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Legaltech is more than just AI – key takeaways from ILTACON 2025
Paul Longhurst recaps his recent visit to ILTA’s annual conference in the US, where the focus on AI often overshadowed the benefits of other legaltech
Masimo sues US customs in ‘unique’ twist to patent battle over Apple watches
Medtech company rails against customs order it claims allows Apple to ‘bypass’ import ban on watches that infringe its technology
Sullivan & Cromwell, Jones Day among firms advising on $4.4bn Gildan-Hanes mega-merger
The deal creates one of the world’s largest basic apparel companies
Speakers from Jaguar Land Rover, Kenvue, Novo Nordisk and L’Oréal line up for Anti-Counterfeiting World Law Summit 2025
Conference at the Caledonian Club on 15 September brings together brand, legal and enforcement leaders to tackle the global counterfeit threat
Foley Hoag hires former US agency head as partner following Trump firing
Hampton Dellinger joins in Washington DC after being dismissed from the US Office of Special Counsel by president Donald Trump in February
King & Spalding secures IP litigator pair from Goodwin Procter
Duo join Atlanta firm a month after arrival of Neel Chatterjee from Goodwin to co-head IP disputes team
Agriculture financing business Farmer Mac hires former Freddie Mac lawyer as CLO
Geraldine Hayhurst replaces Stephen Mullery, who is retiring after 25 years with the company
Clifford Chance and Norton Rose Fulbright advise on $1.7bn ECA-backed A&K luxury cruise ship financings
Transaction marks growing momentum in the luxury cruise sector
McDermott hires Cadwalader corporate co-chair to lead new practice
Ira Schacter marks one of McDermott’s first big laterals since merger with Schulte
US securities class actions predicted to hit pre-pandemic levels this year – study
Increased filings will be driven by rise in litigation funding, economic issues and AI-related disputes, Inigo survey shows
Trio of firms called in for National Grid’s £1.5bn LNG terminal sale to Centrica, ECP
Latham and Slaughter and May counsel the purchasers as HSF Kramer advises National Grid in deal to allow it to focus on its electricity and gas networks
Brands beware: US states are taking their own approach to cosmetic safety
Loeb & Loeb’s Kristin Klesh explains what beauty brands need to know about the rise of toxic-free laws
Paint-maker PPG to promote deputy GC to top lawyer role
Joe Gette will replace current GC Anne Foulkes at the start of next year
Weil taps Latham for two more IP litigators
Chris Henry and Gaby LaHatte arrive hot on the heels of Weil’s hire of Latham partner trio for new IP, technology and science litigation practice
Kirkland, Simpson Thacher steer Blackstone’s $6.5bn Enverus buy
Simpson Thacher guides Blackstone in acquisition of Kirkland-repped data analytics energy intelligence platform
US home construction giant Lennar hires Hertz GC as next legal chief
Katherine Lee Martin will replace Mark Sustana, who is retiring in September
Crowell adds 16 healthcare litigation partners across US from Reed Smith
Dozens of lawyers set to move across as part of team hire that will see Crowell open an office in Dallas
Latham, Alston & Bird lead on Amphenol’s $10.5bn CommScope buy
Wachtell also guides CommScope shareholder The Carlyle Group in deal for network provider’s connectivity and cable solutions unit
US soft toy-maker Build-A-Bear Workshop names new legal head as GC retires
Yevgeny Fundler, who was previously CLO at agtech business Benson Hill, replaces Eric Fencl
McDermott-Schulte merger goes live
McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel merged 1 August to form 1,750‑lawyer firm with revenues of $3bn