Tuesday May 22 | Law.com
Second Circuit Proscribes Restitution Based on Defendant's Illicit Gains
In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp, members of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, discuss 'United States v. Zangari,' where the court reviewed the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act and decisions from seven of its sister circuits and concluded that restitution be calculated with reference to the victim's actual ... (more)
Ropes & Gray Expands in Asia on Chinese Private Equity
Ropes & Gray LLP, the Boston-founded law firm with more than 900 lawyers, said it hired two partners from U.S. and U.K. firms in Hong Kong and plans to double its Asia-based lawyers by the end of the year.
Addressing Shortfalls Created by Capital Contribution Defaults
In their Transactional Real Estate column, Mitchell L. Berg and Peter E. Fisch, partners at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, examine the remedies customarily available to non-breaching venturers in the event of a funding default by one of their co-venturers, and briefly discusses certain issues to consider when determining which of these ... (more)
Supreme Court Affirms Reach of Rule Limiting Patents on Laws of Nature
In his Intellectual Property Litigation column, Lewis R. Clayton, a litigation partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, discusses recent decisions, including one on the introduction of new evidence in an appeal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision, another on the sale of trademarks in Google's "AdWords" program, one involving ... (more)
Silver Lake acquires minority stake in WME
MUMBAI: Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing, has acquired a non-controlling minority stake in William Morris Endeavor Entertainment .