Mexico Ducks $2.7B Land Seizure Suit

By Caroline Simson

An international tribunal has nixed an organic farming company's $2.7 billion claim against Mexico over a land grab in the Pacific coastal state of Jalisco, ruling that the seizure took place after underlying treaty protections expired.

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Spain, Zimbabwe Urge Top UK Court To Ax Arbitration Awards

By Ronan Barnard

Spain and Zimbabwe urged the U.K.'s highest court Monday to throw out a ruling that they could not use state immunity to dodge enforcement of multimillion-dollar arbitration awards, saying they had not explicitly waived immunity in the international agreement.

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Venezuela Will Challenge $5.9B Sale Of Citgo Parent

By Alex Wittenberg

Venezuela, the country's state-owned oil company and others have appealed a Delaware federal judge's order approving the $5.89 billion sale of Citgo Petroleum's parent company to an affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP, potentially delaying the long-awaited sale of Venezuela's most significant seizable asset.

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Judicial Proceedings Immunity Can't Stop Whistleblower Claim

By Eddie Beaver

A London appeals court revived on Monday a former charity worker's claim that his employer launched arbitration proceedings against him in retaliation for blowing the whistle on alleged verbal and physical abuse of staff.

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Series

The Law Firm Merger Diaries: How To Build On Cultural Fit

Law firm mergers should start with people, then move to strategy: A two-level screening that puts finding a cultural fit at the pinnacle of the process can unearth shared values that are instrumental to deciding to move forward with a combination, says Matthew Madsen at Harrison.

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Ex-Immigration Judge Accuses DOJ Of Political Retaliation

By Dorothy Atkins

A former Ohio immigration judge sued the U.S. Department of Justice in D.C. federal court Monday, alleging she was discriminated against and unconstitutionally fired for her liberal political beliefs while slamming the Trump administration's recent "unprecedented assault" against longstanding civil service laws that protect millions of federal employees.

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Feature

Meet The Attys Arguing Gov't Subpoena Power At High Court

By Mark Payne

Law360 introduces the lawyers appearing at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case focused on an anti-abortion crisis center and a state attorney general's attempt to subpoena details on its donors.

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3rd Circ. Says Habba Barred From Serving As Acting US Atty

By Carla Baranauckas

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer cannot serve as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, the Third Circuit ruled Monday in a precedential opinion holding that her appointment violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and undermined the constitutional safeguards of Senate confirmation.

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Calif. Ban On Fee-Sharing With 'Alternative' Firms Challenged

By Jack Karp

A new law barring California lawyers and firms from sharing fees with out-of-state law firms owned by nonlawyers is unconstitutional and will harm the state's mass tort lawyers and their clients, according to a lawsuit filed last week.

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Analysis

What MDL Judges Can Get Done With A New Civil Rule

By Cara Salvatore

As the first federal procedure rule geared toward multidistrict litigation goes into effect, judges will have a new buffet of best practices to guide them, but little in the way of hand-tying mandates.

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White House Crypto Czar Hired Clare Locke Amid NYT Probe

By Aislinn Keely

The tech founder-turned-White House crypto and artificial intelligence czar David Sacks has hired defamation specialists at Clare Locke LLP to combat a New York Times investigation into potential conflicts of interest arising from his personal tech investments and role as a White House policy adviser.

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Suit Against Erika Girardi's Atty Tossed As 'Shotgun Pleading'

By Madison Arnold

A Florida federal court has dismissed a clothing company's abuse of process suit against an attorney of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne for being a shotgun pleading.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court saw a slate of corporate law clashes this past week, from fast-moving injunction fights in consumer product and real estate markets to multibillion-dollar oversight claims against crypto executives and fresh battles over control for two sports teams.

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