North America

DATA PRIVACY

Privacy app taps into $5 billion market

Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini is selling CCPA advice starting at $7,500, earning over $100,000 in sales first week for its privacy app.

LITIGATION

Falling filings still yield $1.8 billion damages

First annual Lex Machina litigation report shows over $1.8 billion in ERISA-related damages awarded 2016-2018 despite decline in filings.

EXPANSION

Eversheds sets out stall on Chicago's Magnificent Mile

Eversheds Sutherland opens in Chicago two years after combination, and brings in White & Case real estate veteran lawyer to head up the office.

DIGITAL REGULATION

Canada launches digital charter

Call to modernise legislation as charter promotes 10 principles aiming to build a foundation of trust for Canadians in the digital sphere.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

JAMS in NY and LA

Not traffic jams for a change, but new international arbitration centers which have officially opened in Los Angeles and New York.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Singing the legal blues

Songwriters call for more freedoms and less regulation during ASCAP “Stand with Songwriters” on today's advocacy day.

GENDER

Sheppard Mullin puts "money where its mouth is" on gender

Firm sponsors LA Galaxy OC women's soccer team, part of the successful Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise LA Galaxy, which hit the big time with David Beckham.

ACCESS TO JUSTICE

Legal partnering to foster access to justice

Low-income Americans to get help as American Bar Association joins forces with Legal Services Corporation to launch legal tech donation effort.

SCANDAL

Harvard law professors to lose positions

First African-American faculty deans in Harvard's history lose house positions, one being Harvard law dean representing Harvey Weinstein.

WELLNESS

Dentons pilots behavioural health program

In launching its Ginger programme, firm says emotional well-being among lawyers and professional staff continues as a priority.