Airport Contractor Wins By Default In $91M Peru Award Feud

By Caroline Simson

A contractor on a stymied project to construct and operate an airport in a tourist-heavy region of Peru has won approval from a D.C. federal court for a $91 million default judgment against the country, which has ignored the contractor's petition to enforce an underlying arbitration award for more than a year.

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Conn. Judge Halts Deutsche Bank's Norway Suit Against Viks

By Katryna Perera

A Connecticut state judge has granted a temporary injunction blocking Deutsche Bank AG from pursuing a lawsuit against billionaire Alexander Vik and his daughter in Norway, and separately struck the Viks' claim for a broader injunction to prevent Deutsche Bank from suing them again over a judgment in an English court.

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Insurers Ask 5th Circ. To Revisit Hurricane Arbitration Case

By Caroline Simson

A group of insurers pressed the Fifth Circuit on Monday to reconsider its decision nixing an arbitration order for a southern Louisiana town in a dispute over hurricane damage coverage, saying the opinion wrongly analyzes whether nonsignatories can enforce an international arbitration agreement.

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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

By Tracey Read

Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

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ITC Atty's 1st Kids' Book Imagines A Santa-Less Christmas

By Dani Kass

Michelle Klancnik, assistant general counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, spends her days looking into when imports should be banned for violating intellectual property rights, but outside work, she​'s focused on one big question: What would happen if Santa took a year off?

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Ex-Oura CEO Pushes To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Firing Suit

By Emily Sawicki

The onetime CEO of fitness tracker company Oura Health is pushing to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing the smart ring maker in his compensation suit, telling a San Francisco federal judge that he shared confidential information when he consulted with the firm about his claims prior to filing suit.

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NYC Bar Issues Opinion On AI Use For Recording Client Calls

By Tracey Read

The New York City Bar Association's Professional Ethics Committee has issued an opinion addressing how the New York Rules of Professional Conduct impacts the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and create summaries of conversations in audio and video calls between attorneys and their clients.

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Ex-DOJ Employees Fight Gov't Bid To Toss Their Firing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

An ex-assistant U.S. attorney and two other former Justice Department employees urged a Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday to deny the government's motion to dismiss their lawsuit claiming they were unlawfully fired, arguing an internal government employment board isn't appropriate for their cases and is controlled by President Donald Trump.

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Top Delaware Chancery Cases Of 2025: A Year-End Report

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court closed out 2025 amid a period of institutional uncertainty, as landmark cases addressing fiduciary duty, executive compensation, board oversight and the limits of equitable power unfolded against the backdrop of sweeping legislative changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

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Hub Hires: Cooley, Morgan Lewis, Nixon Peabody

By Chris Villani

The end of the year marked the beginning of new chapters for plenty of Boston attorneys, as Cooley added more than 30 professionals to its life sciences team, Morgan Lewis snagged an intellectual property partner, and Nixon Peabody beefed up its cybersecurity practice.

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