Wake Up Call: Law Firm Sues Departing Partners

• London-based Herbert Smith Freehills is suing eight Australian partners who left the firm en masse for White & Case last year. A possible point of contention in the Australian court case is said to concern non-solicitation and non-compete clauses in the partners’ contracts. ( Financial Review )

• A San Francisco federal appeals court unanimously refused to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, issuing a sharp rebuke in a ruling likely destined for the U.S. Supreme Court. ( Bloomberg ) Seven takeaways from the ruling. ( Washington Post ) “We saw you in court and we beat you,” ...