A former federal prosecutor with deep white-collar and class action defence experience has joined O’Melveny & Myers in Dallas.

The final afternoon of the ICLG.com Global Class Actions Symposium heard about securities, ESG and competition, all of which present distinct challenges, particularly when it comes to evidence and damages.

The ICLG.com Global Class Actions Symposium began with a look at how and why the use of collective actions has grown around the world in recent years.

Cooley, Shearman & Sterling and McGuireWoods have all made litigation hires in recent weeks, with business and securities litigation, investigations and class actions on the agenda.

The Philadelphia-headquartered firm’s latest round of partner elevations includes 12 litigators.

A pair of Reed Smith insurance litigators have joined Barnes & Thornburg in Chicago.

A US attorney and an assistant US attorney have joined King & Spalding on the West Coast, bringing extensive criminal and civil litigation experience.

A class action litigation practice co-chair at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has joined Holland & Knight in Pennsylvania, adding substantial antitrust and appellate experience.

The multinational offshore firm has regained an accomplished solicitor-advocate after a year away.

A Goodwin Procter antitrust and competition group co-chair with notable public and private practice experience has joined Kirkland & Ellis in DC, while Hughes Hubbard & Reed has elevated a regulatory and white-collar practitioner to the partnership.

Avoiding class actions is no easy matter in a globalised world and is only becoming more difficult, said speakers at the Global Class Actions Symposium.

There are lessons to learn from the US, said speakers on the first day of Global Legal Group’s Global Class Actions Symposium, as the UK awaits a defining Supreme Court ruling on Merricks v Mastercard.