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January 19, 2024
Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2023, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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January 19, 2024
Lima Takes Dispute Over Arbitrator Complaint To DC Circ.
Peru's capital city of Lima is appealing a D.C. federal judge's order directing the city to turn over a criminal complaint it filed against arbitrators adjudicating claims against it related to a highway project and concession contract, maintaining that the judge issued the order before considering the city's immunity defenses.
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January 19, 2024
22-Year ICSID Vet Proposed To Succeed Retiring Kinnear
World Bank Group President Ajay Banga has proposed that a 22-year veteran of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes replace Secretary-General Meg Kinnear when she steps down from her position later this year.
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January 19, 2024
Thales Looks To Halt Sale Of Avionics JV While Arb. Plays Out
A New York federal judge Friday ordered defense contractor L3 Technologies to appear before him next month to defend itself in litigation filed by French aerospace firm Thales over the contested sale of L3's majority stake in the companies' aviation electronics joint venture.
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January 19, 2024
Winston & Strawn Dodges Sanctions In NC Pharma Fight
A North Carolina pharmaceutical company's attempt to sanction a Polish drugmaker and its attorneys at Winston & Strawn LLP over allegedly duplicative litigation involving a consulting agreement that tanked is "misguided," a federal judge said in an order denying the request.
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January 18, 2024
RICO Suit In $92M Russian Award Feud May Be Trimmed
Seven months after a Russian businessman convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to let him forge a path via U.S. civil racketeering law to try to enforce a $92 million arbitral award, a California federal judge has now teed up significant parts of his lawsuit for the chopping block.
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January 18, 2024
Chinese Co. Says Arbiter Failed To Disclose Pro-Amazon Past
A Chinese third-party seller on Amazon has asked a New York federal judge to reconsider confirming an arbitration award favoring the retail giant after the online marketplace tossed it from the platform while freezing $50,000 in sales, saying new evidence shows partiality and misconduct by the arbitrator.
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January 18, 2024
SEC, US Trustee Object To Releases In Amyris' Ch. 11 Plan
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Trustee's Office have expressed new concerns about nonconsensual third-party releases in biotechnology company Amyris' Chapter 11 plan, arguing that such releases are only allowed in extraordinary circumstances that were not met by the debtor.
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January 18, 2024
Yelp Ends TM Suit Over Yelp.ai Domain Name After Settlement
Crowd-sourced business review platform Yelp Inc. has voluntarily dismissed its trademark infringement suit against a California man accused of cybersquatting on a domain for Yelp's artificial intelligence product after settling out of court.
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January 18, 2024
Canada To Challenge US Lumber Duties Under Trade Pact
Canada renewed its calls for a panel of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to rule against duties on Canadian softwood lumber after the U.S. Court of International Trade declined to sunset the five-year tariffs last November.
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January 18, 2024
US Sanctions Emirati Shipper For Oil Price Cap Violations
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday sanctioned a United Arab Emirates-based owner of a ship that transported Russian crude oil above a $60 per barrel price cap, marking the department's first oil price cap enforcement action of the new year.
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January 17, 2024
Security For Costs Bid Nixed In $689M Plantation Claim
An international tribunal has rejected Nicaragua's bid to force a U.S. agricultural investor to put up about $4 million as security for a potential adverse costs award, as the investor pursues a $689 million claim over the alleged wrongful seizure of its avocado plantation.
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January 17, 2024
Brazilian Co. Seeks $73M Award Chinese Co. Wants Tossed
A Brazilian renewable energy company is asking a New York federal court to confirm a $73 million arbitral award it won against a Chinese company in a solar panel supply dispute, a month after the Chinese company moved to have the award vacated.
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January 17, 2024
Foley Hoag Attys Scolded For Delay In Peruvian Highway Case
Foley Hoag attorneys representing the city of Lima, Peru, cannot delay proceedings in an arbitration enforcement case, a D.C. federal judge has ruled, chastising the attorneys for failing to resolve the issue underlying the requested pause weeks ago.
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January 17, 2024
UK Justices Deny Trader Relief From Pirates' $7.7M Ransom
The U.K.'s top court said Wednesday that a commodity trading company should cover a chunk of a $7.7 million ransom paid to Somali pirates to release a ship, refusing to widen the scope of the insurance code.
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January 16, 2024
Co. Founders Can Keep $5.79M Award In Acquisition Fight
A split Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday confirmed a $5.79 million arbitration award for the founders of now-defunct chemical technology firm called Novoform Cos., ruling that an investor, film producer James G. Robinson, had taken inconsistent positions and engaged in litigation gamesmanship by flipping on where the case should be heard.
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January 16, 2024
Energy Co. Wants Arbitrator To Face Breach of Contract Suit
A Colorado oil and gas company has asked a federal judge to reconsider tossing its lawsuit accusing the American Arbitration Association of improperly terminating a claim the company filed against its investors, saying the AAA cannot claim it is immune from suit.
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January 16, 2024
2nd Circ. Wary Of Nixing Award In Telecom Shareholder Fight
The Second Circuit on Tuesday appeared disinclined to vacate an arbitral award ordering the sale of a Latin American telecommunications tower operator, with one judge telling an attorney for several of the company's shareholders that it sounds like they have "buyer's remorse" about the arbitration.
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January 16, 2024
Verizon Can't Hang Up On Costa Rican Firm's Bid For $94M
A New York federal judge is telling Verizon to pay up in its long-running dispute with a Costa Rican printing company, granting the printing company summary judgment and ordering the telecommunications giant to pay a $51 million judgment from 2008 with interest and indexing.
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January 16, 2024
Diddy Settles Racism Claims Against Liquor Giant Diageo
British spirits maker Diageo announced Tuesday that it reached a settlement with Sean "Diddy" Combs in which the rapper and music producer agreed to dismiss his racial discrimination suit in New York state court, which claimed the company treated him and his brands "worse than others because he is Black."
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January 12, 2024
Insurers Win Appeal Over Transfer Of Contract Rights
A London appeals court ruled on Friday that a Japanese insurance company can bring a claim over the delayed delivery of aircraft under a contract it was not originally party to, finding that rights reassignments "by operation of law" are not the same as those made "by any party."
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January 12, 2024
Amazon Wants Atty Sanctioned In Chinese Seller Award Case
Amazon has targeted a Manhattan lawyer for sanctions for her alleged history of using "frivolous" legal arguments to try to send back to state court litigation to vacate arbitral awards involving Chinese sellers, all while allegedly knowing those motions have no legal basis.
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January 12, 2024
High Court To Weigh Letting Judges Toss Arbitration Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether trial courts may choose to stay or dismiss a case when they refer it to arbitration, granting two circuit court judges' call to consider a question they said has split the 10 circuit courts that have weighed in.
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January 11, 2024
CBP Says Forced Labor Profits Possible On Barred Imports
U.S. House lawmakers expressed concern on Thursday that blocking the imports of goods that use the forced labor of Uyghurs in China does not bar importers from re-exporting these items and continuing to profit off them.
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January 11, 2024
Asset Manager Says PDVSA Can't Escape Fraud Suit
Asset manager VR Capital is urging a New York federal court not to toss its lawsuit accusing Venezuela's state-owned oil company of fraud in connection with its issuance of nearly $2 billion worth of senior secured notes, saying PDVSA can't avoid liability by blaming its prior leadership.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
Stanford Law Protest Highlights Rise Of Incivility In Discourse
The recent Stanford Law School incident, where students disrupted a speech by U.S. Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan, should be a reminder to teach law students how to be effective advocates without endangering physical and mental health, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada.
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Dispute Prevention Strategies To Halt Strife Before It Starts
With geopolitical turbulence presenting increased risks of business disputes amid court backlogs and ballooning costs, companies should consider building mechanisms for dispute prevention into newly established partnerships to constructively resolve conflicts before they do costly damage, say Ellen Waldman and Allen Waxman at the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
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5th Circ. Ruling Leaves Open Questions On FCPA Liability
In its recent revival of Foreign Corrupt Practice Act charges against two defendants in U.S. v. Rafoi, the Fifth Circuit avoided ruling on key issues addressed last year in a long-running Second Circuit case, thus creating open questions on secondary theories of FCPA liability, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Practical Skills Young Attorneys Must Master To Be Happier
For young lawyers, finding happiness on the job — with its competitive nature and high expectations for billable hours — is complicated, but three skills can help them gain confidence, reduce stress and demonstrate their professional value in ways they never imagined, says career counselor Susan Smith Blakely.
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US Case May Open New Venue For Investor-State Disputes
A U.S. investor's novel arguments in a recently filed federal case against the government of Curaçao and St. Maarten, in which she argues that a 1957 treaty between the U.S. and The Netherlands provides jurisdiction, could open up new avenues for plaintiffs to sue foreign governments for alleged breaches of international law, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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ABA Opinion Should Help Clarify Which Ethics Rules Apply
A recent American Bar Association opinion provides key guidance on interpreting ABA Model Rule 8.5's notoriously complex choice-of-law analysis — and should help lawyers authorized to practice in multiple jurisdictions determine which jurisdiction's ethics rules govern their conduct, say attorneys at HWG.
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4 Ways To Reboot Your Firm's Stalled Diversity Program
Law firms that have failed to see real progress despite years of diversity initiatives can move forward by committing to tackle four often-taboo obstacles that hinder diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, says Steph Maher at Jaffe.
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DOJ's Google Sanctions Motion Shows Risks Of Auto-Deletion
The U.S. Department of Justice recently hit Google with a sanctions motion over its alleged failure to preserve relevant instant-messaging communications, a predicament that should be a wake-up call for counsel concerning the danger associated with automatic-deletion features and how it's been handled by the courts, say Oscar Shine and Emma Ashe at Selendy Gay.
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Sanctions Enforcement Around The G-7: View From The US
The recent creation of the G-7 Enforcement Coordination Mechanism, to be chaired by the U.S. in its first year, signals that companies should prepare for increased enforcement of Russia sanctions and better coordination of such efforts among member nations, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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What To Expect From A Litigation Finance Industry Recession
There's little data on how litigation finance would fare in a recession, but a look at stakeholders' incentives suggests corporate demand for litigation finance would increase in a recessionary environment, while the number of funders could shrink, says Matthew Oxman at LexShares.
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Combating Russia's Evolving Sanctions Evasion Efforts
As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, Russia and its oligarch class will continue their attempts to elude sanctions, and regulators from the U.S. and allied nations will keep searching for ways to beat them back, say Ian Herbert at Miller & Chevalier and Brad Dragoon at Charles River.
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EU Investors May Find Remedy In Foreign Antisuit Injunctions
In a duo of recent cases, a D.C. federal court called antisuit injunctions "strong medicine" against Spain's attempt to deprive the court of its jurisdiction, and may have prescribed just what the doctor ordered for European Union investors seeking to enforce intra-EU claims, say Gregory Williams and Tatiana Sainati at Wiley.
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Volatile Energy Prices Complicate Int'l Arbitration Damages
In the turbulent global energy market, international arbitration is a crucial tool for resolving cross-border disputes — but determining how, if at all, to account for recent energy price spikes when quantifying damages presents many challenges for tribunals, say attorneys at White & Case.
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Justices Leave Questions Open On Dual-Purpose Atty Advice
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent dismissal of In re: Grand Jury on grounds that certiorari was improvidently granted leaves unresolved a circuit split over the proper test for deciding when attorney-client privilege protects a lawyer's advice that has multiple purposes, say Susan Combs and Richard Kiely at Holland & Hart.
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New US Controls May Deter Outside Support For Russia
On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. published a tranche of new rules that further complicate the sanctions and export control landscape, in part by adding non-Russian parties that help Russia evade sanctions, and Iranian exports of foreign-produced items made with U.S. technology, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.