Canadian mining company Alamos Gold has agreed to end its $1 billion claim against Turkey after the country nixed its permit for a lucrative gold mining project, once a deal to sell its Turkish subsidiary to a unit of Turkish conglomerate Nurol Holding is completed.
Canadian mining company Alamos Gold has agreed to end its $1 billion claim against Turkey after the country nixed its permit for a lucrative gold mining project, once a deal to sell its Turkish subsidiary to a unit of Turkish conglomerate Nurol Holding is completed.
The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to turn away a Pennsylvania defense contractor's petition seeking clarity on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's commercial activity exception, arguing that a D.C. Circuit decision finding a lack of jurisdiction in the case is correct.
A Miami-based global shipper has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an Eleventh Circuit decision reviving litigation in which the former owner of land near a Cuban port accused the company of "trafficking" in seized property, saying it wants clarity on the parameters of Helms-Burton Act suits.
A New Jersey county must go to arbitration to litigate insurance coverage for its $750,000 settlement with a woman who said she suffered severe injuries while in county jail, a New Jersey federal court ruled, siding with certain underwriters at Lloyd's of London.
For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.
Former California state court judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson lost his bid for a new trial Wednesday and was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison for shooting his wife to death at home in a drunken rage, with the presiding judge expressing sympathy for his "extraordinary" son who witnessed his mother's death.
During her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Rebecca Taibleson, a federal prosecutor in Wisconsin tapped for the Seventh Circuit, fended off opposition to her nomination from conservative groups, antipathy that the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee called a "new low" for the committee.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 218-211 along party lines on Wednesday to eliminate the commission that vets and picks potential judicial nominees for Washington, D.C.'s local courts.
More than 40 retired federal judges appointed by presidents of both parties released an open letter Wednesday, the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, saying they sought to underscore the importance of the rule of law at a time when the nation's ideals "are under historic strain."
A New York state judge has awarded nearly $1.4 million to Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP in its lawsuit accusing former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani of racking up unpaid legal bills for the firm's work in various criminal, civil and administrative matters.
Federal criminal restitution often fails to benefit victims of crime and throws defendants into a "Sisyphean struggle" with debt, with $100 billion in outstanding restitution deemed uncollectable, according to a report released this week by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a policy statement Wednesday that allows the use of mandatory arbitration by new publicly traded companies as its chief seeks to "make IPOs great again," but Democrats warned the move could shut the door to shareholder class actions.
A Black former student at Washington University School of Law shouldn't be able to revive claims that she was suspended from campus and lost her scholarship after complaining about a professor's race bias because she filed the suit in the wrong state, the law school told the Fourth Circuit.
