Joseph Simons, co-chairman of the antitrust group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, is the Trump administration's nominee to lead the Federal Trade Commission, the White House said Thursday. […]
In July 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit gave Microsoft and privacy advocates reason to rejoice. In Microsoft Corp. v. United States, the court overturned a lower court ruling, approving Microsoft’s motion to quash search warrants served to them under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) by the U.S. government. […]
Delaware legal observers this week acknowledged the possibility that derivative litigation stemming from damning allegations of sexual misconduct against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein could spill into the Delaware Court of Chancery, which would have jurisdiction over suits involving the Delaware-incorporated company Weinstein helped to found. […]
Print section UK Only Article: UK article only Issue: The low-rate world Fly Title: Professional services and Brexit Main image: 20160924_BRP502.jpg NO SECTOR is more valuable to Britain’s GDP than “professional and business services”—those 4m or so lawyers, accountants and consultants who make up 12% of Britain’s workforce and grease the wheels of the country’s […]
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The real danger of Brexit Fly Title: The justice system Main image: 20160227_BRP001_0.jpg MINISTERS frequently reverse decisions taken by their predecessors, sometimes wisely, often not. But it usually happens after an election has produced a change of government. What is remarkable about the justice ministry since last […]
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The caliphate cracks Fly Title: Professional services Main image: 20150321_WBD001_0.jpg CONSULTING has its Big Three; accounting the Big Four; and executive search a Big Five. But there is no corresponding clutch of dominant law firms. None has amassed as much as 0.5% of an industry with global […]
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