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Next Phase of Marriage Battle Under Way
Taking a cue from the California Supreme Court, three legal groups moved quickly Friday to file a constitutional challenge to state laws on behalf of six same-sex couples. The court made it clear in an order Thursday that it wants the debate over whether same-sex marriages are protected by the Constitution to be hashed out first in trial courts. Lawyers and advocacy groups wasted no time in responding to the court's hint.TRO Is Lifted on AAA Arbitrations After No Pro-Business Bent Found
A Monmouth County, N.J., judge has lifted his month-old temporary ban on arbitrations run by the American Arbitration Association, finding the plaintiffs had failed to make a case that AAA has a pro-business bias. The plaintiffs, past or present dealers and a former employee of Snap-On Tools Inc. of Kenosha, Wis., alleged that AAA is biased in general toward businesses, which are its steady customers.Leader who helped build Orrick into global force is leaving
"I got an offer on this space this morning," says Ralph Baxter as he strides through the glass-walled conference rooms that make up the top floor of the 10-story Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe building in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. It's just one of many times in conversation, this morning in early March when Baxter makes no distinction between the law firm and himself. But the seamlessness between Baxter and Orrick, which he has led for more than 22 years, isn't limited to issues of grammar. Baxter is perhaps more intertwined with the institution than any other nonfounder head of an Am Law 200 firm. Soon, Baxter will be signing off for good.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.Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 22, No. 13 – January 18, 2013
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