Linda Thompson

1 week ago | law.com | Linda Thompson

Eversheds Sutherland has added nine lawyers in Europe's Benelux region since July of last year—seven partners and one associate in the Netherlands and one partner in Brussels. That's a lot of hires in a short time in a region that isn't known for playing a major role for large international firms—at least not compared to Europe's two legal heavyweight markets, France and Germany. But Eversheds says the rapid growth is by design.

1 week ago | law.com | Linda Thompson

But the biggest financial impact of Meta and Apple’s violation of the tough new digital rulebook may still be to come. The official infringement findings from the EU executive arm open them up to follow-on private litigation by victims on two fronts—in the form of follow-on damages claims and class actions. More so than in any other EU country, lawyers interviewed by Law.com International expect these challenges to be teed up before Dutch courts.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Linda Thompson

Leading Brussels antitrust partner Lena Sandberg, who joined K&L Gates just seven months ago, is jumping to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr. Sandberg spent the better part of her career at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, joining as of counsel in 2013 and making partner five years later, according to her LinkedIn profile. After nearly 12 years at Gibson Dunn, she left last October to join K&L Gates.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Linda Thompson

The first international legally binding treaty dedicated to the protection of the legal profession is a few signatures away from becoming a reality. The Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer, which is expected to be approved this week, was first proposed in 2016 in response to an increase in the number of lawyers in Council of Europe countries who were being murdered, subjected to physical violence, and threatened.

4 weeks ago | law.com | Linda Thompson

EU nations on Friday agreed to establish a special, Nuremberg-style tribunal to bring charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials for invading Ukraine in February 2022. Prominent international lawyers, European political leaders and the government of Ukraine have been calling for the establishment of such a tribunal since shortly after the war broke out. The war between Russia and Ukraine is the largest and deadliest in Europe since World War II.