October 2021 Business Litigation Report

Announcements:

• Collective Action Specialist Ravi Nayer Joins London Office
• Seventy-One Attorneys Honored as “The Best Lawyers in America”

Lead article:  

• Is Hedging Market Manipulation?  A Review of the Second Circuit’s Decision in Set Capital LLC v. Credit Suisse Group AG

Noted with Interest article:

• DeFi and Potential Lender Liability

Practice Group Notes:

• Antitrust & Competition Update – Unanimous Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court Recently Halts Federal Trade Commission’s Ability To Seek Monetary Relief Under § 13(b) of Federal Trade Commission Act
• Energy Litigation Update – Going Straight to the Source: How Litigation Is Being Positioned To Prevent Export Credit Agencies from Financing Fossil Fuel Projects
• Asia-Pacific Litigation Update – ‘Shifting Sands’: Adopting Contingency Fees in Australian Class Actions

Victories:

• A Victory for Deal Certainty