Litigation

Technology

Rob Hellewell, Thomas J. Svoboda | Applied Discovery, Inc.

Editor: What new technologies are on the horizon that can expedite the work of corporate legal departments? Hellewell: One of the most time-intensive aspects of litigation is e-discovery. However, as technology continues to advance, corporate legal departments can use machine-assisted document...

Discovery

Drew Macaulay | First Advantage Litigation Consulting

In a digital environment where access to information is faster, communication is more reliable, and logistics are more sophisticated than ever before, today’s companies are increasingly operating on a truly global scale. However, accompanying this trend in globalisation is the rise in cross...

International Trade

Stephen M. Nickelsburg, Erin Louise Palmer | Clifford Chance

Introduction For the last thirty years, courts have struggled to interpret and apply the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA"), a statute that permits non-U.S. citizens to bring civil lawsuits in U.S. courts for violations of the law of nations, as defined by customary international law....