Fewer will qualify for student loan forgiveness under proposed new guidelines; will sanctuary jurisdictions be disqualified?

Dentons Rodyk Senior Partners Christopher Chong and Lawrence Teh have been recognised as Global Leaders in the Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal) Global Guide 2025, ranking among the world’s elite lawyers. ASEAN, Singapore, Asia Pacific

Global law firm Dentons has advised DRI, the EU renewables arm of DTEK, on a €60 million loan from UniCredit and Garanti BBVA for the construction and operation of a 126MWp solar park in Vacaresti, Romania. Banking and Finance, Energy, Renewables

Latin America and the Caribbean: Dentons, the world's largest global law firm, has achieved 172 total rankings in the latest Chambers Latin America guide, an 10% increase from 2025. Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Competition and Antitrust, Corporate, Employment and Labor, Energy Practice, Environment and Natural Resources, Intellectual Property and Technology, Life Sciences Practice, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Development, Public Law, Real Estate, Tax, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Latin America and the Caribbean, Bolivia, Santiago, Colombia, Costa Rica, San Salvador, Guatemala City, Tegucigalpa, Mexico, Ecuador

‘Early decision conspiracy’ among top colleges is an antitrust violation, suit alleges

Striking the Balance: How to make alternative fee arrangements work for everyone

Meet May Mailman, the lawyer leading Trump administration’s pursuit of universities

Dentons has been awarded Silver in the Microsoft 365 solutions and adoption category of the global Step Two Intranet and Digital Workplace Awards, recognising the firm’s innovative document management solution, Springboard. This feature-rich platform streamlines the creation and management of precedents, client documents, and company policies. Recognition, Australia, Australasia, Asia Pacific

Ciner Glass Belgium NV, a leading global manufacturer of container glass for the food and beverage industry, has secured a €504 million financing package comprising €252 million in ECA-backed facilities, supported by SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance, and SERV and an additional €252 million in commercial facilities, with a portion guaranteed by Gigarant NV. Banking and Finance, Industrials, Europe, Brussels

EEOC data requests to law firms were not mandatory, agency says in court filing

Professionalism: The ABA requires it, employers want it, students need it; so let’s teach it

After PACER hack, judiciary takes ‘special measures’ and ‘technical steps,’ DOJ official says

Global law firm Dentons has advised the Otto Group on its successful placement of a €240 million promissory note. Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Capital Markets in Germany, Europe, Germany, Frankfurt

What pro bono is BigLaw providing under Trump deals? Trade deals get help but not some conservative causes

Jury awards nearly $60M to former police officer for wrongful prosecution in sex assault case

Dentons is pleased to announce the closing of an Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) for C1 Fund Inc. Dentons Venture Technology, Capital Markets and Fund Compliance teams advised C1 Fund on its registration and IPO on the NYSE closing on August 8, 2025, and also advised C1 Advisors LLC, an affiliate of the Fund that will serve as investment adviser to the Fund, in connection with its registration with the SEC. Capital Markets, Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies, Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies in the United States, Corporate, Corporate in the United States, IPOs and Public Offerings, Investment Funds and Income Trusts, Exits: Technology IPOs and M&A, Blockchain, Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency, New York, Miami, Washington, DC

Writing Out Loud: The power of the spoken word to improve your legal prose

Court clerk staffers in New Orleans dig through landfill to find wrongly tossed court records

A federal appellate court has ruled that a New York cannabis licensing rule favoring in-state residents is unconstitutional, because it discriminates against applicants residing out-of-state. We have been tracking this case for the past couple of years — see our prior posts here and here. This decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals is the first to apply the Dormant Commerce Clause to adult use cannabis — and, in combination with an earlier decision involving Maine’s medical cannabis program, suggests a trend toward rejection of all protectionist state cannabis laws despite the federal illegality of marijuana sales and use. The decision was a long time coming: we speculated as far back as 2015 on this blog that the Dormant Commerce Clause could be used to upend residency requirements for state cannabis programs. Here, the Second Circuit decided that one of New York State’s cannabis dispensary application pools could be challenged under the U.S.…