The annual Ciarb lecture tackled the inequalities and harms of current arbitral proceedings, and appealed for a united approach to dispute resolution across the different methods.

The weekly summary of disputes moves takes in the UK cities of Bristol and London, while US developments are focused on the East and West Coasts and the Mid West. The round-up calls first in Western ...

The opening of London International Disputes Week heard how innovation, robust procedures and supportive courts can make arbitration an important tool for international cities, including London.

A recently retired ex-Freshfields Cologne office managing partner has set up his own practice, while Kirkland & Ellis in the US has poached 13-litigator team from King & Spalding. The round-up begins ...

Karen Dunn has left along with three other DC-based and disputes-focused colleagues, in the wake of President Trump’s continuing executive orders against high-end law firms for “harmful activity”. A ...

Ashurst’s 28-lawyer Canberra office will join Thomson Geer in July, while a German white-collar boutique has opened a Cologne office.

It is still early days for an all-encompassing critique of the West African country’s 2023 arbitration law in practice, with national courts yet to hand down a significant judgment under its ...

London-based lawyer Matt Green has embraced the weird and wild world of crypto-assets: “It takes you to all sorts of grizzly places.” “I was enormously opportunistic, and I just rode with it,” says ...

Conyers Singapore’s Anna Lin and Adly Rizal discuss the approach of Singapore courts to insolvency matters, and how their approach may persuade the judiciary in other common law jurisdictions.

CDR delves into the London Court of Appeal’s crucial ruling concerning arbitral award enforcement, state immunity and the concept of issue estoppel.

GSK Stockmann’s Manuel Fernandez and Louis-Guillaume Roldan examine how Luxembourg’s particular characteristics might give rise to increased contention.

The US Corporate Transparency Act has been defanged, but the backlash threatens to cause a significant headache for companies operating in the country.