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March 07, 2003 |

Punitive Measures

The California Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a legal malpractice suit against Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein about the firm's choice not to seek punitive damages in a class action over a toxic chemical accident. David Becht, who represents the plaintiffs, says that his clients' claim was, " taken away by the attorneys, so they didn't have the opportunity to seek punitive damages." Attorneys say a plaintiffs' victory could expose all lawyers to potentially ruinous liability.
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September 26, 2011 |

Attorney Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(a)

Notice to the bar.
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April 23, 2007 |

Chart: Diversity Scorecard 2007

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June 08, 2011 |

Back on Track: The percentage of minority lawyers at large firms edged up in 2011

It's not much, but it's enough to make diversity advocates in the legal profession let out a collective "phew" According to the latest Diversity Scorecard complied by The American Lawyer, a Daily Report affiliate, in 2010 big firms increased their percentage of minority attorneys by 0.2 percent, to 13.9 percent.
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Mayer Brown Convinces Ninth Circuit to Decertify Class in False Advertising Suit Against Honda
Publication Date: 2012-01-13
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A split Ninth Circuit panel has decertified a nationwide false advertising class action against Honda's U.S. subsidiary, ruling that California's consumer protection law is too different from those in other states to permit class litigation. Mayer Brown partner Donald Falk represented Honda, which was accused of including a feature on its Acura luxury cars that didn't work as promised.

July 07, 2009 |

The Layoff List: By the Numbers

Employment shifts at The Am Law 200, Global 100, and Other Firms of Note
20 minute read
May 10, 2010 |

Movers

Daniel King, a partner in Frost Brown Todd's Indianapolis office, has been elected to the IndyHub Inc. board of directors. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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November 30, 2006 |

For One Law Firm, an Unquiet Death

Not since the crash of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison has a law firm flamed out as spectacularly as Coudert Brothers. The firm once had 28 offices and 600 lawyers, and though its financial performance was fading, it was seen as a pioneer in international law. But that scope also helped undermine Coudert, which faces lease obligations from Singapore to San Francisco, and difficulties accessing money in Frankfurt and Tokyo. It was once common for Coudert partners to speak many languages. Now its creditors do.
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May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
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