Patent holding company Sun Patent Trust is asking the Paris Judicial Court to determine a global FRAND rate, while India will examine infringement
Michael Holston joins having worked with Paul Weiss on breakup of GE into separate companies
Firm matches Magic Circle rivals Freshfields and Linklaters but still lags market-topping £180k at Gibson Dunn and Quinn Emanuel
Decision upholds earlier ruling revoking patent covering the drug Xarelto, further clearing way for generic manufacturers to enter the lucrative market
Report commissioned by Legal Services Board reveals that funders back 3-5% of potential cases
Deputy GC Deborah Briones will replace three-decade veteran Ed Nektriz
Tobias Knapp joins as co-head of global firm’s New York transactional group
Laws clamping down on power of Big Tech and exonerating victims of Post Office Horizon scandal rushed through
Deal to create lender with £89bn balance sheet and nearly five million customers
Three-partner hire bolsters disputes firm’s patent litigation practice in tech sector
Closely watched decision on assessing obviousness in dispute featuring General Motors dubbed blow to design owners
Regan MacPherson succeeds veteran in-house counsel David Teichmann, who is moving to an advisory role
Some 43% of cross-border transactions over the past four years failed to close due to regulatory scrutiny
Manny Alvare is promoted to GC, having previously run the legal department as VP of legal affairs
Covington counsels Biogen as Goodwin reps acquisition target Human Immunobiology Biosciences
Oliver Seiler and David Rath join US firm in Frankfurt amid reports Latham restructuring partner duo are moving to Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Study finds decline in Russian litigants is offset by record numbers of Swiss and UAE users
Transatlantic firm asserts ambition for Germany where it will have four offices following closure
Isabelle Meyer will replace Catriona Macritchie, who is retiring after her second spell with the company
Arbitration solicitor-silk Louis Flannery KC to move across in August and be called to the Bar