King & Wood Mallesons is advising Australian mass transit company Kinetic on $2.2 billion in financing arrangements, while Allen & Overy and Allens is advising the lenders. Kinetic, an operator of mass transit systems in Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., and Europe, has raised $2.2 billion to fund its net-zero…

The bribery trial for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, appears more likely to start on its scheduled date of May 6 after one of Menendez’s co-defendants on Thursday agreed to waive his ability to call another co-defendant’s attorney as a witness. Attorneys representing Menendez and New Jersey businessmen Wael…

Antioch University was hit with a $4.32 million civil rights lawsuit by a student who alleges the school retaliated against her after she expressed criticism of its diversity, equity and inclusion policies. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar…

Welcome back to Higher Law. I’m Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento.  Today’s edition of Higher Law will be the last. After six years of chronicling cannabis law and its practitioners, Law.com’s weekly newsletter with the punny name is ending its run. You’ll still be able to track legal developments…

One of Argentina’s oldest and largest law firms has ushered in a new managing partner after its longtime leader aged out of the position. As of April, Maximiliano D’Auro has taken on the managing partner role from Horacio Beccar Varela, who has assumed the title of managing partner emeritus after…

The Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed a no-evidence summary judgment in the State Bar of Texas disciplinary action against Sidney Powell, a key figure in former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. The appeals court, citing numerous critical errors made by the Commission for Lawyer Discipline,…