A physical commodities lawyer with extensive arbitration and litigation experience has returned to Hill Dickinson in the UK capital after a decade at Reed Smith.

Co-founding partner Sanford Michelman talks to CDR about planting a flag in London, sector demand, and where the firm is eyeing as its next location.

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.

Legal and funding practitioners talk to CDR about the state of third-party funding in Germany, a maturing market which has a surprisingly long history grounded in the local insurance industry.

As the US strips back Department of Justice resources with a new enforcement direction, the UK has been strengthening its compliance framework, stepping up as a global white-collar leader.

This week’s news digest also includes two Paris firms’ strategic partnership, and a disputes boutique’s new Australian office in Perth. Scotland marks the beginning of this week’s summary of disputes ...

A Baltic rebrand and a new entry to the German market feature in the weekly disputes developments summary, which also takes in France and the US. The round-up opens in Australia where, following the ...

Developments include a new tax litigation head for CMS in Madrid, a mass torts duo arriving at Jenner & Block in Chicago, and an ex-Pinheiro Neto litigation head’s new in-house position in São Paulo.

The international firm has poached a Biden-era antitrust lawyer for its Washington, DC, location. Latham & Watkins has added former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Andrew Forman as a partner in its ...

High-profile international firm Covington & Burling has added public service regulatory expertise on both sides of the Atlantic.

A Deminor whitepaper reveals the global litigation funding market grew just over 6% in 2024, marking a slight slump from the previous year. Deminor’s CEO tells CDR that while the figures are ...

The fallout from the cancelled pipeline project continues, as the US disclaims all liability under an amended multilateral treaty. An ongoing claim against the US has taken another turn, as the ...