Latest fortnightly round-up of insurance, legal and business developments with analysis and commentary from the insurance team at Pinsent Masons.

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

Top 5 Civil Appeals from the Court of Appeal (November 2012)

In this briefing we consider the case and its implications.

It wasn't so long ago that mergers and acquisitions were the axes around which London's legal universe evolved. Indeed, elite UK law firms spent 2006 and the first half of 2007 basking in the radiance of record-breaking M&A activity.

A Round-up Of The Top 5 Civil Appeals From The Court Of Appeal (March 2013)

Following Saudi Arabia's changes to the regulation of legal practices, international law firms prepare themselves ...

A growing wave of class actions—like the new suit against Gymshark—targets brands that use influencers without clearly disclosing paid relationships, alleging that “authentic” posts were actually sponsored ads...

To ignore such a massive market is not good sense.

Maura McLaughlin, Corporate and M&A Partner, was featured in The Lawyer magazine's special report "Changes to the M&A landscape in 2020"...

Drafting the Annual Report for FinanceMalta is always a daunting task – but it is also a satisfying reminder of how much we have achieved in the previous year, in spite of the fact that there are only five of us in the team!

Another significant ruling from the Fifth Circuit is reshaping how courts view plan confirmation and creditor treatment in Chapter 11.

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court has awarded $261.13 million in damages plus six years of prejudgment interest against participating lenders in Serta's 2020 uptier transaction, marking the first successful court challenge to a common liability management exercise. The ruling found that privately negotiated debt exchanges do not qualify as "open market purchases" and that lenders breached pro rata sharing provisions by receiving payments without offering participation to all lenders. This precedent-setting decision r

On June 6, 2023, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas confirmed the chapter 11 plan of bedding manufacturer Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "Serta").

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The parties are former spouses who had a high conflict divorce. Justice Forgeron heard the parties divorce trial. Mr. Green filed an appeal of the decision, which was dismissed.

A trial following the 2007 deaths of four fire-fighters has commenced at Stafford Crown Court.

On July 4, 2023, the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a letter regarding crypto-asset financial promotion rules effective as of October 8, 2023.

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Foley & Lardner hosted a firmwide virtual event on October 1 featuring a conversation with Lt. Col. (Ret.)...

The district court granted a party's motion for summary judgment of noninfringement—after the parties had entered into a settlement agreement.