‘An important moment in Chinese IP litigation’ – Burberry celebrates trademark infringement win in ‘key market’

The Baneberry brand sold products infringing the luxury retailer's IP in pop-up shops and online

Orrick adds seven-lawyer M&A and private equity team in Italy from Shearman

Team led by partner Fabio Fauceglia joins tech-focused firm as other former Shearman Italy partners move to White & Case and Willkie

Squire Patton Boggs adds partners across UK from four firms

Transatlantic firm boosts finance, litigation, environmental and tax bench with hires from rivals including Eversheds Sutherland and PwC

Lumen Technologies names former Sabre CLO as next legal head

Chad Ho is replacing long-time legal chief Stacey Goff, who is exiting after 26 years with the company

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McDermott Will & Emery refreshes London leadership team

Aymen Mahmoud to replace Hamid Yunis as London managing partner, with Graham White named senior partner

Paul Weiss launches Latin America practice with corporate hire from Willkie Farr

M&A partner Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza joins in New York having founded and led Willkie’s LatAm practice

Willkie Farr launches in Dallas with Haynes and Boone private equity team

Partners Tom Tippetts, Brandon McCoy and Chase Proctor join from Texan firm as four Willkie private equity partners relocate

Top US patent litigation team joins Mintz from Proskauer Rose

Led by respected life sciences litigator Siegmund Gutman, the team of 10 move over from Proskauer Rose

Sidley Austin to close Shanghai office

Chicago-founded Sidley latest US firm to scale back in China as it consolidates operations in Beijing and Hong Kong

‘London a priority’ – Davis Polk secures Paul Hastings finance co-head

Luke McDougall joins as Wall Street firm moves to build out UK leveraged finance bench

Southwest Airlines upgrades legal VP to GC as veteran legal chief steps down

Jeff Novota will replace Mark Shaw, who is moving to an advisor role after almost 24 years as CLO

The Post Office scandal’s far-reaching impact on litigation funding

Third-party funding’s role helping to expose a widespread miscarriage of justice has put it under unprecedented political scrutiny, report Ben Rigby and John Malpas

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Gillard and Goldsmith join speaker line-up for London International Disputes Week

Former Australian prime minister and UK secretary general will discuss state-related dispute resolution at June event

Mayer Brown agrees to split from Hong Kong partnership citing 'strategic priorities'

US firm will continue to operate in Hong Kong, but bulk of office will resurrect historic Johnson Stokes & Master brand

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Encouragement and caution: USPTO’s guidance on AI-assisted patent drafting

The USPTO is leaning on old rules to help govern AI-related patent filings, write Holland & Hart partners Philip Harris and Nathan Mutter

Best practices for AI change management in legal technology

Integrating AI into everyday working life for lawyers means firms and in-house teams need to adopt a comprehensive change management programme, writes Litera’s Adam Ryan

Uncertainty follows SEC stay of contested climate disclosure rule

Legal challenges and US elections could determine timing and scope of climate-related disclosure requirements, write Debevoise lawyers Ulysses Smith and Isabelle Glimcher

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Sustainability and circularity: luxury’s new priorities

Fashion’s shift to more sustainable practices, transparency and circular economy principles represents a straight line to a more responsible future, write Michelman & Robinson lawyers Warren Koshofer and Prachi Ajmera

Macau’s proactive data protection rights for luxury brands

Local lawyer Bruno Nunes explains that luxury brands operating in Macau often overlook crucial data privacy regulations, which can result in significant fines

‘Every day that I work with Ferretti, I say wow’: GC Niccoló Pallesi

Luxury yacht executive discusses his career path, ringing the bell at the Boursa Italiana, the value of respect and two great private client events

Pay frequency litigation in New York; avoiding an unfashionable trend for luxury retailers

Morrison Cohen lawyers Keith A. Markel and Alana R. Mildner Smolow discuss the increase in pay frequency lawsuits in New York, and offer guidance with state and federal cases

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