Boston-headquartered Sullivan & Worcester has moved to bolster its nascent London office through the hire of two finance partners in the City. The firm has appointed former Dentons partner Simon Cook, who joined the London office last week, and Squire Sanders partner Mark Norris, who joined on Monday. Their hires follow the appointment of a […]
By Erik B Wulff and Abhishek Dubé In the ‘90s, we witnessed efforts by franchisee rights advocates to introduce federal franchise legislation to protect franchisee interests in their relationships with franchisors. In connection with the FTC reviewing and amending the FTC Rule on Franchising, similar efforts were made to add a relationship component to the amended […]
By Philip Wang It is now illegal in New York City for employers to discriminate against job applicants based on their employment status. This June 2013 amendment to New York City’s Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) — a law already relished by plaintiffs’ attorneys for its extraordinarily broad definition of discrimination — defines ‘unemployment’ as ‘not […]
It’s panel review season for the nation’s housebuilders, it seems. First up is Taylor Wimpey, which slashed its roster of external firms from 13 to six in a recent revamp. DAC Beachcroft, Eversheds, Gateley, Osborne Clarke, SNR Denton and Wragge & Co have all won spots on the slimmed-down panel, which will be in place […]
Cardiff-headquartered Morgan Cole is transferring its Bristol-based volume claims and catastrophic insurance teams, including five partners, to DAC Beachcroft while Berrymans Lace Mawer (BLM) has picked up a partner and seven staff from the firm. The team transferring to DAC Beachcroft includes 35 fee-earners and 24 support staff. The five partners are: Deborah Bradley, Mark […]
Eversheds has commented on the news that an oil trade agreement has been reached between BP and Russian oil company Rosneft. Greg Hammond, partner at Eversheds, said: ‘While the oil trading division of an integrated oil company will frequently operate fairly independently from its E&P and refining divisions, it seems quite likely that the alliance […]
It’s been a week of big money battles at courts at home and abroad. In Singapore the Court of Appeal has slashed a $250m arbitration award to just $700,000 after an appeal by Essex Court’s Toby Landau QC for the Lippo Group. It’s been a week of big money battles at courts at home and […]
Last night the now-traditional end-of-year curtain closer on legal market battle of the bands Law Rocks, the Six of the Best competition featuring previous winners, rolled its rowdy rock ‘n’ roll show into London’s 100 Club. And the musical talent on show didn’t disappoint. Last week’s winners of the inaugural Law Rocks Unplugged (8 November […]
Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group has reduced a $250m arbitral award made against it from $250m to $700,000 after a battle in the Singapore Court of Appeal. Essex Court silk Toby Landau QC secured the major victory for the group following a five-year legal battle in Singapore against Malaysia media giant Astro. It is a significant […]
Criminal law solicitors remain undeterred in their bid to oust the Law Society leadership over its dealings with ministers regarding proposed legal aid rate cuts – despite Chancery Lane’s bid to placate specialists with an 11th hour meeting with ministers on Wednesday. The Liverpool-based solicitor behind a petition for a vote of no confidence in […]
Allen & Overy (A&O), Osborne Clarke (OC) and Proskauer Rose have taken mandates advising on the $1.7bn (£1bn) sale of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis’ transfusion diagnostics unit to Spanish plasma therapies company Grifols. Barcelona-headquartered Grifols will acquire the transfusion diagnostics unit of Novartis for US$1,675bn (£1,04bn). The assets include medical products and technology, as well […]