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ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari In Beijing Shougang Mining Inv. Co. Ltd. v. Mongolia, Leaving In Place The Second Circuit's Expansion Of "Clear And Unmistakable" Delegation StandardOn June 27, 2022, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Beijing Shougang Mining Inv. Co., Ltd. v. Mongolia, leaving in place a Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision that expands...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDebevoise & Plimpton
ArticleFCPA Update December 2022On December 2, 2022, ABB Ltd. ("ABB"), a Swiss multinational electrification, automation, motion, and robotics technologies firm, resolved its third FCPA case since 2004. ABB entered...United StatesCriminal LawDebevoise & Plimpton
ArticleCourt Has Power To Serve Disclosure Application On Third Party Outside The JurisdictionIn Gorbachev v Guriev & Ors [2022] EWHC 1907 (Comm), the High Court held that it had jurisdiction to permit service of a third-party disclosure application outside the...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDebevoise & Plimpton
ArticleCyprus Winners Of Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2019 – One Of The World's Leading Rating Houses For Law Firms Focusing Solely On Dispute Resolution MattersThe awards ceremony was a tremendous success and was attended by some of the top law firms in Europe. CyprusLaw Practice ManagementElias Neocleous & Co LLC
ArticleAlexis Maniatis Elected To ICCA-ASIL Task Force On Damages In International ArbitrationBrattle President Alexis Maniatis was recently elected to serve on the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and American Society of International Law's (ASIL) Task Force on Damages.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationThe Brattle Group, Inc.
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ArticleNew Program Raises $2.4 Billion Using Guernsey StructureCarey Olsen's investment funds team has advised on the launch of Park Square Capital's Credit Opportunities II Program which raised a total of $2.4 billion of committed capital making it one of the leading players in the European leveraged loan markets.GuernseyWealth ManagementCarey Olsen
ArticleComplying With New York's AI Employment Law And Similar RegulationsA growing number of employers are turning to artificial intelligence ("AI") tools to assist in recruiting and other employment decisions.United StatesEmployment and HRDebevoise & Plimpton
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