The end of February brings a slew of hires in the US and UK, while DWF has a big week as it swipes four partners from Kennedys.

With Brazil’s arbitration sector enjoying a boom in foreign party participation, CDR explores how this internationalisation could drive São Paulo to further challenge the world’s top arbitral seats – ...

This week’s summary of lawyer developments includes CMS’ hire of a former DLA Piper insurance litigator in Oslo and Herbert Smith Freehills’ recruitment of a pair of contentious Hong Kong ...

The seminal 1996 Indian legislation is to undergo a fourth series of amendments via a Bill which aims to reduce court intervention and to strengthen and empower arbitral institutions, although ...

The reintroduction of legislation to regulate third-party litigation funding in the US has drawn endorsements from Google, Uber and corporate campaign groups, and criticism from the funding sector. US ...

The ECJ has ruled that EU claimants can bundle collective antitrust claims via the divisive ‘assignment model’ if no other doors are open to them. CDR explores why the ruling has caused a stir in ...

Practitioners talk to CDR about the Qatari arbitral institution’s first new rules in 13 years, and the broadly welcome changes that position it closer to the expectations of international parties. New ...

A former federal prosecutor has ended near a two-decade in-house tenure to return to private practice, joining the international firm’s New York office as a special counsel. O’Melveny & Myers ...