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Report: Linklaters, Aussie Legal Giant AAR in Talks About Joining Forces
Am Law 100 Firms Flocking to Hong Kong
Forty-six of the law firms ranked in this year's Am Law 100 have an office in Hong Kong, making it the No. 1 destination for expansion in Asia by U.S. firms. As an overseas location for Am Law 100 firms, Hong Kong is second only to London, which hosts 75 of them.O'Connor: Supreme Court Rulings Shouldn't Differ Based on Who Sits on Court
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor says the Supreme Court should generally follow its prior rulings so the public has confidence that laws do not change just because justices come and go. In a broadcast interview, O'Connor responded to a question about the public's perception that the Court based its decisions more on politics than principle, calling that belief "a concern." The law "shouldn't change just because the faces on the Court have changed," she said.Class Certification on Overtime Pay, Facebook Ownership Dispute
In her Western District Roundup, Sharon M. Porcellio, a partner at Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy, examines a potential nationwide class action over unpaid overtime and other FLSA violations, a jurisdictional win for Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in a suit where a businessman claims ownership of half of the social networking site, and a question of procedure in a federal drug trafficking prosecution.In-House Counsel: Mark E. Stilwell, Pebble Beach Co.
Mark E. Stilwell is in-house counsel and executive vice president of Pebble Beach Company, which owns four 18-hole golf courses, including championship-class Cypress Point and Pebble Beach Links, one nine-hole course, two luxury hotels and 5,300 acres of land with 75 miles of private road, of which the famed 17-Mile Drive is only a small part.Death penalty case holds up nominee for 2nd Circuit
In 2005, U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny warned a defense lawyer of dire consequences if the lawyer did not do more to try to delay the execution of his client. The incident sparked a judicial ethics investigation of Chatigny, who sits in the District of Connecticut. Although the judge was cleared of misconduct and he apologized to the defense lawyer, Republicans are reviewing the case as they weigh whether to support Chatigny's nomination for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.Commentary: Little Ally McBeal's All Grown Up
Kathleen J. Wu writes that she has been impressed at how well "The Good Wife" portrays the life of a working mother-lawyer, with all the demands and conflicts that happen even without a writer's help. She's heartened about what the show says about the evolution of the legal profession and women's role in it over the past couple of decades.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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