2021

Power List David Jones QC

Long one of the country’s top criminal barristers, David Jones QC’S most recent high profile case involved the wealthy businessman charged with sexual assault, but he has acted on a wide range of criminal and civil litigation matters over an extensive career. Among the matters in which he has been involved has been overseeing the

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Hogan Lovells Obtains Appellate Ruling Reversing Denial of Motion To Dismiss False Claim

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New York, 13 May 2021 – Global law firm Hogan Lovells obtained a rare ruling on interlocutory appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which held that the district court should have dismissed a False Claims Act complaint at the outset for failure to plausibly plead the claims.  Hogan Lovells

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US Attorney – Former Elementary School Teacher Gets 30 Years’ Prison For Producing Child Pornography With Former Student

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          LOS ANGELES – A former elementary school teacher who produced pornographic images of his 15-year-old ex-student was sentenced today to 360 months in federal prison.           Sean David Sigler, 56, of Burbank, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Kronstadt, who described Sigler’s conduct as “inexcusable,” and further said, “Ruining the lives of minors

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Linklaters announces Aedamar Comiskey elected as Senior Partner

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Powered by LawFuel – Global law firm Linklaters LLP has elected Aedamar Comiskey as its new Senior Partner. Aedamar, who currently serves as the firm’s Global Head of Corporate, will take up her five-year term on 1 July 2021. She succeeds current Senior Partner, Charlie Jacobs, whose five-year term will end on 30 June 2021.

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Law Firm Serves Claim Against Bitcoin Developers to Recover £4 Billion Worth of Bitcoin

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Claim has significant implications for other users and the way Bitcoin operates London 12 May 2021: Litigation law firm ONTIER LLP has today commenced the process of serving legal proceedings on 16 Bitcoin developers on behalf of Tulip Trading Limited (TTL), a Seychelles company whose primary beneficial owner is Dr Craig Wright. ONTIER was granted

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Dechert – European Commission Proposes Regulation on Artificial Intelligence

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This OnPoint summarizes key provisions of the European Commission’s Proposed Regulation on Artificial Intelligence and offers some practical takeaways and strategic considerations for impacted organizations. Given the heightened interest in AI by EU and U.S. authorities, and the success European lawmakers have had in exporting the European privacy legal framework globally, companies will want to start considering the impacts

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Vice Chairs of Foley & Lardner IP Law Group

Courtenay Brinckerhoff is a partner and intellectual property lawyer in the Washington, D.C. office. Her practice focuses on assisting clients with all aspects of obtaining, defending, licensing, and enforcing patents and conducting freedom-to-operate and due diligence investigations. She is chair of the firm’s Associate Training & IP Policies and Procedures Committee, an active member of the

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