Russia urged a D.C. federal judge to pause a case against it by a Yukos Oil Co. unit seeking to enforce $5 billion in arbitral awards, saying Monday that four parallel Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act cases are pending before the Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit that could affect the suit.
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Russia Looks To 4 FSIA Cases In Bid To Stay $5B Award Suit

By Joyce Hanson

Russia urged a D.C. federal judge to pause a case against it by a Yukos Oil Co. unit seeking to enforce $5 billion in arbitral awards, saying Monday that four parallel Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act cases are pending before the Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit that could affect the suit.

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Mining Cos. Ask Justices To Sink Peruvians' Pollution Claims

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

The Renco Group Inc., owned by U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an Eighth Circuit ruling that greenlit a lawsuit filed by more than 2,000 Peruvians who are seeking to hold The Renco Group and other companies liable for alleged lead poisoning tied to a smelting and refining complex in rural Peru.

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ByteDance Says Ex-Worker Can't Avoid Counterclaims

By Adam Lidgett

TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, says a former engineer shouldn't be able to dodge its counterclaims in a dispute stemming from his termination, arguing that just because he wants to drop his allegations doesn't mean those counterclaims are moot.

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PEOPLE

Two Latham Lawyers In Paris Head To De Gaulle Fleurance

By Joyce Hanson

Two international arbitration lawyers have departed Latham & Watkins Paris to join French firm De Gaulle Fleurance & Associes, where they plan to help launch an Ibero-American disputes practice.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

Mid-Law Firm Seward & Kissel Matching Milbank Bonus Scale

By Tracey Read

Seward & Kissel LLP, a Mid-Law firm with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., has joined the bonus bandwagon for associates by matching the year-end and special cash rewards set by Milbank LLP, according to media reports.

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The Top In-House Hires Of November

By Sue Reisinger

Legal department moves in the last month included high-profile announcements at CSX Corp., Cohen & Steers Inc. and Pershing Square Holdings Ltd., including two general counsel joining boards of directors. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house appointments from November.

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Jackson Walker 'Extinguished' Privilege Over Judge Romance

By Lynn LaRowe

An Oregon federal judge has said Holland & Knight LLP lawyers must turn over documents regarding their advice to Jackson Walker LLP on how to handle the "debacle" of a former firm partner's intimate relationship with a former bankruptcy judge, finding Jackson Walker has "utterly extinguished" any claim to attorney-client privilege.

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Analysis

Biden's Pardon Is Another Blow To Special Counsel Probes

By Phillip Bantz

President Joe Biden's pardon of his son over the weekend marks the latest example of a special counsel investigation fizzling and raises doubts over the future use of such probes, which can drag on for years and cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

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NC Judge Is 2nd To Reverse Senior Status Plans After Election

By Courtney Bublé

A second federal judge appointed by a Democratic president has reversed his decision to take senior status in the wake of former President Donald Trump's win in the 2024 presidential election.

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Senate Sends Calif. Judge To Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 48-43 on Monday evening to confirm California Superior Court Judge Anne Hwang to a federal judgeship in the Central District of California.

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Girardi Won't Get New Fraud Trial Despite Memory Claims

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge on Monday denied Tom Girardi's bid for a new trial after a jury found he misappropriated $15 million worth of client settlement funds, standing by a prior assessment that the disbarred attorney was "exaggerating" symptoms of mild cognitive impairment.

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Hagens Berman Sued For Slice Of Atty Fee From Effexor Deal

By Rae Ann Varona

A pharmaceutical reseller's in-house counsel and founder lodged a breach of contract suit against Hagens Berman in Mississippi federal court, accusing the law firm of refusing to pay him his share of a $13 million attorney fees award stemming from an antitrust class settlement with Pfizer Inc. unit Wyeth.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Faces Depo Over Settlement

By Jack Karp

Former Fisher Phillips partner Claud "Tex" McIver, who is serving a prison sentence for killing his wife, is set to be deposed as soon as Tuesday as part of the legal battle in Georgia state court over who is entitled to the settlement of the wrongful death suit brought by his wife's estate.

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Greenberg Traurig

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Marks & Sokolov

Mayer Brown

McGovern Weems

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Norton Rose

Orrick Herrington

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Robin Frazer Clark PC

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Schulte Roth

Seward & Kissel

Thompson Hine

Windels Marx

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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ByteDance Ltd.

CSX Corp.

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

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General Mills Inc.

Hawaiian Holdings Inc.

Instagram Inc.

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Nestle SA

New York State Bar Association

New York University

NextEra Energy Inc.

PG&E Corp.

Pershing Square Capital Management LP

Pfizer Inc.

Photronics, Inc.

Snap Inc.

TerrAscend Corp.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Renco Group

TikTok Inc.

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U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

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U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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