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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Quelques propos introductifs La présente Newsletter de Monfrini Bitton Klein vise à offrir, de manière hebdomadaire, un tour d’horizon de la jurisprudence rendue par le Tribunal fédéral dans les principaux domaines d’activité de l’Etude, soit le droit pénal économique…
The big in Biglaw just keep getting bigger. And if a firm can’t pull down the $7 billion in revenue that mega-firm Kirkland can, merging their way to mammoth status is a great option. Towards that end, American Lawyer confirms that Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord are currently in merger talks. The firms’…
18 April 2024 Sochannam Legal To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Brief Facts: This issue was decided in the case of AVITEL POST STUDIOZ LIMITED V. HSBC PI HOLDINGS (MAURITIUS) LIMITED1 wherein the AVITEL had challenged the enforcement proceedings of a SIAC…
CASE PREVIEW By Amy Howe on Apr 18, 2024 at 9:31 am Former President Donald Trump speaks in Washington, D.C. last year. (Aaron Schwartz Photo via Shutterstock) In the final argument scheduled for its 2023-2024 term, the Supreme Court will hear argument on Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s historic bid for criminal immunity. The…
(Photo by BRENDAN MCDERMID/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) The judge is controlling his courtroom and he is not tolerant of wasted time. This judge is conducting the voir dire as every judge should: He hears arguments, for or against cause and he makes a decision. He doesn’t countenance pontification and unnecessary argument. Yet what’s clear to…
Last week, California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) released illegal market enforcement data for quarter 1 of 2024. It’s become a new tradition of mine to compare this quarterly data and see whether the state is actually doing anything to fight the illegal market (for example, see my posts for Q4 2023, Q3 2023, and…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on April 16, 2024. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to the present. Odor of marijuana plus a cover scent provided adequate probable cause to search…
Introduction The classification of financial and operational debts within the context of insolvency proceedings presents a complex legal landscape that demands scrutiny and nuanced interpretation. Recently, the NCLAT Delhi was confronted with a peculiar case involving intricacies of debt classification under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in India. Through a meticulous analysis of contractual…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Apr 18, 2024 at 10:14 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Thursday, April 18, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 18, 2024, 10:14…
* Professor believes that the lawyers in danger of being replaced by ChatGPT and similar tech are the partners. In fairness, they’re saying, “I know there’s a case that says…” and what’s more hallucinatory than that? [Bloomberg Law News] * Sentencing Commission finally takes steps against judges using acquitted conduct in sentencing. [Law360] * Columbia…