A German insurer has urged a New York federal court to vacate an arbitral award finding it must cover nearly $44 million in settlements over pollution caused by a gasoline additive, saying the arbitrators effectively rewrote the underlying policy issued to a Phillips 66 Co. predecessor.

A Florida judge on Friday denied a Costa Rican pineapple grower's request for proof of damages from Del Monte International GmbH, which is trying to hold the grower in contempt for ignoring a $32 million arbitral award against it.

The U.S. Supreme Court hit the brakes Friday on a multimillion-dollar contract lawsuit brought by a dental supplier just days before it was set to go to trial, giving defendant Henry Schein Inc. time to convince the high court the dispute should be forced into arbitration.

Groundbreaking rules from the American Bar Association impose new standards on how law firms can govern departing lawyers’ contact with clients, placing major restrictions on this ubiquitous practice, say Amy Richardson and Hilary Gerzhoy at Harris Wiltshire.

A group of 17 World Trade Organization members led by the European Union, Canada and China agreed Friday to set up a temporary system for appealing trade disputes, offering a makeshift fix for an impasse that hobbled Geneva's legal wing last year.

Squire Patton Boggs and Morrison & Foerster have both boosted their intellectual property work with lawyers from Venable, while K&L Gates nabbed a sports attorney who helps with IP rights. 

The International Court of Justice has ordered Myanmar to halt the genocide of its Muslim minority population, a significant ruling that's expected to stop other nations from turning a blind eye to the alleged atrocities, according to a lawyer who obtained a similar ruling in the infamous 1990s Balkan genocide dispute.

A seasoned Dechert LLP lawyer known for his expertise in cross-border insolvency work has jumped ship to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as a partner and become head of its sovereign litigation practice, according to the law firm.

Ian Blackshaw, a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, provides an overview of the court and analyzes recent changes and cases, including a hearing on the Russian athletes' ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Squire Patton Boggs LLP has brought on a former Venable LLP partner with more than two decades of litigation experience across a broad range of technologies, the firm has announced.