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March 23, 2009 |

9-0 decision makes sense

A 9-0 judgment in a case involving an icon of the "Culture Wars" — a Ten Commandments monument — what's going on here? In Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, the Supreme Court held that a city's display of a privately donated monument is "government speech," so that its decision to reject a proffered donation is not covered by the free speech clause. The near unanimity can be explained by two points: the complete impracticality of Summum's position, and its continued, unhampered right to speak in the park at issue.
4 minute read
May 07, 2009 |

In D.C., big firms slash associate salaries

Washington law firms are cutting costs anywhere they can, and associate pay is no longer an exception.Seven Washington offices have slashed salaries. Others-including D.C. stalwarts like Crowell Moring, Hogan Hartson, and Wiley Rein-are cutting pay for associates who don't hit their billable hour goals.
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March 23, 2007 |

Leader of Weil's National Appellate Practice Leaves for Boutique

Gregory S. Coleman, head of Weil, Gotshal & Manges' national appellate litigation practice, has left the firm's Austin, Texas, office to join 23-lawyer litigation boutique Yetter & Warden. Coleman joined Weil Gotshal's Austin office in 2001. Before that, he was Texas' first solicitor general, a post he assumed in 1999 after having been an associate at Weil Gotshal in Houston. He said that during the time he led the national appellate practice, he built the group to about 10 full-time appellate lawyers.
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October 02, 2003 |

Supreme Court Vacates Classwide Awards

In Green Tree Fin. Corp. v. Bazzle, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned two multimillion-dollar classwide awards, holding that where a mandatory arbitration agreement is silent as to class claims, it is for the arbitrator, not a court, to decide whether the agreement permits arbitration of class claims. In light of Bazzle, parties drafting mandatory agreements should carefully consider whether to include an express prohibition on arbitration of class claims.
10 minute read
September 24, 2007 |

Slim Chance: Attorney Leaves Big Tobacco Behind To Represent the Richest Man in the World

A few years ago, Steven R. Selsberg, a partner in Mayer Brown in Houston, thought he would make a smoking-hot career out of tobacco litigation, but today Selsberg is the go-to litigation lawyer in the United States for the business empire of Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexican billionaire who may be the richest man in the world.
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March 15, 2013 |

Fifty Years Ago Today, 'Gideon' Affirmed a Right to Counsel

Zuckerman Spaeder partner Paul Shechtman describes the circumstances and personalities behind what is perhaps the most famous decision in the history of American criminal procedure.
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June 17, 1999 |

Endangered Species?

Most mid-size firm managers acknowledge that the legal world has become a strange, scary place. They are too small to compete head-to-head with the full-service mega-firms, but much more expensive to run than a boutique. Their problems are numerous and growing: the shrinking client base, a glut of partners, firms that are poorly leveraged, and a reluctance to aggressively weed out lawyers who don't produce.
9 minute read
July 12, 2004 |

The 'Empagran' Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the Sherman Antitrust Act could not be used by foreign purchasers to police anticompetitive actions when the plaintiff's actions were wholly foreign. The decision restricts the ability of foreign plaintiffs to bring private treble-damages actions under U.S. antitrust law.
7 minute read
May 17, 2007 |

Gibson Dunn Linked To Paul Wolfowitz Scandal

A report by a special committee of the World Bank Group, released Monday, questions Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's review of World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz's transfer of his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, to a high-paying job at the U.S. Department of State.
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May 21, 2004 |

David Boies Cleared by Florida Bar of Ethics Charge

Florida's Supreme Court has dismissed an ethics complaint against prominent litigator David Boies, who was charged with violating state Bar rules by paying more than $400,000 to help his firm's chief financial officer pursue a contract dispute. The court found it was not a violation for lawyers to advance legal fees and court costs to clients. Reflecting on the seriousness of the complaint, Boies' attorney says a guilty ruling "would have been akin to disbarment."
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