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US appeals court reignites bid to register F-word trademarks

In split decision, court rules USPTO’s reasoning in rejecting application lacked ‘sufficient clarity’

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Chocolate giant Mars names new GC to head up legal team for global snacking business

Myriah Gambrell-Glenn is currently GC of Mars’s pet nutrition business

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US firms post double-digit revenue and profit growth in first half of 2025, study shows

Robust start to the year was supported by higher billing rates, though fastest growth was at the largest firms, according to Wells Fargo survey

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Paul Weiss, A&O and Stibbe advise on Keurig Dr Pepper’s €16bn purchase of coffee giant JDE Peet’s

Paul Weiss and Dutch firm Stibbe are advising Keurig Dr Pepper, while A&O is counselling JDE Peet’s

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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

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Private equity firm August invests in Midlands-based law firm Higgs

Deal marks latest private equity transaction in the UK legal sector

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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

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Canada’s Manulife lines up former JPMorgan lawyer as next general counsel

Mike Coyne set to replace Jim Gallagher at the start of next month

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Travers Smith reports turnover dip despite breaking £200m revenue barrier for second year

Profit also falls, though PEP remains flat amid year of ‘choppy economic and market conditions’

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Legal commentator Sam Fowles among six new tenants at 39 Essex Chambers

Prominent London set boosts public law junior ranks after series of silk appointments

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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

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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

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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

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Littler expands in Canada with Montreal office opening

Firm hires of counsel Olivia Girouad from Globalization Partners to support launch

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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

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