The $4bn tuna bonds litigation is set to proceed to opening arguments on Tuesday, after a messy opening day today in London’s Commercial Court threatened to derail the three-month trial. More than a dozen silks jousted over disagreements that emerged last week between the Republic of Mozambique and Credit Suisse, represented by Peters & Peters […]
Today, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) heard the first amalgamation application of its kind, as two separate class representatives sought to merge their claims against Google, represented by Herbert Smith Freehills, to avoid a carriage dispute. Former director of Ofcom, Claudio Pollack, brought his claim against Google in November 2022. Humphries Kerstetter and Geradin Partners represented Pollack, […]
Euronet and Mastercard head to the CAT for trial After an 11th-hour settlement between Euronet and Visa on 2 October, the dispute heads to trial today following a two-week delay with the remaining defendant, Mastercard. Euronet operates ATM networks in countries including the Czech Republic, Greece and Poland. It had alleged that Mastercard and Visa’s rules […]
This week on The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker, we zero in on Stewarts, one of the leading claimant side teams in the securities litigation market, specifically in the fast-growing area of shareholder group action claims. The market: The US has been launching shareholder group actions in securities litigation for some time, which seek to recover losses on behalf of investors […]
The $4bn tuna bonds litigation is set to proceed to opening arguments on Tuesday, after a messy opening day today in London’s Commercial Court threatened to derail the three-month trial. More than a dozen silks jousted over disagreements that emerged last week between the Republic of Mozambique and Credit Suisse, represented by Peters & Peters […]
Today, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) heard the first amalgamation application of its kind, as two separate class representatives sought to merge their claims against Google, represented by Herbert Smith Freehills, to avoid a carriage dispute. Former director of Ofcom, Claudio Pollack, brought his claim against Google in November 2022. Humphries Kerstetter and Geradin Partners represented Pollack, […]
Euronet and Mastercard head to the CAT for trial After an 11th-hour settlement between Euronet and Visa on 2 October, the dispute heads to trial today following a two-week delay with the remaining defendant, Mastercard. Euronet operates ATM networks in countries including the Czech Republic, Greece and Poland. It had alleged that Mastercard and Visa’s rules […]
This week on The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker, we zero in on Stewarts, one of the leading claimant side teams in the securities litigation market, specifically in the fast-growing area of shareholder group action claims. The market: The US has been launching shareholder group actions in securities litigation for some time, which seek to recover losses on behalf of investors […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we look at why class actions are apparently the next best thing to falling in love. But first, the Bar often feels like a sensible, stable place compared to the boorishness of solicitors firms, their salary […]
Journalists aren’t natural champions of PRs, but sometimes we sympathise. Cleaning up the mess of lawyers behaving badly. Calming down those who haven’t been ranked in the latest directory release. Trying to pitch tedious not-quite-scholarly articles to uninterested reporters. Getting asked ‘can we just have a leaflet?’ by people who don’t comprehend the breadth of […]
In-house lawyers are contending with major resourcing issues that is preventing them from doing their job effectively. This is the conclusion of major new research from alternative legal provider, Axiom, which found the in-house market stacked with challenges. In the wake of the Post Office Horizon Public Inquiry, which has put the reputation of the […]
The scene: A US firm boardroom, somewhere not in New York*. Big Cheese (furiously): ‘We’re not growing fast enough. What have you got?’ Smaller Cheese (panicking): Private equity! That’s the thing! Kirkland! Paul Weiss!’ Big Cheese: ‘Do whatever it takes. And do it now.’ Smaller Cheese: ‘Leave it with me. We’ll hire big in London. […]
Some US firms in London tend to get all the headlines, and as you know who they are, we won’t bother namechecking them again. But there are others, a tad more under the radar, that have had a barnstorming year in 2023 and whose time in the limelight is now. Such as Willkie Farr & […]
The latest newly-qualified (NQ) salary rise from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer still managed to raise interest last week, despite the fact enormous pay hikes are the new normal these days and that even £150,000 isn’t unusual any more (as of last week, Quinn’s £180,000 tops the market alongside Gibson Dunn). But it is still significant because […]
Brick Court Chambers is the latest in the legal market to investigate a possible cyber breach. A Brick Court spokesperson said: “We are aware of a potential cyber incident and we are actively working with external cyber specialists to investigate the extent of any data breach. “Chambers remains fully operational and we are taking all […]
RPC is set to defend gaming company Valve in a class action launched by Milberg London in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). The action is brought by class representative and children’s digital rights campaigner Vicki Shotbolt, who set up social enterprise Parent Zone, on behalf of around 14 million UK consumers. She alleges the class […]
Slaughter and May is leading for the owner of Royal Mail, which is poised to accept a takeover bid from Czech-owned EP Group (EP). EP’s bid values International Distribution Services (IDS) at approximately £3.5bn. Slaughters’ corporate team for IDS is led by partners Richard Smith and Claire Jackson. Kirkland & Ellis is leading for EP […]
A capital markets team from Linklaters is taking the lead in the expected London Stock Exchange listing of British single-board computer developer Raspberry Pi. Under the leadership of equities global chair and capital markets partner Jason Manketo, the firm is working with both the Cambridge-headquartered chip maker and its non-profit subsidiary over the process of […]
Bird & Bird has announced it will be opening a new office in Tokyo with the hire of Ashurst partner Hiro Iwamura. The primary purpose of the office will be to support the firm’s Japanese clients in the renewable energy, life sciences and technology space with outbound work across Europe, the Middle East and Asia […]
