A real estate lawsuit out of Emerald Isle is headed to the North Carolina Supreme Court and some say the result of the case could spell disaster for Crystal Coast tourism. “It would kill us from a tourism standpoint that is the number one industry in the economy,” said Carol Lohr, executive director of the Crystal Coast Tourism Development Authority. At center of the controversy are the Nies …
US firm Akin Gump has strengthened its West Coast litigation capabilities by adding Neal R. Marder, a specialist in business and commercial litigation, as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Washington, DC-based law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has given itself something to smile about after four of its IP partners decamped to Vinson & Elkins, prompting it to close its Austin office, …
For a decade and a half, the big chocolate makers have promised to end child labor in their industry—and have spent tens of millions of dollars in the effort. But as of the latest estimate, 2.1 million West African children still do the dangerous and physically taxing work of harvesting cocoa. What will it take to fix the problem?