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The firm has augmented its complex litigation and dispute resolution capabilities on the US West Coast. Goodwin has swiped Morrison Foerster of counsel Margaret Webb as a partner for its antitrust and competition practice and its complex litigation and dispute resolution group. The firm announced her arrival in its San Francisco office on 15 July. Webb advises a clientele of local and multinational companies spanning the manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals, transportation and technology

The London-founded firm's New York outpost has augmented its sports strengths alongside broader dispute resolution and regulatory capabilities.

The state's Supreme Court has refused to allow a group costs order at a 35% rate after the class action claimant and his legal counsel argued that this higher-than-average rate would increase the chances of securing third-party funding.

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

A testifying delay and disruption expert with two decades' experience in complex construction disputes across North America, the Middle East and Africa has joined HKA in Canada.

California is leading a 12-state coalition that persuaded a federal court to interrupt Paramount's tie-up with fellow media giant Warner Bros on competition grounds.

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

A former international disputes director within the Singapore Attorney-General's Chambers is the prominent Asian firm's newest partner in the city state, adding substantial public international law experience.

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