Crypto exchange Binance has suffered a setback in its bid to send a proposed class action filed by investors to arbitration in Singapore, after a New York federal judge partially denied the motion under an arbitration clause included in a 2019 unilateral update to its terms of use.

An Arizona federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Florida resident to nearly six years in prison for illegally exporting controlled aviation technology to Russia, and ordered the forfeiture of the $4.6 million in proceeds he earned through the scheme.

Bondholders owed some $85 million by Venezuela's state-owned oil company have been denied a quick win enforcing the debt after a New York federal judge ruled that he needed more information in order to determine whether U.S. sanctions made repaying the bonds impossible.

The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.

The Third Circuit on Wednesday rejected a former CVS worker's argument that a 2022 federal law shielded her sex harassment case from mandatory arbitration, but it revived her suit to give the trial court a chance to explore whether the arbitration pact at issue was valid.

The U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments Tuesday gave little indication of how it will rule in a case questioning the constitutionality of a 2019 law ending a jurisdictional hurdle for lawsuits stemming from terrorist attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

A Minnesota federal court mostly denied Monday a slew of summary judgment motions from Tyson and other pork producers seeking wins in an antitrust suit alleging they conspired with data firm Agri Stats to fix pork prices and reduce supply, teeing up the high-stakes multidistrict litigation for a June trial.

A California federal judge has denied the U.S. government's motion to pause its yearslong suit to seize part of a $380 million arbitral award to a PetroSaudi unit while somewhat related criminal proceedings in Switzerland play out.

A North Carolina judge affirmed a $68 million arbitration award Tuesday in Volvo Group North America LLC's favor over a Mexican auto parts manufacturer it accused of supplying the company with defective input shafts, an award that Volvo's counsel said is possibly the largest in the Tar Heel State court history.

Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.

The lead plaintiff in a proposed class action claiming a nationwide operator of parking garages violates privacy laws with its use of video analytics to enforce phony parking fees is fighting the company's bid in Colorado federal court to force the dispute into arbitration.

An international tribunal has dismissed a Florida commodities trader's claim seeking $206 million from Estonia, in which it accused the country of wrongfully initiating civil and criminal proceedings stemming from the company's investment in a port near the Estonian capital, Tallinn.

A bankrupt telecommunications company owner's $25 million arbitration against Costa Rica has been discontinued after the owner failed to show he could deposit and maintain a surety bond to secure the costs of the proceedings, according to the country's counsel.

The Madrid High Court's referral order to the Court of Justice of the European Union in a recent contractual dispute case squarely confronts the question of whether national systems may lawfully immunize arbitrators from meaningful scrutiny when they fail to apply binding EU competition law, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.

A Singapore appellate court on Friday refused to set aside arbitral awards favoring certain Hilton entities in a dispute over a management deal with the owner of a luxury Indian hotel, in an opinion that cautions litigants against launching unmeritorious "backdoor" appeals challenging arbitral awards.

A Miami federal judge kept alive a suit from a man claiming ownership of an island off the coast of Cuba that was seized by the Communist government and allegedly trafficked by Expedia Group Inc. through hotel reservations.

A Miami federal judge has dismissed a $135 million inheritance dispute between two sons of a Panamanian bank founder, ruling that the case lacks sufficient ties to Florida.

The Third Circuit's April argument lineup springs into action with securities litigation brought by Walmart investors claiming they were misled about the government's opioid investigation into the company, and a bid to upend an attorney fee award stemming from the settlement of data breach litigation against convenience store chain Wawa.

As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.