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Senate Puts Corporate Bar In Its Sights
As the Senate scatter-shot some 98 proposals for new legislative pains and punishments at corporate America last week, corporate lawyers found themselves targets as well.Heavy Helpings of Business Cases Await Justices as Term Begins
The Supreme Court term that begins on Oct. 7 may be best remembered for how it ends. By next June, through an unusual confluence of percolating appeals, the Court may make its mark on gay rights, campaign finance reform, affirmative action, and even on post-Sept. 11 issues of national security and individual liberty.In a Time of Transition, Mayer Brown Looks to Its Trio of Leaders
Five years after its merger with Rowe & Maw made it one of the largest law firms in the world, Chicago-based Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's controlling partners are rumored to be in a turf war for control, with the future of the firm resting in the hands of the London office's managing partner, Paul Maher. Meanwhile, at least 20 partner defections in New York, sagging profits in the New York and London offices, a controversial de-equitization of partners and a looming malpractice suit have rocked the firm.Deutsche Bank and Citigroup agreed to pay up rather than join Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank of Scotland, and JPMorgan Chase on the list of banks sued by the National Credit Union Administration and its lawyers at Korein Tillery and Kellogg Huber.
In a consolidated case involving 87 antitrust suits against candy manufacturers, a federal district court judge in Harrisburg, Pa., has certified an appeal of his March 4 refusal to dismiss plaintiffs' claims of collusion and price-fixing.
The dispute over the image of Barack Obama in the iconic "Hope" poster is getting nastier. The Associated Press claims the artist routinely appropriates the work of others; the artist says the AP is selling unlicensed images of other artists' work.
The plaintiffs lawyers, led by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, had asked for $790,000 for getting additional disclosures for shareholders in a failed tender offer. Wrote Delaware vice-chancellor J. Travis Laster: "Plaintiffs never engaged in meaningful litigation activity." But they still got $75,000.
Lawyers Find Real Revenue in Virtual World
Lawyers in the online virtual world Second Life act like lawyers, but they practice law through an alter ego, a digital character called an avatar, with virtual clients that have real legal problems like landlord-tenant, contract and intellectual property issues.Trending Stories
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