North America/US

‘Blistering’ EU report calls for copyright reform to combat large-scale AI data training

Study commissioned by European Parliament highlights ‘legal mismatch’ between AI training practices and current law

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Latham and BCLP advise on Ulta Beauty’s acquisition of UK high street chain Space NK

Deal creates an opportunity for Ulta Beauty to enter the growing UK beauty market

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Freshfields builds US M&A momentum with lead role on Merck’s $10bn Verona deal

US pharma giant turns to Freshfields as Latham counsels London-based Verona

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AI boom fuelling surge in intangible asset investment, says WIPO

Intangible assets are increasingly attracting investment over tangibles

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Blockchain tech provider Marinade Labs hires inaugural GC from BlockFi

Zalika Headley appointed for her digital assets legal, regulatory and compliance expertise

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Bottling innovation: the future of scent

Bird & Bird luxury lawyers Nicola Conway and Deeba Moqani discuss the five trend indicators from the 2025 Fragrance Foundation awards

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Withers promotes 16 partners in global round as US dominates

Expanded round sees firm achieve 50:50 gender split

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Storytelling is key to brand differentiation – key takeaways from Luxury Law Summit London

Delegates heard from luxury luminaries like former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and celebrated designers Julien Macdonald and Karen Millen

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America’s largest online Asian supermarket Weee! appoints GC from Pivot Bio

Devang Shah fills seat left empty by Thomas Jeon’s departure in 2022

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Baker McKenzie hires two former US Department of Justice lawyers in DC

Rod Rosenstein will lead the firm’s US national security practice, while Tim Finley joins as a partner in its antitrust practice

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Trio of top M&A firms guide CoreWeave’s $9bn Core Scientific AI acquisition

David Polk and Kirkland & Ellis advise CoreWeave as Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz acts for Core Scientific in deal to meet AI power needs

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Weil, Goodwin called in for L’Oréal’s acquisition of Color Wow

Deal strengthens L’Oréal’s professional products portfolio and positions Color Wow for global brand growth

  • 4d

Paul Weiss antitrust partner jumps to Paul Hastings in Washington DC

Joshua Soven served at the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission

  • 4d

Quartet of firms guide Apollo-backed Athora’s £5.7bn takeover of UK pension insurer PIC

Sidley Austin and A&O Shearman advise Athora as HSF Kramer guides PIC and Slaughter and May advises PIC shareholders including CVC

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Medtronic hires next GC from Becton Dickinson as legal chief set to retire

Michelle Quinn will replace Ivan Fong, who has been at Medtronic since 2022

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US nuclear innovator NuScale Power appoints CLO from Centrus Energy

Shahram Ghasemian takes up newly created role at the company

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Latham tops global M&A rankings after strongest first half for dealmaking in three years

Los Angeles-founded giant comfortably ahead of Sullivan & Cromwell and Wachtell in second and third spot respectively

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Jenner & Block adds mass torts team in Chicago from Mayer Brown

Partners Richard Bulger and Daniel Ring join with three more lawyers, will co-chair Jenner’s mass torts practice

  • 1w

Value of new ICC disputes hits record $102bn in 2024, study shows

Construction, engineering and energy disputes dominate, while Europe remains most active region

  • 1w

Federal judge throws out executive order against Susman Godfrey

Ruling marks BigLaw’s fourth victory over Trump after similar orders against Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale were overturned in May

  • 1w
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