Natasha Doris

The seed company has filed a lawsuit on behalf of independent producers aiming to break the alleged monopoly over key genetically modified corn seed strains. North Iowa seed company Latham Quality has filed a lawsuit on behalf of itself and aligned independent seed companies against Bayer over alleged anticompetitive practices regarding its corn seeds. The dispute was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in April and announced on Tuesday (26 May). According t

The firm has secured an executive with experience across energy sector issues for its South African offering.

The disputes firm has added a cross-border insurance and reinsurance specialist to its London group. Stewarts has hired former Clyde & Co lawyer Alexandra Lyons as a partner in its policyholder disputes practice. The firm announced her arrival in its London office today (8 June). Lyons focuses her work on insurance and reinsurance disputes and handles first and third-party coverage claims spanning the energy, property, aviation and construction sectors. Her clientele spans Europe, Nort

The firm has added a Texas partner with disputes expertise across litigation and arbitration. Latham & Watkins has hired former Kirkland & Ellis lawyer Shayne Henry as a partner in its complex commercial litigation practice and its trial and litigation department. The firm announced his arrival in its Austin, Texas office on Monday (8 June). Henry acts in commercial and intellectual property (IP) disputes across federal and state courts, as well as in arbitral proceedings both in t

The tech giant has submitted the action due to severe privacy concerns involving Israeli spyware Pegasus, which has been used against activists, journalists and government officials. Meta has filed a contempt of court order against Israeli spyware company NSO for alleged violations of a permanent injunction that was imposed in 2025, after NSO targeted messaging platform WhatsApp and its users via controversial spyware tool Pegasus. Meta reported its contempt of court action on Monday (8 June)

The firm has added a pair of partners to its New York and Washington, DC, offices. Morrison Foerster has hired Ching-Lee Fukuda and Tom Broughan as

The annual Ciarb event warned that every line of commentary published by arbitrators and every iota of their social media activity is coming under scrutiny. The age of expansive transparency has not led to increased confidence and security in the selection of arbitrators. That was the thesis proposed by arbitrator and academic Dr Crina Baltag in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators' annual Roebuck lecture held at London's International Dispute Resolution Centre on 18 June. In her lec

A CDR webinar explored the status of reliance under section 90A of FSMA, and whether passive investors would be barred from using the legislation to access essential justice. The rising trend of securities litigation is posing difficult questions to light for UK lawyers. One central aspect to accessing justice for many investors is the interpretation of the reliance requirement under section 90A of the Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA), a question mark hanging over the law as passive

The ruling marks a continued trend of increasing hostility by the US towards foreign sovereigns. The US Supreme Court has sided with Exxon in a USD 1 billion dispute against Cuba's state-owned energy companies. The judgment, passed on Tuesday (23 June), ruled that the Cuban government could not claim protection against the action under foreign sovereign immunity provisions, and confirmed that US parties could surpass these protections under the Helms-Burton Act. Justice Kavanaugh deliver

The Permanent Court of Arbitration handled disputes from 119 states across the international stage. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) administered 251 cases in 2025, including 53 newly launched disputes. The Hague-headquartered institution fell short of its 2023 record of 83 newly registered cases over the year, however it reported its second-highest volume of administered cases over the last five years in its annual report for 2025, published on Monday (22 June). The PCA reported t