European Law Institute calls for ‘light-touch’ litigation funding regulation

Excessive regulation could lead to funders exiting the market, potentially reducing access to justice, ELI study suggests

Paul Hastings adds four partner employment group in New York from Baker McKenzie

Team boosts Paul Hastings’ complex workplace litigation offering

Biotech start-up Trilobio wins injunctions against former CFO in trade secret theft dispute

Californian court finds ‘strong likelihood’ that ex-employee took trade secret information to benefit his own company

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HFW adds construction lawyer from Clifford Chance in Perth

Arrival of disputes specialist Sean Marriott continues expansion of UK firm’s global construction group

Skadden to close in Shanghai, cut roles in China corporate practice

New York firm latest of a string of leading international practices to scale back in China

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Paul Weiss raids Kirkland’s London funds team again for latest partner hire

Revathi Raghavan is fifth partner to join Paul Weiss this year in London from Kirkland’s investment funds team

A&O Shearman ‘moving to all-equity partnership’

Merged firm is reportedly adopting a three-level modified lockstep

Accessible luxury under fire: the FTC challenges fashion mega-merger

The FTC says Tapestry’s proposed acquisition of Capri could reduce competition in the accessible luxury handbag market, write Michelman & Robinson lawyers Prachi Ajmera and Alaina Cohen

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White & Case promotes 37 to partner as intake dips

The number of new women partners also fell, accounting for 22% of the total compared to 36% last year

4 Stone Buildings rings changes with new leadership and clerking co-heads

Shake-up will see hugely respected senior clerk David Goddard take consultancy role

Dentons signs up four African firms

Global giant to combine with firms in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Senegal and the DRC

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Houston-based Brock Group hires GC from Booster

Shenna Bradshaw brings 15-years of in-house experience across the industrials sector

O’Melveny expands in Singapore with M&A partner duo from Hogan Lovells

Stephanie Keen and Sylvia Taslim bring significant pan-Asia transactions experience

UK government unveils long-awaited Employment Rights Bill – what next?

The Bill will ring in seismic shifts that substantially raise the bar for employers, write Ashurst’s Crowley Woodford and Ruth Buchanan

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GSK sues Moderna over Covid and RSV vaccines

Latest lawsuits in mounting patent litigation over vaccines against the two viruses

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Top law firms line up to advise on Richemont’s sale of Yoox Net-a-Porter to Mytheresa

Slaughters, Cravath, Bakers and Latham among firms acting on long-awaited offloading of online luxury retailer

End of the road as BMW secures victory in patent dispute over vehicle navigation tech

The automotive giant has been embroiled in a legal battle with Swiss-based Beacon Navigation for 13 years

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Royal Tulip luxury hotel brand-owner Louvre promotes ex-Moet Hennessy legal manager to GC

Grégoire Bouffard will replace Benjamin Dornic, who announced he is leaving the hotel group

Luxury UK hotel estate Stoke Park hires first GC

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