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The firm has snapped up a former US State Department lawyer as the new lead for its congressional investigations practice. Crowell & Moring has hired former Google regulatory affairs counsel James Bair to lead its congressional investigations practice within its wider white-collar and regulatory enforcement group. The firm announced his arrival in its Washington, DC, office on 15 July. Bair has experience dealing with matters related to online content moderation, AI, national security

The firm has acted for a local farming sector lender to expand domestic agricultural capacity.

The firm has added the service to its offering as South Africa continues to explore mediation as an alternative dispute resolution option.

The pharmaceutical company is suing its rival over claims its weight loss drugs have been marketed using false information. Novo Nordisk has launched a lawsuit against Eli Lilly over allegations that the pharmaceutical giant has been marketing its weight loss drugs with misleading comparisons to products sold by its competitor. The case was filed in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Tuesday (21 July). According to Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly violated federal and state adv

The agency has tapped a Gibson Dunn white-collar defence partner and former SEC lawyer for the position. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed Osman Nawaz as deputy director of enforcement. He replaces Sam Waldon, who stepped down from the position on 31 July after 14 years at the agency. The changing of the guard was announced yesterday (22 July). Nawaz spent the last year-and-a-half as a white-collar defence and investigations partner in the New York office of Gib

The European Commission has fined the Big Tech giant for violations of the Digital Markets Act, including preferential search results and steering practices. Google has been hit with an EUR 890 million fine for breaching the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The European Commission announced the penalty today (23 July). The commission confirmed that Google had favoured its own services via Google Search, resulting in a fine of EUR 460 million. Additionally, the regulator found that the tech behem

The firm has secured a leading light of the South African competition sector to head its competition offering.

The firm has swiped a trial lawyer with almost three decades' experience. Greenberg Traurig has hired trial lawyer William Dorsey as a shareholder in its litigation practice.

The firm has swiped a prominent international arbitration lawyer to grow its London disputes capabilities. Crowell & Moring has added Morrison Foerster (MoFo) global arbitration lead and Africa desk head Chiraag Shah as a partner in its London international dispute resolution practice. The firm announced his arrival on Wednesday (2 September). Shah has over 25 years of experience handling cross-border and domestic disputes, including commercial and investor-state arbitrations, commerci

The firm has added a tax and commercial partner to its East African offering. Spencer West has hired Yoganand Ramtohul as a partner in its Mauritius tax and commercial practice.