paul Hastings has snapped up a real estate team from Latham & Watkins for its Los Angeles office. The firm announced the ...

The agency has given the two companies its conditions before it approves the USD 35 billion merger. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered Synopsys and Ansys to divest select assets before it ...

A recently retired ex-Freshfields Cologne office managing partner has set up his own practice, while Kirkland & Ellis in the US has poached 13-litigator team from King & Spalding. The round-up begins ...

A US class action accusing yogurt titan Chobani of falsely advertising one of its popular products as sugar free has been thrown out by a district court. In a significant ruling for food manufacturers ...

A Hong Kong-based forensic accountant with broad China experience has joined Alvarez & Marsal while Mathys & Squire has made a prominent hire in the UK city of Cambridge, as the week’s disputes-moves ...

AI’s quick and accurate summarisation, translation and collation of huge document volumes is already leading to phenomenal efficiency gains in disputes and freeing up lawyers to focus on high-level ...

Opinions were divided on the UK’s collective redress regime during LIDW, with some lawyers hailing it as improving access to justice, but a vociferous contingent have concerns about their ...

The firm has been vindicated in its legal battle against the Trump administration’s rampant crackdown on Big Law. Jenner & Block has secured a victory in its battle against the Trump administration, ...