Bylined article by head of Global Mining and Africa Ian Coles on financing the mining sector in Zimbabwe, following his role chairing two panels at the Zimbabwe Mining Investment Conference in February.

This article first published in Mining Global www.miningglobal.com.

This article provides an update on the rules applying to antitrust investigations carried out by DGCOMP and the French Competition Authorities.

Mayer Brown announced today that noted commercial litigator Jon C. Rice has joined the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice as a partner in Houston. Mr. Rice joins from Norton Rose Fulbright in Houston.

Bylined article by Camille Potier, Litigation & Dispute Resolution counsel at Mayer Brown Paris and member of the “penal” group at the Paris Bar, and Gaspard Koenig, founder and head of one of the top liberal think tank in Europe “Génération Libre”.

WilmerHale achieved a significant victory on behalf of Unified Patents, Inc., when the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued its final written decision in Unified Patents Inc. v. Harry Heslop and Sportbrain Holdings, LLC, invalidating all claims of US Patent No. 7,454,002.

2018-02-13T00:00:00-05:002018-02-13T15:50:31Z

The company thanked WilmerHale, and four other law firms, for its efforts to recruit, develop and promote diverse lawyers.

2018-02-09T00:00:00-05:002018-02-12T14:56:16Z

A blog post by Lloyd Firth, published on the WilmerHale W.I.R.E. UK blog.

2018-03-05T00:00:00-05:002018-03-05T19:20:10ZLloyd Firthhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/lloyd_firth/lloyd.firth@wilmerhale.com

Leading technology and emerging company lawyer Adam M. Freiman has joined WilmerHale as a partner in New York.

2018-03-05T00:00:00-05:002018-03-06T19:13:45Z

The German Institution of Arbitration (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, or “DIS”) has revised its Arbitration Rules (“Rules”). The new Rules came into effect on 1 March 2018 and replace the 1998 DIS Rules. The revision introduces major changes to the existing arbitral procedure under the DIS Rules and is the result of an extensive consultation process which lasted for almost two years.2018-03-05T00:00:00-05:002018-03-05T14:27:11ZDr. Sarah Ganzhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/sarah_ganz/sarah.ganz@wilmerhale.comMarleen Kruegerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/marleen_krueger/marleen.krueger@wilmerhale.com

This is the second issue of WilmerHale's 10-in-10 Infrastructure Series. In this series, our attorneys share insights on current and emerging issues affecting infrastructure project developers in the United States. Attorneys from various practice groups at the firm offer their take on issues ranging from permitting reform to financing to litigation, and share their insights from working with clients in a variety of infrastructure sectors, from water infrastructure to energy development to infrastructure development on tribal lands. Read all issues in this series and our other recent publications.

2018-03-01T00:00:00-05:002018-03-08T15:30:45ZH. David Goldhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_gold/david.gold@wilmerhale.comRaya B. Treiserhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/raya_treiser/raya.treiser@wilmerhale.comAndrew L. Spielmanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/andy_spielman/andy.spielman@wilmerhale.com

On February 28, 2018, Eko Devices, a leader in acoustic cardiac monitoring, announced that it closed $5 million in Series A funding to grow its commercial team and to expand clinical studies on the use of its platform for valvular heart disease screening and heart failure monitoring.

2018-03-01T00:00:00-05:002018-03-01T21:53:16Z

In a bylined article, professional support lawyer Kate Wilson (London) discusses the opening of an international commercial appeal court in Paris.

Mayer Brown announced today that Children’s Law Center (CLC) named the firm a “Champion for Children,” a recognition highlighting the generosity of organizations whose total annual giving to CLC exceeded that of their peers. In 2017, the firm donated more than $50,000 to CLC in support of Washington DC’s most at-risk kids.

Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP), an organization dedicated to empowering youth-adult relationships across Massachusetts, honored WilmerHale with their annual Excellence in Empowering Youth-Adult Relationships Award.2018-02-28T00:00:00-05:002018-02-28T17:15:09Z

An article by Duncan Speller and Dharshini Prasad, published in the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law, Volume 6, Issue 2 (January 2018). The article discusses conflicting Indian case law on whether domestic parties can choose a foreign seat. It also provides a comparative and policy perspective on the issue before concluding that the ability of domestic parties to choose a foreign seat should not be fettered.

2018-02-28T00:00:00-05:002018-02-28T15:48:59ZDuncan Spellerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/duncan_speller/duncan.speller@wilmerhale.comDharshini Prasadhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/dharshini_prasad/dharshini.prasad@wilmerhale.com

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Bill Stallings (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Bylined article by Corporate & Securities partners Jennifer Carlson, Nina Flax (both Palo Alto), Philip Niehoff (Chicago), Richard Rosenfeld (New York), Matthew Rossi (Washington DC) and associate Matthew Bisanz (Washington DC).

Bylined article by Consumer Financial Services partners Melanie Brody, Ori Lev and associate Tori K. Shinohara (all Washington DC).

Intellectual Property partner Gary Hnath (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.