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Three McDermott Attorneys Wrote the Book on AI, Law and Business, and It's Called "AI Law and Business"
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Patrick Smith speaks with the three McDermott, Will & Emery attorneys undertook the task ...
Florida Group Sues ByteDance, TikTok, Alleging They Conspired to Block its Acquisition of Social Media Firm's U.S. Operations
TikTok Global, a limited liability company formed to make a bid to buy TikTok's U.S. presence, has sued the social media company, its Chinese parent company ByteDance, Beijing Telecommunications and ...
US Justice Department Files Amicus Brief in Support of Argentina’s Appeal to Prevent Handover of Oil Company to Investors
Sullivan & Cromwell is representing Argentina in the case. Litigation funder Burford Capital is seeking to cash in on the $16 ...
DOJ Files Amicus Brief in Support of Argentina’s Appeal to Prevent Handover of Oil Company to Investors
Sullivan & Cromwell is representing Argentina in the case. Litigation funder Burford Capital is seeking to cash in on the $16 ...
The Preferred Equity Paradox
Weil restructuring partner Kelly DiBlasi and associate Alex Cohen discuss preferred equity issuances in liability management ...
Strict Liability for Content Providers is Gaining Traction in New York
The authors discuss a decision from a Manhattan trial court—released on June 27—which denied Tik Tok and Instagram’s motion ...
Microsoft Layoffs Hit Legal Department as AI Reshapes Staffing Strategy
My guess is that the lion’s share of laid-off attorneys at Microsoft are in the bottom tranche, lawyers three to seven years ...
Expect the Unexpected: The Key to Cross-Border M&A Success
At a fundamental level, preparation by the seller for the M&A process is similar from country to country. The first step with a cross-border transaction is to identify the center ...
Ex-Judges to 5th Circuit: Reject Rule That Would Make Vacating Magistrate References Easier
The former jurists expressed concern about the potential for "retroactive challenges to dozens of cases tried by a magistrate ...
Litigators of the Week: Getting 23andMe’s Bankruptcy Sale Past the Finish Line
After a couple of months of non-stop litigation, counsel for the debtor at Paul, Weiss and for the acquirer—a newly formed ...
London Court Records High Traffic of African Arbitration Cases
Data from arbitral institutions, including the ICC in Paris, shows that arbitration is gaining ground in Africa, although key ...
Slaughter and May, Kirkland Lead as UK's Reckitt Sells $4.8B Unit to US PE Giant
The buyer, U.S. PE firm Advent, was recently outbid by KKR in its pursuit of another Slaughter and May client, Spectris.